Ava quickly steadied the spaceship, directing the technical crew to carry out emergency repairs on the damaged systems while simultaneously organizing defensive forces, remaining vigilant against any potential repeat attacks from within the dust cloud. Xavier ignored the violent shaking and kept his eyes glued to the scan data, discovering that the energy pulses carried a special encrypted message. Leading his scientific research team, he raced against the clock to decrypt it, hoping to find clues regarding the source of the attacks and a way to resolve the crisis.
Following intense calculations, the message was successfully deciphered, revealing that these gigantic silhouettes were actually interstellar arks built by an ancient civilization, designed to escape an impending cosmic catastrophe. However, due to centuries of disrepair and energy instability, the arks' control systems had malfunctioned, mistaking the approaching expeditionary vessels for a threat and launching an attack.
Xavier informed Ava of the situation, and the two decided to help repair the ark. Ava directed her team members to deploy the carried nano-repair robots in an attempt to fix the damaged equipment on the ark's exterior, while simultaneously establishing a communication link with the ark to state their peaceful intentions. Meanwhile, Xavier led the research team to analyze the cause of the ark's energy instability, discovering that material decay within the energy core was causing erratic power o…
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