Drakador_Chaos
Shortly three light escort craft approach the ship.
++ "Tridon" you are cleared for docking, please follow your escort to the appropriate docking area.++
The ships guide the shuttle to the smaller station, from which a shuttle detaches, lights appear on a docking tube guiding the ship in, the fighters stand by near the tube.
RedAndCosmoteer
Sensor dishes on the STC branch hub swivel and lock onto the ships, scanning them, and soon three ships spin up their "Ripper" FTL drives to investigate.
However the three unknown ships discover something interesting in orbit of the moon, known simply as "Omega" to the STC, it appears to be an old warning buoy of some sort, though it's electrical components seem to have stopped working long ago, and it is pockmarked with dents and scratches
(also, AHEM https://forum.cosmoteer.net/d/9099-the-traversal/15 )