Log 2

Nope...

Nope...

Nope...

Still nothing...

No...

I sink back into my chair. A sigh escapes my mouth. The universe is pretty empty. Other than a few inhabitable planets and a some stars, there isn’t really anything to be excited about. There usually isn’t, especially when you’re in empty space.

...“Computer. Commence area scan.” I command....

“Commencing scan...” It replies.

A few seconds pass and data gets transmitted to my holo-map. Yep, just as I thought; nothing. I groan. See? This is my job. I tap a button on the communication device in my ship.

“This is Jason Marcland speaking to HQ, do you copy, over?” I speak into the microphone.

“We read you loud and clear Jason, over.”

“How far do I need to go before I can return to base, over?”

“To the ends of the universe, Jason, over.”

“Sir, with all due respect, I really don’t think I should. I mean, I’m not even halfway to my destination point and it’s completely empty out here.”

“Jason, this is extremely important. We need to know what’s out there. We need to scrutinize the Absence while you are out there exploring the rest of the universe. Please understand that we cannot afford to leave the Absence unauthorized. We made that mistake a long time ago, but we will not make it again, over.”

I sigh. “Yes sir, over.”

“Thank you, Jason, over.”

I slouch back into my chair. The mistake from a long time ago. The mistake that almost broke reality. It was when humanity was clueless to what the universe was. We discovered something far beyond our understanding. It was a supernova that we could somehow gaincontrol over. We had not a slightest clue as to how we figured it out, but we didn’t steer away from the opportunity. We then built giant machines, spaceships, and better technology. Afterwards, we captured the remains of the supernova into a humongous sphere of metal. This made the present-day man-made planet know as The Nexus. However, the metal could not contain the power of the supernova. So, we built two different stabilization units. The Congress Vortex and the Abysmal Fraction. The Congress Vortex supplied the supernova with power-containing plasma, while the Congress Vortex supplied the Abysmal Fraction with power. And, it worked. But, it was shortly lived. The Congress Vortex somehow started oversupplying the Abysmal Fraction, and it become extremely unstable. The Nexus was falling apart, and if it did, it would destroy humanity. The supernova will set of once more, and it would destroy everything in its vicinity. Miraculously, we were able to contain it once more. And, we made some improvements to The Nexus and the two stabilization units. And, it’s been nearly 50 years since then. And now, the Council watches over the Absence all the time. The Absence is a vast expanse of literal nothingness. However, the Council believes that it is possible to get through the Absence. They have tried. It failed. They used the two stabilization units and The Nexus’s supernova. They fused the two stabilization units’s power and turned it into a beam of plasma. Along with the Nexus’s supernova, they were able to launch the beam into the Absence. However, only about 10 seconds after firing it, the two stabilization units went unstable, and they both almost exploded. If they did, reality would break and what humanity knows as existence, would end. The Galatic Barrier, which is the only thing humanity knows to the extent of what our universe is, would tear aprart.

*Beep Beep Beep*

I quickly shoot up from my seat and look at my holo-map. Huh, interesting. There’s an astronomical object out here! But, it’s massive. I reach up to a console above my head and flip a few switches.

“Computer! Activate manual pilot mode!” I say.

“Manual pilot mode activated.” It says.

A small control panel flips open and a steering system unfolds in front of me. I grab it firmly and begin to steer my way towards the mysteriously humongous object in space. Finally, I might have something to do now!

-End

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