It was once a massive star that suffered what many astrophysicists call gravitational collapse. As a star’s hydrogen fuel diminishes over billions of years, its own internal gravity forces it to shrink smaller and smaller. Thus, as a star’s entire mass is forcibly compressed into an ever-shrinking diameter, its gravity becomes proportionally stronger. At some point, the star finally experiences complete gravitational collapse. The dead star is now a spherical object only a fraction of its original size. Yet, this object possesses an immense, nearly infinitely powerful gravitational field.

Regardless, this stellar object, or singularity as some would call it, is one of the deadliest stellar objects known to exist. It is the ultimate black death. At a specific distance from a black hole is the point of no return for any object. This point of no return is called the event horizon. Any object crossing the event horizon is doomed to complete destruction. These immense gravitational forces make it virtually impossible for any physical object to escape. The object is pulled into the black hole and is literally torn to sub-atomic particles. That object can be as small as a rock or it can be as large as the planet Jupiter. Size is irrelevant. A black hole's gravity is so immensely powerful, that a beam of light traveling at 186,000 miles per second is bent toward it and is pulled into the black hole-never to escape. It is with these factors in mind that a brave physicist, Slovas Theamas Larian, comes up with an ultraradical and lethal idea. Larian, without question, is among the top and most brilliant research physicists on his world. His comprehensive knowledge of astrophysics, theoretical research and subsequent applications thereof, along with his outstanding leadership is responsible for making his firm, Tavus-Alverand Corporation, the dominant force on his world. Larian is also a highly arrogant and ruthless individual. Larian has two goals: Absolute power and unlimited wealth. He secretly proposes to his colleagues an idea that horrifies many people. He proposes using a black hole's immense gravitational forces to create a gravitic weapon of incalculable power. If the endeavor is successful, then he and his associates will become the most powerful individuals in the entire galaxy.

The harnessing of a black hole's immense gravitational forces, the principal factor in this challenge, would be the most technologically difficult and lethal endeavor ever attempted by any alien race. The problems encountered would be enormous on a galactic scale. Yet, Larian is up to this serious challenge. He would possess the ultimate galactic weapon. No planetary civilization or military force in existence could stand up to its immense power. Larian envisions a grand scenario in which he and his associates would demand the vast wealth and total obedience of entire inhabited worlds. "No one," he boasts to his associates, "absolutely no one-would be able to stop us." The thought of becoming a galactic ruler, the first ever in history, grips him. "First," Larian tells them, "all we need to do is move one person out of the way." Without delay, the others heartily agree.

It is now a black hole, a stellar object that is still hotly debated among the scientific community.