The Astra cranked up a quarter of its fuel reserves to power its thruster to the maximum. In just three seconds, the thousand-ton cruiser sped hundreds of kilometers as it rammed on the red swirling portal.
Everything was covered in a bright blanket of light. The crew tried to cover their eyes but the light was too strong and it even pierced the niche of their fingers.
Then at once - they lost their consciousness. For an hour, the Astra is covered in silence. Even the ship's AI was stuck in a recursive processing loop because of the amount of data it’s computing from the electrical storm.
Silence… Then came light. The ship's AI processed all the information it could gather and compiled them in a format the ship's captain could inspect later. The ship was once again alive with beeps and the ambient sound of the engine.