…///transmission_intercepted///
beyond the veil of the familiar floats ever so gracefully, a shadow looming between stars; inhaling all the light from an infinite pool of darkness, where rays of hope go to die a prolonged, painful death.
… HUN/C-8-1_status:active_current_protocol::/–SEEK/DESTROY/CAPTURE–…
… HUN/C-7-9_status:MIA_AWOL_(signal_active)
… HUN/C-7-8_status:MIA_AWOL_(missing_value)
… HUN/C-7-7_status:MIA_AWOL_(missing_value)
… HUN/C-7-6_status:MIA_AWOL_(missing_value)
O-5/ATRIUS_001/: “All of our Model 7’s have gone AWOL in the last three solar years. HUN/C-7-9 is still pinging deep inside the structure. CENTCOM has deployed our first Model 8. He’s under your care, Clara. He trusts you. I’m hoping R&D didn’t make the same mistake as the first seven iterations.”
O-1/MILLER_027/: “I won’t let you down, sir.”
O-5/ATRIUS_001/: “I know you won’t. You can’t. This is your last shot, soldier.”
END TRANSMISSION.
codename: dhamma_01
In one of our many distant memories of humanity, the humans collectively explored the cosmos. But in the orbit of a distant black hole, they found it waiting: The Reliquary. The shadow looming between stars.
And inside the planet-sized megastructure, they made first contact…
