Alien Encounters
Cave of Revelations
Marco Rodriguez pressed his back against the cold rock, trying to suppress his shivering. Four hours ago, dense fog had covered the trail, and he had lost sight of his group at an altitude of two thousand meters. Now, as the sun disappeared behind the sharp peaks of the Andes, the temperature was dropping rapidly.
5th Dimension
Takumi Nakamura stared at his data terminal, heart racing as the numbers on his screen defied everything he knew about physics. As lead physicist at the Tokyo Quantum Observatory, he had dedicated his life to understanding the universe’s constants. Now, those constants were changing before his eyes.
Echo
Captain Markov activated the final sample. The artificial gravity hummed quietly, holding them in orbit around the nameless planet. Forty-three days of research, and tomorrow—home.
Stellar Nomad
Captain Zara Okafor stood on the observation deck of the Stellar Nomad, watching the impossible planet rotate below. According to all stellar charts, this system should have been empty—just another void in the unmapped sector of the Cygnus Arm.