I greet you in the love and the light of the infinite.
I have asked Haog to formally look over affairs at Malta while I attempt a walkabout. As it seems my form has reached... stability I can't ignore that there are parts of my nature that require the assimilation of ... material to hopefully have access to a humanoid body that won't make babies cry and people run for the hills.
While at the shrine i was able to do some basic backtracking with the ... extremely precise help of Orin to find leads to other data vaults within the old mindshare.
It has been millions of years.. The good news is space is the perfect tomb. The bad news space is vast and even within this sector and great amounts of human colonization has limited where i can go. It does seem that planets with life in extremely adverse environments are places I can go. My body seems adept at the vacuum.. and the more toxic planets.
Through Orin. it has been determined that not all the legacy left behind by the Daam K'Vosh were technological in nature.. As it was theorised by translating partially into english that more than one race made up the empire... the empathic race the one responsible for the genetic manipulability and assimilate ability of the Slomon Khara likely left keys on many worlds in the form of survived and or fossilised life forms. lifeforms that.. may not fully fit in their environment but survives..even thrives within due to containing living cyphers.
One of these life forms I encountered in omicron alpha... a seemingly predatory parasite that targets incubi. Turns out contained the cypher I needed to arrest the mechanism of infected. making the human mind and nomad mind share space instead of the nomads natural abilities override the human's psyche. This was of course a venom.. superior to liquid cardamine but made..of it.
Its also why my skin is scaled and my nose is... not quite there.
The past half year my body has changed and current complete physical and anatomical data has been stored should ..something actually happen to me. I know I have a part of the key.. But its likely only Saturnia will be able to integrate these scraps into the hive.
SO this is.. Where the flock comes in.
Exarchs.. we need to be particularly careful in seeking and finding these living legacies of the old song. The Khara are quickly becoming... "harvested" to satisfy man's civil war with itself. and frankly I doubt these things are of any use to humans.. they will likely destroy or ruin any progress we can make should any learn about this possibility.
Many of you have asked about ish'tar... Frankly the fact is.. it is much more advanced than the Khara of sirius.. we suspect its a newer form sent here specifically to unify the hives between sectors.. This means two things.
The hive is larger then we surmised.. sirius isn't the only cluster.
The hypergate may have caused a universal splintering or blackout of all the clusters.
That means there are numbers.. beyond comprehension out there.. just not able to reach or.. uninterested in the situation here for whatever reason.
This means that while not alone.. We must make use of what was sent to us as best we can. Ish'tar isn't just a piece of equipment.. her "spirit" is extremely advanced.. close to Saturnia but .. still alien. Hence why i believe the answer between Ishtar and our light can be filled in by the clues littered around the sector and living legacies.
So there you have it... Hopefully we are able to catch the path research the clues and bring all of our brothers and sister closer to the light.
Essentially after sending this through the network for all exarchs... i will be personally travelling to the infected sectors to brief them personally. ... Sure we could commune through the great link.. but i need to engage the human side most importantly.. As it is familiar with what loss is.. and what is at stake greater then the part of us that is eternal and infinite.