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Jazzi · (This post was last modified: 06-12-2025, 09:07 AM by Jazzi.)

Survey OM-2A: Minor Jump Gate
Dr. T.Thorn

Entry 1

A certain someone came to visit me yesterday at Heisenberg. It was nice for Revenant to do so. Cologne is not the most convinient system to reach and she's such a busy bee. Whilst it was nice to briefly catch up, Revenant had sought me out with a commission in mind. Note to self. Attach the comms data to this log entry so you don't forget it later.

Her request is most fa...fascinating and, whilst the intrigue of the matter itself would have been enough to catch my attention, the offer of credits adds to the appeal. I'm loath to make cu...currency a focus, yet such funds would pay the way for sorely needed equipment for the Ontario Site Survey. That settles the matter... Omicron Minor, here we come! Perhaps we can make time for that azurite reactor too.

Alas, Revenant's need for see...secrecy means I cannot reach out to my favourite Aegis pilot. A shame, she's good company. She'd probably be relieved... no, this must be done without help. Whilst I'm wary of this 'bigger picture', if this site does indeed have a role to play in the Pulse an-... was not the... similar in nature to... Most intruiging indeed~

OM-2A Survey Parameters:

Reach Omicron Minor
Survey the Alien Jump Gate
Acquire samples for compositional analysis
Return to Laboratory 13 with samples
Carry out analysis of jump gate material and survey data

