[quote=Tertiary Assessment Loop, subcycle 32]
...reassessing...
...reassessing...
...ambient energy accretion below acceptable levels for two concurrent subcycles...
...appraisal/query tree executing...
...umbilical node still linked to interstellar vessel's power systems...
__--tap umbilical to jumpstart Mercury primary systems: c/d
__--[c]
[/quote]

Presently, while the two ate, there was a brief surge of life in all of the derelict vessel's power systems...

[quote=Secondary Assessment Loop]
__--Secondary Processing Active
__--Umbilical surge unsuccessful. Vessel power systems offline.
...assessing...
...vessel power systems uncompromised...
__--initiate feedback surge to jumpstart Mercury primary systems: c/d
__--[c]
[/quote]

...and within a fraction of a second there was another power fluctuation, this time strong enough to trace its source. [i]Something[/i] was affixed to the hull of the derelict vessel, pumping power through the ship's systems and then siphoning it back, larger bursts each time. None of the lights were coming on yet, but it would be obvious to anyone familiar with ship systems what [i]El Pezo Negro[/i]'s sensors were picking up.

Whatever was attached to the gutted ship was trying to catch its breath, and needed an awfully big paper bag to do so. Every 6.3 seconds, another surge. In, and out, with exponentially more joules pumping through the ship. It would be maybe sixty to eighty seconds before the vessels power systems would start to fuse with the effort--effectively ripping the 'bag' to shreds, though not literally. If not for the holes already in the bag, a single pump might've been enough.

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There appears to be a [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/167290-lachesniv-bohah-special-circumstancier/ooc]cybernetic, humanoid chassis[/url] that has affixed itself to the hull with an umbilical capacitor chord of some kind. It appears to be heavily armed, but in a dormant state. There's no telling how long the chassis has been linked to the ship, but until just now, it obviously hadn't gone noticed for some reason.
[/hider]