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Caffeine · 07-24-2024, 04:29 PM,

Incoming Transmission

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User ID: R. Miller.
Recipient: Bristol Constructions.
Subject: Unknown space.
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July 24, 834.

During a routinary patrol through Vespucci based off Veracruz Munitions I spotted what looked like a a Baxter-type anomaly that eluded my previous patrols, upon closer inspection I realized that what looked like a Baxter anomaly was in fact an unstable jump-hole, which probably spawned or became visible just recently within the system.

The scanners reported that the hole was barely stable enough for safe entry, I jumped through it and appeared at what seemed like the far outskirts of Vespucci's Guerrero Nebula.
No hazards inbound, I marked the exit-point of that place and proceeded to do a quick recon of the sector, only to find what seemed like a gargantuan asteroid with deep and wide caverns through it, enough big for even a battleship to fly through, and within this caverns, I spotted multiple wrecked vessels and debris from what looked like several pirate and Liberty ships, including an Outcast interceptor and an Ageira Albatross-class transport, with a shipment of Ageira proprietary White Boxes still intact in one of the containers.

Listing of missing and destroyed vessels found are as follows:

1. Gunman: Dagger-class interceptor, transponder reports this vessel is from Maltese origin, given that the remaining equipment mounted on it are ancient Outcast technology, and that the vessel also had a small shipment of cardamine, it's likely the ship was indeed from an Outcast smuggler or part of a missing convoy.

2. ATS-Hero: An Albatross-class with an ancient Ageira transponder, this transport still had one container in good condition with a shipment of fifty crates of Ageira White Boxes in it. One has to wonder how this transport ended here, likely this sector was briefly a transit point connecting Liberty with the Omegas via jump holes, and likely Ageira acquired exclusive intel of these jump holes and took the chance to send shipments to maintain and repair the gates in Omega-7 and Omega-3 at the standard quota. Unfortunately the holes likely collapsed while this transport was still in transit through the sector and ended trapped there with no hope of returning back home without the life support depleting. Given the history Ageira has with covering their disastrous mistakes it's likely they won't want anyone disclosing what happened to this transport, maybe Bristol could come to an agreement with Ageira so this is kept in the dark as it is, plus collecting the remaining White Boxes and scrapping the transponder for them, for a reasonable reward.

3: "Star Dream": A Voyager-class freighter, unaffiliated. Probably a pirate smuggler or a freelancer explorer given these freighters are usually refitted for either jobs, they probably found out about an alleged shortcut, and either Ageira or the Outcasts silenced them, nothing remarkable was found on the ship's hold.

4: Unknown Judicator-class cruiser: There's no data about this wrecked ship, no transponder and no recognizable naming, it probably was part of the Hellfire Legion or the Insurgency Navy fleet. The hull is too scratched and damaged to make any sense. The ship is split in half but there's no signs of battle, the crew probably ended trapped in this caverns and eventually collided with some loose asteroids within it, causing severe damage. Given the apparently unreliable engine configuration these ships have, loosing steering due to one of them malfunctioning would be fatal in an environment like this. There's no valuable equipment or cargo that can be recovered from this vessel, beyond scrap and salvage.

5: Unknown Liberty Defender-class fighter: Same case as with the Judicator, there's no transponder, it may have belonged to the battlegroup that was part of the Judicator. Nothing of value can be retrieved from this one either.

6: "Bloodhound": A Barracuda-class, Bounty Hunter's Guild transponder. The pilot was probably going after the outcasts, smugglers or maybe hired by Ageira for escort duty, at some point they found someone tougher and the ship received critical damage on the cockpit, the pilot probably died instantly during combat.

7: "Cancun": A Gull-class transport with Liberty Police Incorporated transponder. This vessel is arguably the most strange to find in a place like this, I wouldn't be surprised if the transponder is spoofed and this transport belonged to some other group. The transport also had one container in good shape with what looked like cardamine crates in it. Maybe it was part of a special operation to deal with cardamine smugglers, and the "Bloodhound" hired for support? LPI usually doesn't even bother to patrol the Independent Worlds, let alone places like this.

8: "Runner": A Mule freighter, no transponder, definitely a smuggler. The ship was attacked by someone or something as the engines are wrecked. There's some cardamine still remaining in the ship's hold, a distress signal can be heard warning about "Bloodhound", looks like the Bounty Hunter was indeed going after easy targets.

Lastly, at the depths of this caves I found what seemed to be like a natural phenomenon, a melting core embedded into the walls of the giant asteroid. It probably contains valuable metals that could be extracted, but with no easy logistics in and out, I doubt any company will try to venture to mine this.

After a quick patrol through the rest of the sector that revealed nothing, I returned to Vespucci through the jump-hole I marked earlier upon entering with no incidents.

I'll attach visual footage of what I found with this report.

Footage.

Transmission Ends

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