Expanding Horizons — Chris Hechtl

The Federation was reborn in the desperate fight to stop the pirates. Over the years the war escalated and eventually the Federation managed to push them to run. Now the hunt is on to find their hidden battle moon and end the threat to the galaxy once and for all.In the Tau sector the war with the Tauren Confederation is reaching its peak. Forces have been rushed there to end the threat once and for all. The Taurens have a brutal fleet aimed straight at the sector capital.However Admiral Irons has another problem. The transcendent beings called Spirits have returned with dire warnings of more impending doom. The Federation needs to marshal resources to meet this threat that their best scientists barely understand.Meanwhile the neighboring sector is heating up as an unholy alliance bears frightening fruit. It seems that the Federation is undergoing growing pains as it sees its Expanding Horizons...