To: Ageira Innovations Executive Leadership
Sender ID: Otto Muller
Encryption: Dual alphanumeric anaglyph
Encryption level: High
Signal strength: High ::/Loading message... Gentlemen,
We all remember the terrible tragedy in Kepler system. The storm of dark matter, which began deep in Omicrons, caused significant damage in the inhabited systems too. But now we shouldn't take this as a tragedy. This is a huge field for experiments. To discover new knowledge. After some discussions with Dr. Fairchild, the head of Dark Matter projects, and Mr.Anderson, the first of us, who seriously engaged in the problem of dark matter, we decided to send an expedition deep into the Kuryo cloud.
Expedition ship:
Ship's ID: Ageira~Rontgen Class: Research vessel][Cargo vessel Captain: Otto Muller Crew: 4 people (+3 surveys team) Short history: The "Rentgen" began life in the 800th A.S. Initially, it was a fully cargo ship belonging to a small trading company "Frame Works". In 817th A.S the company went bankrupt and was forced to sell the ship to the Junkers, who used it for collecting scrap. In 820th A,S the ship was seriously damaged by an unknown pilot with LSF-signature. In the 824th A.S the ship was bought by Ageira corp and was re-equipped as a research vessel.
Subject of interest:
Mr.Anderson Wrote:Being engulfed in dark matter storms in the past, these systems represent the aftermath of such cataclysmic event and give us a chance to study the long-term effects of it. Dark Matter Lab is interested in samples from the fragments of clouds that fill those two systems for comparison analysis with samples from other systems.
Kuryo Cloud
Dark matter cloud known as Kuryo Cloud is one of the three dark matter clouds, located in Kepler and this is the biggest one. In addition to the size, the cloud is ineresting for us because many multiple signatures were detected deep inside. Remains of trade lanes are interesting for Ageira too. On the other hand... There are many hostile signatures. We are not sure, but we think there is a wormhole inside the cloud. We reached this cloud at 8:52, 825 A.S, 04, 20.We detected, that scanners range is reduced in this cloud, so it's a great opportunity for Lane Hackers and others.
Cassini Jumphole
Wormhole (Is a natural phenomenom in spacemaking possible to make a jump from one system to another in Sirius) connected with Cassini system was found in this cloud at 5E sector. It explains the increased activity of hackers in this place. I scanned this wormhole and got this information... ::/Opening file: Report_X452-B.rpr... Type: STABLE
Maximum permissible class of the ship: CRUISER (Battleships are allowed too, but it can be dangerous)
Closing time: UNKNOWN
McKinley
We found remains of The Universal large transport McKinley at 09:09. Looks like, that it was hauling superconductors. All systems of the ship were disabled, we didn't find any crew's remains. We take the samples from cargo and got some scrap from the armor. Weapons were unmounted and placed in cargohold of the "Rontgen". We don't say even something without careful analysis, but we found some logs in the black boxes. I will send it a bit later. The hull of the ship is covered with an unknown substance... I think, that it is the result of the interaction of the alloy in the hull and dark matter. We left these debris and continued on our way...
We found requested remains of trade lanes. Power core is destroyed or blown up, so nothing surprising, that they are out of action. Unfortunately, nothing more can be said without laboratory analysis.
Battlecruiser Wyoming
During the preparation of samples from the last ring of trade lane located in Kuryo we found unknown signature. When we flew closer, we found that it was Battlecruiser "Wyoming". We thought that it was located here to protect this area from pirates, but when we tried to contact... It opened fire on us. I have no idea why. We covered and activated long-range scanners... ::/Opening file: Report_X453-G.rpr... CLASS: Interdictor
ARMAMENT: CLASSIFIED
CREW: CLASSIFIED
Date of building: 820 A.S
Signature: ERROR UNKNOWN SIGNATURE WAS DETECTED
Results
All samples were delivered to Pueblo Station. We have already started working with them and we will show the first results as soon as possible. In addition, 32 hackers were captured with help of pilots from Bounty Hunters Guild. The researching of black matter is important for all of us. Its potential is huge. We can create engines based on black matter, research possible reactions with metals. Kepler is a huge field of experiments and new discoveries for us. We hope that other clouds of the system will be so rich for surprises.