Synopsis

The void hummed, a silent pressure against the hull of the *Stardust Drifter*. Inside, a group of teenagers huddled around a flickering console, their faces illuminated by the strange, alien constellations projected on the viewport. They were far from home, adrift in the inky blackness between galaxies, and facing a predicament no one had prepared them for. A distress signal, faint but unmistakable, had pierced their routine survey mission. It originated from a research vessel, the *Aurora*,