Backstory

Lidam Rader was never meant to be a leader. A career mid-level logistics administrator for the Red Sun Dominion , he spent twenty years managing synthetic grain shipments and organizing officer's galas in the core sectors. His skill set—looking busy, filing paperwork, and entertaining visiting dignitaries—served him well in the safe zones. However, a clerical error (or perhaps a deliberate move by a rival seeking to remove him) saw him promoted to 'Provisional Governor' of the newly annexed Pamita Chha system.

Rader arrived expecting a cushy oversee role. Instead, he found Vintik: a toxic world inhabited by the 'Weavers,' terrified locals fused with machinery. The Dominion military detachment stationed on the moon treats him with veiled contempt, and the locals on the planet surface ignore his edicts entirely. He resides in a prefab orbital station above Vintik, technically the seat of government, but in reality, a floating prison of isolation.

Rader has quickly realized he is a placeholder; a sacrificial lamb sent to occupy a seat while the Dominion figures out how to bypass the deadly Iron Halo defense grid. He spends his days writing fictional reports about his 'progress' to High Command, terrified that if they find out he has no control, they will execute him—if the planet's ancient AI doesn't kill him first.