Just watched the first Episode of Star Trek: Discovery and one part confused me. First to give some background, I got this from Wikipedia...
Investigating a damaged satellite near a binary star system on the edge of Federation space, the crew members of the USS Shenzhou discover an object obscured from their sensors. After First Officer Michael Burnham volunteers to investigate the object, she finds an ancient, carved vessel. She is attacked by a Klingon, and when trying to escape, she accidentally kills him. A group of Klingons mourn the death of their soldier, dubbed the "Torchbearer", before the outcast Voq volunteers to take his place.
So I assume this vessel was Klingon, but what was the point of it? If T'Kuvma wanted to lure Starfleet by damaging their satellite, why didn't he just wait for them in his cloaked ship? Why have this other tiny ship just sitting out there with one guy on board?