But the Swarm’s Mother-Core appeared—a giant, sound-absorbing sphere the size of a moon. It began to suck the color and sound right out of the stars.
Vox wiped sweat from his brow and put his mic back in the stand. "Good set, team. Where’s the next gig?" Space Rock-s Super Heroes -v1.0- -Space Rock99-
They won the core, but the victory was pyrrhic: Nullbright escaped with a tiny shard. Lysandra Kael activated a prototype Frequency Net—an orbital trap that would flood the inner belt with chaotic harmonics, forcing all living stones into seizure. Planetside economies would collapse; billions of tons of ore would be locked behind impossible luck. But the Swarm’s Mother-Core appeared—a giant