A DDS warship under the command of Truman has discovered an unusual space capable (though not faster than light) alien race near Melon 4 outside of Remedian space who are thought to be called the Melitacons. One of the alien ships was encountered and it was found to be made of a kind of wood and steel! A survey team boarded the ship using personal cloaking devices to avoid detection and found the ship was totally without electricity and was powered by a fossil fuel furnace using a kind of steam for propulsion.
There has been reported an incident where the DDS ship suffered a loss of main power and hence it's cloak. It was fired upon by the Melitacon ship with a kind of kinetic weapon which caused some damage and some crew lost their lives. Truman decided not to fire back because of the massive disparity of technology between the two sides. "It would be like the crew of a helicopter gunship coming under attack from a native tribe armed with bow and arrows and deciding to fire back with a saturation napalm bombardment."
A UNP survey team may now further investigate the Melitacons. Many questions remain, the primary being how on Earth people with a pre-electricity technology level managed to get into space!
