Yet another successful research mission was today conducted into Omicron Beta. The Wakkanai's equipment and personnel were supplemented by the addition of a Ronin Explorer class vessel. With a strong, mixed escort force, we moved out via Sigma-60 and Omicron-64, moving into Omicron Beta relatively unopposed.
While we stationed ourselves in close orbit of Elysium, Master Okazaki lead a recon of Outcast forces on our northern flank. As we withdrew from the system, our escort was engaged by a sizeable Outcast force, culminating in an engagement with several capital ships, most of which I hear were destroyed (full details can no doubt be received from the pilots involved).
Recorded scans indicate that Elysium lacks any form of atmosphere, despite it's enormous gravity well (or, possibly, because of) and, as such, extraction of the minerals on its surface may prove high cost and risk operations. It appears, however, that Omicron Beta is definitely an abundant source of alien organisms, such as the ones used in the terraforming of uninhabitable planets. If we could but drive the Outcasts out, we could potentially harness these raw materials as a further form of income.
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