Phoenix Internal Network

[Dead Reckoning]

===Incoming Transmission===
===Comm ID: Jim Hawking===
===Ship ID: (\^/)Ikaruga, Nephilim class===

Research continued today. On our return from Lost yesterday, we tractored in what we thought to be destroyed Nomad biomass from a medium sized Nomad. I thought nothing of it except to dispose of it when possible or hand it over to the next Order agent I saw. However, scanners inside the medbay determined it was not all biomass. Knowing the dangers of interacting with the biomass directly, we used the robotic arms in the bay to pick it apart. After the cargo crew had extracted what they could with the arms, it was sent to the science division and I on the 3rd deck. We ran it through one of our detectors and found a number of similarities to certain strains of Cardamine.



We gave the biomass to a passing Order patrol but held onto the cardamine, it was too intriguing to let go. Unfortunately, Ikaruga is still slightly understaffed on the scientist portion. I was not about to let that stop me though. We returned to Livadia, I had hoped that Fortitude would be through with repairs in the drydock and that I could take it to Corinth to retrieve some more scientists, but it was not to be. Fortitude remains moored. My curiosity does not typically like to wait so there was only one thing to do...



Standing on the bridge, I ordered forward half speed and Ikaruga entered the Corinth Mine Field. I had navigated it many times in a Fearless but never a Nephilim. She lumbered through the field, but at no point were we close to danger due to excellent helmsman skills. Fortunately, the journey was completely uneventful and we moored with Corinth.



After catching up with some of the other scientists aboard, I left them with roughly 75% the substance to perform testing on. I kept a bit on board for our own testing, but not enough to raise eyebrows should we come across others. Not sure what I expect to find, but if the Nomads are carrying it, I believe it's worth looking into. We procured some more research equipment and more importantly, hands for said research equipment while we were there and then departed the Peloponnese. If I find anything, I'll let you know.

Hawking out.