Whiterock Isle is a remote island, mostly phosphate, near-drained of its resources. It holds a small population of perhaps ten thousand, and is presently in the middle of a debate as to whether it should join the Circum-Terra Stepping-Path, the world's coalition regarding exit rights, and also whether it should join the Constellation of Asterion, the world's largest nation.
However, all that political debate is about to be put on hold, because of a dark shape descending with a rush of displaced air, heading to land...