SUBJECT: Nomad Vagrant presence in the New York system
ENCRYPTION: HIGH
PRIORITY: HIGH
This is Captain Edmund Mallory of the naval training ship LNS Sierra Nevada.
At 1535 hours, we received a transmission from Captain Sawyer of the primary fleet gunboat LNS Monitor, warning us of a Nomad presence in the New York system. The Sierra Nevada immediately moved towards Fort Bush and Baltimore Shipyard to ensure the safety of the heavy civilian traffic moving through that trade lane junction.
Shortly thereafter, at 1544 hours, an unknown signature (Aun'el) appeared on the Sierra's scanners. Upon closer inspection, it indeed turned out to be a Nomad vessel, roughly of gunboat-equivalence. For the majority of the encounter, the Nomad remained outside of detailed scanning range. I immediately had a system wide warning issued for civilian ships to stay clear of the Fort Bush junction, however a zoner - apparently some kind of news reporter - ignored the order and joined us shortly. Several more civilian transports passed through the junction unperturbed as well.
The Nomad attempted to communicate with us, so I tried my best to figure out what it wanted. However, instead of giving an intelligible answer, it moved closer to the Sierra, Fort Bush, and Baltimore Shipyard. Not wanting to risk any endangerment of the civilians present or the stations, I warned the Nomad to halt at once or be fired upon, issuing the order to fire a warning shot across its bow. Instead of complying, the alien instead opened a hyperspace breach and promptly disappeared.
Upon request, the zoner reporter agreed not to publish her recordings of the incident in an effort not to spread potential misinformation or cause unnecessary fear.
Sadly, the lack of experience of my crew led to no detailed scans of the vessel being made as it moved closer. The communications log will be attached below.
[13.04.2020 15:44:13] LNS-Sierra.Nevada: Comms: Hostile signature detected!
[13.04.2020 15:44:35] Aun'el: (~Confused~) "This one sen war waves to you, human."
[13.04.2020 15:44:47] LNS-Sierra.Nevada: Comms: What the hell...
[13.04.2020 15:45:16] Aun'el: (~Interested~) "This one think, human know what We need."
[13.04.2020 15:45:30] LNS-Sierra.Nevada: Comms: Captain, you may want to take a look at this.
[13.04.2020 15:45:40] LNS-Sierra.Nevada: Mallory: What do we have here?
[13.04.2020 15:45:56] LNS-Sierra.Nevada: Mallory: Well, I'll be damned.
[13.04.2020 15:46:51] LNS-Sierra.Nevada: Comms: All civilian vessels, it is recommended to avoid the area around Fort Bush at this time.
[13.04.2020 15:47:09] LNS-Sierra.Nevada: Mallory: What brings you here... alien?
[13.04.2020 15:48:00] Aun'el: (~Confused~) "This one thinked, this is not the way how your species makes friends."
[13.04.2020 15:48:24] LNS-Sierra.Nevada: Mallory: Ugh, can't these things communicate normally?
[13.04.2020 15:48:32] LNS-Sierra.Nevada: Mallory: What's that about making friends?
[13.04.2020 15:48:32] Aun'el: (~Intrigued~) "This one are learning."
[13.04.2020 15:48:32] ZIN|Irina.Kuzmivna: Now this is a scoop!
[13.04.2020 15:48:48] LNS-Sierra.Nevada: Mallory: Zoner, stay near the Sierra Nevada.
[13.04.2020 15:49:06] LNS-Sierra.Nevada: Mallory: These things are highly dangerous.
[13.04.2020 15:49:13] ZIN|Irina.Kuzmivna: Oh I aim to, us Zoners know about the Nomad threat.
[13.04.2020 15:49:22] FDC|Berezka: Boris: Hello captain, hello crew, hello talking jelly
[13.04.2020 15:49:41] Metal.Aligator: Rob: Greetings friendly pilot. This is captain Robert Fraiser from the ship "Bustard"- Metal.Aligator
[13.04.2020 15:49:42] LNS-Sierra.Nevada: Mallory: Of course traffic explodes as soon as one of those things shows up...
[13.04.2020 15:50:06] Aun'el: (~Bored~) "Dangerous? This one think not much dangerous than you, human."
[13.04.2020 15:50:19] ZIN|Irina.Kuzmivna: Interesting, I best record this.
[13.04.2020 15:50:29] LNS-Sierra.Nevada: Comms: Linwood, steer clear.
[13.04.2020 15:50:43] Merchant-Ship.Linwood: Tyrone: Now that seems dangerous.
[13.04.2020 15:50:44] LNS-Sierra.Nevada: Mallory: Alien, halt or be fired upon.
[13.04.2020 15:50:58] 2020-04-13 15:50:56 SMT WARNING: A hyperspace breach is being opened by Aun'el
[13.04.2020 15:51:03] LNS-Sierra.Nevada: Mallory: Weapons, warning shot!
[13.04.2020 15:51:26] LNS-Sierra.Nevada: Mallory: Stand clear!
[13.04.2020 15:51:30] Merchant-Ship.Linwood: Tyrone: Interesting.
[13.04.2020 15:51:53] LNS-Sierra.Nevada: Comms: It's gone!
[13.04.2020 15:51:56] Merchant-Ship.Linwood: Tyrone: Well the thing is gone
[13.04.2020 15:52:09] ZIN|Irina.Kuzmivna: Does this happen often, you're on the record?
[13.04.2020 15:52:11] Merchant-Ship.Linwood: Tyrone: Back to hauling
[13.04.2020 15:52:32] LNS-Sierra.Nevada: Mallory: I'm not commenting on whatever may or may not have just happened.
[13.04.2020 15:52:39] ZIN|Irina.Kuzmivna: Hrm
[13.04.2020 15:52:43] ZIN|Irina.Kuzmivna: Very well.
[13.04.2020 15:52:54] LNS-Sierra.Nevada: Mallory: And you'd be best off not spreading any potential misinformation, Madame "Reporter."
[13.04.2020 15:53:02] ZIN|Irina.Kuzmivna: But- gh.
[13.04.2020 15:53:11] ZIN|Irina.Kuzmivna: Very well, it shall not see any publication.
[13.04.2020 15:53:19] LNS-Sierra.Nevada: Mallory: Much appreciated.
[13.04.2020 15:53:55] LNS-Sierra.Nevada: Mallory: Lieutenant, you have the bridge. I will send a report off.
Captain Edmund Mallory, LNS Sierra Nevada, Secondary Fleet
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