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Nuclear war plunged the Earth into eternal winter. Humanity, on the brink of extinction, put its last hope in Project Pegasus: The Ark of the Stars. Thousands of pioneers entered cryosleep and humanity's entire legacy was loaded onto this enormous spaceship.
Their destination is the alphabet planet "Atlas", a binary star system where a blue giant "Alpha" and an orange dwarf "Beta" dance eternally.
But this trip is not a simple escape. It is the final test of how far humanity can survive.
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