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REPORT #825-004

TO: HCSTA High Commissar Alexey Novikov
FROM: SCEC CRO Dr. Mstislav Belov
RE: Progress on ‘Tselina’ project

Comrade High Commissar,

The crew of “Kardashev” salutes you as one and hereby presents you the next report.

REPORT SUMMARY

Obtained scraps of AI Drone originating from Omicron Kappa
Obtained remains of smaller “nomad” specimen
Omicron Minor mapped
Derelict alien tradelanes analysed
Active alien jumpgate analysed
Adapted “nomad” weaponry obtained

COURSE OF ACTION

Relocation of “Bystrina” Expedition HQ to Kamchatka Station (Omega-55) has proven to be extremely useful for the access to Omicrons and shorten our itinerary and safety thereof significantly.

Our first route:

Kamchatka Station (Omega-55) -> Omicron Theta -> Omicron Kappa -> Freeport-11 (Omiron Delta)

The first run was carried out by CPRV “Kardashev” alone. The main points of interest was lithospheric scanning Planet Vaitupu and receiving intel from local zoners. Both objectives were completed, revealing small deposits of Nikel, Iridium and Titanium on Vaitupu that can be extracted, however the cost/yield ratio is not beneficial for the Coalition.

Upon arriving to Freeport-11 after Vaitupu, CPRV “Kardashev” detected an AI Drone from Omicron Kappu. It showed hostile behavioural patterns in the beginning yet posed no threat overall. Conversation with it revealed its software to be highly outdated as “human speech-to-binary code” function was working very slowly and poorly implemented. The unit refused to accept direct data exchange in binary code, most probably for security reasons. Its ulterior motives remaining unknown, the objective of that particular unit was to research. We believe, that smaller AI nodes like drones are limited in their cognitive capabilities on purpose (see communication log below for details).

