The Bastionites commanding figure orders a single linear response over the ships low frequency communications unit. The transmission barley able to reach the confederate navy, eventually reaches them. The contents of the transmission containt that the Bastion is apart of the Malian, and they are merley expanding out in the far reaches of the unkown. This is one of the first times any Malian has ever encountered an outsider, so the proper rules regarding extratrestrial communication were lacking.
The intrusion corvette idles, its mine engine dimming in red color as it slows down to a crawl, inching forward ever so slightly.