An original AI generated sci-fi illustration on an immutable blockchain – The Helion Summoning – The dropship roared through the sulfur-choked sky, its engines blazing like newborn suns as it descended toward the molten plains of Vaskor-9. Rivers of lava twisted below like serpents of fire, and every tremor from the planet’s unstable core sent shockwaves rippling across the ground. Captain Arlen Voss braced himself—no sane pilot attempted landings here. But sanity had little to do with the mission ahead. For buried beneath the volcanic crust was the Helion Vault, a forgotten repository of prehuman technology said to predate every known civilization. No probe had ever returned intact, and every research team sent before had vanished without a trace. Still, command insisted the vault held something vital—something powerful enough to turn the tide of the war consuming the outer systems. Arlen had seen the classified fragments: symbols etched in impossible geometry, energy signatures that defied physics, and a warning scrawled in the scorched data logs of the last expedition. As the dropship neared the surface, the lava parted as though recoiling from its presence, forming a glowing path leading straight to the vault’s location. Arlen felt a coldness settle in his chest even as fire raged around him. Something beneath the planet was awake, aware, and waiting. And as the ship’s landing struts touched the trembling ground, he realized the truth—he wasn’t coming here to retrieve something. He had been summoned.