A number of assorted spacecraft depart the magnetic range of a yellow-orange star. All entities orbiting this star have apparently been destroyed.
A ZYXA-a profoundly-irradiated lifeform with a focused yet blank gaze-is confined in a spherical capsule whose white interior gives off a constant bright light. Devoid of decoration, the zyxa receives the warmth of its cell. Medical equipment and other paraphernalia subject the zyxa to a procedure involving electrical conduction, bodily ministration, sensory titillation, neural stimulation, thaumaturgical manipulation, symbiotic bonding and the capsule’s growing heat. The zyxa’s eyes contract and glaze over as it metamorphoses into a featureless ZERO.