Part 1.Galactic Collisions

The stars of the Andara Galaxy burned steadily, ignorant of the slow ineluctability unfolding across the void. From the sundeck of the ISS Aetheris, Commander Selene Voss goggled at a fluttering deformation near the Helion Expanse — anomaly TR- 17. “ Could be a comet, ” said Ensign Daro, surveying readouts. Selene lowered . “ Comets do n’t broadcast structured signals. ”