Deep in the far reaches of space the Space Station Mirada loomed over the planet below. Ceti Alpha V to be exact. It wasn’t much of a colony below, just a small town and a few stores; it was more of an outpost than anything, a stopping point on the three-month trip from Earth to Tarsus Prime and back. The worst of it was, it was a million miles from nowhere.
      Most of the crew was just waking up to start their morning shifts. The majority of the command crew was already up and on the bridge, but the new rookie security officers were just stumbling out of their quarters.