The Expanse S03E10: Holden’s vision

There was a galaxy spanning hive mind. A species at the peak of their existence. Then one star goes dark and the voices in the system go quiet. The hive is mildly curious and excited beause something interesting happend. Then another star goes dark and the hive becomes concerned. Quicker, more stars follow, more voices go silent and the panicked hive starts ’sterilizing’ the infestation by shooting ’fire’ through the gates of affected systems and blowing up (or bloating up?) their stars. The fading continues and the hive ’sterilizes’ the entire sector. 200 star systems cut off like a necrotic limb. But the fading keeps spreading. The hive, now in full panic and disarray, has one last idea. Quarantine. In utter horror of being isolated from one another, the hive closes all the gates, to be reopened when the danger is over. The ring station waits for its masters ,the hive, to return. But there is only silence. 4 billion years of silence.