Encounters Out There
Ergot
On the Ergot homeworld, an ancient prophet foretold of doomsday—a catastrophic millennial extinction event from the heavens.
As legend tells it, the seer foresaw the end of times as the inevitable consequence of Ergotian nature. Believers launched space arks to build and colonize an artificial planet.
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One thousand years later ...
On the Ergot homeworld, billions celebrated their ancestors' decision to stay.
Senk Newt, an astronomer and 40th generation off-world colonist, studied Ergot from afar.
Further out into deep space, Senk observed a giant asteroid—and calculated fragments of its apocalyptic off-world collision would obliterate all life on Ergot.
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