[ WP ] You are on Earth 's first manned interstellar spaceship . Half way between Earth and Alpha Centui every star in our galaxy goes supernova for no known reason .

`` It's ready'', proclaimed John Watts. Finally, after dozens of years of work the Royofluxer space-bender FTL system™ was complete. By then they were halfway to Alpha Centauri. 50 years ago they left Earth on an unprecedented mission. The world was in a state of another cold-war between Midlostratia and Brazimerica. There was real fear that the coldness might suddenly heat up into a deadly stream of WMDs the world over. On the background of this cold war there was another space race, fueled not only by the international competition but also by the worrying reality that convinced a whole lot of people that the human race might soon end up destroying themselves. 
 
 On June 4th 2315, 16 brave men and women launched on a journey to a new solar system. 
 However, soon after launch they discovered that the ship had a design error that slightly decreases the engine's efficiency, which unfortunately meant that for them there was a chance they might not get to Alpha Centauri in their lifetimes. 
 
 Watts, never one to give up, immediately began on researching for a solution. Soon after the other 15 joined him in the research. It is doubtful anyone in the crew truly believe they will really able to find a solution. But when 16 bright minds spend 50 years enclosed together, anything can happen. No more than 22 years later Mary Lance made an amazing unprecedented scientific breakthrough. She discovered a new subatomic particle, the Loband, that could potentially be exploited to bend space-time, thus theoretically enabling Faster Than Light travel. It took the crew another 28 years of hard-work to create the Royofluxer space-bender FTL system™. Now the Royfluxer was finally complete. 
 
 `` Are we ready to go?'' asked Captain Nina. `` Not yet. One final transmission'' said Watts. They have n't received any transmissions from Earth in many many years. They were n't sure if they are n't receiving them because of the difficulty of transmitting to a far-off ship out in space, or because the humans back on Earth finally succeeded in destroying themselves. Each option seemed just as likely. They however were still transmitting every once in a while. The ship's advanced navigation system allowed them to broadcast to the exact spot in space that the Earth should be in when the transmission gets there. So if humans are still alive, they can hear all about what they are up to up in space. Watts over the years continually reported the progress of the revolutionary research and development they were doing. 
 `` It's done. The Royofluxer space-bender FTL system is finally complete'' he has been waiting a long time to say that, `` this may be our last transmission in a while. If all goes well we'll be in Alpha Centauri in what should be a few days from our point of view. Watts out.''. 
 
 `` Are you ready?'' asked Captain Nina, preparing to activate the Royofluxer, `` These Loband particles have no idea what's coming to them!''. 
 ``... but then neither do we,'' claimed Sarina Day, `` I mean we do have our theories and all, but we do n't really know just what the consequences of this space-bending business would really be. It could be completely catastrophic. Perhaps maybe, we should n't do this''. Salina was always awry of this concept of breaking the physical boundaries of space. She was a cautioned type, the crew always called her a pessimist, though she preferred to view herself as a realist. She never thought they would really get anywhere in this mission, she only went because she just lost her faith in humanity and were sure that there was no future on Earth, might as well go out and die in space. When the design flaw was discovered she felt validated in her feeling that this was always a doomed mission. When the work to figure out a solution began she did help everyone, because she was a team-player after all, but she never really did think she'd live to see the day that they really will be able to bend space. That's just too *improbable*. 
 
 `` We've been working on this for so long, against all odds we got this far, now we *must* seize this opportunity!'' argued Watts. Everyone nodded in agreement. Salina still had a bad feeling about it and was convinced that this should n't be done. But she knew it was hopeless. The crew was n't ever going to give up what they've been working on for so long. 
 `` Alright crew prepare, fasten your space-belts,'cause we are about to bend some space! ``, said Captain Nina and proceeded to activate the Royofluxer… 
 
 The sky brightened up. The spacey darkness they always saw out their windows throughout their entire journey was replaced by fiery light. The solar-panels designed to fully recharge the ship when they were ti reach Alpha Centauri detected abnormal amount of heat. The end seemed inevitable. Nevertheless Captain Nina and the entire crew did not give up. Pilot Ray Sky furiously tried to balance the ship; Sarina, rather than saying `` I told you so'' came up with the ingenious idea of trying to use the Royofluxer in order to bend away the space encompassing the deadly super-flares; Watts maximized the ship's power; Mary Lance turned the Royofluxer and with a steady grip smashed the hell out of the Loband particles shifting the killer flares flying in space away from the ship. This was the crew's power, to rise above all difficulties and work together, perhaps in contrast to the people they left behind. Perhaps one could think that this was a futile final struggle, that there's no way that they'll be able to get out of this mess and find a nice place in space that *didn't* blow up in which they could settle. Nevertheless, the crew knew that even if they did go out, at least they did it with a bang. 
 
 
 
 
 EDIT: Fixed typos. 
 EDIT2: Slightly changed the ending, to actually make it more open.
