Civil Servant || Dr.Thorn

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Sender: Dr. Thorn
Recipient: 'Civil Servant'
Subject: Thuringia

Location: Heisenberg Research Station
Source: Anzao Communications Relay

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Apologies for m...my slow response to you, Civil Servant. After receiving your previous mesage, I wi...wished to take my time to parse your questions and consider a response. Your linguistic patterns are unusual. Spiritual tones. A tantalising glimpse into a di...different perspective, perhaps? I come to learn that the 'Damnatio Memoriae's' intention is some sort of pre...preparation of human society for the knowledge you possess, is that so?

My intentions are, primarily, to ga...ga...find an access point to Earhart and survey the realms within. Beyond? Out there? I intend to use a combination of my freighter class vessel, the 'Solace' to co-ordinate and employ survey probes and collect samples of materials to bring back for further study. I have a laboraty on Heisenberg Research Station where proper precautions and security have been put in place to prevent any forseeable incidents. Until our co...conversation, I had little idea of that 'Suhl' anomaly... Perhaps a secondary endeavour, if yo...you come to trust me.

I would have preferred to speak to such questions face to f...fa...face, but no matter.

[She takes a long, contemplative pause.]

Whilst I would describe myself as a 'Xeno-Archaeologist', I actually st...started my journey on Cambridge in Computer Sciences. My goal was to develop an Artificial Intelligence but I never quie found su...success in the endeavour. So close was I that when LEXI began defrading I sought the inhabitants of Gammu for aid.That journey, and those I met along the way, broadened my definition of what was po...possible. I'm sure yo...you can understand that fae touch of the unknown on one's psyche. To learn that, as a species, we are not alone in Sirius. Perhaps have never truly been so. However, where the stars give with one hand, th...th...they take with another. Some AI att...attempted to gain control of LEXI whilst others sought to aid. Some alien forms attacked and assaulted, whilst others shared peaceful overtures.

Th...the experience was formative. To survive, we had to protect ourselves as much as learn from others. The two come hand in hand... just as they do with others of our own species. I am no true biologist nor materials engineer but I learned enough during my tenure at IRG to broaden my expertise. I seek truth not just for it's own sake. It's through the truth we can survive when those 'refinement of evils' come knocking.

[Another long pause, her expression stern and irritated.]

I ha...ha...have shared much with you, Civil Servant. More than I have with most. I hope it is enough t...to warrant reciprocity.

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