"Okay, there's nothing here of use, I'm heading deeper into the belt.
...Oh wow, there are some big asteroids in this region. Borderline planetoids, I'd say.
Wait a minute... The scanner is picking up some interesting readings from one of them, there appears to be some high-energy organic material inside; could be a source of high-grade biofuel. I'll see if I can crack this rock open, see what's the source of these readings. Firing weapons.
Okay, asteroid has been mostly destroyed after several shots aaannnnnd... Wwwwhaat is that? Something flew out of the asteroid when it exploded, it... it appears to be some kind of giant bird? It's... its body is about the size of my arwing, but its wings are just... huge. What's more, it's alive and navigating, even in the vacuum of space. It looks like this is what the scanner was picking up. I'm gonna get a closer look.
On closer inspection, it really does look like some kind of bird, feathers an-"
Suddenly, the voice recording faded to static. Seconds later, the pilot's voice started cutting in and out, seemingly at random.
"It# ho##ing o#to the ####### scan##'s go#g craz# ######## re####y ## ##ing warped###############"
The static returned, but the pilot's voice never returned to interrupt it.
click
The hologram of General Pepper leaned forward to press a button, and the recording stopped playing. The image turned to face Fox and his team of friends and said, "That black-box transmission was the last we ever heard of Dessler Coba."