STC Syren

The Syren exited slip-space for its first cooling stop, immediately opening its heat sinks to the vacuum as it drifted through space.

“ Ardent Inquisitor exiting behind us, drifting at equal speed ma’am” the navigation officer said a green diamond symbol appeared on the star chart behind them. Velka nodded and ordered all of her stations to report in, receiving no status alerts. After a quick scan of the area with their active radar the drive was cool enough to make their second jump. After sending another countdown to the Ardent Inquisitor the Syren jumped again, exiting just before the twin giant entrance. The Lorca scanners would of been able to see the immense heat sources on either side of them behind the gas.

“ Don’t stray from the path” was the message Velka sent to the Ardent Inquisitor as they carefully picked their way through the two clouds. After an hour or two of maneuvering the clouds dissipated and gave way to the remainder of the Shao IX system. The first planet in the chain of four was Taoshe, the military center of the concordant and their destination. 

A large space station was the only point of contact between orbit and the surface, ships would have to dock and the crew would have to take a space elevator down towards the planet. Since the Lorca ship was already cleared by the Syren, the station sent a message to the Lorca ship showing them where to dock.

Message to lorca ship: “ Arm 2, bay 5”