More Than Simple Sightseeing, It Was Also a Long-Overdue...

Once shrouded by the Marker's whispers and the nauseating crimson glow of the Blood Moon, the "Dead Space" universe had nearly collapsed beneath endless hordes of corpses and mutants. Now, it had long since been cleansed of its filth and was brimming with unprecedented vitality.

The scars of the past had been smoothed over by the Imperial Engineering Department's grand efforts. Rising from the ruins of despair were brand-new "halls" of civilization, symbols of order, reason, and prosperity.

And within this vast territory, the most eye-catching and reassuring sight was undoubtedly the planet reclaimed by the Imperial Martial Soldiers through supreme power and unshakable will, then reshaped with immense resources and painstaking effort—

Earth, designated "Twenty."

It was no longer a refuge struggling to survive, but a beacon shining across this distant sea of stars for the Empire, a living monument to civilization's revival.

Viewed from the distant Lagrange Point, the familiar blue planet was now "cradled" within an almost transparent Energy Screen that gave off a gentle, constant cyan-blue glow.

This Planetary-class shield system, known locally as Gaia's Shield, was the crowning achievement of the Imperial Engineering Department, combining Forerunner and Galactic Empire technologies with the pinnacle of its own craftsmanship.

It was not a rigid force-field wall, but a dynamic, highly intelligent, multilayered composite system.

Its outermost layer could precisely calculate and deflect even meteor fragments no larger than a fist, preventing them from causing any "disturbance" to orbital facilities or the surface;

the middle layer functioned like a gigantic biological filter, efficiently neutralizing all kinds of harmful radiation from deep space and ensuring that the surface environment remained ideally suited for human habitation;

while the innermost layer was an invisible, absolute defensive barrier woven from complex quantum encryption protocols. Any object not authorized by the Empire's highest