Blue Skies of Basao

Basao before the incident

The Blue Skies of Basao was an event that took place in the Tro System when a terrorist organisation, 'Star Eaters' attempted to use the Dyson Sphere technology they had on the star, but instead, they alerted it beyond belief as the technology was still not fully fit to be used, eventually, the star lost most of its gravitational force and destroyed all planets in its system, including Basao itself, entering the red giant phase early. Despite disastrous consequences in the future, no one was injured or killed as the government were swift to respond.

## History

### Cause

At some point in the early 2900s, the government had finally laid out plans for potential Dyson Sphere uses, but in the end, it was deemed too expensive for so little. However, in the shadows, one group lurked and had an inside man give them the plans. They had used it on other stars to varying effects but this would eventually approach some empires, so many stars were taken already. Tro was targeted.

### The Event

The Dyson Sphere was deployed, and the Star Eaters did something amazing with their technology. Instead of building spheres one after the other, they found a way to simply deploy them around a planet...something unheard of. Unfortunately, in this system lay the planet of Basao, a planet owned by the Intergalactic Space Empire of Earth, a planet meant for mining with a population of 42,000 and it quickly caught humanity's attention.

With the Dyson Sphere deployed, the star was supposed to have its power drawn, but instead, the star went blue, heating up heavily. The typically blacker skies became a light blue, and the star gleamed blue in the sky... And as hours went by, it started to grow bigger and bigger. The temperature also started to increase in the colony and Otokar Vlasák, the colony representative, sensed something was wrong and sent a scout ship ahead to the star, the crew spotted the star and saw it slowly growing. Now the star had started to turn a reddish colour and Otokar had a decision. He wasted no time calling for an evacuation of the planet and the government were contacted, sending Naval Squadron 86 over. In just twenty minutes the squadron arrived and got the population on troop ships. The files of the council building were also downloaded before the squadron left.

### The Aftermath

The population were evacuated and the government watched closely. The star now broke the Dyson Sphere it was contained in and had seemingly lost its gravitational force, crushing in on itself. The star went red giant and swallowed the whole system before finally blowing up and creating a black dwarf. At first, the Sons of Hephaestus were blamed. The Green Party wanted to get rid of the Sons, this was perfect as they could frame the event on the Sons and get public opinion against them. However, many noted the power... The scale wasn't something the Sons could realistically do. As well as this, Basao had a mostly pro-red mentality and not a pro-green, making it unlikely the Sons would dare bother. This led to investigations into who could cause this... And led to the Star Eaters being discovered.

### In Media

The event was turned in media to a horror game named 'The Blue Sky'. In this, you play as a civilian on Basao and have to escape a monster, whilst also escaping the planet and getting help. It was also turned into a historical song by the band 'Bastions' in 3104.