U9 reports that the signal is emananting from deeper into the Galaxy but it is too weak to receive at any strength. It could be anything- random static, an ancient 'short-ranged' diestress call that has been ploughing through space for centuries, maybe an attempt at comminiccation, but a futile one.
U9 also reports that the ship's systems have found a match on the nearer set of navigational co-ordinates.
After a few moments, the astrogation data appears on your screen.
Astral co-ordinates match with planet in database named 'Dordellus'. Category entry follows.
Dordellus
Class: Medium class L (barely habitable). Swamp world with indigenous life.
Info: Dordellus is an outlying planet outside the boundaries of the Republic near the rim of galactic space. Stellar systems in this area remain largely unexplored though all have been scanned by probes. Dordellus was named after it became apparent that colonisation was possible. A colony in this region of space would perform useful scientific and astronomical services in providing a permanent outpost in this mostly unused area of space. An Ithorian survey/colonisation team was dispatched to this world in [23 years ago]. The unit was lost with all hands, probes could find no trace of their vessel. Dordellus has accordingly been classified as highly hazardous and NOT suitable for colonisation. No investigation was launched to follow up these events- Dordellus is remote and the benefits in making any expedition to it are massively outweighed by the risks.
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The entry is some 13 years old- no-one cares about this forgotten deathtrap any more.
Kellan struggled out of her stupor, trying to shake the vestiges of her visions away but they clung in her mind like stubborn cobwebs. She stood, stretched stiff limbs and was immediately assailed by a wave of emotions flowing through her shipboard companions. Their collective prescences in the Force was like having Coruscant skynet suddenly broadcast in her head.
She walked out to the bridge and asked Xeth for their current status.
Roan logs off the computer and walks to the bridge to see Kellan and Xeth. "Ok, the computer matched the distress signal with a strange planet called Dordellus. This may be a call form the 'dead' colonists, this could be recent or sent many years ago. Also we cannot rule out the possibility that this is a sith trap. Options anybody?"