I'd programmed the computer to wake me in case it detects a ship. This was less in the hopes of actually finding one than it was to spite the thought that none existed at all. The back of my mind wouldn't shut up about it, and I dreamt in the deep-sleep that I was adrift forever. Deep-sleep dreams go on for a long time, too, so it was especially annoying.
I felt a certain amount of satisfaction and relief, as you may well imagine, when I was woken to discover an Ulix vessel.
I didn't know that's what it was at first, naturally. After being slowly awakened I had to sit there for a number of minutes to let my body adjust. I was impatient, too - all I knew was that it was important, and I was eager to find out exactly what the importance was. Plus I'm always restless after a deep-sleep.
The ship initially couldn't tell what the object was. It'd been detected at quite a distance away, after all, and I'd decided to be cautious and dial back on the random loud sensor sweeps. If it had noticed me, there had been no sign, but I didn't want to tempt fate. As a result, it took a while to figure out what was in front of me. The first bit of news was that it was a ship. The second was that it was like no ship in the database, but there were markings on it. The third was that the markings had finally been translated, and the ship was Ulix. It was named "Messenger from the Past", and it was derelict. It hadn't detected my sensor sweeps because it appeared to be entirely powered down.
Naturally, I couldn't pass up such an opportunity. I made sure the computer recorded all information about the it - I was likely to get quite a commission for bringing in information about a real Ulix ship - and began to set my ship up for docking. Even derelict ships usually have a small bit of juice to power the docking rigs, the justification being that there might be people to rescue. I didn't think that to be the case, what with this being the first Ulix ship sighted ever. Its sheer size would practically ensure that if it had been built recently, it would have been seen. It would take more time than I had left in me to explore the entire thing, but it seemed likely that I'd be able to find supplies fairly easily, as something that big was likely invested with a number of large cargo bays.
Regardless of any danger, though, I was going in. This was too good to pass up.