"The mothership is expected to reach Nyx's third low planetary orbit in one minute. Countdown: sixty, fifty-nine, fifty-eight..."
On January 17, Federation Era Year 9, the mission entered its next phase. Humanity had been traveling through the endless void of space for nearly five years, which equated to approximately 22 years according to relative external time.
At exactly 9:28 AM, the mothership officially entered Nyx's high orbit!
They were 21.4 light-years away from the Solar System!
This was a space expedition far beyond anything humanity had ever imagined!
Countless citizens rushed to the public observatories, their faces glowing with pure joy as they eagerly gazed at the gray planet they were about to land on.
Based on the steady stream of news broadcasts over the past month, the public generally understood that Nyx was an Earth-like planet with a dense atmosphere—an atmosphere that even contained a massive amount of free oxygen!
