Contact!

Today, Captain and A.L.I.E. build up their "temporary base" and make contact with a passing ship. Is it friendly? Find out!

Details
Captain Firefox continues construction of the base, expanding it significantly. After a few more hours of this he goes upstairs and records a log entry during this log, he explains his true loneliness in space and his boredom. He also explains how he significantly expanded the base and even though A.L.I.E. is online, it has been very quiet of late.

A.L.I.E. returns from a mining trip on a new small miner and informs the optimistic Captain that they found more of what they have: none of what they need. The Captain hopes that they can finish the sensor array. A.L.I.E. confirms this and Captain finishes the sensor array. When he goes back upstairs to the new command center, an alarm goes off.

The alarm is to alert Firefox that the new antenna has detected a DNC Eagle Class freighter. A.L.I.E. suggests capturing the freighter and using it for their own purposes as the freighter is defenseless. Captain objects, pointing out the flaws of the freighter. Despite his initial objections, the Captain goes on with the plan. He goes along and gets one of the old suits from the Liberty brought to the base using the cargo crates. He loads the Firefox with ammo and grabs some explosives. Firefox heads to the med bay and puts the new suit on, grabs a gun and heads out.

After a few hours of flying, the Firefox arrives at the Eagle freighter. Captain orders A.L.I.E. to limit missile fire and only use them when necessary. After damaging some of the engines and the anti fighter turrets he lets A.L.I.E. remotely open the hangar doors and boards the ship. He encounters heavy resistance but eventually manages to kill the crew. After this A.L.I.E. finds that the ship is no use to them and there is nothing of value inside. Firefox has an idea: destroy the evidence. He suggests that they plant bombs inside of the ship. Once all of them are planted inside, the Captain evacuates on the Firefox and watches the fireworks...

Random trivia
This is the first use of the "shield" mod in the series.