Section 8 - Logs

[Section 8]

Section 8

Login ID: Warlock
Entry Date: 15 JUL 835
Location: Ames Research Station, Kepler

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Priority Report: Entity, Earhart

Yesterday, 14 July 835, I received an emergency transmission from Dr. Thallia Thorn. She reported to have come into contact with "a creature" in one of the systems periodically connected to the EARHART hyperspace pocket. How her transmission was even able to reach me from there I don't know - something for Analysis to figure out, perhaps.

With no jump-capable ship at my disposal and the Alaska super gate not being a viable means of ingress into EARHART, I made the decision to attempt traversal of the Gotha anomaly. I am aware that this was immensely dangerous, that research into the anomaly is still in its early stages, and that it serving as an alternative ingress point into EARHART is - or rather was - a purely hypothetical assumption. However, I succeeded. More data for Analysis to pore over.

I used our latest astrographical data to navigate the EARHART pocket and was able to locate an active "gate" to one of the connecting systems. I proceeded through the jump hole.

I entered an as of yet uncharted system. My nav-system was unable to determine its location relative to Sirius, nor chart a map of my immediate surroundings. In the immediate vicinity of the jump egress I picked up the following signatures:

• Dr. Thallia Thorn (independent researcher)
  
• Lazurith (former member of the Technocracy)
  
• THR-Overseer.Unit-42-F (Gammu AI drone)
  
• EC]-Theta-A81-1 (Gammu AI drone)
  
• Entity (Nomad Simurgh-type form)

As it turned out, the "creature" Dr. Thorn had come into contact with was none other than Entity. I will refer to the report submitted by Dr. Thorn herself as to what occurred in the uncharted system immediately prior to my arrival.

Unsurprisingly, my presence was not tolerated by the Nomad, forcing Dr. Thorn and myself to extricate ourselves immediately. We jumped back to the EARHART pocket and made best speed to an egress point to the Cologne system, where Dr. Thorn hoped to lie low at Heisenberg Research Station. The jump back to Sirian realspace was successful, but we were immediately pursued by alien warforms. Scans matched our records of Sentinel forms. Seeking safe harbor on Heisenberg was no longer a viable option, so we set course for the Hamburg system, where I hoped we would be able to shake our pursuers. This proved unsuccessful.

I was forced to make the decision to escape to Liberty space, hoping to either lose the Sentinels along the way or lure them into the Ontario system, where I hoped Xeno Alliance pilots would be ready to engage. Despite constant harassment by Sentinel warforms, Dr. Thorn and I were able to reach our destination. A wing of Xenos, reinforced by militant and Lane Hacker vessels, was ready for our arrival and engaged the aliens. We were able to neutralize all targets with no casualties of our own.

Uncertain whether we were out of reach of further Sentinel attacks and unwilling to put Fort Ramsey in harm's way, I escorted Dr. Thorn to the Kepler system, where I hoped the dark matter storm would serve to hide us from further pursuit. We arrived at Ames Research Station with no further incidents.

Realizing that Dr. Thorn had come into direct contact with both the Nomads and the Gammu AI, I was forced to reveal myself to her. She admitted to "translating" between the AI drones and Entity - bypassing their inability to otherwise directly communicate with each other. Whether Dr. Thorn was coerced or obliged willingly - through being compromised or otherwise swayed to the aliens' side - remains unclear; however, past incidents of this nature indicate the latter. The topic of "conversation" between the Nomad and the AI drones was apparently the pylon at the center of the EARHART pocket. For further details, I again refer to Dr. Thorn's report.

How exactly Lazurith is involved in all this is uncertain, though his history suggests that he remains under Entity's influence.

I will keep Dr. Thorn under close observation aboard Ames Research Station until further orders are received.

- Warlock

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Incident Report [Dr. Thallia Thorn]

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