The Dark Journal

[Nyctophilia]

Date - 10.04.830 A.S.
Location - Unidentified
Log Author - "Nyctophilia"

A noteworthy event has just occurred.

As we traversed through the void of our refuge, a peculiar sight has opened itself to us. A ship of Molly, lay afloat, its transponder hacked as if it was a ship of our own. Yet it was not. The pilot could not be sensed - they were dead. Initially, we suspected it to be the work of our kin, but there was no knowledge of this particular ship. Nor was there any external damage.

We brought it to Huxter for inspection. Upon closer examination, we noticed that the pilot - an adult woman with no exact affiliation marks - had a round hole inside her chest, as if it was carved with a powerful laser. Yet the cockpit was completely intact.

The easiest solution would be to destroy it. Yet we will not let this mystery go to waste, let alone a completely functional Harrier. We will keep studying the ship from now on to determine what exactly went wrong.

Date - 12.04.830 A.S.
Location - Unidentified
Log Author - "Nyctophilia"

Our progress with the Harrier is ongoing. Our first step was to ensure that it had no tracking devices or beacons that would give away our location. There was no outcoming signals other than the hacked transponder.

So far, we were able to deduce that it had Adapted Nomad Weaponry mounted on each of its hardpoints. What is more interesting is that the weapons appear to be merged with the hardpoints themselves. They are not magnetically interconnected, nor is there any direct wire connection - each weapon's base looks like a part of the ship itself. The weapons, however, remain gimballed. We are unsure of the rotary mechanisms of the weapon mounts, thus we will continue studying it. Removing the weapons with means that would not compromise the ship itself proved to be unsuccessful.

We suspect that the pilot was an assassination target. Someone killed her, leaving her body in this Harrier and leaving it adrift in open space. Yet that does not explain the way the weapons are merged with their mounts. The ship's black box is still intact, studying the stored logs may lead is to more clue of its origin and functionality,

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