[Diaspora] What does an anomaly look like?

[Brad Murray]

You've entered an ancient T-4 system. It's unpopulated but it's rich
in minerals (R2). No system suitable for habitation is present, though
there are a few rocks and gas giants (E-3). It's an obvious target for
mining by the rest of the cluster but it's expensive to exploit and
there's a kind of cluster-wide taboo against slipping here.

You have a tip, though. Ancient computer records from a
multi-thousand-year-old ship you salvaged recently indicate that
there's something interesting at the ringed gas giant that orbits just
outside the bio-zone. All ship's telescopes are oriented that way and
recording as you vector in-system.

And then you get this: <http://ciclops.org/media/ir/2009/5683_13340_0.jpg>

Story on the real thing here:
<http://ciclops.org/view/5683/Punching_through_the_F_Ring?js=1>

-- 
Brad Murray (halfjack)

Expletive deleted.