[Dreamer128]

(Ricor Messman)

You turn and head for the Bridge. With most of the crew at their posts, the poorly lit hallways you pass are now completely deserted. In many sections, it is only the humming of the various machines and generators that provides the much needed contrast between the lightless parts of the Ariochs dated interior and the soundless void that seems to lurk behind every wall.
When you step out of the elevator on Deck One, you notice that Senior Navigator Johnson is waiting for you. Without saying a word, he hands you a datapad and follows you to the Bridge. Skimming through the data, you surmise that the asteroid-transmission has finally been decoded. As you open the soundfile that came with the message, you hear little but static. Straining your ears, you can make out the parts of the message that have been salvaged.

(-static-)eats, this is Angela Nicols, Chief Resea(..)onyo-system. (..)ace a natural disaster of unprecedented pre(...) The astrophysics team has (..)aged to evacuate all relev(..) on the only ship capable of Intersystems-Travel. We risk (..)osing research that (..) to the Federation. (...) thousand Federation colonists that we (..) evacuate. (..) are in an uproar (..) main compound is under siege. We require imme(..) military assistance. If possible, the civilians (..)cuated, but the survival of the data is paramount. If anyone (...). If it is to late to salvage the colony and (...)ind the bastards that (..)eft us to die. Message repeats. This is Angela Nichols, Chief Researcher of the (..)

Despite the severity of the message, you notice that the voice seems cold and distant. The audio-message is followed by several notes from the Senior Staff. Navigator Johnson notes that there is no record of any Federation Colonization Project in the Kamonyo-system. However, it is not unusual for Federation citizens attached to groups such as the Transcendancy to abandon Regulated Space without going through the proper channels.
Terrance Brown from the Research Department adds that they have been able to piece together less than half of the original message, but states that he may be able to make a few percents worth of progress over the next few days.