The bay crew stood by as the large bay doors opened and the shuttle was tractored in through the field. The tractor beam sat the shuttle down on the deck softly as the doors began to shut. The ranking officer shouted, “Clear! Alert the bridge the shuttle is secured.”

It was a standard federation short range craft that had been heavily damaged, there was black charring on the hull indicating a possible attack from an energy weapon, though scans would have to verify.

Inside the unopened shuttle, three men lay unconscious.

-OZ