Sigma Madelline or Bust

An hour later...

"Logs downloaded. Commencing scan and indexing. The information is available at any terminal should you wish to proceed with your own analysis."

Teller is a decent android, but not highly specialized. You're all certainly better at your own specialties than he is.

What to next? To the Survey Outpost Sigma Madelline?

Sam finds footage of a bridge attack, and you see a pair of people both wearing raggedy clothes, leather-look jackets, and carrying swords burst unto the bridge, and the crew back away, hands raised. The slaughter is extremely quick. At first you wonder if you're watching it in regular speed, but it is just that the assailants are as fast as anything you've ever seen a human being do. Blood flies, pools, as swords tear apart the six bridge people, then one of them, female looking, casually dismembers the bodies with the sword tip and flashing strikes. Stronger than she looks, and the blade as sharp as can be.

Sam, this is an intense bit of video. Please make a PRESSURE roll, which is 1d6+ your Pressure Bonus (Pressure Bonus is your STR+EDUC). If you meet or beat 10, you're okay.

Sam feels the strain build up. The intense pressure starts to wear on him.

Sam's Pressure goes up by 1

It's possible that it is the same woman, and when you examine the feeds closely, you determine that it is the case.

Teller crunches the ship manifests for you. "There seems to be little removed from either craft. Other than the crew, which are almost entirely missing."

Teller replies, "Neither ship was aware of another vehicle in the vicinity. There is no record in the logs of them detecting any vehicle. However, clearly both have been boarded millions of kilometers from any body, and so there must have been another vehicle."