Surprising indeed...<br/><br/>Poring over the sensor data, Sarah picks out what the other crewmembers had spotted but were unable to identify - somewhere amidst the gently floating loose debris cloud of asteroids and planetoids was an obviously artificial object, roughly the size of an orbital defense platform. No readings were emanating from it, though, and it seemed to be dead in space.<br/><br/><br/>Unfortunately, it was not the only thing in near-space. At first, the other contact was only a flicker on the passive sensor nets in the corner of Sarah's eye, but it persisted long enough for her to take a closer look at the anomaly. It was faint, but closing steadily from the rear of the<em>Alexander</em>, and looked for all the world like a raider-class ship running under heavy stealth...