The White Hole

"Sir, a standard decoded message for all stations from Krakor." Within a few seconds the computer's voice came through.

"Reports from the Silus Galaxy indicate intense UP activity. All stations capable to observe." Beldan spoke to an operations controller to his left.

"Acknowledge." Then he turned to the computer terminal in front of them. "Augur, activate telescope."

The lights in the control room dimmed as the power packs began to drain under the enormity of its task, and then Augur spoke.

"Bringing into action the space-time-dimension telescope."

Beldan blinked as the hologram viewer came into life, a huge three-dimensional picture filling half the room with its vision, showing the space-time-dimension spiral, slowly pulsating and turning.

The scene gradually dissolved from the spiral into one of many suns and planets, an immense glowing aura of light. The computer spoke again.

"I am relaying information from central Headquarters and linking it with the telescope. The present view is one of our own Galaxy from Scanner four, the scanner is now turning in the opposite direction."

The picture slowly moved, showing first the edge of the Galaxy and then emptiness until a lone glowing tiny spot of light appeared and centralised. The computer resumed.

"The Silus Galaxy, two hundred thousand light years in distance."

The picture transformed as the computer linked from scanner four, five, six and seven, each one enlarging on the other, to scanner eight on the edge of the Silus Galaxy. In the centre was an eerie glowing light of great brilliance, which seemed to be moving slightly every minute. Beldan spoke to the computer.

"Augur? Information - is that a Super-Nova?" The computer replied.

"Negative - it is a UP - unknown phenomenon. The scanners have been placed on its trajectory so that we can observe its movement..."