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chapter 0.1: ignition < Colonial Freespace Territory. > < Gideon Alpha-12, Automaton Construction Platform. > Above a small, dry planet of rough brown crust and faintly luminescent whorls of algae, the space colony Gideon Alpha-12 was in orbit. It was a mechanical hive of lights and activity and nearly twice the size of some of the largest craft currently traversing the galaxy. The capsule-shaped installation was protected by a green-tinted prism that was held in place by a network of six force-field generators. The generators were supported on the ends of spires that extended from the top and bottom edges of the facility, cocooning it wit