Jesus3747 (Maybe i have a wormhole somewhere in Belleon or maybe we can even be in the same galaxy?
Also, to demonstrate to a few others that don't know of it the awesome power of Paint.NET, i've created an image: )
Sensors on the outer edge of Federation territory detect a space-time/subspace anomaly that appears to be heading at one of your star systems, travelling at speeds faster than the speed of light - two thousand times faster than, in fact. A space-time bubble collapses on the system border, and out comes a small mortar-shell shaped ship, scanning anything and everything in sight.
(I just want to make first contact with literally every faction)