Item #: EA-073

Object Class: Hazardous

Name: The Blind Star

Containment: EA-073 is not to be contained, only monitored from Outpost Rho using the Deep-Space Surveillance Array and accompanying gravimetric telescopes. Observations are to be logged every 4 hours, with anomalous readings immediately flagged for Level 6 analysis. All research on EA-073 must be reviewed and approved by the Celestial Anomaly Board before dissemination to other departments.

Under no circumstance are Foundation spacefaring assets or probes to approach within 1 AU of EA-073. Any vessel that crosses the established proximity boundary is to be considered lost and unrecoverable. Outpost Rho has been authorized to issue false stellar mapping data to civilian and governmental observatories to obscure the object's location and existence.

Profile: EA-073 is a rogue planetary body currently located in ██████████, approximately 17.4 light-years from Earth. Its size is comparable to that of Neptune, but its composition remains undetermined due to the complete absence of reflective light. Despite receiving no radiation from nearby stars, EA-073 emits a persistent, low-frequency cosmic resonance that interferes with long-range astrophysical equipment.

The planet is coated in a matte-black substance that absorbs over 99.9999% of electromagnetic radiation across the entire spectrum. This renders it visually undetectable by standard optics; its presence is inferred only through gravitational interactions with nearby objects and disruptions in cosmic microwave background readings.

The defining anomalous property of EA-073 is its anti-luminal field—a sphere of effect extending approximately 0.7 AU from its core. Within this field, photons and other forms of light-based radiation fail to propagate. Light entering the field simply ceases to exist; not absorbed, not refracted, but erased. Any attempt to illuminate objects within this field fails, making direct observation of the planet or its surface composition impossible.

This effect extends to energy-based communication systems as well. Probes sent into the field become silent once they pass the threshold, and none have returned data, signals, or physical fragments. Modeling suggests EA-073 may have a surface crust composed of exotic matter incompatible with known physical laws.

Although EA-073 exhibits no sentience or active behavior, its gravitational pull has shifted slightly over time in a pattern not consistent with typical rogue bodies. It has altered course three times since observation began in 2002, always slightly aligning with nearby dense starfields or nebulae. While no propulsion or guiding mechanism has been identified, these subtle movements suggest EA-073 may interact with its cosmic environment in ways not fully understood.

Speculation exists within Outpost Rho's research division that EA-073 is a remnant or artifact of a long-extinct stellar civilization, or possibly a failed construct of cosmological engineering. However, without physical samples or interior scans, all such theories remain unconfirmed. What is certain is this: EA-073 is moving, deliberately or not—and the space it occupies does not behave like the rest of the universe.