
The familiar humming sound of a space vessel's reactor core was barely audible inside the large, round, darkened room, at the center of which a large holographic image of a familiar planet was slowly revolving, standing nearly 5 meters tall. On its orange tainted surface, signs of a heavily industrialized planet, several red crosshairs marked the locations of, clear at this scale, large cities and military installations. Some of those markers were aimed at space, most likely at defense installations as well. All of those markers had a small link on them, with incoherent symbols, probably in the language of the people that made the hologram. The sound of slow moving, metal-on-marble sounding footsteps echoed throughout the room, giving the impression that the room was, indeed, incredibly large.…
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