ISV CALYPSO — 2020 — DAY 342

The Far Garden

A science voyage. A stranger in the dark. A way forward neither side saw coming.
Earth is dying. You are Dr. Maya Chen, chief atmospheric scientist aboard humanity's furthest mission — sent to find a solution nobody quite knows how to define.

Eleven months out, something on the long-range scans starts moving toward you.

What happens next depends on whether you listen.
Act I — First Contact