It's 31 AE, a full 31,000 years since the First Space C-Ship left Earth.   Noster Space.  The colonized stars.  Edict and the Ministry vie for power and control.  Edict does it through military power.  The Ministry is for the faithful. Refugee Colonies are those outside of the control of Edict for whatever reason.  Either they are not strategic, or they were unlawful colonizers or they were declared heretic by the Ministry.   A fleet of Edict ships disappeared in the Terrence Sector recently and the Inquisition Wing is here to investigate.  What will they find?   In this hotbed of mystery and intrigue, near the furthest reach of Noster Space, is the Terrence Sector which hugs the Divide. Captain Garalund and his crew navigate the Arkana to supply Ref Colonies with needed medicine, and to study space botany, and whatever other hobbies Captain Garalund has an interest in.