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18th of February, 4500

The Expedition Begins

by Captain Peter Avignon

Galactic Surveryor's Guild - Far Δ Expedition


11 February 4500
The Vicegrip System
AVG-I
  • Beñat offers his room to Patricia and her scientific partner (because of the Miku Speaker issue)

  • I land on the planet showing signs of life, AVG-I

  • however, I was expecting normal land

  • but the gravity is 2x expected, and my landing struts have been crumpled

  • Robot the Robot & Beñat head outside to repair the struts

  • couple days to jerry-rig a halfway solution

  • Lucid remotely investigates the technological trace that brought us here

  • unknown, unnatural electrical signatures

  • after about 100 kms, the signal drops out despite no unusual weather or anything

  • Aidan suspects ion or EMP weapons to be responsible.

  • Lucid suggests sending a message to offer aid or help, announcing we're from the Scouting Guild

  • Beñat disagrees, thinking we shouldn't send a message or announce ourselves, instead seeing if we can recover the drone and do some recon

  • If this were a base that didn't want to be found, they'd have used surface-to-air missiles, an EMP is used to disable.

  • Beñat, me, and Aidan set out

  • We get to a brushy section, and try to maintain stealth

  • Slowly and carefully, I get through OK.

  • Later on though, Aidan blows our cover.

  • We hear a crack (Aidan does at least), at about ear level. Almost as if someone shot at you, as a warning shot (like they aimed above their head).

  • Potato farm

  • looks like it could support a family

  • rudimentary

  • made of local materials, low to the ground

  • no one is working outside

  • Grav-plates throughout the main building

  • I can place the glint of a sniper scope on the roof of the building

  • Psionic abilities are used by Aidain, and he recognizes the man as a Stormcrow, a cloned special trooper with Centauri-tech and some self-fashioned weapons and stuff.

  • We enter his house

  • See our drone in the corner, damaged but serviceable w/ light maintenance.

  • After we explain ourselves as surveyors, they flick a switch and the plates turn on. It feels far less oppressive.

  • Arkip doesn't want to be found. He wants people to leave him alone

  • He suggests we mark the planet uninhabitable and hazardous

  • Not willing to do that, as it would get us in trouble and only buy them some time.

  • We offer him an open, indefinite position on the ship. We give him the option to leave anytime.

    • 13th February 4500
  • Robot & Beñat finishes the ship repairs

  • nothing of note on this planet besides basic minerals like iron

  • trace readings of tenebrium, not enough to mine, indicating potential more in the system

    • 14th February 4500
  • the scientists are back

  • They discovered a new species of fungus

    • -I depart the planet, leaving the following in the survey log.
    "Source of electrical signal identified as a shipwreck. Additional crew member gained."

    18th February 4500
  • Trace deposits on AVG-II and AVG-IV

  • We find a stable pocket of antimatter on AVG-II

  • we construct a program to trace it, it indicates a planetary system towards the edge of the system,

  • we elect not to spend the effort and set a jump to the next system

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