New Episode 4: Where Are We?

Another compressed episode for your viewing pleasure! Also gives me chance to reread and add bits and amend some continuity issues in the story.

New:

After a much longer than usual jump through space the crew are clearly nervous and confused about where they are. Seeing this SAI explains that her orders were a little vague but she has followed them as best she could, and brought them to a neutron star 424 lightyears from Earth. As SAI begins to scan the star it appears on the monitors, she explains that despite only being 20km in diameter the star is extremely hot and produces enormous energy. The captain asks her to move in to gather energy, having used all of the energy to reach this distant star. SAI refuses because the powerful waves of radiation and beams from the poles make it far too dangerous to approach. Unable to gather energy from the star from this distance the ship is stranded a very long way from home.

Old:

After a much longer than usual jump through space the crew have found themselves a long way from home. The crew are clearly nervous about this and the captain asks SAI where they are. SAI responds "The orders given to me were a little vague sir, I have brought you to the nearest, smallest and most powerful star I could find", she has brought them to a neutron star 424 lightyears from Earth. On the monitor is a very distant and very small star, the crew don't really know what to make of it, seeing this SAI explains what the object they are looking at is a very rare and powerful star despite only being about 20km in diameter. The crew want to move closer but SAI informs them that moving closer is too dangerous. Readings are taken, showing that the star has a surface temperature of over 10million K and spewing out radio and x-rays from its rapidly rotating magnetic poles. The captain makes the decision to leave while they can, but the ship has used most of it's fuel getting here, unable to get close enough to the neutron star to gather energy they are stranded a very long way from home.