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Captain Mira Voss stood at the threshold of Elysia’s once-bustling habitat, now steeped in eerie silence. The air was thick with dust, the hum of life absent. Her eyes caught a flickering console glowing faintly. Approaching, she saw a message blink persistently: “Trust the stars.” Puzzled yet captivated, Mira replayed the recorded voices of colonists warning of a sudden, strange energy pulse that crippled their systems. The transmission ended abruptly, leaving a void of unanswered questions. As Mira gazed at the stars outside the window, she realized that the message was both a warning and an unspoken invitation to seek a deeper cosmic truth beyond the colony’s silent ruins.
Galactic Frontier Tales, Volume 4, Chapter 3