mystique After a minute of moving with your unusually powerful chemical engines, you see Precitro station as a bright light from a thousand kilometers. You can barely see a close-by exploration ship, but only as a tiny and dark mortar shell against the immense background of space as it flies past using the Ion engines that must be many times faster. The little red dwarf becomes much larger - around eighty times the size of some gas giant called Jupiter.
You continue moving on and you see a bright blue light with a portion of darkness in the center - it doesn't take long to realize what it is as you see three patrol ships heading for you.
The ships, glowing slightly red with the shield flare barely visible due to the star's heat come to a relative stop as they park in the same orbit as you, only a little further ahead.
You're still waiting for a response, but then you hear something from System Commander Arkhan.
{ Transmission }
Transmission to: COMMANDER MATTHEWS and GENERAL PETERSON from SYSTEM COMMANDER ARKHAN
"The Sector Commander has authorized you to move deeper into Illateri space. Proceed to the system you're facing, a T-Tauri star about 9.9 light years away, co-ordinates are attached."