"Sir Wang Yu, the weapon you propose is indeed within our power to construct. The difficulty lies in precise targeting. Moreover, no kingdom upon the continent would consent to such a weapon floating above its skies."0

Within the Void Chatroom, Wang Yu was in conference with Icarus and the scholars of the Council of the Arcane. Members of the fledgling academy within the Church of Nightfall had also joined. Suspended in a three-dimensional projection above them was the concept of the weapon he sought to create.0

Its form bore a strange resemblance to the satellites of Earth: a machine of overwhelming presence, shaped like an inverted cannon. Its function was precisely what its form suggested.0

This was an orbital cannon. Wang Yu had conceived of it long ago but lacked the means to pursue it. Now, with his network widening and his own position as leader of the rising Church of...0