Broadcasts from the Black
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Commander TheNekkbreaker reporting from Pyrie Eurk HV-W c15-0.
~.*.~ The Abyss is well named. The density of star clusters is the lowest I have ever seen. In addition, I have reached a point beyond which all systems have been entirely explored. My hat is off to the Distant Worlds missions; the commanders involved certainly were thorough.
~.*.~ Obviously the fact that no system I now encounter is pristine means there are no true “discoveries” to report. However, I did encounter a number of surprising phenomena, including: a ternary star system, in which the involved stars were quite close to one another, a water world that served as a moon to a nearby planet, and a very strange blue glow that I realized was a tiny nebula. I could not possibly pass up the opportunity to see a nebula this far from the galactic core, and made a detour to experience it firsthand. I found that the nebula was indeed tiny by astronomical standards, and was centered around a black hole. The scene was the most captivating I have seen to date: serene and terrible.
~.*.~ I left the nebula behind just five short jumps ago, and I am left with seventy before me. Seventy jumps to Beagle Point, I can hardly believe it after all this time. A trifling three thousand lightyears more and I shall join the ranks of those Elite who have made the longest trek into the black. If I return with my life, that is…
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