[High-Octane Sci-Fi - No Romance - Interstellar War - Swallowed Star] “Warning, warning. Curvature drive overload. Unknown spatial phenomenon detected.” Inside the Hunter, a research and defense ship from a peak Level Five civilization, glaring red lights flashed. Corgi jolted awake in the deep-sea sleep pod and threw up several mouthfuls of sleep fluid. At last, he could breathe again. Looking at the holographic images and test data compiled by the Hunter, Corgi sucked in a sharp breath. “This is...?”
“A naturally occurring, supermassive spatial node?” After its AI humanizedly “crashed” for two seconds, Hunter I returned a response. “Database search complete. This natural phenomenon bears an 85% similarity to the Klein bottle structure proposed by Blue Star civilization.” Corgi’s expression shifted. Could this be... the opportunity to ascend to a Level Seven civilization? Blue Star was only a peak Level Five civilization, a quasi-Level Six one. This discovery was enough to give Blue Star a chance to survive the current interstellar federation war.
“Warning, warning. The supernatural spatial phenomenon is fluctuating. Similarity to Klein bottle structure: 80%.” The Hunter’s barrage of warnings snapped Corgi out of his thoughts. He immediately issued an order. “Shut down curvature navigation. Record all data.” The Hunter’s speed gradually dropped from 500 cc to the standard cruising speed of 0.5 cc. Corgi suddenly noticed that the distortion at the mouth of this supernatural “Klein bottle” had eased somewhat, but the observable data fluctuations had also diminished. “So we can only observe this phenomenon when the curvature drive warps space and creates spatial ripples?”
“Quick, send this...”
“Warning, tachyon communications failure. Transmitting through anomalous structure...”
The part about Proxima Centauri looks a bit familiar.