Prolouge
A strange device hangs in space, far from any observers, lights up. It is angular, and has a glow below silver paneling. It was large, ove ten kilometers wide. It was shaped like a hexagon. The device, was a remnant of the 2nd most powerful race to grace the Gamma Quadrant with their presence. It, was Forerunner.
Suddenly, and without warning, the device started glowing brighter. Anyone standing on it would have felt its low hum become a roar. It continued to brighten until it was blindingly luminous. The roar became thunder, and then it stopped. Completely. In the center of the hexagon, was a slipspase portal.
There was a man sitting in his quarters, studying the screen in front of him.
"Everything seems normal..." he said to himself, analyzing the readings, "Slight fluctuations, nothing unprecedented."
Then, one of the graphs jumps, in a completely unprecedented way.
"I hade to jinx it, didn't I?" he mumbled.
He hit a button, which brought up a map of the galaxy, which zoomed in on the Gamma Quadrant, then to an unexplored sector, highlighting a star system. Relatively nearby, was a marker for a Miranda-Class science vessel.
"I guess I'll have to divert a mission, but this is high priority."