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Mira squinted at the readout. “Send a hailing packet. Standard check.”

The last recorded file was a solid minute of overlapping data: harmonic spikes that no instrument in Mira’s registry could classify. Then, silence. eaglecraft 12110 upd

Dr. Ibarra recorded her last message then, not a distress call but an offering: data describing the planet’s patterns, the harmonic language they had glimpsed, and a plea to other explorers. “This is not a resource to be mined,” she said. “It is a neighbor. Treat it as such.” Mira squinted at the readout

Mira steadied herself against the console. “Plot an intercept. Keep it quiet. If UPD has an emergency, we don’t want a fleet following.” the harmonic language they had glimpsed

Jalen frowned. “Signal, starboard aft. Weak, unregistered. Origin—unknown vessel, signature like old mining probes.”