The news reached the remote planet after the event, but still in time to be viewed from a large telescope as it was so far away. When the light finally reached him, he watched silently, remembering the early days and being chosen to serve. To test and shakedown, then to take those early ships to task in an ever changing universe. Thru 4 ages he remembered the friends, the conflicts, the adversaries.
Even though he was far from the core, there was some satisfaction in knowing that it was all operating without him. Now that feeling is gone.
When the sun finally blinked out of existance, SFCspoonman wiped his eyes, silently said a few solenm words to himself and walked to his shuttle...
"The homeworld may be gone, but there are colonies out there that are carrying on the tradition",he thought, "and I have been too far away."
He fired up his engines and headed for the nearest colony...