Hello diary. It has been some time. I isolated myself in the void onboard the Sunset for the last four..? Years? After I worked for a while for Bristol and made a lot of money. Uh, but that doesn't matter now. A lot has changed. All my friends are gone or dead. The only one I managed to reach was Revenant. I wouldn't really call her a friend, more like someone who contracted me to do some work. After we returned and had to flee from Delta because of two Order captains who shot at us, our Jumpdrive malfunctioned and dropped us right on the home of the Technocracy. I was lucky Revenant showed up and allowed us to land. The carrier was damaged and I was injured. But I am well again! I promise, diary! However, it seems like we are now affiliates of the Technocracy but... I don't think this is enough.
In the last three days, I have met new people, friends even. Lazurith and an individual I would have never thought I would 'talk' to. An alien specimen with the name 'Psyche'. It seems like we share many similarities with them. You know how much I hate war, how much I hate humanity, how I hate our nature. Greed for money and power drives most of us forward. And those who call themselves Researchers only do such in the name of coin to sell their breakthroughs to the highest bidder.
The machine that is located in Earhart, the wrecks we scanned, makes all sense now. This thing in the middle must be some kind of beacon, a beacon of light that allows us to safely travel between the stars. Every time a major incident happens with a gate, the remains that were in transit end up in this system. In the crossroads of stars. A surveyor that dates back to 50 A.S. according to historical databases. Ships from the texas incident in 500 A.S. The Whitefield and Fairmont were lost during the Gallic war during a jump. The blackout. It must come from there. If this machine is interrupted, we might lose the ability to travel quickly between systems. But it gets worse. If this machine falls into the hands of a house or corporation, they will be able to control the entire sector. I.. I can't allow this. I promised Psyche I would fight for what is right. I will stand with their Kin. The light... it will be triumphant. And I will become.. a Dark Herald.
This is the last diary entry from me, my diary. Cherry is dead. She will keep existing for the outside world, but she truly is dead. Naomi Kaiser is reborn. And she will stay such. In the coming days, I will send my findings and assumptions to Revenant. I hope it will be enough for her to trust me so I can be one of her Flock. And then I need to get the Sunset ready for a war that is to come.
