A universe overflowing with light,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡFyO3jnPyVp
Black holes sprinkling the deep cosmos beyond,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡDaWH3bQ0X9
Drawing matter towards them, feasting on hues.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡAJxxEZWxPj
Everything shimmers with so much colour:copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡhjZvp5hzYR
Cyans, magentas, greens, pinks and yellows.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡUDA6Eu4ofc
Among these event horizons, white holes.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ePi976jy2
Spewing matter drawn from another plane,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡR2Fa3iOOXI
These are the black holes’ total opposites.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡySgrObiarj
Even light may not enter these great beastscopyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡD1YqmbyQiZ
As particles continue to flow out.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8TqOb5NGYU
These take the place of the suns from our world.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡgFfNclnntj
From them, life is able to evolve, thrive.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡjTvnFxXp1e
All usable energy comes from them.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡywvlWJ6yR8
Plants feed off the light that they are given,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡ79zBaLwpFX
While the animals feed off of these plants.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡzk6Hkrwvp3
In contrast, black holes pull all to themselves,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡXcfhoVBCSV
Hungry beasts that are to be avoided.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡK3Vo6z8Rvm
Despite the danger life has adapted.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡQMSuhd0wlx
The black holes are not useless in this realm,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡiu0r9kltXb
For some brilliant minds have put them to use.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡsWGkyklSvd
A great sphere is built, reflective inside;copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡGyXTuThAal
Surrounding the black hole in its center.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡiDyN47x4Bf
One single point on the sphere is open.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡQSVDyXmYBV
A particle is aimed at this black hole,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡKai1FiMJPo
Narrowly missing it as it moves past.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡmVHg5TLQas
The hole’s strong gravity pulls this atomcopyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡQlXD16JEpG
And lends it some of its own energy.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡTMRfhFMKUu
Potential energy turns kinetic,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡGASPBR9FXs
Speeding up the atom’s trajectory.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡILeQ0UWJOk
It will hit the inside mirrors just right.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡB1p9Nd3Zui
Once it does, the journey begins again.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡDRgOzdcI9w
Faster and faster each revolution,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡwKWN4FTIqG
Until, near light-speed, it is caught at last.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡu6l699eezt
The energy gathered from the black hole,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡr5z440zaHg
Absorbed by a non-reflective panel.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5HpwFirxfS
The energy travels from transistorcopyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡlrjTgCP9Nt
To transistor, stored until further use.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡPAMBTwmONq
Nearby starships stop by to refuel.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡ78iumcHkKP
One of these is experimental, new.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡKEd4VjieRN
This ship, first of its kind, faster than light.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ZDuly1qhl
Pioneers: sights set on a galaxy.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡXudGB2kaOy
None of their kind had been so far from home.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡjtJw0LCGo5
The intergalactic drive was engaged,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡdZWBkUJfPN
Ready to begin its maiden voyage.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡOFEze8xfdy
Distant stars calling to them; their new home.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡwe3KAsaB1q
In a moment, everything went downhill.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡrOMKh1vJxn
Vast, quiet explosions within: errorcopyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡQBKtM3ov61
Coming from the generator’s space-drive.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡKaU7ssCOeb
Within mere moments, all was still again.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4KSBARwWyK
The ship was no more, though not lost for good.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡXyVKdniy9x
The blast tore a hole in space-time, alas,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡGEJfuNHke8
For any observers, the crew was dead.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡYtnjYGGpf2
For the most part they were right, damage done,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡJyJU5HAvxz
Passengers taken by the tragedy.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡsZh7fNtJXs
Yet some of those caught in the blast survived.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡLgrsrcyqbM
Flung to a universe far different,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6So1BWM0RB
Empty, black, with only small points of light,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡr7iRtLwdXv
Stars, to break up the neverending void. copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡUV3vfXBf8Y
We see the ship floating aimlessly outcopyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡdQODm9VePe
Into space, light-years from anything else.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡNWWddHpEqO
Ages pass. Once, shimmering black opal,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡXFwUvvjdlH
Now, slowly fading paler and paler.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Lrd8r4tc7
A galaxy nears, a conglomeratecopyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡbBwmDdtJgm
Made up of gas, dust, and billions of stars.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡiLhHR0oCbL
Its gravity pulls the ship to itself.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡovfmAVmWph
It is hard to say how much time had passed.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡxZBkCU0XgC
To the inhabitants things grew slower,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡOeO8yuE4pB
More sluggish, as power was divertedcopyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡNojXzc7r3s
