"What can we do?" Orion asked, his voice steadier than he felt.
Solia reached out, and in an instant, images flooded their minds - fragments of technology, knowledge woven into thought. The Eldren had devised a way to delay the Silence, to push back against the void. But they lacked the means to enact it.
"You must take this knowledge," Solia implored. "It is your burden now. We are but a shadow of what was. You are the future."
Elara looked at her crew, at the weight of responsibility settling upon them. The fate of not just humanity, but of all life in the cosmos, rested on their shoulders.
And so, with a solemn vow, they accepted. The Eos Vanguard departed, carrying the last hope of a dying civilization. As they folded space behind them, the great construct began to fade, its purpose fulfilled.
As stars stretched into infinity before them, Elara whispered a promise to the void.
"We heard your echo. And we will not let the silence win."