As the red alerts blare and crew all over the<em>Alexander</em>rush to their stations, the mystery contact abruptly breaks stealth and begins to accelerate. Evidentally, the other side had decided that the time for skullduggery was over.<br/><br/>(a Raider-class vessel is smaller than a Destroyer, and more lightly armed - it mounts dorsal macrobatteries, which can fire into the ship's side arcs.<br/><br/>Roll initiative, 1d10+3 (detection bonus), if you beat 8, take actions. The raider is directly astern of the Alexander, at a range of 25 VU.)