Communication Logs

[10.06.2025 21:57:26] Thallia.Thorn: Ah! Th...there she is
[10.06.2025 21:57:31] A/)-Revenant: Hey. Here finally...
[10.06.2025 21:57:48] Thallia.Thorn: Was it a safe journey? I appreciate you've come a long way
[10.06.2025 21:57:54] A/)-Revenant: It was fine.
[10.06.2025 21:58:33] Thallia.Thorn: Good. Good. Coffee? Tea? Any form of re...refreshment before business?
[10.06.2025 21:58:47] A/)-Revenant: Nono, it's... fine.
[10.06.2025 21:58:54] A/)-Revenant: Shall I just go straight to the point then?
[10.06.2025 22:00:58] A/)-Revenant: I need some research assistance on something.
[10.06.2025 22:01:09] A/)-Revenant: I'm trying to understand some of the er... whiplash effect of the Pulse.
[10.06.2025 22:01:13] A/)-Revenant: I suspect another one coming up.
[10.06.2025 22:01:23] A/)-Revenant: And I want to know how it ripples out.
[10.06.2025 22:01:30] Thallia.Thorn: *switches to the private channel*
[10.06.2025 22:01:39] A/)-Revenant: I'm suspecting that Alien Gates may play a role, since their original cons--- I've been talking to myself, haven't I?
[10.06.2025 22:01:56] Thallia.Thorn: I'm ke....keen to understand this 'Pulse' as well. No no, I've been listening *grins*
[10.06.2025 22:02:09] Thallia.Thorn: Please, go on? *sips from her coffee*
[10.06.2025 22:02:23] A/)-Revenant: I need to emphasize this; completely;
[10.06.2025 22:02:32] A/)-Revenant: This has to be completely kept a secret.
[10.06.2025 22:02:32] A/)-Revenant: No one can know. At all.
[10.06.2025 22:02:36] A/)-Revenant: No data shared, nothing.
[10.06.2025 22:02:40] A/)-Revenant: All behind lock and key.
[10.06.2025 22:03:55] A/)-Revenant: Do you understand?
[10.06.2025 22:04:11] Thallia.Thorn: *strokes her chin in thought for a few moments*
[10.06.2025 22:04:45] Thallia.Thorn: Re...Revenant, I can keep your secret.
[10.06.2025 22:05:57] A/)-Revenant: [sighs, shaken, nervous]
[10.06.2025 22:06:04] A/)-Revenant: Alright... It's a bit of a risk but...
[10.06.2025 22:06:12] A/)-Revenant: Can you analyse the remains of the Omicron Minor alien gate?
[10.06.2025 22:06:18] A/)-Revenant: Composition, possible structure, material analysis.
[10.06.2025 22:06:24] A/)-Revenant: I know not a lot is left of it...
[10.06.2025 22:06:38] A/)-Revenant: And if you can...
[10.06.2025 22:07:13] A/)-Revenant: When delivering the data, can you do a physical drop off to Valravn?
[10.06.2025 22:07:19] A/)-Revenant: Too much risk over the neuralnet.
[10.06.2025 22:07:22] Thallia.Thorn: *frowns a little, leaning towards the vid-cam and giving her a long, thoughtful look. She begins taking hand-written notes.*
[10.06.2025 22:07:34] A/)-Revenant: Well, I suppose I could give you a classified backdoor comm channel.
[10.06.2025 22:08:02] Thallia.Thorn: Omicron Minor... alien gate...material analysis... That would be useful, though of course I shall use it sparingly.
[10.06.2025 22:08:33] A/)-Revenant: I need to figure out how their gates are made -- where I can see how it connects to the hyperspatial network.
[10.06.2025 22:08:39] A/)-Revenant: And how it's going to "echo" a pulse.
[10.06.2025 22:08:56] A/)-Revenant: I can pay you generously for this task.
[10.06.2025 22:09:12] Thallia.Thorn: So, yo...your current working hypothesis is that these gates "echo" some kind of energetic surge that caused a role -
[10.06.2025 22:09:29] A/)-Revenant: Mhm...
[10.06.2025 22:09:31] Thallia.Thorn: in th...the pulse. Do you have an...any data already in your possession to support this?
[10.06.2025 22:09:58] A/)-Revenant: Something for me to worry about, I need the data from the gates to reaffirm my suspicions.
[10.06.2025 22:10:41] A/)-Revenant: Are you okay with doing this?
[10.06.2025 22:10:49] A/)-Revenant: If it's too risky, what with the Order, Nomads, whatever...
[10.06.2025 22:11:22] Thallia.Thorn: *chuckles and shakes her head* We b..both know that those kinds of 'risks' only encourage me. I ca...can do this +
[10.06.2025 22:11:48] Thallia.Thorn: for you. I'm as cu..curious as you are. and... whilst it's not all ab...about money... how generous are we talking?
[10.06.2025 22:11:54] A/)-Revenant: Thank you.
[10.06.2025 22:11:57] A/)-Revenant: Mmm. I can offer five million.
[10.06.2025 22:12:01] A/)-Revenant: Is that enough?
[10.06.2025 22:13:02] Thallia.Thorn: Plenty! *clears her throat* M...more than plenty. Know it'll b...be put to good use expanding my studies. O..our studies.
