[color=#FFCC33]At 22:26 SMT, I picked up an unknown signal from within Omicron Zeta. At the time, I didn't give it much attention, since me and Agent Marley had been dispatched to investigate a possible breach in to Omicron Minor. This rapidly changed when the call that said it was two capital ships, one Thresher and one Bullhead, from the mysterious group who called themselves the 77th. They had once again decided to pay us a visit, and had been sighted near planet Murilo, in Omicron Zeta. We started communicating with them, and even though there were some tension at first, no hostile actions were taken.
The two visitors, called Might and Guardian, were in orbit of planet Murilo, and were conducting a survey of the planet. They sent down drones for a closer investigation. We told them that the planet was ice only, but they said that there were different sorts of ice. This woke the attention of Forlorn d'Autoigne. He started questioning them about it, but they were very secretive about the subject. Avoiding the questions. The whole time trying to lead us away from the subject. Since they didn't volunteer the information, we tried to hack the drones on the surface. Might was a bit upset about this, and at one point said that he had used special crystalline for them. This 'crystalline' might also be something we should look in to. The two visitors started an internal discussion at this point, in a langage that we couldn't understand. This is how it sounded:
*replays part of the conversation* '[77th]Might: ???: [to guardian] Hra'iu. Ordaj zillekil. Hahhh. Findirk Funiar'k. [77th]Might: [To guardian] Here'ai startez... So zillekil. Hah.'
At this point, Forlorn was prepared to send his signal to the drones. He had planned to schock them with a powerful EMP. When learning this, the two visitors seemed to relax, and accidently let slip that it would be absorbed. When Forlorn sent his pulse, there was a screech in the comms. We also heard robotic chatter over the comms. Forlorn reported that he was recieving data, and the drones were being retrieved by the visitors. They said the drones contained starbased dark antimatter, which concerned us all. They said that our intellect wasn't evolved enough to understand it, but were at the same time amazed that we actually managed to breach in to the drones, which they called Scorian drones.
An anomaly was registered on the planet at this point, and the planets rotation was slowing down. The visitors seemed surprised by this as well. Forlorn admitted that he had destroyed some drones, and that he also might have done other things to them. The visitors now rushed with the retrieving of the drones. The planet later went back to normal rotation. I have no idea how the cahnge in rotation speed was even possible, and to see it happen twice... Well... something sure happened down there. Since some of the drones were destroyed, it might be a good idea to send a science team down there to investigate.
A Rheinland gunboat arrived at the scene here. Somehow attracted by recent events. It didn't have any interaction with the visitors, so a separate report has been filed on that.
The visitors had now finished what they came here for, and were getting ready to leave. Forlorn and myself kept questioning them. We tried to gather basic information on them. We found out that they came from something called Scoria. Being a scientist, Forlorn got a little too eager here, and was willing to share our cultural ways with them. I had to put a stop to this. Quite harshly, I'm afraid, since Forlorn was totally absorbed with the fact that we could learn more. It's every scientists wet dream, and I can certainly understand him. I decided that it was time to be on guard again. After all... We didn't know what their intentions really were. Since I'd acted like I had no scientifical knowledge at all, it was now time to get back in line. I demanded that they'd start sharing information with us, or this little meeting would be over.
Ice! They started talking about Ice. Not the kind we refer to as ice, but something rudimentary in their society. Some kind of material, that seemed to be used in a lot of their tech. I asked about which areas it was used in. Weapons and shields, for instance. I remembered them saying that the drones would absorb the EMP, and drew the conclusion that this might be the next generation of shielding material. I kept asking about this material, and I got some interesting info on it. I quote: '[77th]Might: ???: The ice, it is more perferred as base creation materials, due to its nature of absorbing some elements...' I immediately started to figure out a way for us to get hold of this 'Ice', and began negotiating. He then said, and I quote again: '[77th]Might: ???: Even if we gave a panel or so'; '[77th]Might: ???: you wouldn't to be able to do much.'; '[77th]Might: ???: You don't have the right equipment for handling this stuff.' I then suggested that they could assist us. I didn't get an approval of this, but neither did I get a denial.
At this point, the area around us were gathering a crowd. Apart from Order, there were ships from BDM and RoS there. A nomad also came very close, and performed some kind of scan. Might now offered us his help against these ships. This makes me think that we shouldn't treat them as hostile, although a large measure of caution is valid. These events are treated in a separate report.
After things settled down again, I went back to negotiating. Using the exchange tactics. I said that since they keep coming back here, there must be something that they want. Maybe we could trade. Quote: '[77th]Might: ???: And you want the equipment for the Dra'kariou ice... don't you..'
I think this deserves some serious thought! There could be unimaginable benefits here for rebuilding our forces. Let's not sweep this issue under the rug. The 77th have at least shown that they're not an immediate threat to us, and my recommendation is that we treat them with cautiousness, but don't open fire unless fired upon.
[color=#990000]Submitted by Special Operative Nicolo Masa
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