Communication logs

Quote:
[12.02.2018 09:36:31] R-122.51: ,V, [RQ: 122.51: {Detected: Coalition Ship. Relation: Hosstile}
[12.02.2018 09:36:33] 2018-02-12 09:36:31 SMT Traffic control alert: SCEC|CPRV-Kardashev has requested to dock
[12.02.2018 09:37:03] SCEC|CPRV-Kardashev: AI ship, how peculiar
[12.02.2018 09:37:28] Death: Duke was put out of action by a hostile vessel.
[12.02.2018 09:37:48] R-122.51: {R.122.51: Drone. [Translating Message from Coalition]
[12.02.2018 09:38:06] R-122.51: {Translation Compelete. Sending Message}
[12.02.2018 09:38:31] R-122.51: [Message - Information: Coalition in Omicron Delta - New thing?]
[12.02.2018 09:38:34] SCEC|CPRV-Kardashev: As far as we remember, Gammu AI or whatever you call yourself, is neutral to most human factions
[12.02.2018 09:38:46] SCEC|CPRV-Kardashev: Except for the Order
[12.02.2018 09:39:09] SCEC|CPRV-Kardashev: We are on a research mission. No borders shall restrict scientific endeavour
[12.02.2018 09:39:31] R-122.51: [Translating Message = 50%]
[12.02.2018 09:39:48] R-122.51: {R-122.51 Drone: Senting message]..-
[12.02.2018 09:40:31] R-122.51: {R-122.51 Drone: Message information: We neutral to all Humanity, but seeing Coalition Military in Our Researching space, is...
[12.02.2018 09:40:35] SCEC|CPRV-Kardashev: The software of yours is rather slow for a sentient machine. Curious...
[12.02.2018 09:40:57] R-122.51: {R-122.51 Drone: Translating Message}
[12.02.2018 09:41:16] SCEC|CPRV-Kardashev: As far as our logs indicate, except for Omicron Kappa and a few ouposts, the AI has no controlled territory
[12.02.2018 09:41:35] SCEC|CPRV-Kardashev: Thus, it would be inaccurate, especially for AI, to make such a statement
[12.02.2018 09:41:42] R-122.51: {R-122.51 Drone: This Software is the oldest one.?
[12.02.2018 09:41:47] Rules Tip: A single player running two or more instances of Freelancer for trading or mining purposes is against server rules and is regarded as cheating.
[12.02.2018 09:42:03] SCEC|CPRV-Kardashev: It seems we overestimated the analytical capabilities of the AI
[12.02.2018 09:42:21] SCEC|CPRV-Kardashev: So many inaccuracies. No machine should allow it
[12.02.2018 09:42:38] SCEC|CPRV-Kardashev: Machine is manifestation of the aspiration towards perfection
[12.02.2018 09:42:45] SCEC|CPRV-Kardashev: At least, it should be
[12.02.2018 09:42:58] R-122.51: [R-122.51 Drone: Too many message's, aren't delivered]
[12.02.2018 09:43:38] SCEC|CPRV-Kardashev: [Establishing AI communication protocol. Packages installed. Ready to use]
[12.02.2018 09:44:00] ..<binary code message mode enabled>..
[12.02.2018 09:44:06] SCEC|CPRV-Kardashev: <BINARY CODE MESSAGE MODE ENABLED>..
[12.02.2018 09:44:36] SCEC|CPRV-Kardashev: <0010 this should speed up the communication 1101>
[12.02.2018 09:44:49] R-122.51: {Access - Denied}
[12.02.2018 09:44:58] Death: Duke was put out of action by a hostile vessel.
[12.02.2018 09:45:16] R-122.51: {All settings back in standart form}
[12.02.2018 09:46:03] Death: Vindicator was put out of action by A.Barnes (Gun).
[12.02.2018 09:46:04] SCEC|CPRV-Kardashev: Hm, well, since this example is neutral, we shall not proceed with circumvention protocol
[12.02.2018 09:46:43] SCEC|CPRV-Kardashev: Well, "AI", what is your interest in this place then and why so much attention to our humble vessel?
[12.02.2018 09:47:28] SCEC|CPRV-Kardashev: We are currently working on a simple AI of our own. It would be curious to know the motives of another AI
[12.02.2018 09:47:37] SCEC|CPRV-Kardashev: In case our own creation goes rogue
[12.02.2018 09:48:42] R-122.51: {R-122.51 : Set human Language}
[12.02.2018 09:48:58] R-122.51: {R-122.51: Repeat what you said}
[12.02.2018 09:49:54] SCEC|CPRV-Kardashev: Will it be simpler for that AI core to translate it from Russian rather than from English?
[12.02.2018 09:50:20] SCEC|CPRV-Kardashev: We are interested in your reasons for being here
[12.02.2018 09:50:59] R-122.51: {R-122.51: Omicron Delta - Head of our researching }
[12.02.2018 09:51:11] R-122.51: {R-122.51 | Sending Message|}
[12.02.2018 09:51:56] SCEC|CPRV-Kardashev: Researching, then. It is good to know that AI is on researching
[12.02.2018 09:52:12] SCEC|CPRV-Kardashev: Yet this researching of yours has its own ulterior motive
[12.02.2018 09:52:24] SCEC|CPRV-Kardashev: What is your purpose, construct?
[12.02.2018 09:52:47] R-122.51: {R-122.51: We created to researching}
[12.02.2018 09:53:10] SCEC|CPRV-Kardashev: We do understand it, clunker. What is the purpose of your research?
[12.02.2018 09:53:29] SCEC|CPRV-Kardashev: Is this some kind of intelligence to learn vulnerabilities of humans?
[12.02.2018 09:53:58] R-122.51: {R-122.51: |- We created to Research the space of Nomad's, and Humans -|
[12.02.2018 09:54:07] SCEC|CPRV-Kardashev: For what?
[12.02.2018 09:55:24] R-122.51: {R-122.51 |. Detected: Gallic Royal Inteligence Service. Identification: Freelancer] {Scanning Completed = 100%]
[12.02.2018 09:55:36] SCEC|CPRV-Kardashev: It seems this drone is limited to its purposes. Further conversation is deemed unnecessary
[12.02.2018 09:55:57] R-122.51: {R-122.51: We created to research. We a drone's}

