The Crimson Reef stretched around them like a sea of blood-streaked fog, the nebula�s red-tinted gases cloaking everything in an otherworldly haze. The Starrider glided cautiously through the swirling expanse, its sleek hull reflecting the eerie crimson light. Ahead, the derelict station loomed against the jagged silhouette of an asteroid. It was a crumbling relic of another age, battered by time and the ruthless forces of the Expanse. Faint lights flickered sporadically across its surface, casting ghostly shadows onto the pockmarked asteroid beneath.