Black Hole Era

One by one the last stars are winking out and the true Black Hole Era approaches. A period of nearly endless stability around which your ancient civilization will quietly await the inevitable decay of protons, and the final oncoming darkness after quintillions of years. This almost eternal period of stability is interrupted by the formation of Star Scars, an unknown phenomena that rips apart some of the few remaining degenerate stellar remnants. From these scars pours forth an alien form of life...