The ARK-003 moved through the Curtain's misty expanse with the steady confidence of advanced technology navigating alien territory. For six days, the vessel had carried them deeper into realms where human authority held no sway, its crystalline hull reflecting the dancing lights of dimensional barriers that separated civilized territory from the unknown.
Fenix stood at one of the observation windows, watching the endless swirl of colored energies that marked their passage through space that existed between worlds. The Curtain's landscape defied conventional understanding - structures that seemed to exist in multiple dimensions simultaneously, weather patterns that followed geometric rather than atmospheric principles, and the occasional glimpse of creatures that belonged to no classification system developed by human scholars.
