Greetings, Guardians and fellow lore seekers. I have information that gives us some insight on what happened during the Collapse. At least through Rasputin's eyes. (Keep in mind I didn't write this, and neither do I have the source so I'm just putting it out there.) It reads: The only solid information on the Darkness comes from an ISR report from centuries ago. At that time, the Darkness appeared just beyond the edge of the Solar System in what was termed as a "TRANSIENT NEAR EXTRASOLAR EVENT". "Transient" is a term used in physics to describe a burst of energy produced by a sudden change in state, such as a Supernova or a Gamma Ray Burst, which are some of the brightest and most violent events in the known universe. However, in this instance, the only means of determining that a transient event had even occurred was through the detection of a 0.3 second displacement of gravity waves as well as anomalous interactions in the local Higgs field traced to sterile neutrino scattering. Gravity waves are generated when an object or event interacts with the curvature of spacetime in such a manner as to create changes in that curvature, which then ripple outward away from the event at the speed of light (or 186,000 miles per second) in a wave-like manner. In reference to the ISR report, the event which triggered the SKYSHOCK alert lasted 0.3 seconds, which suggests that whatever displaced local spacetime during the event measures some 55,800 miles in diameter (assuming a spherical shape), making it almost twice the size of the planet Uranus (31,518 miles) and a little over three-fourths the size of Saturn (72,367 miles). An AI observing the event (the Warmind Rasputin) was able to derive some information, based solely on the phenomena that it could detect, but was unable to ascertain its mechanism. Rasputin conducted an "Omnibus analysis" of the event's effects on local spacetime, measuring a wide range of data points including direction, distance, range, speed and size as well as a comprehensive pattern analysis of the event itself. This last set of data showed, to a certainty of "9 Sigma", a definite and measurable pattern which had a complex, almost linguistic, structure that demonstrated both intelligence and intent. In an attempt to better understand the phenomenon by recreating all of its known variables (also known as a bootstrap simulation), Rasputin reran the data through a series of iterations which included a number of randomized inputs, in a process known as a Monte Carlo analysis. Despite this, it was unable to derive any definitive information about the event or its source; however, it was able to determine that whatever was behind the event was clearly a complex structure, acting with clear purpose. It concluded that the source of the event not only failed to conform to any known phenomena in the Standard Model of particle physics (thus labeling it "acausal"), it was also directed, acting with anger, and almost certain to reach the solar system in a short amount of time. As a result, the previously issued Skyshock alert was upgraded to OCP:EXTINCTION, and a number of defensive protocols were added.