1997

February
After 8 month journey, the Ultra Probe arrives at Ultra, but all contact is lost.

Dragon's Domain.

August
Six months after the loss of contact, the Ultra Probe Command module, which was designed to act as an emergency lifeboat, is recovered with only the probe's pilot, Tony Cellini, aboard.

Cellini reports that, while investigating a group of abandoned spacecraft, the other crewmwmbers were devoured by a monster that was undetectable to their life scans. Due to the creature's absence in the probe's scan records, Cellini's story was met with incredulity, with Comissioner Dixon believing that Cellini bungled the docking procedure, killing his crew, and made up the story to cover for his mistake.

Based on the report by Dr. Russell, who was on the medical team assigned to evaluate Cellini, he was subsequently grounded for more psychiatric treatment.

Dragon's Domain.