Incoming 4physics relay
The map is broken. The vessel is not. 4physics has found you: a field network founded after the Collapse to preserve physical knowledge and send trained minds where a model may still save a life. Their invitation is waiting in your cabin terminal.
Repair bay / subsystem 04
A cargo sled catches, slips, and pulls against its restraint spring. The engine-room transfer depends on knowing when its motion is predictable.
Surface traverse / depot run
The hold is empty, and for nine days the window was never opened. Out there on a lightless world a depot waits — reachable only by driving a rover through a storm that teaches what force truly means.
Abyssal descent module
Below the surface, a damaged module descends through a darkness with weight. Pressure, buoyancy and drag decide what can still rise.
Relay station / gravitational boundary
A relay station circles a black hole at the edge of its safe orbit. Here, familiar approximations must be named before they can be trusted.
A 4physics relay has found your vessel. Registration creates a candidate badge; formal staff clearance remains locked until Chapter III.