"You wanted to see me Jones?" the captain said as he approached the tactical station on the bridge.

"Yes Sir," Jones answered as he looked up from the half circle of a dozen computer monitors that made up his station. "I've been reviewing the data on those ships we saw yesterday."

"What did you find out?" Roche asked with a tinge of urgency as he had been waiting for the information.

"I still haven't learned anything more about the first three, but the ...