Mission Log: Stormhawk

[Firewolfy]

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- ENCRYPTION »» Link secured.
Zoner transmission verified.

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- Captains Log of “JJ” Mathers

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June 5, 828 AS

A number of tests made with the Phoenix array has shown that it has significant reaction to Solar Radiation. This is surprising but according to Waxord and his team, not exactly unexpected. The Array adapts a combination of other forms of radiation to function that standard sensor systems do not normally use. The fact that is reacts in such a way is highly useful information in helping us both understand it's inner workings and adapting it more efficiently to our systems.

I will stay up to date on all other developments in this regard as this has become one of our prized possessions for our mission.

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June 16, 828 AS

Today was quite eventful for us, that being a understatement.

We managed to contact the Order for a joint operation of their choosing, to see how we could build relations with them and further assist them when possible. With upcoming changes I believe in the works, this will be critical for us going forward.

A Order captain by the name of Marcus Ward invited us to join him in a recon run to a system they often patrol. Prior to this he requested us to hand over as a show of good faith, a active Nomad Power-cell that we had on hand. We captured one not too long ago and were reluctant to give it up, but I believe a partnership with the Order can go farther in the long run. Upon our arrival at their planetary base, we conducted the transfer to a subordinate officer under Ward that took it off our hands.

After this was complete, Captain Ward himself arrived in a Cruiser-class vessel to show us to a area that is normally off limits to due very high levels of known Nomad activity. This intrigued us substantially and after some short preparation, he provided Jump Drive coordinates for us to activate, which would lead us there. The system in question they have designated as Omicron Psi.



The visual aspect of the system alone was quite incredible and unique. The radiation level in there was also abnormally high, spurring our safety measures to be increased and raising shields to max to protect against the toxic levels as much as possible. One facet we noticed on a positive note was the effect the local solar radiation was having on our new Phoenix array that was recently installed. I requested at the time to log as many readings of it as the engineering team could so they could hopefully find more ways to calibrate it for higher detection resolution.

Ward requested we follow to another area of the system where we would conduct a scan of a planet. Along the way, we were attacked by several waves of Nomad ships, most of which were destroyed easily. Their attacks were slowly getting stronger over time, leading us to believe that they were eventually going to hit us harder than we could handle. Our scan of the planet did not reveal very much, a part from various craters and other minerals present, but no discernible Nomad presence that we could tell.



After this, we looped around a small nebula that sensors could not penetrate and Ward was unwilling to attempt to enter the cloud, barring heavy fleet support. After a number of more engagements with the Nomads, we decided it was time to withdraw, activated our jump-drives and retreated back to Mu. It was noted after that such jump coordinates for security purposes were only guaranteed for a short time, as they do not want unsupervised access of the area, more trust must be gained with them.

The run was very informative for us, showing us some Nomad tactics and we got a number of very useful scans of the system. No doubt this will help us in the weeks to come. I really hope we can find more trinkets from the Nomads to help us understand their ways and technology better. Only time will tell.

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June 11, 828 AS

Today was a long day. I had another long conversation about our future with Kaplain. We agree that a major change must occur very soon, any delaying may put additional risk on the safety of others. We agree that by the end of the month, pending no major interruptions to our work, the final stage of our plan will need to commence.

The various team leads under my command have also come up with some ideas on how to better detect Alien ships, specifically at closer ranges, so I imagine this will be a great help to find infected ships in our vicinity. Very excellent work on their part.

Other potential operations have also been brought to my attention, including some activity with the Order. I deployed a transmission to them some time ago and they just responded to me today, so I hope to gain their trust by assisting them in any way possible.

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