Cp 63 ●
"Captain, I'm detecting some kind of...biological signature...inside," Lieutenant Chen said, his voice low.
The away team, consisting of Sarah, her first officer, Lieutenant Michael Chen, and a security detail, beamed down to the planet's surface. They approached the facility with caution, finding the entrance damaged and partially destroyed.
As they entered the facility, they were met with a scene of utter chaos: destroyed equipment, scattered papers, and...evidence of something having been restrained. But it was the log entry on the main console that made Sarah's blood run cold: "Captain, I'm detecting some kind of
"Captain, we're receiving a strange signal from the edge of the sector," her communications officer, Ensign Tom Bradley, said, his voice laced with concern.
"... cascade failure... uncontained... entity escaped...recommend evacuation of sector..." As they entered the facility, they were met
"It's...coded, sir. We're trying to decode it, but it's not matching anything in our database."
Sarah's mind reeled. CP 63? That was a classified research facility on a remote planet on the edge of the sector. She'd heard rumors of strange occurrences and equipment malfunctions, but nothing that would suggest a catastrophic containment breach. cascade failure
But as they turned to leave, they heard it: a low, ominous hum, growing louder by the second.
"Mr. Bradley, can you pinpoint the source of that signal?" she asked.