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. . Expedition Report on the Arkansas Ice Asteroid Field Completed by Vanesca Catallia, '\S/'Mirrodin Dated the 18 / 10 / 835 AS Event Log: ► Arriving from the Pennsylvania Jump Hole ► -42400 -70 3420 > Navigation Buoy > Purpose unclear ► Visual contact a structure ► -50000 1800 11500 > Wreck Station "Fort Riley" ► Liberty "Archer" Cruiser and Legion Cruiser nearby > both unresponsive ; Supposed left behind ► 2 Liberty "Defiant" Gunboats > no response ► Legion Gunboat > No response ► -49500 2000 14750 > Navigation Buoy > Purpose unclear ► -49500 2600 15800 > Liberty "Interdictor" Battlecruiser > Sends "spoofed signal" disguising as a Legion Cruiser > looks mostly undamaged ; Left-over bait? ► -48000 1800 16500 > Liberty "Archer" Cruiser > unresponsive ► -47600 1700 19700 > Legion Gunboat > unresponsive ► -47150 2500 21300 > Legion Cruiser Wreck split in half by a Liberty "Archer" Cruiser > looks like the Archer was unable to move after the ram-attack ► -45730 2000 23340 > Navigation Buoy > Purpose unclear ► -43600 2000 23000 > Navigation Buoy > Purpose unclear ► -40600 2000 26450 > Navigation Buoy > Purpose unclear ► -44300 2100 26500 > Vespucci Jump Hole + Liberty "Interdictor" Battlecruiser > Interdictor unresponsive ► -26500 8500 28500 > Colby ; Moon of Wichita ► -25500 4200 18850 > Planet Wichita ► -28450 2830 11800 > Legion Cruiser Wreck ; In orbit of Wichita ► -30000 1950 9900 > Multiple unresponsive ships ► 3 Liberty Fighters + Liberty Gunboat + Liberty "Interdictor" Battlecruiser ► -11130 2640 25700 > Navigation Buoy > Purpose unclear ► -49500 5950 41750 > "Demeter" Dromedary Wreck > No life signs ► Return to Fort Riley Wreck > Far off reading detected ► -72400 -7050 450 > "NONAME" Asteroid Base ► -72400 -7050 450 > Wrecks > "Nugget" ; "Wescotts Escort 3" ; "Humble Bee" ; "Old Rascal" "Wescotts Escort 7" ; "Wescotts Escort 8" detected > no response ► End of Event Log - no further sightings with my scanner Guncam shows Fort Riley and it's surrounding Wrecks. The spacing between ice chunks is reasonable with medium to large ships making navigation passable compared to more dense fields such as what the Tau's have to offer. While scouring through older records it appears that the asteroid field within the "Turtle Creek Nebula" also used to be named "Arkansas Ice Asteroid Field" ; this hints to two possible reasons; One - In the past the Arkansas Ice Field used to envelop the whole of Kansas, then slowly splitting in smaller chunks until only the southern half seems to bear resemblance with what it used to be. Two - It was an oversight from past researchers, likely with scanners being blocked with ice material from "Arkansas Ice Field" to give the same reading within "Turtle Creek". Looking at Pennsylvania's southern region theory one can make sense but the same applies for theory two if one looks towards other neighbouring systems. With all the war remains this place would be a feast for scrapers. Not only shipwrecks in variations but also two station wrecks. Who knows what a skilled team could pull off - Maybe a Salvager Frigatte in the size of a Dreadnaught? Who knows. Signing off~

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