From Space -

The crew of the Aura were scavengers, used to finding frozen fuel cells and rusted titanium plating. They weren't prepared for the .

"We are the last of the Silence," the memory whispered. "We have carried the history of a thousand dead worlds so they would not be forgotten. Now, our light flickers. You are the first we have found with a heartbeat to match the rhythm." From Space

When they breached the asteroid's surface, they didn't find a cockpit or a laboratory. They found a cathedral of glass. Thousands of suspended, glowing filaments stretched from floor to ceiling, humming in a harmony that bypassed the ears and vibrated directly in the bone marrow. The crew of the Aura were scavengers, used