The arcology is silent. So are the ships. All of them continue to show no life signs whatsoever.

- and then the ship's computer informs her that she's being hailed. A still image of a bearded man wearing thick sunglasses pops up, followed by a text channel.

"Unidentified vessel: why on Earth are you hailing a Sleeper nest?"

The ship's computer reports that an unfamiliarly-designed ship with a single life-sign aboard has appeared at the closer wormhole.