A being looked out, through the protections of its small space craft, a hollowed out
asteroid, in orbit around a main-sequence blue giant. Staring at the glowing ball of plasma, there
was no curiosity behind the glare.
“Scans of observable region 10308-13518 completed.” the computer spoke to an
absent-minded listener.
It was the last, an amalgamation of all consciousness, of a species long forgotten. As it
spread its probes and ships across the stars, attempting to learn all that it could before the last star
finally grew dark. That was its millennia long directive.
“New intelligent species discovered in quadrant 014590-12494.”, said its computer
companion.