Episode 12: Premonition

101. Aldrin receives orders to respond to a distress call, and gathers crew for departure. Ramerez attempts to sneak onboard, but breaks his foot and gets caught. Upon request from Ramerez, Kykul carries Ramerez to the ship, but is stopped by Narendra security. Kykul attacks the security officer and boards the Nightingale with Ramerez in tow.

102.  During the approach, long-range scans reveal a ship graveyard orbiting a large rogue asteroid. The Nightingale approaches and finds no evidence of combat or intact ships in the area.

103.  Shortly after arriving, Prell begins receiving telepathic visions of a small crew (presumably the source of the distress signal) investigating the graveyard. The visions reveal the ship was destroyed, but one crewmate escaped on an escape pod.

104.  Further scans reveal subspace damage in the vicinity of the asteroid, as well as a trail for a small vessel, probably the escape pod. Before the Nightingale can exit the damaged area, the ship begins critically malfunctioning, and barely avoids taking serious damage due to the efforts of Lt. Commander Skeek.

105.  During the escape, Prell discovers the source of the damage: a quantum filament. There is no method of safely approaching the phenomenon, and, after a dangerous exodus, the Nightingale deploys a buoy to warn future vessels off the area.

106.  The Nightingale eventually finds the escape pod and detects a single, with a weak life sign on board. The pod is brought into the cargo bay, and the lifeform, an Aenar, is brought to sickbay.