Dr. Elara Voss adjusted the visor of her helmet, the thin layer of glass distorting the violet haze of Eos-9’s atmosphere. Below her, the surface stretched in jagged ridges of obsidian stone, fractured by veins of luminous blue that pulsed…
The *Odyssey* hung in the void like a rusted coin, its hull scarred by decades of solar winds. Captain Mara Voss gripped the rail of the observation deck, her breath fogging the glass as she stared at the planet below.…
The air aboard the *Odyssey* tasted metallic, a constant reminder of the ship’s failing life-support systems. Captain Renn Kael adjusted his gloves, the synthetic fibers stiff under his fingers, and stared at the data stream flickering across the holo-screen. The…
The *Odyssey* drifted through the void, its hull scarred by decades of interstellar travel. Captain Mara Voss stood at the observation deck, her gloved hand pressing against the cold glass as she stared at the derelict ship ahead. It hung…
The Aether’s engines roared as it sliced through the void, its hull glinting under the light of a distant star. Captain Mira Voss stood at the observation deck, her gloved hand pressing against the cold glass. The silence of space…
## The Static Bloom The salt-sting tasted like regret on Elias’s tongue. He hadn’t expected the air to *feel* this thick, not after weeks cycling through sterilization protocols. The retrieval ship’s bay doors hissed open, revealing a bruised violet sky…
## The Veridian Echo The delivery arrived on a Tuesday. Twelve identical boxes, each the size of a refrigerator, materialized at designated coordinates across the globe. No trucks, no planes, just… there. The receiving teams – engineers, technicians, a smattering…