I wish to report a disturbing sighting of [TURANIC]Greyscale in Tau 23.
For the maiden voyage of the IMG Ranger, Spatial-class explorer, I decided to shakedown both the ship and my new four man crew by mapping out the Tau 44 and 39 systems. I am proud to report that both ship and crew performed admirably. We were on our way back to Java to update the Guild's navigation map database when we encountered Mr. Greyscale.
His ship was located roughly 2.5K from the station. My scanner tech brought his presence to my attention and I ordered a detailed scan of his vessel. This was under way and I was in the process of hailing his ship when it vanished right before our eyes! We were absolutely astounded and Flannigan, my engineer, uttered a series of oaths more foul than the engine grease under his nails.
I ordered the helmsman to abort the dock procedure he had initiated and we changed course to the spot where we saw the ship. Scanners detected nothing and I ordered an orbit of Java at a distance of approximately 3K from the station, sensors set to maximum. Again, however, we found nothing and decided to dock with Java. I ordered the scanner tech to upload the navigational updates while I used the comm. system to file this report.
Keep your eyes open out there mates!
J. Raynor, Commander IMG [/i]Ranger[i], Spatial-class
**End Transmission**
(//The dude F1'd as soon as he noticed an IMG-tagged ship)