Minerva Legend 5K

Duffy wakes you saying that the electromagnetic storm that took the Minerva ten years ago has been sighted and you're going after it. You lost a couple of drones on the last op so the hive mind is suffering a bit. You'll need to decouple the reactors, and then Circuit has to reboot the computers to assess damage. As you set off, Eats wonders why Duffy didn't call this into Solfleet before sending you in.

Your shuttle nearly got destroyed by space lightning, but you've made it onto the Minerva. The ship is struggling to keep the lights and gravity consistent, so move carefully. Duffy contacts you privately and says that there must have been a bomb on board the shuttle from some of the damage, and if that's the case, it was set by one of your crew. On board the Minerva, you find a garden near the reactors growing food. Duffy seems familiar with the captain, Nia Mallory, and says she must have done that because the Minerva did not have ten years of food on board. Eats spots a lot of markers on the walls that look to be counting days, and it looks like whoever drew them is still alive! Circuit decouples the reactor, and suddenly the area you're in decompresses and you barely manage to hold on. Control says that they and Circuit have been sucked out and you need to catch them!

You send the drones to get Circuit, while you and Eats head after Control. Eats manages to grab hold of Control who isn't sure what caused the explosions. Circuit returns with the drones and says it must have been a faulty reactor. But they did get the reactors decoupled. You make it along the hull to the location of the computer core, and head inside, leaving the remaining drones to fix the airlock while Control and Circuit reboot the computer. Duffy tries to contact you and Eats privately, but loses signal. Captain Mallory of the Minerva makes an announcement and demands that you identify yourself. Circuit says that she is under arrest for war crimes, theft and conspiracy. Control objects, but Circuit says that they have their orders, and shoots Control.

Circuit was a plant, and has reprogrammed some of the drones, which are now fighting amongst themselves. You manage to get back in contact with Duffy and explain the situation. Duffy guides you to Mallory's location and Mallory demands to speak to Duffy, who is just as excited to speak to her. Duffy detects a massive electromagnetic spike pointed at the Minerva's reactor, and Mallory says it's a secret military weapon. Circuit has painted you as a target and is trying to destroy the Minerva!

Mallory explains that Solfleet wanted to conquer alien races, and that is why the Minerva went dark. She takes you back to the computer core where she's made some changes that Circuit won't expect. You hear Circuit talking to her commanders. Circuit opens the airlock to try to sweep you out, and you tackle Circuit out of the airlock instead, and Eats and the drones drag you back via your tether, leaving Circuit to float in the void.

You meet up with Control who managed to survive, and head to the engine room. Mallory has made a few changes to the systems with the help of some friends. The experimental weapon fires and goes straight through the ship. How do you feel about abandoning Solfleet and becoming a pirate?