“MCPO Johansson, send Engineers aboard the ship, both to investigate it and for repairs. Bring Security with you. Our sensors tell us there is little atmosphere aboard that vessel. You will all be wearing EVA suits.”

Cmdr Alden XO

The ship itself was firmly locked into place by the tractor beam and offered no resistance. On the view screen, if the bridge crew took the time to closely examine the image, would find signs of long-term wear and tear on the vessel. To see a running ship showing decades of age upon its hull could strike the crew as unusual. The march of age decays everything, given enough time, and to let a space ship reach such a state without replacing the old parts would make any starship fragile and vulnerable.

Abigail