| Secundus Outpost | |
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| Artificial Intelligence | |
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| G/F-2, Omicron Pi |
CLASS: EO-2
GRAVITY: N/A
DOCKING: Yes
AMENITIES: N/A
CREW: 50
Secundus Outpost is the Artificial Intelligences most recent expansion deeper into the Omicrons. Construction drones have latched onto the abandoned Crayter depot and modified it heavily, transforming it into a logistics hub and maintenance facility. While a few sections of the original constructions have been repurposed, the majority of the installation has been streamlined, eliminating parts required to facilitate humans living and moving throughout the base. The most prominent additions seemingly serve the purpose of storage and the maintenance of larger vessels. Following the recent purge of Gammu AIs in Omicron Kappa by the Core, a massive swarm of damaged vessels and inventory was redirected to Secundus, as it is currently their only other base of operations. With the changing purpose of this hub, it is constantly being amended with new sections and fortifications, attempting to make up for lost facilities on Planet Gammu and counter the inevitable siege of the Core.
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| Ship | Class | Price |
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| AI Drone | Very Heavy Fighter | 126,129$ |
| AI Bomber | Bomber | 61,336$ |
News
| [832 AS] Planet Gammu occupied by Core |
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CARRIER ORION -- 832 AS -- Planet Gammu has fallen into The Core’s clutches, despite the efforts of Technocrats from the Carrier Orion. After the Corsairs of Omicron Kappa were drawn away, the Battleship Mars returned in force. The Gammusian Intelligences offered little resistance, with most either retreating underground or scattering despite Technocrat urging. Several Gammusian Ancestor Minds were evacuated aboard the Orion during the fighting. Technocrat commanders have complained bitterly that the Core could have been repulsed had the Gammusians stood their ground -- Valravn is now evaluating tactical options for responding to this crisis. |
| [831 AS] Gate corps clash over 'Blackout'! |
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ABBEVILLE -- 831 AS -- EFL's 'Resilience Taskforce' today reported its findings on The Blackout, claiming to have gathered forensic evidence that proved the cause as Ageira negligence. A spokesperson claimed that the destruction of the Dublin Jump Gate by Molly separatists had created a hyperspace feedback loop that was propagated and amplified through the Ageira gate network. Ageira disputed this finding in their own press release, calling EFL 'fantasists' and countering that their own scientists had narrowed the cause to a rare 'hypernova' stellar event that originated outside the Sirius sector. Both corporations claim that network-wide hardware safeguards have been implemented that would prevent a similar occurrence in the future. Independent researchers have sharply criticized the corporate announcements, accusing both of self-interested misdirection. Professor Sophia Nagel from Heisenberg Research Station called EFL's accusation 'incoherent' and the hypernova explanation 'nonsense' that did not explain the characteristics of the 'Blackout Pulse'. Despite multiple different Pulse recordings being widely disseminated across the neural net, public efforts have so far failed to triangulate its source. |
| [831 AS] Jump Hole Upheaval Causes Chaos |
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HEISENBERG -- 831 AS -- Jump holes across Sirius have become increasingly volatile and chaotic over the last year, with Professor Sophia Nagel from the Heisenberg Research Station linking the unusual phenomena to the Pulse. The Pulse was an unprecedented blast of hyperspace energy that was detected immediately prior to last year's Jump Gate Blackout. Professor Nagel and her team are certain the Pulse originated from outside Sirius, but are otherwise no closer to identifying its source or mitigating a future Blackout event. "Following the Blackout, we began to see immediate signs of jump hole destabilization in multiple different regions, with many ultimately falling out of phase alignment altogether", she commented. The dramatic upending of Sirius' jump hole network has already prompted many groups to abandon stations and withdraw from systems that appear to risk being cut off. While months-long trips between the stars are possible thanks to the Liberty Engine and many centuries of innovation, few ships are designed or provisioned to make such arduous journeys. Those who were displaced by Sirius' redrawn map hope that system connections will return, while adventurers and explorers rush to discover new routes. |
| [831 AS] Pulse phenomenon linked to Blackout |
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AMES RESEARCH STATION -- 831 -- Independent researchers have announced that a hyperspace pulse of unprecedented strength was detected moments before The Blackout, destroying many of the sector’s most sensitive and finely tuned observatories. Surviving data about 'The Pulse' has been widely shared across the neural net in recent days, prompting mass speculation. Professor Katsuma Oster of Ames Research Station described the signal as “astounding”. “These readings are unprecedented, as if reality itself were struck like a gong.” House authorities have remained tight lipped, refusing to share their own observatories' data. |
| [831 AS] 'Blackout' causes jump network failure |
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MANHATTAN -- 831 AS -- Two days ago Jump Gates failed simultaneously across Sirius, freezing commerce and neural net access across the sector. When communications resumed 31 hours later, the news broke of Bretonia's loss of the Dublin system. This twin shock has plunged markets into chaos, prompting fears of sector-wide economic recessions. Interspace estimates that the stoppage alone caused billions of credits in losses. Gallia immediately accused Liberty of causing the outage, claiming the destruction of Dublin's Jump Gate instigated a cascading failure in faulty Ageira infrastructure. Ageira has sharply refuted the allegation, claiming such a systemic effect would be physically impossible. |
Rumors
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