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6 months prior to the current stardate, the starship U.S.S. ''Leviathan'' was sent into and area of space known colloquially as "The Void" (the barren region between the Sagittarius and Scutum Arms of the Milky Way Galaxy) to investigate the disappearance of the destroyer U.S.S. ''Spica'', assigned as last-minute escort for freighters moving goods between Starfleet bases on her way to Starbase ''Omega''. Her investigation took them a little beyond normal shipping lanes, and that was where she came into contact with dozens of defensive probes...and received a warning signal: "You are trespassing- leave now or be destroyed." Starfleet Command had no knowledge of any intelligent species in The Void. | 6 months prior to the current stardate, the starship U.S.S. ''Leviathan'' was sent into and area of space known colloquially as "The Void" (the barren region between the Sagittarius and Scutum Arms of the Milky Way Galaxy) to investigate the disappearance of the destroyer U.S.S. ''Spica'', assigned as last-minute escort for freighters moving goods between Starfleet bases on her way to Starbase ''Omega''. Her investigation took them a little beyond normal shipping lanes, and that was where she came into contact with dozens of defensive probes...and received a warning signal: "You are trespassing- leave now or be destroyed." Starfleet Command had no knowledge of any intelligent species in The Void. | ||
At the time of the signal, Starbase ''Serenity'' was simply a deep-space station in between the main body of the Federation on the coreward edge of the Sagittarius Arm and where Indigo Fleet is on the rimward edge of the Scutum Arm that functioned, primarily, as a logistics hub: fuel depot, parts disbursement hub, personnel transport hub, etc. However, given that Earth is approximately 6,000 light years away, and Starbase ''Omega'' is 3-4,000 tc light years away (making '' | At the time of the signal, Starbase ''Serenity'' was simply a deep-space station in between the main body of the Federation on the coreward edge of the Sagittarius Arm and where Indigo Fleet is on the rimward edge of the Scutum Arm that functioned, primarily, as a logistics hub: fuel depot, parts disbursement hub, personnel transport hub, etc. However, given that Earth is approximately 6,000 light years away, and Starbase ''Omega'' is 3-4,000 tc light years away (making ''Serenity'' the closest Starfleet installation to the probes and the signal and, presumably, to the civilization to whom they belong), Starfleet Command decided it would be in their best interest to increase their presence on the station in this previously-all-but-ignored region of space. | ||
== The Station == | == The Station == | ||