[spodefly]

Since 1998 astronomers have known that the space probes Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11 are following trajectories that cannot be explained by conventional physics. Launched in 1972 and 1973, respectively, to explore the outer planets, the Pioneer craft are now at the edge of the solar system, with Pioneer 10 being some 86 astronomical units (about 13 billion kilometres) from the Sun. But they are not quite where they should be, based on the gravitational pull of the known bodies in the solar system.

The tragectories have been effected by cloaked Romulin vessels observing us from the edge of the solar system.

[r9etb]

The tragectories have been effected by cloaked Romulin vessels observing us from the edge of the solar system.

For years I've wanted to write a Science Fiction short story where aliens intercept the Pioneer vehicles, decode the famous plaques thereon, and discover that we're a form of "cosmic cockroaches" that need to be exterminated.