“Grand Admiral Vladimirus,”
Drei waited until his attention turned to her before she continued. Her uniform was hugging her thin body down to her hips where the slightly baggy pants of the Nepleslian Uniform took over. Unlike many of the soldiers in the military, her hair had been left long, helping her stand out against the other females.
Once she saw that she had the admiral’s attention she placed the data pad in front of him and continued with her statement.
“We have received an anomalous transmission coming from outside of our defense perimeter around Delsauria, Two light years to the galactic west. A copy is attached to the data pad. The transmission claims it was sent from the SS Cadaver, that it is on a cargo run, and that it is under attack from a new neko ship. As we do not have any facilities outside of the Delsauria perimeter in the direction the ship is I must make the assumption that the ship is not perusing entirely legal activities. The SS Cadaver is mentioned several times in shipping records from Awesome Corp as a Ghoul Class transport but my information is limited, my integration the older databanks and key systems within the IPG has been slow. The Delsauria perimeter has begun scanning the source of the transmission for the ship but is not yet able to verify its sensor readings. I can provide a more detailed analysis or listing of options upon request.”
"New Neko ship?" Corcyra narrowed his eyes, looking up from his paperwork. "Damnit. And this ship is about how far away from our systems?"
“Two Light Years,” Drei said. Drei paused for a moment before adding, “I feel I should add my analysis of that segment of the transmission.” She waited for a response before continuing.
"Add away," Came the admiral's response.
“Considering this is a new starship, I doubt that the crew would have the capacity to verify the crew or nationality of the starship without considerable markings on said ship and a close enough flyby for visual verification and the like. If we assume they are lying then they are attempting to draw our ships to that location, which is supported by the ship not having been destroyed in the first few moments of the conflict, or they are simply mistaken. If we assume they are telling the truth then we can assume that Yamatai is enforcing their laws. If they wanted to start a war they would have begun with an attack on our of our defense perimeters so the most likely reason is indeed law enforcement for the most likely crime they would consider enforceable, restricted technology. This is also supported by the lightly armored Ghoul class not having been destroyed in the opening volley, as the Yamatai government would be attempting to collect evidence.” Drei said.
Corcyra bit his lip, and let out a sigh. "Drei, please send a transmission to the Yamataian government asking whether or not they've come into contact with any vessels within the gap between us and the South Western dead-zones. Also, please send a message to Admiral Davis, and advise the IPG of the matter. Something very wrong is happening here." The admiral scratched his head, thinking.
Drei nodded, “I will carry that out now and inform you when we receive a response from the Yamatai government.”
Meanwhile various long range sensors, including subspace radar and aetheric sensors would be checking over the area of the transmission for the presence of star ships.