Exploring the Unknown: The First Inter-Galactic Voyage

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In summary, the conversation discusses the concept of dark matter beings feeding on dark energy and eventually creating their own universes. However, they ignore life around the hot spots as the climate is too uncomfortable for them. One day, one of these beings notices an artifact emerging from a hot zone and moves over to investigate. This leads to another intergalactic road kill, which goes unnoticed by the people on the bridge of Voyager One. The ship's psychic/crazy also senses that something is not right but cannot properly explain it to the doctor. The conversation then shifts to discussing a story about the first voyage to intergalactic space, with doubts that Voyager One will make it out of the Milky Way.
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It's here so the dark matter "being" can feed on dark energy and grow up. When they achieve a more advanced state they move on to create their own universes, where their offspring can grow up. So far they've ignored life around the "hot spots", the climate there is too uncomfortable for them.

But one day one of them notice an artifact emerging from the hot zone around one star a few galaxies over. If it could read it would see "Voyage One" on the side. Intrigued, it moves over to chat...
 
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... and Voyage One creates another intergalactic road kill.

No one on the bridge notices anything. The ships psychic/crazy "feels that something is not right" but can not properly explain to the ship's doctor.
 
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... and Voyage One creates another intergalactic road kill.

No one on the bridge notices anything. The ships psychic/crazy "feels that something is not right" but can not properly explain to the ship's doctor.
There's people on the bridge of Voyager One?
 
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Noisy Rhysling said:
There's people on the bridge of Voyager One?

The_e was no "r" in the o_ignal post.

I was picturing something like USS voyager:
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stefan r said:
The_e was no "r" in the o_ignal post.

I was picturing something like USS voyager:
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I'll have to answer to the grammar Klingons for that one, won't I?
 
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Noisy Rhysling said:
I'll have to answer to the grammar Klingons for that one, won't I?

No. Just write a story about first voyage to inter-galactic space.

I doubt Voyager One is going to make it out of the milky way.
 
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stefan r said:
No. Just write a story about first voyage to inter-galactic space.

I doubt Voyager One is going to make it out of the milky way.
I didn't say it would.
 

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