Captain ' s Log 3076 . 1 We dropped out of FTL 5 , 000 km from the mass . At this range , it appears to be a flat plane , even though sensors indicate that the mass is a perfect sphere with a diameter of 134 , 000 km . This is inconsistent with the our long range scans , which put the sphere at 30 , 000 km in diameter . I ' ve ordered engineering to launch a probe and recalibrate the ship ' s sensors . Captain ' s Log 3076 . 2 We lost contact with the probe , but not before some rather . anomalous . readings were transmitted . The probe was launched at a velocity of 50 kms , and should have reached the surface of the mass in less than two minutes . According to the probe ' s sensors , however , the distance to the surface did not change . At least in its directly flight path . What did change was the curvature of the mass it appeared to flatten as the probe moved , at a rate proportional to the probe ' s velocity . A second probe replicated the results of the first . Captain ' s Log 3076 . 3 Contacted central . They ' ve ordered me to proceed forward . Against my best judgement , I ' ll move us in at 0300 . Captain ' s Log 3076 . 4 We ' ve passed the point at which probes stopped transmitting . Sensors confirm what the probes transmitted we ' re still 5000 km from the mass , and the curvature has flattened . It ' s almost completely flat . It should have a radius of 23 light years . Captain ' s Log 3076 . 5 The curvature of the mass changed from convex to concave . We still have subspace contact with command , they ' ve ordered us to continue forward . Captain ' s Log 3076 . 6 We appear to be trapped . After losing subspace comms , I ordered nav to turn us around and back us away from the mass . Nothing happened . Well almost nothing . We remained 5000 km away from the surface , but the now concave curvature of the mass continued to change . It appears to be closing in in us . We attempted to send a distress beacon back out , but it just got further away from us without really going anywhere . Captain ' s Log 3176 . 1 No exit . The mass has closed around us at a uniform distance of 5000 km . The curvature is still changing , but in the opposite direction . Captain ' s Log 3276 . 2 In a moment of desperation , I ordered an FTL jump . Not back , but in the direction of the mass . The instant we jumped the mass ' s curvature changed from concave to convex , and the object disappeared . We escaped it . But not where we started . The stars , galaxies , the entire universe is different . It ' s as if we travelled off the edge off the known universe , or to a new one all together . Nothing matches our star charts . Captain ' s Log Supplemental We ' ve received a transmission , it ' s in English . More to come .