"Bridge, over..."

"Put the Captain on!!!"

"Captain's off the bridge...this is Commander Trey Ovakine, holding conn. What can I do for you?"

"My eyeball estimations tell me you're approaching the worst asteroid belt in the whole Galactic records index. It is know to also have a lethal and near-lethal series of space-dust clouds moving behind it on recurring orbits. Noone has ever figured out why. Let the skipper know you guys are in serious danger if you go any further on this track."

The Terran canceled the intercom connect on his pin and sighed tiredly.