Stardust Dawn: Embers Under Iron Wings

In a starport on the edge of civilization's oblivion, Lin Ye, a former Imperial mecha pilot, lives like a rusty part, dismantling the remains of the Nova Empire's AI mecha that once destroyed his country every day. Until an imperial purge broke his last numbness. He activated the modified mecha "Starfire" that had been hidden for three years, and launched a desperate counterattack against the steel torrent, but was accidentally rescued by the neutral Orus Commercial Federation. The Federation has revealed a shocking truth: The Nova Empire has received the support of a Tier 3 civilization, and its new generation of "Iron Wing-Ω" mecha legions will bloodbath the interstellar space in three months. The former Avenger was forced to become "Starfire", the commander of the federal anti-AI special forces. He gathered allies in the ruins and launched a desperate showdown with the Imperial Legion on the border. However, when victory seemed to be in sight, the empire's ultimate weapon, equipped with the power of the "Root Anchor", descended over the battlefield. At the last moment of civilization's existence, silver light from the depths of the starry sky suddenly cut across the battlefield - the observers of more advanced civilizations finally intervened. Is this a rescue, or the beginning of another bigger game? The spark rekindled from the embers must burn a way out for all the oppressed in the game of civilization at the cosmic level.