The debris cloud parted and gave way to the exterior Bow shield of the ISS Commodore. The Commodore was gliding lazily to an outer planet with a small delivery of medtech supplies, another boring mission from HQ. The Interstellar Syndicate was always handing the good missions to the larger ships. The Commodore had been doing the missions to the outer galaxies for a few years now, and the crew had been more than fed up with getting the minor missions all the time.
The captain was a large man. Heavy built, but still quite slim, with dark brown hair and a kindness in his eyes. His nose was slightly crooked, as was his smile, but this only attributed to the feeling of welcome you got when you looked into those big green eyes. He was walking down to the cargo hold when, taking a quick look out the starboard window, he spotted the planet they were supposed to be landing on. He rushed up to the flight deck and asked the pilot, Marcus Archer, what the hell he thought he was doing.
"Well cap, turns out we're being tailed, so landing doesn't exactly seem like a good idea at the time."
"What do you mean tailed, who could possibly be tailing us?" said the captain.
"Scanners show there's a ship. I can't get a read on her class or rank, so I doubt she's from the syndicate. What do you recommend we do, Las?" asked Archer.
Captain Julius Lassiter had been sailing the galaxies for 3 years, and never in his life had he been tailed by a ship that wasn't Syndicate standard. He hesitated for a moment, then took a deep breath and said, "Turn the ship around. I want to see who's following us."
Archer nodded and turned the Commodore around. Lassiter was in the process of calling Cristal, the first mate, but she had already beat him to the punch.
"Tell me what you got, Lassy." Said first mate Cristal Martinez.
"Well, Arch is turning the ship around now, but it appears we're being tailed by someone. I want to find out who".
As the ship shifted into position, Captain Lassiter stepped closer to the window.
"What the…Cap, you might want to see this." Said Archer. "The radar shows that the ship completely disappeared. It's not running, it's not approaching, and it's not cloaked. It just…disappeared."
"That's…odd. Archer, put her down on the planet and meet me in the Commons. Crew meeting." Said the Captain, reaching for the Intercom. All over the ship, his voice rang clear:
"CREW OF THE COMMODORE, PLEASE ADJOURN IN THE COMMONS FOR A CREW MEETING. I REPEAT, ADJOURN IN THE COMMONS FOR A CREW MEETING."