Billy puzzled over the question for a moment, folding one arm over his chest. "I can't be certain. The crew is tight-lipped about what information they'll allow the new arrivals to know. But they do have military-like uniforms and a command structure."

He sighed. "They claim our arrival was the result of a space-time anomaly, and they'd prefer to send us home, but the same anomaly completely killed their engines."