Prosian Universe #33 - IASA Armstrong

The signal was old. The SOS was not. Nearly three centuries ago, the Earth exploration vessel IASA Armstrong disappeared during an early interstellar mission. There was no wreckage. No confirmed distress call. No explanation. Then, at Scavenger Base, John Rin happens to be listening to an old radio frequency. Through the static comes Morse code. SOS. And an identifier that shouldn't still be calling: IASA 7239L. The signal sends Captain Elira Kastovic and the Alliance science vessel Ralos toward the Kruger 60 system. John Rin, Kessa Rin, and Prosian scientist Terev Gillings join an expedition expecting to investigate the remains of one of humanity's oldest interstellar mysteries. Instead, they find evidence that Armstrong accomplished something its technology should have made impossible. The ship traveled farther than it could have traveled. It arrived somewhere it could not have reached. And its story did not end when Earth stopped hearing from it. As the crew of Ralos reconstructs the final voyage of Armstrong, a centuries-old accident challenges the known limits of phase travel. But understanding what happened to the ship may prove easier than understanding everything that came afterward. Because survival changes people. Generations turn survival into history. And eventually, the place where people were stranded becomes the place they call home. IASA Armstrong brings together the SS Scavenger, Alliance Command, and the wider Prosian Universe in a story of exploration, survival, family, science, and the consequences of answering a call that everyone else had stopped listening for. Some distress calls take centuries to answer.