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The First seemed to take all this information in, and so she was quiet for a few minutes as she paced her bridge, checking read outs and the like. =/\= It sounds like the Tri-Council will have a lot of think and debate on once we get back to Altair Prime. Does our area of space border near any of these hostile forces you mentioned?=/\= She inquired.

“Your own region of space has never been visited by us before,” replied Captain Glen. “It is totally unexplored, so we have no knowledge of any worlds or civilisations, either hostile or friendly in this Sector. if we hadn’t received your old radio transmissions it is highly unlikely we would have explored this way at the present time.”

=/\= I see that is a relief I suppose to some degree at least from known threats you are aware of. =/\= The First said.

At this point power came back on fully and systems nearby began to reboot with clicks and whirrs. It seems main power had been restored.

“It appears they are making progress,” Glen observed.

Glen heard systems equipment begin to reboot with clicks and whirrs, and he expected that Kord would report soon that they had been successful at fixing the Drive. He was already busy wondering now about what would come next. If they were allowed to accompany the alien ship back to it’s homeworld then that would be a very long journey at Warp 1. However, at several decks in height, it was far too large for them to take it into the shutttlebay. It would seem they would have little choice but to escort them at a veritable snail’s pace.

• Glen, CO