A Dona's Return

[Nightfall]

A green burst of light was shooting through the viewscreens of the restored Hispania's bridge. Abanoned again, the sleeper ship was a silent hulk among the debris. A dream about leaving the Golden Prison.

The dark figure appeared in the doorframe and walked towards the navigation control post. He stopped there running his fingers over the touch-pads raising his gaze up towards the viewscreens, towards the Omicron Alpha's green sun touching Malta's atmosphere. A wonderful stillness hung over the planet bathing in the bright green flames.

'It can be so peaceful.' Bernard thought as he was running through the status reports of his NeuralNet link.

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If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God? - from 'Nightfall' by I. Asimov
The Outcasts consider Siniestre Nube a sacred place for several reasons. Early explorers discovered a jumphole within the depths of the cloud that leads to a strange world of ringed stars and strange craft. All ships in the burrial ground are placed facing that hole to honor the Alien Spirits. - An Outcast rumor