Lost Souls

The USS Merlin has been MIA (Missing In Action) for two years, the cause of her dissapearance unknown. Now, a message has relayed to Starfleet Command that she's been found adrift in a disputed territory known as the Telarny Quadrant. Starfleet has put together a recovery squad to ascertain her status and to try and find out where she's been and how she's ended up in the disputed territory. On boarding the USS Merlin, the recovery team find her completely abandoned, no crew and no signs of fighting. No information can be extracted from the ships computer on what's happened to cause her crew to abandon her or what caused sudden disappearance, the only message in the databank is "The Capra is here!!!"

The recovery team manage to get the Merlin's engines back online, and when they initiate the sequence to test them, the ship suddenly jumps to warp on a pre-planned course......