Alternate Sirius

[Ash]

"Stay alert Heinrich, were nearing the Stalin border, there's rumors of the Jump hole in the cloud ahead."

The Rheinland Warship "Hinder" was making it's routine patrol into the the Cologne system before it was called out into the Ruhr cloud by a Roma trader distress signal. It's crew wary of what may lie ahead. Mining operations within the fuel rich nebula had been halted without explaination nearly two months ago, and Military vessels were advised not to venture into the area.

"Ok Heinrich slow her down, what's the proximity of the vessel herr Stein?"

"We seem to be closing in on it Captain, it's approximatley 13 miles to the north, 2-DAx."

"Hmm..."

The captain paused for a moment on the exended platform of the bridge of the Hinder. He yearned to know the truth behind all the shushed rumors surrounding Cologne, but he batted these thoughts back into the corners of his mind; this wasn't the time.

"Take her in Heinrich, keep the engines masked. The old mining outpost is up ahead."

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