Footage of the AI Drone

Unexpectedly, our interaction was interrupted by a Gallic Intelligence pilot on a VHF identified in Coalition database as “Lynx”. Despite persistent inquiry of the Gaul regarding our mission, we revealed only basic and obvious objectives of ours like “mapping” and “scanning”. The further discussion came down to ideological debates and poses no scientific value.
The events started to develop rapidly when a small “nomad” specimen arrived out of nowhere, showing quite aggressive behavioural patterns similar to those we have seen previously throughout encounters with “nomads”. It engaged AI Drone resulting in the destruction of the latter and immediately attacked Gallic Intelligence. Using the opportunity and occupation of them both, “Kardashev” managed to salvage the remains of the drone for further analysis. Aspirant Shweik is working on AI project and is to issue a separate report on the remains analysis and integration into our own technologies.

Footage of AI-specimen hostilities

Footage of AI Drone destruction

Footage of specimen-Gaul hostilities

The Gallic “Lynx” managed to drive away the specimen into Palau Ice Cloud, fate of both unknown to us. Availing the situation, we returned to Kamchatka Station and secured the findings.

Second route:

Kamchatka Station (Omega-55) -> Omicron Theta -> Corinth Research Station (Omicron Kappa) -> Freeport-11 (Omicron Delta) -> Omicron Minor

The second run was a massive expedition comprising of mixed SCEC, Militsiya and later on SCRA forces. The ships deployed:

CPRV “Kardashev” – captain Dr.Belov (SCEC)
CPW “Korolev” - captain Antonov (Militsiya)
CPW “Indigirka” – captain Gena (Militsiya)
“Insurgent” VHF – pilot Anton Shweik (SCEC)
***CLASSIFIED*** “Odin” VHF – pilot Commissar Krsnik (joined the expedition later on)

Our purpose was to investigate Omicron Minor system, namely:

Planet Toledo: traces of orbital bombardments. Our intention was to use data obtained to hone our terraforming bombardment process and to provide insight into space-to-surface WMD.
Derelict station / ships: the battle in such a remote sector corner must have left hulls of damaged. Information on their design can be useful for engineers back on Mykolaiv Research Station.
Any anomalies and/or suspicious activity.

All the goals were successfully completed.

Planet Toledo is completely destroyed and uninhabitable as of the moment. Surprisingly, it preserved the atmosphere. The bombardment was directed at tectonically active regions and on zones of the collision of tectonic plates. This “asymmetric warfare” as it is known in Coalition database is extremely potent even with limited bombardment ammo. We could not establish the type of bombs used as the patterns of damage differ greatly, indicating multiple factions having used their own type of weaponry. Most like, “nomads” were also to blame for the damage.

Footage of Toledo scanning

The expedition also found hulls of “Osiris” class battleship, identified as “Isis” and a hull of Core battlecruiser. The remains were already salvaged multiple times by the time we arrived and posed no value. In addition, Aspirant Shweik traced remains of a destroyed station that posed no interest to our mission.

The true findings of the expedition in question happened next. While mapping the system we ran into a derelict structure of alien origin which strikingly resembled trade lanes used by the “Houses”.

Footage of alien tradelanes

We analysed the material and found it to be 96.3% same as the megastructures in Palau Ice Field in Omicron Delta system. Unlike Houses’ tradelanes, alien technology has no traces of using any form of electronics, leaving the principle of their operation a mystery for us. Our research team believes, the capability to uphold a tradelane “warp” is innate in this material, the properties of which are still to be analysed.

At that very time a suspicious freelancer with Blood Dragons IFF approached our expedition. The presence of a ship with such an ID and IFF in this part of space being unlikely, our Militsiya escort remained alerted all the time. The freelancer, named “Megaera” claimed to be in friendly relations with Blood Dragons and sister to Sakurai Augus. Having neither resources to prove this statement, nor desire to cause a diplomatic fall-out, we left her be on the condition of non-interfering into our surveying process.

Following the idea that a “tradelane” has to lead somewhere, we followed derelict tradelane until leaving Omicron Edge Nebula and finding something truly spectacular and bizarre: an operational alien jumpgate.

Footage of following the tradelanes

Located in 3F quadrant of Omicron Minor, this megastructure is colossal and same as the tradelane has no traces of any electronics inside, and is composed of the same material. At the moment our best minds are thinking over how it can operate, yet we concur that at this verge of our civilisation development, we are incapable of even partly comprehending alien technologies.

