Far-flung Vishao's Cove -- the most remote sector of Capella, well beyond Dahin - is now apparently a being visited by aliens as well.

Vishao would seem to be an unlikely target for an alien invasion. It is known as a quiet place where Sha'ha'dem retreat to focus on their conceptual and spiritual paths. It is even home to more unsavory elements such as Freespacers, and small Jenquai sects such as the Mordana. Even undesirable people such as these have been free to settle and live as they please.

Undeveloped and left to itself, Vishao has attracted its share of outsiders - perhaps one reason its residents may be unsurprised that alien ships have set flight paths through the sector.

"We see a few of them go by every hour," said one Freespacer who would not give her name, but who claims to have been studying crystallography in the Vishao sector for the past six years. "The marauders were always interested in X-rays," she explained. "But now they're measuring some sort of Bragg condition off the diffraction near Vishao. Maybe they're plotting their own Ewald construction. Maybe they just get a lot of math homework where they come from. Either way, we never had this many flights. Ever since the Gate opening there's been a lot more of them."

As reported previously, the aliens travel in evenly paired groups of two to sixteen ships and do not appear to be aggressive. Witnesses say they fly through the sector and on to an unknown destination. But why Capella? And how do the ships appear in Vishao's Cove?

Stressing the fact that little is known about the ships or alien intentions, First Emissary Merjan dismissed rumors that there might be an entry point in the sector. "Explorers long for the Ancients," Merjan explained. "Everyone has always hoped for an active Gate among the Jenquai. Unfortunately, the Gate is in Deneb. If you seek adventure, you should go there."