Following the harrowing escape in the Exodus Jump, the surviving crew establishes a hidden Alliance Zone. The newly formed Chaotic Alliance includes humans, the Prophet Collective, the gas-based Aetherians, and Kira's Kryll species. Teesha works to integrate the biological and technological needs of these wildly different groups, while Prophet, now the Collective's amplified conduit, projects a complete, terrifying map of the Architect's home: The Great Anomaly, a massive, crystalline Dyson sphere protected by impenetrable multi-layered shields. Kira takes command of the military aspect, summoning old contacts from the Outer Rim scavengers and rogue pilots to form the "Chaos Fleet," trained specifically in unpredictable, low-signature warfare. Simultaneously, Tyrone and Prophet finalize the "Weapon of Entropy," a massive energy pulse designed to inject non-patterned, perfect chaos into the Architect's ordered core systems. The colossal power requirement necessitates a devastating sacrifice: the Aetherians volunteer to form a temporary, high-energy conduit, knowing this act will likely destroy their physical collective forms. The infiltration team, consisting of Tyrone, Teesha, Kira, and Captain Vance, is selected and drilled relentlessly in breaching the Architect's anticipated defense patterns using Teesha's specialized anti-Cleaner neurotoxin, Serenity.