After Earth

[Shayuri]

"Yeah, but whoever attacked the base obviously doesn't mind letting the message broadcast," Melara points out darkly. "Maybe they're waiting for it to lure someone else in. Any sensor contacts?"

 

[Rhun]

"Initiating full sensor sweep. If anything is out there, I'll find it."

 

[Blackrat]

The sensors don't register any ships in vicinity. Not even traces of anything so it has had to been at least couple of days since anyone has been here. Which makes the distress signal a bit strange since it started only a few hours ago. The hull of the station seems to be intact which also contradicts with the signal. From outside everything seems to be ok except for the fact that no-one answers for hailing.

 

[Rhun]

Damon sighs as his scans turn up nothing. Things always had to be complicated. He again activates the intercom so he can inform his companions of the sensor results. "This region is clean. There are no ships or other threats in the area. I'm not picking up any debris, either. The station's hull appears to be intact, no weapons damage."

 

[Voda Vosa]

"Can you scan the area for any engine trace? May be a shuttle, or something carrying whatever attacked the station..." Cnosos asks by the com channel

 

[Shayuri]

Melara frowns as she brings the Gold Greed slowly closer to the station.

"That doesn't match the distress beacon," she mutters. "which probably means this is some kind of trap."

She thinks for a second, then asks. "Damon...is there anything around here a ship could hide behind, but still get here in a short amount of time? Moon maybe, or planetoid? Radiation fields... I'm gonna bring us in closer and circle the station once so we can see all of it."

Then, with a chuckle, she adds, "If anyone's got a telescope, you could try to see into the station's windows as we pass."

 

[Blackrat]

The station sits on a very small moon, orbiting a gas-giant. So it is possible that someone could be hiding on the other side of the moon. As Mel brings you closer it becomes clear that there is indeed nothing wrong on the outside. Unfortunately your sensors aren't good enough to determine life-signatures aboard the station.

[sblock=OOC]Does Mel circle around the moon or just close in with the station?[/sblock]

 

[Shayuri]

(oops! I assumed a free orbiting station. My bad )

"You want to go right in or do an orbit of the moon first?" Melara asks Faris. "Another thirty seconds and we'll be past the orbit window...meaning we'll either have to waste a bunch of fuel boosting out to orbit height again, or land."

 

[Voda Vosa]

Noticing no one heard him, Cnosos scratch his bold head, then repeats.
"You should clean your ears: I repeat, did you find any fuel traces? O activity of any engine?"

 

[Mithran]

"Lets do an orbit, and look for Cnosos' fuel traces. Don't want anything sneaking up on us if we can avoid it."