<div class="floatleft">(https://i.stack.imgur.com/mVOSg.gif)</div>GM Note: I am proceeding forward with the next part just to keep a good flow going. Feel free to continue the conference room since it is mostly establishing characters.<br/><br/><strong>Stardate 2/0901.03 (3 January 2209)<br/>Gamma Hydra Sector</strong><br/>The<em>Avenger</em>had been underway for approximately 3 months and 2 days out of their expected six month voyage, and there had been little to do during the voyage beyond basic maintenance and recreation. There had been precious little to go wrong beyond a pair of crewmen who'd gotten into a fight over a poker game in their quarters, and both had been tended to at Captain's Mast.<br/><br/>During the downtime, crew had taken to studying up on the Triangle region and its numerous inhabitants. One of Starfleet's concerns was a possible alliance between the Klingon Imperial States, a splinter group of the Klingon Empire during the Four Years War, and the Romulan Star Empire. While nothing was for certain yet, the two were quite eager to inflict damage on the large Klingon presence lining the border with the Triangle. Nothing official had come down the pipe yet regarding the composition of enemy forces, but it was estimated that Starfleet was the second largest force in the region, with the Romulans coming in third.<br/><br/>It was approaching 0900 when the helm officer spoke up. “<strong>Captain, we're approaching FDR Facility 39. She's about 5 minutes away at Warp 8.</strong>” Federation Deepspace Research Facility 39 was one of numerous research posts set up by Starfleet for research either considered too dangerous to conduct near a planet or to take advantage of the minimal amounts of gravity being so far away from a star allowed. The screen was changed from the constant passing of stars to show the station itself floating serenely in the darkness, her only illumination coming from lights scattered along the hull.<br/><br/>(https://i.imgur.com/vubsFdP.jpg)<br/><br/>The central hull was an octagon with four long arms and a dome on one side, with each arm holding a flat disk on each end. Upon closer inspection, there were various corporate sponsorships on each disk as well, placed there by the tenants of each space. The station itself was owned by Starfleet but each arm housed a different corporation, paying rent to Starfleet for facilities they would otherwise have difficulty obtaining. The closest arm was being rented by Multiplanet Metals, with the other arms revealed to belong to Bio/Genetic Research Inc., New Amsterdam Gravitics, and Tachyon Micro Mechanics, LTD.<br/><br/>On the edge of the sensors beyond the station is the beginnings of an magnetic storm in the immediate area, no doubt obscuring the Avenger to the station's sensors.<br/><br/><em><span class="bbc_u">Informational Note</span>: Starfleet regulations mandate that when passing at extreme sensor range to another Starfleet facility, communications are established as a courtesy.</em>