Alida had always wanted to be an astronaut.  She thought the mission she was assigned to would make her mark in the history books.
It did but not quite the way she had expected.
 
Alida was stunned when she spotted the planet just drifting behind the sun's corona, but she would've put it down to an illusion if not for the bogie that appeared directly behind the sighting.
And the massive alien ship that appeared not far behind that.

Commander Vulcan Aurelious was sent to determine the human threat. The one he found was one he hadn't counted on.