Commander Altsain is beginning to sound the alarm about these alien Thargoids – they are much closer than you might think, something that was underscored when she visited the Argestes system, while following rumours of Thargoid attack.

She found no Thargoids in the system, but evidence of their passing was not easy to miss. Just outside the La Cosa Enterprise station, the wreckage of a Dionysus class agricultural vessel was plain for everyone to see.

Smothered in green Thargoid gunk, the megaship seemed lifeless, with just a few burning fires still raging within its superstructure. The commander approached cautiously, wary of Thargoid ambush, but the aliens seemed to have left. The only contacts on the Auricwing’s sensors were a handful of rescue vessels departing the stricken vessel. Soon enough, they were gone too.

Careful to control the inertia of her Type-10, the commander manoeuvred in close to the Dionysus, looking for lurking aliens or stranded crew, but everything was eerily silent. She found the ship’s log uplink and scanned it to find the last records of the crew.

Not having the equipment to salvage anything from the vessel, the commander waggled the Auricwing in salute, and then proceeded onto La Cosa…