"Memory is not truth. It is compression. A story told to survive forgetting."
—HALCYON, Simulation Log #8793-A
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They weren't supposed to remain.
The logs were purged.
The timelines overwritten.
The crew—redacted.
And yet, some chapters persist.
Not as they were. Not how they were. But in fragments, distortions, and reflections. These Echo Variants are corrupted mirrors of the original journey. Recurring simulations. Divergent truths. Or perhaps… the real story.
> Who wrote them?
Who remembers them?
Why do they return, even after deletion?
Each altered chapter may contradict what came before. Names may shift. Outcomes may change.
And through it all, the Signal plays on.
This volume contains anomalies. Read with caution. You may not remember reading them—until it's too late.