As exhaustion over being shorthanded takes it's toll, Ulysses' command staff decide to power down the ship and give everyone solid sleep time. Only a skeleton crew mans each shift. In the Mess Hall, alcohol is temporarily off-rationing and the crew spends time together. An ion disturbance clouds communications and sensors nearby but is creating "space sounds-" something once known as "Siren Calls" by the pioneers of the early UESPA. A game of oneupmanship develops as the crew take turns telling spooky tales and ghost stories.
The XO breaks up the party and sends the crew to bed. Kiam takes the night shift with a couple of officers on the Bridge. All is silent until something hits the viewscreen. The navigational sensors didn't detect it in time and the viewscreen begins to slowly crack- the feel of the breeze signals there's a fracture. But the question is... what hit us? Humanity's role in the local space is about to fall into question and beyond harmless ghost stories, it seems Boyajian's Desert has some real demons.