The Odyssey drifted through the blackness between galaxies, its sensors picking up a signal—faint, ancient, artificial. Captain Elena Vasquez stood on the bridge, her eyes on the viewscreen.
“Command, this is Odyssey. I’ve found something.”
“Copy, Odyssey. What is it?”
“Ruins. On a planet in an uncharted system.”
The Luminari leader appeared beside her. “These ruins predate our species. They could hold the key to the universe’s origins.”
“Then we need to explore them,” Elena said.
The Odyssey landed near the ruins, their stone towers reaching toward the sky. The air was brea