The Cyclone is slowly drifting along, while remaining a fair distance away on one side of the planet. One of the crew members, an asari manning the sensors, calls out to Riel. 

“Commander! We have two ships on a trajectory towards our current position.” Riel looks back. “Are we still in Recon mode?” she asks. “Aye, Commander. We also have another ship on our sensors, does not seem to be a hostile contact. We’re not able to communicate with it because of that jammer, though.” Riel starts pondering deeply about the situation. After a few moments, she calls out to Drisus. “Drisus, how is that comms situation coming along?”. Drisus is intensively focused on the jammed communications situation, after a brief moment she is able to respond back. “There is some kind of communications jammer somewhere! They’re not scrambling any of our systems, just our array. We’re picking up some kind of signal as well. It could be that jammer.” Riel motions towards the Navigator. “Take us towards that signal!” she commands. “We need to establish contact with someone, hopefully, that vessel will be an ally. We’re all alone out here right now.”

Meanwhile, in the forward gun battery section in the ship, Lieutenant Commander Ledarix is just finishing briefing the gun battery officers on their situation in person. “You need to be ready at a moment’s notice! You got that? Great, dismissed!” she says as she finishes the briefing. All the gun battery officers go off to their respective postings. 

Ledarix is preparing to leave when someone mentions her name out loud. “Ehm! Lieutenant Commander!” Ledarix turns around as she is just about to leave and watches as a young asari jogs towards her. She stops and does a quick salute. “Chief Petty Officer Nyarasha Aveala, reporting!” she says in an exuberant voice. The asari looks very young, energetic and lively, like she is straight out of bootcamp. “You were going to brief us? Looks like I’m the first one here!” Ledarix lets out a quiet sigh. “Well, Chief Petty Officer Nyarasha Aveala. You seem awfully happy on this fine day.” she says sarcastically. “Yes, Lieutenant Commander! I’m new on the Cyclone and I’ve heard a lot of stories about you and the Commander. It’s been a dream of mine to serve on this very ship. It’s quite beautiful.” she says happily. “We’re glad to have you aboard, but look kid, everything isn’t going to be sunshine and rainbows. I need you to be at your best and see things with a critical eye.” Ledarix crosses her arms. “You got that?”. The young officer quickly salutes again “Of course, Lieutenant Commander! I won’t let you down!” she says as she runs off. Ledarix puts her hand on her head.

Suddenly the lights in the ship begin to flicker off and on repeatedly for a couple of seconds, then stops and goes back to normal. A voice comes over the intercom. “Lieutenant Commander! I need you up here!” Ledarix realizes it’s Riel and storms off to the bridge.