This is an automated SOS signal from the UNS Kittyhawk. This message will repeat every five minutes as long as possible or until rescue.

If you are reading this, send help. This is Captain Eric Sullivan of the UNS Kittyhawk. We have made contact with an extraterrestrial substance and sustained heavy casualties. We have purged the stubstance but have suffered structural and engine damage. We are moving slowly, but for all intents and purposes we are dead in the water. If you are reading this, please send help.

Black Box released. Further transmissions and information will be saved to holographic storage.