[10.06.2025 22:13:34] A/)-Revenant: Heheh.
[10.06.2025 22:13:49] A/)-Revenant: A lot of scientists have their own little secrets.
[10.06.2025 22:13:54] A/)-Revenant: I knew quite a few.
[10.06.2025 22:14:09] A/)-Revenant: Naturally, I'd never tell.
[10.06.2025 22:14:30] Thallia.Thorn: My ~many~ th...thanks~
[10.06.2025 22:15:39] Thallia.Thorn: Is there anything else pertinant to this work yo...you would like to share?
[10.06.2025 22:15:54] A/)-Revenant: If you manage to get any physical samples, do inform me if you bring any.
[10.06.2025 22:17:29] Thallia.Thorn: Of co... course, and it's most likely I shall. I'll... keep a few of course, for personal study. The rest I shall deliver to +
[10.06.2025 22:17:31] Thallia.Thorn: Valravn?
[10.06.2025 22:17:34] A/)-Revenant: Mhm.
[10.06.2025 22:18:20] Thallia.Thorn: Excellent. *scribbles down on her notepad*
[10.06.2025 22:18:59] A/)-Revenant: So. Big. Huge secret. Massive.
[10.06.2025 22:19:18] A/)-Revenant: Trying to confirm things, here and there -- you focus on trying to 'reverse engineer' the theory of the gate.
[10.06.2025 22:19:24] A/)-Revenant: I'll be chasing up other ends.
[10.06.2025 22:19:44] Thallia.Thorn: *raises a brow, then smirks deviously* All part of a big web of enquiry? Sounds fascinating.
[10.06.2025 22:20:09] A/)-Revenant: Oh yes.
[10.06.2025 22:20:31] Thallia.Thorn: Will these other avenues of enquiry be... accessible, at least?
[10.06.2025 22:23:05] A/)-Revenant: I... need to keep it associated to other people to handle it.
[10.06.2025 22:23:06] A/)-Revenant: Keeps focus.
[10.06.2025 22:23:13] A/)-Revenant: It's a lesson I've learned.
[10.06.2025 22:23:47] A/)-Revenant: People get too distracted on the big picture.
[10.06.2025 22:23:58] Thallia.Thorn: *raises a brow, and looks at her notepad with a thoughtful, perhaps devious look in her eye* I understand.
[10.06.2025 22:25:02] Thallia.Thorn: Right, well.. I suppose I have my focus. I'll put aside some other pro...projects on the go for this.
[10.06.2025 22:25:15] A/)-Revenant: I appreciate it. If you need a hand, please do not fret to ask.
[10.06.2025 22:26:11] Thallia.Thorn: and I app...appreciate your being will to trust me with this. Even after near two years.
[10.06.2025 22:26:23] A/)-Revenant: There's not a lot of researchers around.
[10.06.2025 22:26:27] A/)-Revenant: Too many betrayers too.
[10.06.2025 22:26:42] A/)-Revenant: I just... want to find out answers. Find ways to heal things.
[10.06.2025 22:27:33] Thallia.Thorn: Heal things? *looks to the camera with a sincere expression*
[10.06.2025 22:28:38] A/)-Revenant: Psychic agony -- damage...
[10.06.2025 22:28:50] A/)-Revenant: The ability to understand how genetics can be manipulated, to heal.
[10.06.2025 22:29:42] Thallia.Thorn: To heal yourself? To heal Sirius? *she tilts her head*
[10.06.2025 22:30:01] A/)-Revenant: Myself, people who also deserve it.
[10.06.2025 22:30:05] A/)-Revenant: There's a lot of cruel people out there.
[10.06.2025 22:31:11] Thallia.Thorn: *her expression shifts to a soft, empathetic smile* There are... and so much pain and anger. You seek to heal these things
[10.06.2025 22:31:22] Thallia.Thorn: ... you have my support. If such a thing can be done.
[10.06.2025 22:33:11] A/)-Revenant: I don't think I can ever fully fix myself, personally.
[10.06.2025 22:33:13] A/)-Revenant: But... we'll see.
[10.06.2025 22:33:54] Thallia.Thorn: We are always works in progress. Art never finished. Gardens never tamed. We can but try. *smiles warmly*
[10.06.2025 22:35:09] A/)-Revenant: That's how life is.
[10.06.2025 22:35:57] Thallia.Thorn: Quite so. Before you depart, wo...would you like to stop off at Heisenberg for a coffee? A chat? About things less+
[10.06.2025 22:36:09] Thallia.Thorn: serious? *smiles brightly* Catch up like fr...friends do?
[10.06.2025 22:36:23] A/)-Revenant: I wouldn't... mind. I'd have to do makeup though.
[10.06.2025 22:36:42] A/)-Revenant: Maybe tomorrow?
[10.06.2025 22:37:49] A/)-Revenant: I'll see you around.
[10.06.2025 22:37:59] Thallia.Thorn: Ta...take care Rev. It's truly good to see you
[10.06.2025 22:38:06] A/)-Revenant: I'm glad you're well.
[10.06.2025 22:38:11] A/)-Revenant: Too many familiar faces disappearing.
[10.06.2025 22:38:12] 2025-06-10 22:38:13 SMT Traffic control alert: A/)-Revenant has docked
[10.06.2025 22:38:18] A/)-Revenant: Stay safe.
[10.06.2025 22:38:27] Thallia.Thorn: You too Rev. You too

