The colossal digital clock above the Central Milky Way Exchange dome blinked its final countdown.
[00:03]
[00:02]
[00:01]
[00:00]
A deep, planet-shaking bronze chime echoed from the spires of the Central Milky Way Mercantile Tribunal.
BONGGGGG!
The mechanical voice of the Central Clearinghouse Risk Mainframe boomed across every street, plaza, and trading floor on Galactic Wall Street:


