Before the team could disperse, there was a warning chime from the ships command and control through the communications system.  The information appeared on the holographic display where everyone could hear and see the situation as it was developing.  A distress call sent out into the blind on all communications medium.  The<em>Regal Ebonee</em>, a ship based out of Heliopolis under pirate attack.  More information on the screen as the frantic call for assistance was played over.  The<em>Ebonee</em>could not make a FTL jump as it was the first system damaged in the ambush.  They were doing their best to stay ahead of the pirates, but unless assistance happened soon they would be forced to surrender.<br/><br/>Helioposlis was the home system of the Ennead, a race of aliens whom the ancient Egyptian pantheon had its origins.  In fact the one science fiction series a while back, Stargate, had several things correct in the fact it was the Ennead who visited Earth in its distant path and forced much of their beliefs and caste system upon the early human society.  The Ennead were forced from the Earth by two figures of note, the pharaoh Rama Tut and his chief rival, En Sabah Nur, known to those present more as Kang the Conqueror and Apocalypse.  The Ennead were not too far different than the Asgardians and the Olympians in laying down their own roots with Earth, much as the Kree, Shi'ar, and the Skrulls did as well.<br/><br/>Due to the extensive system of hyper communications relays in area of space, the call for assistance was not more than a minute old, which was significant as an unarmed ship being attacked by an armed force did not have much time.  If the crew was going to help, it was a decision which needed to be made in the next few minutes or it might be too late for the crew of the<em>Ebonee</em>.