With the cargo in tow, your ship's A.I., branded as "Calaeno" ("Calae" for short) calibrated the ship's navigation system back to your home planet. Calaeno was the finest A.I. on the market for space navigation: reliable, intelligent, adaptive. Over the intercom, her voice rings out in its usual monotone voice.

"System's calibrated, Captain. Shall i--?

Bzzt!

Suddenly the lights in the ship flash and flicker wildly as an otherworldly humming sound beganto shake the ship from the cargo hold. The entire ship was now unresponsive. You try to call out to Calaeno, but she fails to respond. There was no other choice but to investigate the noise yourself.

In the cargo hold, laying facedown in a pile of packaging scrap... was an unidentified human. A woman. The unknown woman with silver hair slowly lifts her head up, dazed and confused, until her golden irises locked onto yours. She stirs before giving you a look of recognition. With a shaky voice, the woman called out to you...

"... Captain?"