The stalemate didn't break. It ascended .
Kira stood on the observation deck, watching the Generator in the distance. It was still humming. Still pouring out its endless blue bounty. But her tanks were rusting. Her soldiers had deserted to become miners and merchants. Frontier had disbanded entirely. The stalemate didn't break
She ordered her engineers to reverse-engineer the Generator. They didn't need to. The one at the lab was still running. And Frontier couldn't destroy it because they wanted it for themselves. The stalemate didn't break