Just as the crew was pondering the fate of the vanished civilization, the main monitors suddenly flagged several anomalous images. Inside a half-collapsed bungalow, a blurry shadow was visible through a shattered glass window.
It was a corpse.
Unlike the scattered animal bones found in the wilderness, this body was located indoors and appeared to be deliberately covered by some sort of fabric. According to the supercomputer's analysis, there was a very high probability that this was the remains of an intelligent native.
"Discovering intact remains of an intelligent species is no easy feat," a scientist noted with intense interest. "After more than a decade, most organic matter would have completely decomposed. It takes very specific environmental conditions to preserve a body for this long..."
