Extract of transmission intercepted from suspected pirate vessel: "Mayday! I've landed approximately one klick from the crash site. My ship is down to auxiliary power and appears to be caught in some kind of temporal stasis field." "I managed to scan for life signs before the power outage - there are three signatures trapped in the stasis field between us and the alien vessel: one human, one synthetic life form, possibly android, and one hybrid with a unique quantum waveform." "The crashed ship is energetically very rich, but their antimatter drive is highly unstable. I think the hybrid may be interfacing with the antimatter to create the stasis field." "Do not approach the site until I can investigate further. I repeat, do not approach the site." "Confirm and await my instructions..." ****************************** Figures posed in DAZ Studio 4.7, scene set up and rendered in Vue Infinite 2014.6, minor post-work and signature in Photoshop CC. Foreground figure is Victoria 3 (!) with Jartnia character and outfit, her ship is Shuttlestar, background ship is Solaco (freebie from way back when), and background figure is Outlanders: The Runner by Sixus1. Back in story-telling mode (just as the work starts to hot up again...!): see "White Desert", "White Desert II - White Heat", "White Desert III - Hidden", "White Desert IV - Disappeared" and "White Desert V - Dimension Storm". Craig