I scanned my control pad and watched the familiar lights flash across its screen. I glanced through the translucent window at the star-filled night sky; wishing I could leave this asteroid belt and go back to home to my family. But alas, I needed the minerals contained inside these space rocks to provide for them. My thoughts were interrupted as a dot appeared on my pad’s screen. ‘What in Saldavea is that?’ I tapped a button on my pad and a channel opened over the comlink. “Sarto, did you just get a blip on your sensors too?” I replied, “What does it look like?”