Ingenuus R&D: Lab 004

[Stoner_Steve]

Ship Log #477
Aboard the CCG|Aurora.Borealis

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I might be a little late to the party, fashionably so. But we have encountered quite the mystery. Following the dark matter storms rampage across the Kepler system not just one, but FIVE new Baxter Objects formed. Three of which formed specifically just to mock me and my life's research, oh and Sean swears he's seeing ghosts.

Hyperspace Survey - Kepler - Independent Space

Hyperspace Survey Report GW-139867
Kepler - Independent Space

There have been a large number of changes which are observable across Kepler. Most exciting of which is the formation of 5 Baxter Objects. However a review of the gravimetric destabilization of the regional area of four of the five Objects indicates that they are a synthetic creation being held open via an as yet unknown power source. The hyperspace shadow behind three of these Objects weighs in near to 88.9x10^16 tons, unbelievably larger than the systems original heavyweight below Foster Base (which was consumed by the Dark Matter Storm). This shadow encompasses almost 15% of the systems area (in purple) with two direct areas of heaver hyperspace shadows (in white and yellow). Given the vast amount of power needed to generate a single anomaly, let alone three in close conjunction, or the four that appear to be synthetic, would be on the order of 1x10^337 watts.

Even more uniquely the Baxter Object located in the southern half of the system is natural in origin, with the indications of a natural wormhole stabilizing towards Colorado. While further research would be needed to confirm this theory, given that the object is naturally occurring, and given its great range from the other synthetic Objects we do want to further explore the possibility that this object arose due to the forced stresses in the system caused by the other objects.

Another theory that needs to be explored is that Ames survived the Dark Matter Storm due to the presence of this hyperspace anomaly, the disturbance that the shadow creates may have inadvertently generated a subspace eddy which protected local infrastructure and stations. Further research would be needed for confirmation. I wonder what Doctor Chandler would make of this