On The Shoulders of Giants
In the 23rd century mankind had finally travelled beyond the confines of Earth's solar system and made contact with intelligent extraterrestrials. New forms of atomic propulsion has made exploration to distant worlds possible. During the AndromedaÂ’s maiden voyage its Einstein-Rosen (ER) drive is successfully tested. A vessel equipped with an ER drive is capable of crossing interstellar distances by travelling through self-generated wormholes. The ER drive was designed by the child science genius N'tron Zepethar. Fifteen years earlier the starship Leviathan (with Zepethar aboard and propelled by his first version of an ER drive) disappeared on its maiden voyage. As the only other vessel equipped with an operational ER drive the Andromeda is reassigned to the Leviathan's rescue mission. The AndromedaÂ’s crew locates the crashed Leviathan on Theta-25L, a desolate planet 50 million light years from Earth. Whilst attempting to contact the Leviathan tragedy befalls the Andromeda's crew. After fifteen years on Theta-25L, Zepethar is the sole survivor of the Leviathan's crew. When the AndromedaÂ’s crew begin searching for answers to the LeviathanÂ’s demise it soon becomes apparent both Zepethar and Theta-25L harbour terrifying secretsÂ…
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