12 days earlier...
"Captain, we have a signal coming in from an empty quarter and it's organic... there's a life frequency coming from the object!" The navigator pointed at the screen, seated in a pool of holographic maps with gear over her eyes and ears as the captain walked over, wrapped in her large cloak.
"What is it? Nothing should be out here, it's pure dead space..." She leaned forward, furrowing her brows as she watched the screen, pressing on the frequency, pulling up a strange, arrhythmic heartbeat.
"Ma'am, I've tried looking up the heartbeat, none of our classified species match this frequency. What do you want to do?" the navigator asked, looking up as Ravyn narrowed her eyes.