>> OOC: Was this the system the /Santiago/ jumped too? Without a >> transponder, it is too far out to be seen from in system? > >OOC: Yes, the /Santiago/ would have passed through this system, but it >disappeared before having arrived here. It was to jump to Sequi first >then Serbia, and it disappeared on the Mark to Sequi jump. Also, yes, >without a transponder, or a very lucky/unlucky accident this object >could float out here for years without being spotted...pass right >through the system and out into deep space where it might be centuries >before it even got this close to the main planet in Serbia again. > >> Shawn ploted a course to the ship and estimated time to arrival if >> they went that way. > >Arvitis says, "From the return on its surface, I'd say it has to be a >ship...a small one, 100 to 200 tons, and I'm picking up an IR return >that is about 2 degrees above background, so there is probably some >residual power there, too. It's on a vector that takes it across the >system and back out into the deep." > >You can pull up along side in 30 seconds, yes it is *that* close, but >you'll also have to match its real vector if you want to dock with or >board it and that will take about 40 minutes of burning the HEPlaR engines. "We can pass by in 30 seconds. Might as well. We are way deep in weapons range no matter what. Lets take a look at it. Arvitis, only residual power? Main not online?" Shawn