Jazzi · (This post was last modified: 06-14-2025, 01:23 PM by Jazzi.)

Survey OM-2A: Minor Jump Gate
12.06.835AS

Entry 2

The initial survey of site OM-2A has be...been carried out and, thankfully, s...somehow undisturbed. We crossed paths with a few vessels of note on our way into the Omicrons. None enquired on the Solace's destination and the jaunt from Freeport Eleven to the site was unchallenged. I expected inteference or some sort of interjection by the locals yet... well, I shall not complain of a smooth ride. The illusion of a smooth ride, at the least.

Laying eyes upon the site once more, after all these years, brought sorrow to my heart. To think I once saw it standing proud, regal, amongst the cosmos. A marker of a civilisation immense and powerful. A monumental glimpse into the window of possibilty. A gateway both literal and figurative. A revelation brought to ruin. If such devastation can be wrought to the creations of those so much more advanced than ourselves, then we must proceed with gusto.

It is a fate we, as a species, must deny with all our heart and energy. With the implications that this destruction was wrought from a Pulse similar to that experienced in Ontario, this research is all the more pressing.

Such destruction does come with it benefits. The damage caused to the outer structure of this gate allows for the scanning of the integral structure of the object, as well as the opportunity for sampling the materials held within. There are some potentials that shall be explored and, if needed, accounted for during analysis. The object appears to have a closed surface, but there is little guarantee the materials within are the same without.

What if the interior material has degraded in some form now that it is exposed? Is there the possibility space-borne microbes have contaminated the samples? Afterall... we coat our ships in protective layers against such creatures. No reason to think the architect's of this gate did not think to do something similar.

Speculation and conjecture. We shall find out soon enough. Material samples were placed into bio-hazard containment and there they shall stay until further analysis is carried out.

There is another object twinned to this parent gate. It's shape and structure bare a resemblance to alien objects I have once seen before. If memory serves me right, then I believe they were capable of firing energetic projectiles. Memory is such a fickle thing however, and with a lack of historic data and records examination shall begin anew.

Most curiously, the structure features a leak of a gaseous substance known as "Azurite Gas". This leak produces a steady stream of this gas that collects around the structure. When the density of this gas reaches a certain threshold, refraction of light from the system's solar bodies causes a particularly bewitching visual effect. I suspect local groups are aware of the leaks presence - there are storage facilities in the system that I suspect may have tanks full of this gas. Regardless, samples of this twin structure's materials were taken and stored securely. It would seem remiss not to collect samples of this gas whilst present.

The journey homeward bound was as uneventful and unchallenged as the journey outwards. With the intention of returning via Valravn Citadel, the Solace and I sailed past the stars of Omicron Alpha and through the Tau's. Such a beautiful part of Sirius. I gaze upon those white clouds as long as my retina's can bear the strain, and it is never without regret.

With some of the cylinders of Azurite gas deposited to Valravn, I've returned back to Heisenberg eager to begin the work of compositional analysis. I shall need to be studiously cautious in getting these samples to the lab. Perhaps doing so during a low-traffic window with a couple friendly words to the air control could get the clear path to-and-fro needed. Oh, I cannot wait! Let us peer into the heart of the matter and see what truths peer back!

Sample Logs

Jazzi · 06-17-2025, 10:17 AM,

Survey OM-2A: Minor Jump Gate
16.06.835AS

Entry 3

Compositional analysis on secondary samples taken from site OM-2A has begun, and it became clear that concerns about the contamination of materials were well-founded. It appears that microbial organisms that proliferate the environment surrounding OM-2A are metallo-philes (a term used in lieu of something more appropriate, as you shall see).

Many sub-samples have exhibited surface features suggestive of either roving colonies of organisms. Rarer were the points at which is appears the organisms have compromised the outer integrity of the material. In these cases, it appears the consumption has had an inward trajectory that creates a defeat reminiscent to a deep canyon.

Upon identifying the presence of these microbes, I have employed extensive decontamination procedures within lab 13 and have taken to a strict regime when handling these samples for analysis. I would like to think they would not consume their way through Heisenberg... but one cannot be too careful.

Exhibited in the prior imagery is an oscillation in lux levels across the surface of the material. The uniformity of this oscillation across the material suggests that this is not an irregularity or deformity in the sample but instead a characteristic of the structure of the material. This was further explored by utlising a transmission electron microscope, combined with x-ray diffraction methods as a supplement to enhance rendered visual quality. By examining the scatter patterns of electrons fired through a sliver of material, and converting that data into a visual representation, one can examine the structure of the material.

Results indicate that the interior materials of OM-2A are, at a molecular level, comprised of interlaced planes of an unusually defined structure that, frankly, fails to match to any known composition on database. I have never seen a material like this before... at least, not in use beyond the manufacture of miniscule scientific curiosities. For a material like thisto be employed at such a grand scale, constructing a super-structure such as a gate, suggest a vastly superior understanding of the material sciences and their application.

Curiously, the employment of spectroscopy and evolved gas methods suggests that the material is infused with traces of A6 variant Azurite gas molecular structures. It's hypothesised these trace elements are a result of the structures proxmity to OM-2A-1 and the source of azurite creating a pocket of space that subsumes the gate structure. Further analysis will be required to explore any potential interaction caused by the presence of A6 Azurite on the material composition of the gate structure.

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