As the quirky shenanigans inside the Nadesico were running their course, the currently unmanned bridge and quite possibly anyone with the right sensors might start to detect an emergency distress signal not too far away from the "ghost" ship's heading. To anyone familiar with Cybertonian communications, the signal was unmistakably Decepticon in nature; yet the frequency it was on didn't match any of the local channels or comms networks currently in use by them. Perhaps it is bait for an Autobot trap? Or a Decepticon ship being occupied by some other faction?