The Wayfarer

[Caliban]

[entry log#21]...

[terminal location: RV-Wayfarer, Lab B]...

[recording]...

IDENTIFICATION: Vincent "Caliban" Abrams

SUBJECT: 'Item No.52', Cobra, Nomads

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'Item No.52'

'Amp' has figured out a way to create a sort of battery. He even made a prototype of it given the low amount of supplies and two tech droids listening to his commands. The build is all crude in nature, using the most barebones understanding I've ever seen. He used Section 8's Adapted Nomad weaponry to catch a better understanding, but the AI isn't quite there yet. The way our version of 'Adapted' weaponry works is very different to what 'Item No.52' does despite what Cipriano said - that they are outdated pieces of hardware.

Technicalities aside...the battery is compact. It siphons energy from one of the Nomad Power Cells I secured off of the Bretonian Intelligence. All of the puzzle pieces are falling into place neatly - its all too great to be true, but it is. Of course the energy efficiency couldn't be worse and most of it is lost. Right now the 'charging ratio' is somewhere between two tens of what would be ideal, but at least it works.

'Amp' expresses dissatisfaction with his current position though, and keeps complaining about limited tools. So...I caved and gave him increased access and a barebones droid frame to utilize even though he still wishes to merge with me. At least now he can't complain for a while about the fact that I don't trust him more and more over time.

Cobra/Nomads

Its...bad to say the least. I came back to Ramsey to see the big man - instead I found out Sudbury 'woke up' so to say. An energy field came out of its atmosphere like a damn cyst that denies all scanning. 'Amp' was afraid to scan the thing - suggested that there was an increased risk of damage akin to an EMP strike. The Valkyrie wasn't ready for it, so we backed off. In the same day I've had Viper ask for my presence to see something involving Nomads. They're siphoning energy from a damn Neutron Star or something? Don't know, haven't seen yet. Why is it that now everything is going downhill. It can't be the Sentinels for sure since they've been inactive for months, years even.

I need an extra pair of hands here...boots on the ground. Maybe Rebecca or Bonito. I need someone to keep eyes on Sudbury and report back to me without Cobra or Hawkins' radical points of view. I've seen them argue. This anomaly is getting to them and I can't be taking their information for granted. Not without a kilo of salt. I'm sure they'd understand.

Right...and Damien agreed to sell me two of his ships. A Bomber to replace my Thor and a Fighter I can use as a scarecrow for my projects. The Navy and the LSF will probably try to seize control over Sudbury, and right now I can't allow that. I know what I'm getting into by flying these ships. I'm waiting for those to be delivered - probably after the political summit at Fontana I'm partaking in - to strip both of them and let 'Amp' do his magic.

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