<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=104036.msg4890707#msg4890707">Quote from: The Great Triangle on 06-07-2011, 08:59:09</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">As a note of order, the frigate is actually not currently functioning, though it could just be on silent running, playing dead.  (which is certainly a possibility, with that energy beam)<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>And I'm blind.<br/><br/>It is a trap... only we're already in it.  That frigate can't have been the "ghost pirate" all by itself.  There well might be dozens of ships powered down hiding in this part of the nebula, watching us chase the "ghost pirate" around and laughing to themselves.   It's very likely that they are just waiting for us to be in the center of their trap... and their attack will start when we approach too close to the Wayfarer station.<br/><br/>That's why Antony is leaving so quickly.  His crew can't all be in on it, so he has to leave before the trap is sprung.<br/><br/>And I just figured out how we'll catch him.