Remnants and Fallout

[Shagohad]

All progress had gone rather smoothly considering the circumstances. Boarding teams were away, Pasha and Alvarez were dealing with the troublesome pulse weapon, and the war on the bridge was going well. Ever since she had been unfrozen, a rather unpleasant experience, she had a warm feeling about this operation.

As men and women busied themselves over the communications, engineering, and piloting terminals, she sat atop her throne, looking down on them with amusement and pride.

One of them turned to her, a look of puzzlement on his face, "Comrade Broch, I am....picking up something...rather odd..."

Her eyes flicked over to him, narrowing as she spoke, "Odd?"

"Da. There are four contacts, two that have the same radar signature as a gunboat, and two that are cruiser sized."

"But the Alliance never sent any escorts out with the sleeper ships. They had no time."

The man turned back to his console, thumbing a few of the controls. "We have a visual! Putting it on the main screen!"

All eyes turned to the screen as a fuzzy quartet of blobs came into view. Slowly, the four blobs began to increase in quality, their shapes and features becoming sharper.

"Bohzemoi," She whispered, her eyes wide as the gasps of the crew filled the bridge.

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"THE HULL HAS BEEN BREACHED AND THE SCIENCE IS LEAKING OUT!"