Space Opera

Final Voyage
The research vessel Prometheus drifted silently through the void, its sensors extended like curious fingers into the darkness. It had been 3,427 years, 216 days, 14 hours, and 37 seconds since its last communication with Earth.

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.