They called themselves the "Sable Covenant," a name that once carried pride and strength but now held the faintest trace of hope and desperation. They are the humanity's last line of defense in this world.
Each member of the Covenant wore their black molten armor. That was a tribute to their survival and the knowledge they had gleaned from battles against an alien race that had devastated their world.
These armor suits pulsed with the stolen energy of their enemies, engineered from the invaders who had nearly conquered them. Still, with each passing day, their resilience wore thinner and the odds of survival seemed dimmer.
After the meeting, one of the Covenant members, the a woman named Elena, returned to her dwelling. Just like many others, her home was carved deep underground, nestled in the belly of a cave she had painstakingly transformed into a refuge.