The ship that left for the nearest Earthlike planet had only darklight thrusters and cryopods. Those that volunteered knew they'd leave behind all they knew and loved.
Once they arrived, the first few months got regular darklight transmissions, messages and datasets that had travelled after them at the same rate.
Then came the nearlight receiver schematics, and then messages came twice as quickly.
A few months later came the pastlight receiver details, and the colony looked forward to near-instantaneous communications with Earth.
They'd agreed to leave it all behind, but hadn't counted on hearing it all die in near realtime.
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