Pollution, war, and limited resources had finally destroyed nearly all of Earth, and mankind with it. In a final attempt to save humanity, Earth put the remaining people onto colony ships. A colony ship was basically a large spacecraft that was completely maintained and flown by machines and contained a few hundred cryochambers, small capsules designed to hold people in cryostasis for long periods of time.

 Eventually, one of these ships flew too close to a black hole. Despite the spacecraft's attempts to escape, it was slowly sucked in. Some time later, it shot out of nothing towards a planet. However, just before it touched the planet's atmosphere, it came to a sudden stop. It was like all time outside the spacecraft froze. 

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 Awakening in his cryochamber, Jacob was surprised to see a pop-up window in his vision. He didn't remember anyone telling him there were holographs installed in the cryochambers. Curiously, he read it.

Welcome to Saldrisil, a brief analysis has confirmed that you are compatible, would you like to join  the system? 

Yes.  No.

Reading the popup only confused Jacob. 

Who made this thing? What exactly  is 'the system ' supposed to mean? 

Questions raced through Jacobs mind as he reached for the 'yes' button.

why not.. Beats laying around here for the next  thousand years...

Once he tapped the button, the popup disappeared.  A few seconds later, Jacob suddenly heard multiple explosions nearby, nearly deafening him. Suddenly, the world went dark.