=LSF= Operational Data Network

[Turtle]

==Incoming Transmission==
==Source: Newcastle==
==Re: Nomad intel==
==Firewall Status: Online==
==Verify Encryption Keys: Successful==
==Confirm Identity: James Turtle==

Opening message.

Greetings!

I was offered to stand in for a trader and do a trade trip to Newcastle with his ship for him. Having noticed that following a discovery by Miss Wolfe there was a mission to explore Newcastle for Nomad infestations I grabbed the opportunity.

The trade took me to Sunderland Research Station. When I approached the station I first noticed that there was a mine field nearby. Then an impressing sight opened:
unknown object
The ship computer was unable to identify this large assembly of objects, but to me it looked alien (if not Nomad).

Then I noticed that Sunderland Research Station seemed to be attached to this complex.
Sunderland

After docking to the station I made my delivery and checked the available freights at the local trader.
inside Sunderland
It showed that there were Artifacts available and also a lot of scientists waiting for transportation.

When leaving the station I quickly tried to check a nearby ship.
Battleship Grimbsby
It was the Battleship Grimsby. While I was unable to gather further information on spot, I was told at my next stop at Scarborough Station that this was an Armed Forces vessel.

At Scarborough I took the freight I had been instructed to transport to Norfolk Shipyard. I then decided to make a little detour on my way back and searched the South Eastern part of Newcastle.

There I found a strange place with some Bretonian fighter wrecks and three active Nomad weapon platforms.
Nomad weapons platforms

I did not notice anything alive there, no ships, just a lot of scrap.
communications satellite
When I then noticed that there were some hazard buoys and an active communications satellite I left as fast as possible, not knowing who would get the information about my presence. I also had to return fast so the trader would not get too suspicious.

Before leaving the system and returning to Liberty space I took down a map of the system as far as it was stored in my ship computer.
The area 1 I marked is the location of Sunderland and the Unknown station and the area 2 marked is the location of the Nomad weapons platform.
Newcastle locations

While area 1 might be a place where Bretonia researches old alien technologies, I can't make much of area 2. Maybe area 2 are the remainders of a now destroyed Nomad station, but our LSF scientists surely can make more oft his information.

I then deleted all informaton about my additional explorations from the ship computer, leaving only the usual trade route.

I have to admit, that I searched only a small part of the Newcastle system, so there might be more interesting things to notice.

James Turtle
Agent in training

closing message

==ending transmission==

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She: Some soldiers, I know, are afraid of death.
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