98 : - Oh, Uncertainty! A Universe Despairs!!

It wasn't the death of the universe that caused the despair—it was the lack of an ending. Without the "Certainty of the End," there was only the "Uncertainty of Now."

Focus on "Cosmic Vertigo"—the feeling of falling when there is no floor. 98 : Oh, Uncertainty! A Universe Despairs!!

tore up their charts. How do you fuel a ship when hydrogen is only "sometimes" flammable? It wasn't the death of the universe that

The universe didn't scream. It sighed. A collective realization that the foundation of everything—the "Why"—had been erased, leaving only the "What if?" light speed was the limit

For eons, the citizens of the United Galaxies lived by the "Prime Constants." Gravity was predictable, light speed was the limit, and tomorrow was a mathematical guarantee. But in Era 98, the math stopped working.