Somewhere in Sector 13
STRIKE FLEET 501 
FLAG SHIP HIMIKO'S REVENGE


Fleet Commander Kensei yawned softly as he sat comfortably in the captain's seat of his Flagship, Himiko's Revenge. Looking over at his surveillance officer, Lt. Gimli, Kensei asked, "Anything on our scanners Lieutenant?" "Negative sir, Our sensors aren't picking up anything within a 3 light year radius." replied Gimli. "I see... Keep your eyes peeled though Lieutenant. We don't know if the Treecu might try to do something outside thei-" The Commander didn't have time to finish his sentence when the Lieutenant interrupted him. "Unidentified object detected by our long range scanner. Object is moving faster than light towards our position." "Damn, do we know what kind of FTL method they're using and ETA?" "We have no way of ascertaining their method of travel at this time sir, but we estimate you have half an hour to act before it rips through the fleet." said the ship's AI, Himiko, as she materialized over the small holo display in front of the Captain's seat. "Do we at least know their numbers? And the Origin of the object?" asked the Commander exasperated by the lack of information regarding the Treecu's primary source of FTL travel. "The approach vector suggests that the object is Treecu in origin, and there is only one showing in the scanner" replied the Surveillance officer. "A single vessel? They must be severely underestimating us or they have no idea that we're here... Either way that ship is a danger to our fleet. Get our interdictors to activate gravity wells. Force the object to slow down." "Understood sir the Interdictors will be notified and gravity wells activated within the next 5 minutes. Shall we also broadcast a warning message in open comms?" asked the AI. "If the unknown object turns out to be a ship, then perhaps they can be persuaded to slow down before being ripped out of warp or whatever space they're moving in. But before we can even broadcast a warning have the Xenolinguists deciphered the Treecu language?" he asked eyeing the interdictors on the operational map displayed in front of the Captain's seat. The AI nods and says, "Yes, thanks to our encounters with their unmanned deep space satellites issuing warnings to not breach their so called borders, the Federation has a rudimentary understanding of their language. Communication will be difficult but not impossible." "Excellent, Tell our boys in the communications hub to issue a warning in Treecu and basic Venterran that they are approaching military vessels and will be ripped out of warp/hyperspace/slipspace if they continue their approach at their current speeds."