at 03:17 station-time, a total of [DATA EXPUNGED] inhabited planets ceased to exist.
there was no precursor event.
no radiation.
no debris.
no gravitational shockwave consistent with destruction.
we have confirmed loss of:
- earth
- mars (excluding eden colony)
- titan
- europa
- [REDACTED]
- [REDACTED]
- total population: ████████████
in the first week, the remaining colonies reported:
mass suicides
riots
cult formations
attempts to replicate the event through self-harm, vacuum exposure, and reactor sabotage
the term "quiet rapture" was coined by ████████ and is to be treated as non-technical.
we do not know what took them.
we only know they are gone.
within 72 hours of the event, blood ocean moons began appearing in previously surveyed systems.
these moons were not there before.