Perseus Cluster

The Perseus Cluster sprawls across deep space as a dense stellar expanse recently struck by a meteorite storm a week prior—four magnitudes smaller than the raging barrage now hammering the Hercules Cluster. Crew in the Wheel's Operations Room invoke it tersely during crisis briefings, its debris trails and collision risks serving as a grim baseline for the station's vulnerability. Stars gleam amid hurtling rocks, the void amplifying isolation as voices crackle over comms, weighing past survival against looming annihilation.