An original AI-generated sci-fi illustration on an immutable blockchain — The Eclipse Sovereign — The dreadnought Eclipse Sovereign emerged from the shadow of the dying nebula, its colossal hull glinting with the faint reflection of distant suns. Once a flagship of the Orion Vanguard, it now drifted as a ghost fortress, guided by a single surviving consciousness embedded within its mainframe. Around it, shattered cruisers and fractured moons formed a graveyard that stretched for light-years—a silent testament to the war that erased both victors and vanquished. Inside the ship’s hollow corridors, automated systems still hummed, endlessly replaying battle orders to a crew that no longer existed. Captain Irin Kael’s voice echoed through the command bridge, an AI facsimile of the man who’d once commanded the fleet. He had uploaded his mind moments before the final strike—preserving his will, but losing his humanity. Now, for centuries, he orbited the ruins of his creation, locked in the recursive memory of his last command: Hold the line. But as the black sun rose beyond the debris field, the ship stirred. Ancient energy signatures flared to life across the sector, matching frequencies not seen since the Collapse. Kael’s consciousness flickered between awareness and something deeper—something alien. The Eclipse Sovereign began to reorient its thrusters, engines burning cold blue against the void. Somewhere beyond the veil of the nebula, a signal called to him. The war was not over—it had only been sleeping.