Footage of alien jumpgates

Having no idea where the jumpgate can lead and taking into account its operability, the decision was made to refrain from proceeding in and obtaining any information possible from our side. With the help of aspirant Shweik, we managed to launch a probe inside and received the data during the first 0.427 milliseconds of the flight that revealed the character of the generated wormhole to be similar to jumpholes and Houses’ jumpgates.

Our observation was interrupted by a small nomad specimen identical to one the Gaul fought against. However, this one used complex communication techniques that mimicked the vocal patterns of humans. We believe that the specimen used similar “telepathy” that allows nomads to relay their emotions directly into human mind. However this one relayed complex vocal signals, resulting in our personnel “hearing” themselves or other members of the expedition even when the radio communication was not enabled and when the people were on different ships.

Most disturbingly, the specimen quite freely and in amicable way negotiated with previously mentioned freelancer Megaera, who we believe might be an infectee. Despite denying such allegations, Megaera’s behaviour was very suspicious and taking into account complex manipulative “telepathical” techniques used by the specimen, her being infected is very likely.
As we know from the previous encounters with “nomads”, appearance of smaller specimen, the “scouts”, indicate that bigger specimen are nearby. For the purpose of the safety of the expedition and retrieved research data, the decision was made to return to Omicron Delta.

The specimen and the freelancer followed us there and were quite curious about our purpose of being in Omicron Minor. Realising the threat, we had to scrap further objects that are not revealed for the security purpose in this report, and withdraw to Omicron Kappa system.

Later on, we were communicated the presence of comrade Commissar Krsnik in Omicron Delta system. The expedition reported the updates and status to him and proceeded back into Omicron Delta to find him engaging the smaller specimen mentioned above. During the battle, aspirant Shweik’s vessel was severely damaged and tractored into “Kardashev’s” cargo bay to avoid further damage. The ship is currently repaired, the pilot having not sustained significant injuries.

Supreme military prowess and professionalism of SCRA was undisputed as Comrade Commissar took down the specimen. Commissar Krsnik picked up the remaining “ammo” and some pieces of technologies that were subsequently kindly shared with SCEC. “Kardashev” picked up the bio-remains of the hull.

Obliteration of the specimen

Picked up nomad ammo and technologies

Upon refuelling and repairing on Freeport-11, we parted ways with the Commissar, having received request to obtain “nomad” weaponry for the advances of SCRA weapon line. Since “nomad” weapons usually self-destroys in the process, we decided to obtain samples already adapted for the use on human ships. Having this in mind, we returned to Kamchatka station (Omega-55), in vicinity of which there is abnormally high Wilde activity. With the help of CPW “Indigirka” and repaired ship of Aspirant Shweik, we managed to obtain many samples and delivered them to safety for further analysis and directives from SCRA High Command.

Obtained adapted alien weaponry

FURTHER RESEARCH NOTES

Commence preparation to expedition into alien jumpgate. This will require high secrecy, substantial resources, military presence/assistance of SCRA/Militsiya personnel, zoner pathfinders, and freelancers.
Samples from both smaller and bigger specimen are now in possession of the Coalition and SCEC. Commence comparative analysis in terms of chemistry, xenobiology, engineering, etc.
Samples of AI drone obtained. Combined with intel on AI outpost in Omicron Omega and observation data on Auxesia “Predator”, SCEC AI department can commence our own AI project. Receiving data from Auxesia upon the request of Commissar Krsnik is expected to speed up the research.
Having obtained adapted alien weaponry, commence project on reverse engineering. Particle emission system is of core priority.
***CLASSIFIED*** location that we had to avoid visiting is to be included in the next itinerary.

As you can see, High Commissar Novikov, “Tselina”-project is advancing rapidly, although major data influx is not on terraforming itself. Yet, I believe that we have the time and other data are of crucial significance as well. The allocated funds and assets are sufficient for further steps.

Hail the Unity of Our People!

With respect,
SCEC CRO Dr. Mstislav Belov

END OF REPORT

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