SCRA Communications Centre

[jammi]

CommID: Lieutenant Commander Julio Quintillia
Message Source: Planet Toledo, Omicron Minor
Message Target: High Command
CC: Op. TEMPLAR

Hola comrades.

Op. TEMPLAR is proceeding well, with initial scans of the Omicron Iota system being run successfully. The survey of the high Omicrons is proceeding well, with the Objective Primary having been located, alongside several other noteworthy landmarks I saw fit to record.

After arriving at the Omicron Minor system, I was met by a member of Order High Command at the helm of the Osiris class battleship Amun'Ra. It was joined not long later by a Major of the Primary Fleet who was at the helm of the Jinkusu class vessel the Order|Pyramid. The pair then assigned a Primary Fleet lieutenant to me, going by the name of Order|Ciana.

Lieutenant Ciana then guided me back to the Omicron Delta system, where we proceeded to the Omicron Iota system. Jumping through, we encountered token defences in the form of some kind of massive weapons complex. It possessed potent turret weapons, as well as what appeared to be a chain firing turret based cruise disruptor. Once the platform was outranged on thrusters, there were no other immediately noticeable threats.

Following my guide, it wasn't long before we found my primary objective, the Nomad Lanes inside a massive nebula that had entirely engulfed the south-west quadrants of the system. It was guarded by another two of the weapon complexes, so I got my scans from out of their range, then moved in closer to take visual recordings. After these scans, the Lieutenant suggested we return to friendly space, but I insisted that we should continue. If the data gathered would assist the Revolution, I'd happily put my life on the line. I'm not sure I could say the same for my guide though... We proceeded to fly along the lane, deciding against trying to activate it. At the end of the lane, there was a open area in the asteroid cloud that the nebula contains.

This appeared to be a nexus area, where four of such lanes converged. Around here I began to start picking up massive energy readings that I assumed were anomalous. The Order pilot must have found this funny, because she led me a little further forward, which was where an entire Nomad city loomed out of the clouds. It commands both awe and horror in equal measure, amigos. There was also a Nomad Jumpgate, which I took scans of, but otherwise shied away from and did not try to activate. The Lieutenant said that it can be activated by senior Order agents though.

After taking a few pictures, I got back on the Lieutenant's wing and followed her to the end of a second lane, finding some sort of power conduit. It seemed to be funnelling energy into the lanes, so it would be fair to assume it was powering them. Strangely, this installation was unguarded.

We were proceeding to the end of the third lane when we ran across a thick minefield. The mines were ancient in appearance, and could be dodged, but it required the utmost care and attention. At one point, I was careless enough to set one off, at it instantly decimated my shields. I dread to think of what would have happened should I have set off a second then.

At the end of the third lane, there was a strange artefact. I could not discern any purpose to it, although it was, again, emitting high energy readings. I thought it could prove useful to Op. UMBRELLA, so I recorded that too. It was strange in that it was surrounded by what appeared to be ark lightning. After this, myself and the Lieutenant broke out through the minefiled perimeter once again, and made our way to Delta. From there we proceeded to Minor, where I am now.

That concludes my report.

~Lieutenant Commander Julio Quinteillia.

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