LDR-333 Don't cut the signal

[spoken word] [no drums] [dark ambient pads] It’s Dex. You’re still out there. I’m still out here. Same as always. The lanes are moving. People are working, stealing, hauling, and dreaming the next jump will be the jump home. We’ve got the usual mess; On the wire tonight: A mid-size crew running copper and silicon said they passed a Black Orbit survey team that looked like they’d seen something they weren’t paid enough to talk about. No one asked follow-ups. Smart. There’s word coming out of the old Sol system. Earth. Most of you only know it for the music that still leaks out on subspace. Apparently the Boomspeakers made landfall. Black goo spreading. Same pattern as always. Quiet arrival, fast coverage. It’s not the first planet they’ve hit, and it won’t be the last. Local resistance is ongoing. That’s all we can say for sure right now. Why do the Boomspeakers keep choosing the planets they do? Why does every official channel treat Earth like it barely exists until something starts eating it? And why do any of us still act surprised when the big threats move quietly? I don’t know. I just know the pattern doesn’t care whether we’re paying attention. i'll be back Don’t cut the signal