Umbra Reach is a dim system on the edge of mapped space, its primary star a sullen red ember. Debris clouds and a thick asteroid belt turn the region into a maze of shadow and stone.

Here, hidden among shattered moons and hollowed rocks, lies one of the oldest Ward training grounds: Reachhold, caverns lightless as a closed coffin, voidwalk circuits through minefields and debris, sims of silent boarding actions run over and over until even the youngest recruits can navigate blind with only a hand on the hull.

Umbra Reach is less a home than a crucible. Those who survive it call themselves true Wards.