Crux is dropped out of hyperspace once the ring registers having entered Oan airspace. The transition is smooth, and Crux is treated to the view of Oa from space. It’s breathtaking, the planet radiating this soft, iridescent glow Crux hasn’t been able to replicate or find anywhere else in the known universe. The planet truly is something unique…

[i]:All Lanterns receiving this message report to Lantern Salaak outside of the Central Battery for an emergency situation in sector 1-8-6-1...All Lanterns receiving this mes…:[/i]

He glances down at his ring, the message being forcibly broadcast on his frequency and hijacking control of his piloting functions. It steers him in the direction of the Central Power Battery.

Crux grinds his teeth, his irritation growing, “The next time that I see Salaak his monitors won’t work right for a month… take control of [i]my[/i] ring, will he?”

As he closes in on his preset destination, he spies two Lanterns already awaiting Lantern Salaak’s arrival, one clad in white and the other in traditional Rannian garb.

Things were about to get interesting…