Mel's first crazy thought is that one of the flying saucers from the game had leaked out into the sensor field. It looked that similar. Then she was swearing a blue storm, shutting off the game and bringing systems from standby to readiness. Somewhere in the flurry of activity she had time to comm Damon.
"Captain, this is the Greed. We just had a bogey appear from nowhere right off our port side. Configuration's the same as the unidentified bird we encountered near the jumpgate. It's literally only -meters- distant. Doesn't look to be doing anything right away, but at that range it could board either ship without much warning."
"Captain, this is the Greed. We just had a bogey appear from nowhere right off our port side. Configuration's the same as the unidentified bird we encountered near the jumpgate. It's literally only -meters- distant. Doesn't look to be doing anything right away, but at that range it could board either ship without much warning."