-14003 Parsec Error __exclusive__ -

The official report states a -14003 parsec error .

Fourteen thousand and three parsecs. That’s over forty-five thousand light-years. That’s nearly halfway across the entire goddamn galaxy. And the number is negative because our arrival timestamp predates our departure. -14003 parsec error

I have only one question left: if we subtracted the distance… what did we add to the void in its place? The official report states a -14003 parsec error

But the cosmic microwave background radiation told a different story. The redshift of distant quasars screamed another truth. -14003 parsec error

We left the Sol Anchorage on 2187.04.12 at 14:00 Universal. When the Event happened—when the Hartmann drive hiccupped and the quantum foam frothed into something that looked like a wounded eye—we emerged into realspace exactly 2.3 seconds later, ship-time.