In the desert, some secrets are buried alive.
CINDERGAUNT: The Ash Siphon
High above the toxic soot, the light is running out.
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The story
On Cindergaunt, a dying world enveloped in toxic ash, Mara works high above the clouds on a massive industrial extraction rigging. When a rogue saboteur named Vane steals the central power core from her habitat spire, Mara pursues him across the gargantuan, rust-covered mechanical trusses connecting the towers. Navigating high-altitude winds, crumbling iron ladders, and deadly electrical vents, Mara battles Vane's armed mercenaries while tracking his signal through the blinding soot. Deep within the central Siphon hub, Mara confronts Vane in a zero-visibility storm, tricking him into triggering an exhaust valve that blows him into the abyss. With seconds remaining before the incoming pyroclastic surge hits, Mara re-engages the core, igniting the tower's defense shield just as the ash wave hits, saving the refuge below.
Cast
- Mara To reclaim the stolen power core before her refuge suffocates.
- Vane To destroy the spire's power grid and flee with the core.
- Jax To guide Mara through the spire's failing systems via light signals.