C330 Bloody Place

Five orbs of light, like luminous comets, streaked rapidly across the silent, dark expanse of space, trailing long, fiery tails behind them.

"Huh?" The leading orb abruptly halted, suspended in the void, having detected an eerie disturbance.

The orb's radiance intensified, and a beam of light burst forth from its core, piercing toward an indistinct point in the vast emptiness