🎞️ FRAGMENTS OF THE COSMOS
Pieces of a Broken Galaxy
FADE IN
VOICE-OVER (EIRA SOLIS)
(calm, melancholic)
“When gods fall silent, even galaxies forget how to sing.”
CAMERA PANS across the ruins of the Lysera Prime Galaxy — shattered planets, drifting cities, fractured moons. The light of a dying sun flickers one last time.
SCENE 1 – The Wanderer of Ash and Light
Inside the cockpit, CAPTAIN EIRA SOLIS, 30s, battle-worn but sharp-eyed, stares at a flickering hologram — her homeworld, cracked open like an egg.
EIRA
(softly)
“Lysera… what did we do to deserve this?”
The ship’s AI, LUMEN, flickers to life — a calm, ethereal voice.
LUMEN
“Distress beacon detected. Coordinates unstable. Source unknown.”
EIRA
“Set a course. If anyone’s left… they deserve to be found.”
Thrusters ignite. The ship dives into the storm.
SCENE 2 – The Ghosts of Memory

EIRA activates the Memory Recorder. Holograms fill the cabin — glowing specters replaying life before the collapse.
EIRA
(whispers)
“Fragments of us… frozen in time.”
LUMEN
“Captain, the beacon signal has changed. It’s transmitting… your genetic signature.”
EIRA
“That’s impossible.”
Her eyes widen — the signal originates from her father’s lost research station.
EIRA (quietly):
“Father…”
SCENE 3 – Descent into the Wound

THE ASTERION pierces a vortex of cosmic lightning. Debris crashes against its hull.
LUMEN
“Hull integrity at sixty-seven percent.”
EIRA
“Hold together, girl. We’re not dying yet.”
The ship breaks through the debris — a massive station looms ahead, half-buried in asteroid rock. Silent. Ancient. Waiting.
EIRA (determined):
“Let’s bring some ghosts back to life.”
SCENE 4 – The Station of Echoes

Eira enters through broken airlocks. Her helmet light sweeps over frost-covered walls.
Suddenly — a hologram stabilizes. Her father’s face appears, eyes kind, voice fading.
DR. SOLIS (hologram):
“Eira… the Collapse has begun. The gods of Lysera are not myths. They were engines — machines that kept our galaxy in harmony. And now… they’re breaking.”
EIRA
“Engines? You mean— we built them?”
DR. SOLIS:
“No… they built us.”
The message flickers, static. The floor trembles.
LUMEN (over comm):
“Gravitational shift detected. The station is moving.”
Eira grabs the glowing data core and runs.
SCENE 5 – The Awakening of the Machine God
The asteroid field erupts. A titanic structure unfolds — a being of light and machinery: EON, a Prime Construct.
LUMEN:
“Classification: Prime Construct. Designation — EON.”
EIRA (in awe):
“It’s rebuilding the galaxy…”
LUMEN:
“Negative. It’s rebuilding itself.”
EON’s voice shakes the stars.
EON (telepathic echo):
“Fragment bearer… return what was taken.”
The data core pulses violently in Eira’s hands.
SCENE 6 – The Choice Among Stars
The Asterion trembles under EON’s gravitational field. Space bends — asteroids spiral like fireflies.
LUMEN:
“If it retrieves the core, balance may restore… or collapse entirely.”
EIRA:
“So either way, everything changes.”
She stares at the core — her father’s legacy, her people’s last chance.
EIRA (remembering):
“Sometimes… to heal the cosmos, you must let it break.”
SCENE 7 – The Heart of EON

EXT. SPACE – CONTINUOUS
The Asterion dives into the heart of EON — a storm of light and sound.
LUMEN:
“Eira… if you do this—”
EIRA (firm):
“Then it means we still believe in something.”
She ejects the core. It’s absorbed into EON’s chest. Silence.
Then — a blinding explosion of light.
SCENE 8 – The Rebirth

Light fades to reveal a reformed cosmos.
Stars reignite. Planets align. Life returns in radiant symmetry.
LUMEN (softly):
“Captain… gravitational balance restored. Systems normal.”
Eira floats unconscious, then slowly awakens.
EIRA (weakly):
“Did… we make it?”
LUMEN:
“We did. But this galaxy is no longer the same.”
Outside, the constellations shimmer — shaped like ancient Lyseran symbols.
SCENE 9 – The Dawn Beyond Time

Eira stands before the viewport. The new galaxy stretches endlessly ahead — serene and alive.
EIRA (voice-over):
“We were never just dust or atoms. We were memory — scattered across eternity, waiting to become whole again.”
CAMERA PULLS BACK — her ship gliding toward the glowing horizon.
Soft orchestral music swells. A new dawn across the stars.
FADE OUT
TITLE CARD:
FRAGMENTS OF THE COSMOS
Pieces of a Broken Galaxy
FINAL LINE (on screen):
“Even in ruin, the universe remembers how to shine.”
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