»UPLINK: Elgin Primary Node

[Zyliath]

...neural.uplink detected...
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identified: Initiate Etheric

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Etheric reporting in, after successfully returning to home space from the Omicrons.

I stopped by Fontana Freeport for a break after the rather long trip, and there I heard rumors of a chain of events that took place in nearby Ontario - which made me depart Fontana at once, to briefly return to Point Alpha and employ my nimbler fightercraft for a system-wide sweep pattern. Speaking of which, I'm uploading the pattern data now:

[::> Inverness Jump Hole, Georgian Ice Field > Planet Sudbury, outer orbit > North Ontario Debris Sea > South Ontario Debris Field (stop at Thunder Bay for refueling) > California Jump Gate, relative vicinity > Inverness Jump Hole, Georgian Ice Field <::]

From the system-wide sweep, along with a parallel check with the previous Ontario navmap data in my possession, I noticed the following changes:

- Starting from the Georgian Ice Field, it is as always teeming with Xeno patrols; however, the amount of patrols has diminished as of late and has mainly focused around the Xenos' local esablishment within the field. Long-range scans detected the presence of a capital-grade vessel moored nearby, but no additional data on it was obtainable as it would've meant entering Xeno-restricted space and likely attracting the nearby patrols and static defenses.

- Leaving the ice field behind, I moved to Planet Sudbury's orbit: the energy readings seem to have remained - as per the readings I took as a precaution - rapid, extremely volatile and ever changing for every reading report I have filed and uploaded, as does the energy beam's relative position and angle with Sudbury itself as the origin vector. What concerns me, however, is the heightened LSF movement in the area: there is a rather high probability that they might attempt to break into the planetside structure from which the strange energy signatures - and the beam - seem to originate from. If they succeed, it could spell disaster for the system itself...or worse, considering the vicinity to the now-desolate Alberta system, which is completely engulfed by the dark matter storms.

- Proceeding through with the sweep, I passed by the Ontario Debris Seas - North and South. The North field has remained thoroughly unchanged, with the Hackers maintaning their usual presence within. On the way to the South field, however, my scanners detected a myriad of scattered debris all over, with three distinct origins: Order, Hybrid, and Alien, and among the debris there were some that checked out as originating from capital-grade vessels as well. Whatever took place here, it concluded within the southern edges of the field. I...don't know if the surrounding debris have indeed acted as a sort of chaff, but I picked up a faint energy signature compatible with some sort of...jump drive, but the vector is unknown: all I could read is that a jumpdrive rift had been opened, but where it connected I have no idea at all. Overall, it seems Order activities within the system have dropped to null: I haven't detected a single patrol throughout the sweep.

- Lastly, upon approaching the California Jump Gate, I read a variety of debris all over the area, the vast majority being Xeno and LSF ship parts. However, I also detected parts from two types of vessels in particular: a Bustard-class light carrier and a Liberty battlecruiser, along with some capital-grade debris. Upon crosschecking the previous navmap data, I could confirm those are related to the Battlecruiser Lehigh and to a DSE-owned vessel, the Construction Ship Robert Peary. It appears that the Lehigh suffered critical damage, while the Peary was heavily damaged before fleeing through the gate, and - as I went to confirm my suspicions - fully destroyed within California, although it is likely the major debris were either destroyed in the explosion or removed post-combat. This would also explain the heightened LSF activity near Sudbury indicated beforehand in this report: if they lost their beachhead in the system, then all the more we have to disrupt their activities before something worse happens to the planet.

I then concluded the sweep by returning to Point Alpha.

Etheric, out.

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