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THE DYING OF THE LIGHT
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in the slightly distant future, you're an astronaut aboard the halcyon v.
ten years ago, the halcyon iv set out on a mission to explore a few "possibly habitable" planets in a distant galaxy with the hopes of finding new place for civilization to call home. it was a mission that was only meant to last ten years β four years to get there (including three and a half in stasis), two years spent researching and exploring, and another four years to return home.
communication for the first few weeks after the crew woke up from stasis was consistent. video calls were frequently being sent back and forth to loved ones at home, the team was doing weekly interviews with major news outlets, and some of them had even gathered over a million followers on their social media pages.
but then one day, when the crew was supposed to run their last, final mission to one of the three planets they were meant to visit, something happened. their signal was completely lost. days went by without any correspondence. those days turned into weeks. weeks turned into months. months to years. the last communication from them was a short, fifteen second clip of them cheerfully waving to the camera before shuttling down to the planet's surface, posted to one of the crew members social media accounts.
that was the last the world has seen or heard from them.
after that, the world mourned, the world forgot, the world moved on.
until two years ago.
one day, out of nowhere, a quiet signal popped up on nasa's radar. its coordinates exactly matched that of where the halcyon iv was suspected to have crash landed. and despite tight-locked security measures, news of the signal got out. suddenly, the world was in an uproar. everyone wanted to know β what happened to the lost crew? was there going to be a rescue mission? did anyone survive?
fast forward a few more years and an intense training regimen later, it is now your mission to go to that planet, figure out what the hell happened there, and bring the crew of the halcyon iv home.
that's if there's anyone left alive.
ten years ago, the halcyon iv set out on a mission to explore a few "possibly habitable" planets in a distant galaxy with the hopes of finding new place for civilization to call home. it was a mission that was only meant to last ten years β four years to get there (including three and a half in stasis), two years spent researching and exploring, and another four years to return home.
communication for the first few weeks after the crew woke up from stasis was consistent. video calls were frequently being sent back and forth to loved ones at home, the team was doing weekly interviews with major news outlets, and some of them had even gathered over a million followers on their social media pages.
but then one day, when the crew was supposed to run their last, final mission to one of the three planets they were meant to visit, something happened. their signal was completely lost. days went by without any correspondence. those days turned into weeks. weeks turned into months. months to years. the last communication from them was a short, fifteen second clip of them cheerfully waving to the camera before shuttling down to the planet's surface, posted to one of the crew members social media accounts.
that was the last the world has seen or heard from them.
after that, the world mourned, the world forgot, the world moved on.
until two years ago.
one day, out of nowhere, a quiet signal popped up on nasa's radar. its coordinates exactly matched that of where the halcyon iv was suspected to have crash landed. and despite tight-locked security measures, news of the signal got out. suddenly, the world was in an uproar. everyone wanted to know β what happened to the lost crew? was there going to be a rescue mission? did anyone survive?
fast forward a few more years and an intense training regimen later, it is now your mission to go to that planet, figure out what the hell happened there, and bring the crew of the halcyon iv home.
that's if there's anyone left alive.
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