Seera Tell system: An hour later.
The Manaan Carrier Naar-Tobin with a small group of capital ships dropped out of hyperspace within the system. The group consisted of two Matriarch Support Frigates, two Vengance Assault Frigates, three Firelance Ion Frigates, an Avatar Heavy Cruiser, and two Revelation Destroyers. The carrier also had a full complement of Strike craft and Corvettes in the hanger.
"We have arrived at the coordinates." the Helm Officer said.
"All systems are functioning." stated the ensign at the engineering station.
"Link established with Manaan Fleet Command," Said a short comm. officer.
"Beginning scans of the system." Lt. Kan said.
"All ships present. Fleet jump successful," said the comm. officer.
The captain of the fleet, Karen Kol, consulted the inflow of data from the various ship departments, which was standard procedure after a hyperspace jump. Once she had checked everything, she got up and walked to the sensor station.
"Are the sensors picking up anything?" Captain Kol asked.
"Negative, captain. We are not picking up anythin….." began Lt. Kan, but before he could finish, Ensign Michaela interrupted. "Captain, we just detected a small debris field. It is approximately 15 kilometers away." The captain turned to the comm. officer.
"Have the fleet move towards the debris field. "
"Aye."
"Helm, move us to the debris field."
The captain went back to her command chair and hit the intercom button for the hanger.
"Hanger bay?" she asked.
"Reporting," responded the always cheerful voice of the hanger officer, Dengur Tol.
"Send out three flights of scouts to comb the system. Also prep a couple of probes for launch."
"Will do captain."
The captain turned to the helmsman. "How long until we reach the field?"
"About 5 minutes."
A moment later a voice came over the intercom. "Launching scout flights"
"Sensors confirm scout launch" verified Lt. Kan.
Tol's voice crackled over the comm.. "Bridge, this is Hanger. Probes are ready."
The captain hit the comm. button. "Good. Launch one of them and rely control up to here."
"Roger."
"I have control of the probe" Lt. Kan said. "Setting probe course." Kan input the coordinates into the probe through his terminal.
"Probe away" said the sensor officer.
The captain watched the sensor display as the small dots representing the probes sped towards their destination. Within seconds they reached the coordinates.
"Probe has arrived. We are receiving visual data from the probe."
The captain moved towards one of the monitors on the bridge. "Bring it up."
The screen showed a few chunks of metal drifting in space.
The ensign who was working at that monitor began the initial report. "Visual analysis of the debris indicates that it was a frigate size vessel."
"Only one?" the captain asked.
"Yes captain."
The captain was puzzled. "But there were five frigates in that squadron."
She turned to the comm. officer. "Have the scouts reported any other debris fields?"
The officer quickly looked over his display and then turned to face the captain. "Negative, ma'am."
"Captain, data from the probe has allowed us to ID the wreckage as Assault Frigate 1-8-3." The ensign at the sensor station stated.
"Can you determine how she was destroyed?" The captain inquired.
The ensign shook his head. "Not yet, captain. If we could bring some of the debris on broad, it would help us determine that."
"Alright, use the salvage corvettes to get what you need."
"Aye, captain." The ensign answered before he sent the orders to the hanger.