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 ====== The Sword of Ophiuchus, Part 1 ====== ====== The Sword of Ophiuchus, Part 1 ======
  
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 **Timeframe: One hour later** **Timeframe: One hour later**
  
-As it turned out, a poker face was not needed.  As the ship approached the coordinates, they pierced the cloaking field without challenge over the communication channels.  All subspace frequencies were eerily silent.  At a distance of over twenty kilometers, the base was already filling a sizable portion of their viewport.  The gargantuan 2000-deck station was painted from top to bottom in matte black, and shaped somewhat like a giant seahorse.  It's ebony-colored surface was difficult to discern against the black backdrop of space, and at first glance, the only way they knew it was even there was due to the muted reflection of the nearby star in combination with the starless expanse of nothingness in front of them.+As it turned out, a poker face was not needed.  As the ship approached the coordinates, they pierced the cloaking field without challenge over the communication channels.  All subspace frequencies were eerily silent.  At a distance of over five kilometers, the base was already filling a sizable portion of their viewport.  The gargantuan 2000-deck station was painted from top to bottom in matte black, and shaped somewhat like a giant seahorse.  It's ebony-colored surface was difficult to discern against the black backdrop of space, and at first glance, the only way they knew it was even there was due to the muted reflection of the nearby star in combination with the starless expanse of nothingness in front of them.
  
 As they approached, the two men noted that the base was slowly tumbling with respect to its orbital plane to the nearby red giant, not bothering to maintain any sort of attitude or directional control.  Although the surface contained tens of thousands of windows and portholes, none were lit from within, indicating that station operations were far from normal. As they approached, the two men noted that the base was slowly tumbling with respect to its orbital plane to the nearby red giant, not bothering to maintain any sort of attitude or directional control.  Although the surface contained tens of thousands of windows and portholes, none were lit from within, indicating that station operations were far from normal.
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