"Captain's Log: We're still drifting in the wreckage, mystic's absence like a hole in the hull.. Ship's patched, but the quiet hurts. Then the hacker picks up something, faint distress beacon from a barren moon nearby. Human origin, looping on repeat. Could be nothing. Could be everything. After everything we've lost... we have to check." Bridge lights low, crew scattered and drained Hacker at the console, voice quiet and strained "Faint beacon pulse, moon on the system edge" "Human signal, automated, no pledge" Mechanic rubs her temples, "We barely have fuel" Gunslinger stares out, "Could be a trap, or cruel" I look at the screen, signal steady and small After the mystic's fade, this feels like a call We lost too much to turn away blind Plot a course slow, see what we find Distress beacon, calling from the dust Faint and lonely, built on trust After the fire, after the fall Distress beacon, answer the call Crew still breathing, ship still alive One more reason to open our eyes Through the grief and the black, we keep on the move Distress beacon, something to prove Moon's barren, dust storms swirling gray Signal stronger now, cutting through the haze Hacker decodes fragments, "Old, maybe a year" "Life support failing, running on fear" Mechanic checks reserves, "We got enough for one run" Gunslinger loads a clip, "If it's trouble, we're done" I feel the weight lift, just a little bit The mystic's gone, but the fight ain't quit We burn toward the rock, engines coughing smoke Whatever's down there, we're going to hope Distress beacon, calling from the dust Faint and lonely, built on trust After the fire, after the fall Distress beacon, answer the call Crew still breathing, ship still alive One more reason to open our eyes Through the grief and the black, we keep on the move Distress beacon, something to prove Descent through the dust, visibility zero Land on cracked ground, wind howling low Signal's close, underground bunker door We pry it open slow, step into the core Inside a lone survivor, half-dead on the floor Eyes open wide, "You came... you came for more" We lift him gentle, bring him back to the light One more soul saved in the endless night
