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[Lanakov]

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Subject : Deep reconaissance mission.
Sender ID : Lt.Cmd Nitchiev Lanakov / Codename Gold Eleven

Be greeted comrades.

As ordered by comrade Commissar-Commander Katz, I conducted a scouting mission deep inside nomad territory along with Lieutenants Yuri Aliabiev and Alexandra Volkova.
Our target was a supposedly abandonned station of some sort, somewhere in the Omicrons, past Iota.


The first objective of the mission was to link up with Lieutenant Volkova, who had stayed in Omicron Minor.We met up in the outskirts of Freeport 11 in Omicron Delta, having encountered little to no opposition on our way.

Nontheless, the further we pushed into nomad space, the stronger our opponents became.
We were regularly attacked by swarms of nomad fighters and bombers, but fought back only when we had our back against the wall - We couldn't just leave one of us in such a place.

We crossed Omicron Iota the fastest we could.While danger was everywhere, none of us could restrain his amazement at the sight of the system, especially when we entered the North-East nebula leading to Omicron 99 hole.
There the opposition was overwhelming more than once and we had to stop repeatedly to fend off our attackers - which we successfully did.

When we finally made it to Omicron 99, we were once more struck by the magnificence of the system.
We could only see an endless sheet of bright pink, rather unusual sight in space.
Then, we focused on a small, yet shocking cloud in the heart of the system : No one could miss it due to its very dark color, creating a huge contrast with the general atmosphere.


The second we entered it, we were harassed by multiple formations of strike craft, increasing as we approached a very wide structure, the likes of which none of us had seen before.

Our main problem was that said structure was not dead.It's turrets, pointing at us, were inflicting most of the damage we took, resulting in a very extreme combat situation.

That did not prevent us from accomplishing our mission.
While Lieutenants Volkova and Aliabiev proved their mastery of combat in very hostile territory by downing dozens of enemy targets, I used the strong survivability of the Revolution Bombing Craft to approach the facility and take whatever data I could. Lieutenant Aliabiev had the time to do the same : the following report contains data from both my craft and his.




First footage of the station appearing in the mist.
Interesting features are its circular shape and, of course, its wideness.
I conducted a wireframe scan of the object, and the results are puzzling.



No subsystems have been detected during the scan, which was the only way of having a look at the entire structure. The devastating weapons which were firing at us seem to be completely linked to the station - meaning that there must be no way to deactivate them without deactivating the whole station.



Here is some proof of the bravery of Lieutenant Aliabiev, daring to venture closer to the station.
That way, he managed to get accurate pictures of some interesting parts of the area.



Here is the below of the station. You may notice an interesting source of energy at its center, consisting of particle waves. Most probably the power supply maintaining the station's weapons.



The side of the object. We couldn't approach it any further, but it would seem that there is some carved space running all around the station. Its purpose is unknown.



During the battle, Lieutenant Aliabiev also caught sight of an alien jump gate close to the station. Its destination is not known to us as we couldn't afford taking any more risk at that point.


Indeed, our crafts had suffered from the fighting, radiation and sun damage : A star in this system is rather hidden and very tricky ; it nearly consumed us.
Lieutenant Volkova was consequently deprived of shield and guns. She asked us to leave her with the hostile beings and resume the mission, which I refused. I ordered our squad to go back home as fast as possible, without making any pit stop ; With the data we had, being ambushed by a bunch of corsairs or hunters would have been most inconvenient.
On our way, I hailed an Order Osiris-Class Battleship, whose captain agreed to provide us with basic repairs - enough to survive the trip to Volgograd.

The radiations on the way also killed off my shield generator and my last guns. Only Lieutenant Aliabiev had managed to keep his ship in rather good shape.
At our arrival to Omega 52, Lieutenant Volkova's ship and mine were barely flying wreckages.
Consequently, I called for help in securing the data and material we had salvaged from our mission.
Captain Benes of the CPW Gdansk came to us, and picked up everything we brought back - Parts of the ships we destroyed, including "pilots" and equipment - missiles, for instance.



Footage of the transfer.



After everything was safe, I ordered Lieutenant Volkova to perform the SunDiving Repair Technique (SDRT) and proceeded to do the same - Both our ships are now fully operational.

Considering we suffered no casualties and brought back several pieces of information and research material, I consider this mission to be a SUCCESS

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