At the epicenter, a colossal column of flame, visible several hundred kilometers away, spewed ash and dirt skyward, traces of which were later found halfway around the world. A bane to paranormal researchers for nearly a century, the origins of the Tunguska incident have been attributed to a variety of sources, ranging from credible to downright outlandish.
Some researchers claim it was the result of a comet or asteroid.
Others say it may have been a wandering black hole, a gigantic chunk of antimatter, or the byproduct of Nicola Tesla's revolutionary experiments in electromagnetism. Terraforming operations in the Gobi Desert are put on hold when workers unearth a mysterious artifact which is believed to have been jettisoned from an extraterrestrial vessel that crashed in Tunguska, Siberia in 1908. While the duo quickly deduce that the spool came from Venus, the intent behind the communication remains a mystery, due to the extent of the damage inflicted on the artifact in the explosion, rendering further translation difficult. With Professor Durand's newest creation, a plucky robot called Omega, in tow, the crew board the Cosmostrator One , Earth's most advanced starcraft, and blast off for Venus. After being pelted by pesky meteors, the Cosmostrator One touches down, its crew surprised to find not an army of bloodthirsty Venusians hungry for conquest, but the remnants of a once-mighty civilization, now deathly silent.