Yawn...late post...

I know. I said I would post the next part of the series. I didn't. If you must know, my physics practical exam went completely down the drain and I was depressed. I'm feeling better now though, knowing a large number of people also failed with me. Anyway, here's the next part.

*1st Movement Part 3*

Brunker could not believe it, but it was the only answer. He stared at the large screen, with the sensors scan showing. The entire bridge was silent. It was a single large battleship, at least 15km.
Space is filled with various phenomena, such as stars, nebulas and pulsars. Filled with electromagnectic radiation, sensors could all too easily pick up interference. The electromagnetic shielding on ships radiated similarly to certain stars. But there is some thing that ships radiated that can be detected. Heat.

The hyperfusion turbines that power most ships radiated massive amounts of heat energy. And space is very cold. Unlike stars, or other stellar objects, space ships radiate heat and move quite rapidly. By taking several ‘snapshots’ of the surrounding environment and translating them to heat images, a spaceship can found by looking for relatively small, intense spots of heat that move.



The scan showed a massive thermal imbalance in that area. At first, it seemed that there was a large number of ships, but the thermal imbalance was symmetrical, indicating one ship.

Brunker ran the projections again, adding different variables but each time he ended up with one massive ship. He began rerunning weapons solutions, ocassionally trading a word to the sensor man next to him.

“Sir,” said Brunker, “thermal scan confirmed, it’s a single battleship.”
“Send that out to the fleet!” exclaimed Roberts, “they must know!”
Roberts scowled, clearly not happy with the turns of events. Brunker looked up,
“Sir, its confirmed. The ship is part of the Waalwik Federation Space Fleet, the Glissando.”

To be continued…