Xeno Alliance communications (iRP) (FO)

The second attempt was a success. Or a mixed success, anyway.
Again with the White Sands, we ran a search pattern and this time rather swiftly found the missing vessel, a liner as it turned out. It was in bad shape, most systems offline, and worse still, we weren't the first to come upon them.
The Eidolon Wraith, always happy to make an inconvenient appearance, had found them before. They were accompanied by a freelancer gunship, callsign Uzume. It's unclear if they arrived together, but they later cooperated against us.

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Being alone initially, I obviously had no way to extract the derelict from the situation by force. I ascertained that virtually all of their systems were offline, and they would have to be towed or repaired. A short while after I arrived, I thankfully did receive backup, Phantom Zero and Section 8's Unto Nightfall arriving.

The Auxo seemingly suspected alien involvement, and it soon became clear why: The behavior of the crew, of which there were apparently only two members, was erratic and disturbing. They were apparently unaware of the Technocracy's existence, and asked for the date, upon which they revealed that their own computer listed as March 2nd, 825. Alien involvement in the situation became clear when a drone of the type seen occasionally, particularly around the Barrier border worlds appeared.
We were able to drive it away swiftly.

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Eventually, we received news that Blacktail and the Roanoke would be moving in, which would mean the upper hand against the Wraith and the gunboat. Before they could arrive though, the Wraith opened fire upon the Unto Nightfall, assisted by the freelancer.
However, before we could even really adjust to the combat situation, what appeared to be a Valor-class Gallic battleship uncloaked in the midst of it!
As Section 8 later informed me, this one was a well-known infected warship - more than that it seems, as it had what appeared to be Nomad tissue growing out of it visibly.

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With the situation quickly spiraling out of control, we decided to destroy the liner to avoid its capture by enemies, and bailed on the whole mess. Everyone made it out without significant damage.

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I'll be honest, I'm not sure what to make of the whole thing. I'm attaching the logs below, which I'll have to go through again myself if I hope to glean anything of value from the whole encounter.

I'm also forwarding this message to Section 8, per their request.

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~ Stracke

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