The Moon Colony

A guarded aerial convoy carrying a valuable gold shipment is attacked by a vast armored pirate airship that turns bullets aside, prompting an intense aerial engagement and hazardous boarding. Soon after astronomers report a newly formed lunar lake and emerging vegetation, an expedition travels to the Moon and sets up a colony. On the lunar surface the settlers confront strange ecosystems and hostile, insect-like life, explore mysterious caverns and engineered chambers, and face scientific and chemical dangers used as weapons. They improvise arms and tactics, employ subterranean lava flows and armories, manage vanishings and rescues, and ultimately struggle to survive and withdraw.