Before Ernest could successfully dock in the MASGC space station, his sensors picked up a distress signal. The signal seemed to be emanating from a starship that just came out of hyperspace, not far from Ernest's location. The craft also appeared to be heavily damaged and was seemingly drifting in space, as if its engines were disabled. Further scans show that the starship also has several robotic signals inside, along with one biological signature...

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The first thing Meta saw when he woke up was the dark expanse of space.

As he slowly regained his senses, he realized that he was strapped to the pilot's seat of the Tempest and was looking out through the steelglass window of the cockpit. He slowly moved his hands to unbuckle himself, fortunately, the ship's indoor gravity was still operational as he slowly pulled himself up from his seat. Looking around the empty cockpit, he turned behind him to face the door separating the area from the rest of the bridge, he walked forward and slammed the button on the control panel as the steel door instantly gave way. He staggered towards the terminal, still recovering from the affects of traveling through hyperspace and sat himself down, taking a quick breath as he stared at the computer terminal in front of him. The display showed the less than optimal status of the ship:

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WEAPONS SYSTEMS - 15% CAPACITY
REACTOR - 17% CAPACITY
ENGINE POWER - 3% CAPACITY
DROID CREW - 15% CAPACITY
SENSOR ARRAY - 33% CAPACITY
SHIELDS - 0% CAPACITY
HULL INTEGRITY - 70% CAPACITY

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His mind raced, his vessel was crippled and he was stuck on an uncharted region of space. Faced with no other alternative, he broadcasted a distress signal to any nearby ships as far as his sensor systems could reach. Now all he had to do was wait and hope that someone out there received it.

[@Quote5] [@Hokum]