In order to be conserved, rationed out.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡR3RUch4Pnt
Some see the galaxy rotate a touch.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1DyT0U7snP
The void grows crowded as it approaches,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡBi7gR927rB
Tiny dots filling the sky all around.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Rqga9IAAV
The crew, unable to keep track of time,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡah4AiXnKnK
Can only watch as the hull shifts from darkcopyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡtEPGpz9DtJ
To white, shimmering hues nonexistent.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡHkUh1tEcN5
The vessel approaches a speck of light.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡSf1lBzqPZl
Around it floats eight large spheres: its planets!copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2VQ07kpE5s
The nearest to the ship: windy and blue.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡU01DSYli31
A gas giant, one of a few nearby,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡX4tTmU0T8d
Its mass pulling the ship, veering off-course.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡbdC1Wx1WO9
Its star emits light which fuels the ship,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡuFX3Jo5hzd
Yellow-white light split into a rainbowcopyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡEfJ2Z54rpu
Upon impact with the exterior.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡv6lHxWEz6T
Some color returns to its pale pallorcopyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡeh80AfIFqc
As it feasts on the optical spectrum.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡDVIIBXcn64
The surge in energy awakens it,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2KoKe9TByn
Awareness returning to the ship’s mind.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡSKweCYCZ67
Though miniscule, not enough to move itcopyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡaFxQwsT4PI
On its own, not until it gains power.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡB1lCXIlrli
And yet, a new path is charted ahead.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡLijWlHwgXI
Hungry for sunlight, the ship veers again,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡpEVMPbUDXK
This time aimed directly at the source: Sol.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQGlqafqFz
Deprived for so long of their source of life,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡUoNbJZLvmX
Few minds inside survived up to that point,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡgJ32cafea8
Most having long faded away to dust.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡXCBABATTD4
On the ship’s journey to the system’s star, copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡFAhs4S7r1w
It passes a belt of scattered debris:copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡtDfSvgqwRY
Remnants of a planet that never was.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡmSUTSoR1zM
Rock, crystallized iron, dust, gas, and icecopyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Rd8Qt6kjS
Loosely connected by their gravity.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡqNozowkoaX
Before long, a small, rocky, red sphere nears.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡo3CN8otKWp
Around it are two tiny asteroids.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡVvkiLcSqnH
This world is barren, devoid of featurescopyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡql3cK9rY0F
Beyond its mountains and polar glaciers.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Tj6rHHbbO
Its pale red color hardly attractive.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡQS3SU1dCcI
The ship hurtles toward the star once more.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡpFpOVdFZU4
This close, water ice, formed on its surface,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡz5dLjw8MKG
Begins to melt, sublimating to gas.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡT42eTfKco1
Now, another planet stands in its way:copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡBODt00EoVN
Larger than the last, a drop of blue-green.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡYIHdRZMWTT
About this one orbits a large, white moon,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡSupNO5ucyZ
A fourth of the size of its host planet.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡBs7s0XTJXN
While small, the moon still dwarfs the spacefarers.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3BtQXoU7wL
Unable to maneuver as before,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡYG6wP7ZbK7
The ship almost impacts the satellite.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡxeV0tNMW6W
The celestial body tugs on it, copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡXb4kgf0DtO
Shifting its course directly to its host.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡHbMdPluUZU
The larger planet’s intense gravitycopyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡElvZBL6800
Offers the craft no choice but to draw near,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡxONuy3FCjd
Atmospheric friction heating it up.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡfBv9eK3PPn
The following, over in an instant.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡO0559UjSYN
After the interstellar voyaging,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡWh3qCkR1Oj
Eons of silence, and empty darkness,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡhqgflfG8dg
The moment is almost too quick to note.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡsAD78188kX
A soundless roar now, the craft makes impact.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0Fuv5or2C
Yet all is still on the planet’s surface.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡJw2VBT4o3f
A vast crater surrounding the crash sitecopyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡYimhDda4oA
Visible from space near the northern pole.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡ77LefhlvaY
Glacier and permafrost bore the impact,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡeZRgfM70B6
Sublimating the ice into vapor.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡRAB91Ewl1X
The crashed ship, still hot, sits upon a lakecopyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡnMYcEn2tRm
Formed from ice that was initially spared.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡRIOPeWs5dT
Spacecraft once iridescent black opal,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡCSdSw2NK5z
Now pale, with little remaining color,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡYC3HqvwJy3
Lies in wait as what crew remains recoups.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡtdr1bgiBiy
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