Chapter 124: Up with the Static and the Radio

=== Summary ===
Following up on the theory of Earth's star rapidly aging and destabilizing, the crew of the Alarei venture to the Sol System to gather data. While the quarian crew tries to make their presence as invisible as possible, the crew finds themselves forced to dock at Terra One for helium-3, and to attempt to find additional data on the radiation spike history for the star. While the human workers there spare as many resources as they can, Petty Officer Modahl Karina warns the visiting quarians that people planetside are starving and desperate, and have allowed Minos to gain control of the vast majority of the population centers. As they are leaving Minos invades the station, forcing the quarians to escape the station using subterfuge and Karina’s help.
After escaping Terra One, Tali, Veetor, Kenn, and Verner go over the data they managed to recover. Tali is horrified to discover one of the satellites was likely cooked due to the radiation and flares Sol is throwing out. Going over the Terra One logs, Verner confirms three large radiation waves: a smaller one two years prior, and two larger ones roughly eighteen and six months ago. The results are conclusive: the reason that no crops are growing on Earth is due to her star dying.
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==== Discord Highlights ====
istie being a troll, istie's preferred accessory (lampshades), and the number of ways istie can be called out.