Shatterstar pressed deeper into the heart of the blazing star, swallowed by oceans of flame and pressure no ordinary vessel could withstand.
Outside, the temperature had soared past ten million degrees Celsius. Inside, Shatterstar's energy meter remained fixed at fifty percent, the same stubborn figure it had displayed ever since Ethan first stepped aboard.
The propulsion system roared, the cooling mechanisms strained, the protective shields blazed at maximum output. Yet no matter how violent the environment became, the numbers on the display neither climbed nor dropped. They simply stayed at half.
Over the course of their long voyage, Ethan had learned many things from KH3106. This descent into the star's core was meant to be Shatterstar's final test.
The word "experiment" nearly drove Ethan out of his mind.
