Midv578 Exclusive -

Elara confronted Marlow, who offered a cold smile. “Time is a resource, Dr. Voss. The ship pays for itself by… optimizing what we owe the universe.”

Plot points: The protagonist, Dr. Elara Voss, develops Midv578. The ship can create wormholes, but the energy source is unstable. She starts noticing anomalies, maybe people disappearing. Then she uncovers a conspiracy that the ship is causing alternate realities or attracting entities. midv578 exclusive

The project manager, Director Kael Marlow, called it “exclusive” technology, a blend of black-budget science and stolen alien schematics from a classified moonbase. Elara trusted him. She had to. Elara confronted Marlow, who offered a cold smile

“I’m still here.”