Ah, dear friend. I've come bearing concerning news in regards to Erie.
Those 'cultists' as it were - very much intend to 'assist the Zoners of Erie' - And it includes with their ... interesting manifesto. To summarise, as you may already know, they mask themselves under a guise of seeking co-existance with synthetics, and claiming to be seekers of knowledge. However, the reality, is far from it.
I will forward you the datalogs in discretion for you to assess.
Keep them away from Zoners, they will kill or abduct anyone who bares cybernetics. Their repressed hatred, suggested as much. A carrier of theirs was inbound to Bethlehem to provide support under the moniker "Divine Retribution. "
So, I received the logs and gave them a once-over. The aversion to rationality I'm seeing in elaborating on their beliefs does line up with these folks claiming to be champions of spiritual truth. Sadly seem to be pretty self-deluding - definite signs of cult indoctrination at play here. Feeds my concern from earlier. Do those at the top of their hierarchy believe their own dogma, or are they just planting seeds to ferment and raise followers for a purpose?
I'll have to bookmark my desire to study the social pressures within their subculture if they're parking combat ships outside Beth. There's a slim chance they could be useful, but if their "help" is the same kind they offered near Holman, I'll see to it that they find themselves without many friends around there. Lord knows the free people are out of patience with this sort of chauvinism.
I'm thankful as ever for your warning, and your concern.
There's a Bundschuh you may recall, one that goes by the name of Civil Servant, though they have refused to disclose their actual name. They're mentioning interests in helping the people of Erie. They can reckon they can easily get Mox and H-Fuel sourced by the Bundschuh, and I have previously suggested a middle point for Zoners to pick it up.
Are you available to chat to them tonight? They would rather not use the Neural Net.
Myeah, I remember this one, from outside the Citadel. A verbose man. Great catch arranging their aid like this. H-Fuel drop offs have been plentiful now that Zoner contacts in the Omicrons are motivated to help and spare something, but MOX has been a consistent issue.
I'm plenty happy to meet with him tomorrow. Can't happen tonight, I have arrangements up Ikarus way. I've been at work handling the funding issue for Pinnacle and think I'll have plenty to compensate this nice Boone Shoe fella for any expenses, I've just got to go tie the knot so to speak.
I informed him you were available tomorrow, and to expect you on the Red Dandelion. Is that well?
On an unrelated note, Hazzard seems to have apologised for being a vaginal venerer. An unexpected surprise, so he may be acting differently as of the late. And it turns out he's not actually a Bounty Hunter, he just bought the ship from an impound and never changed its display to get more ... 'impressive'? Ah well. No matter.
Oh, and one last thing, even Rebecca thought you with Laz were a thing originally neheheheheh.
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DR. ASPEN HARLOW
Hello again Raven,
First off, I definitely do not laugh like a hyena, please and thank you. My laugh's eminently conventional.
That aside, it was good to see that you were well. We've both had our tribulations, it'd seem. Thankfully, due in no small part to others, I've come through mine in one piece after a not-so-planned extended stay back home. With all the recent unpleasantness that implies. A lot became clear to me during my time stuck on the ground. The hard way.
If you're wondering why I was sitting pretty on the Kay, look at it as Levan paying me back for helping him out. Giving me a chance to pull myself together. Definitely not that I've become some kind of groupie, despite his reputation. Readjusting to the reality of space is taking some time, even if I'm leaving the hard work of keeping up the fight to the others now. It's curious sometimes, how superficially similar things are...
If there's one thing that hasn't changed, I'm certain it's the usual mess. How are you? Are you well after this subspace trouble? Is there anything I should know about the Pulse, or other matters? I'd bet my bottom credit there's more to it than what's presented on the news.
If you insist you do not laugh like one... Trouble begets trouble, hmmhmm.
It's always good to hear that you're doing well despite your erh... choices of vacation. I presume you were keeping in touch with Erie?
I have been investigating matters regarding the afforementioned "Pulse" - We have some ideas regarding it, but I would like to solidify our theories and find more keys. Admittedly, I was stuck in the hyperspatial stream when the Pulse happened, being stuck in the field has some ... curious delirious side effects. No matter, we escaped the field, rebuilt ourselves from being stranded and returned.
Our tool to ensnare malicious psychic minds has more formal grounding now, but it is not quite there yet. Should we find the source of the hostile entity.
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DR. ASPEN HARLOW
Gosh, you were traversing when it happened?
Lordie...
If I could decipher how to spare even an ounce of luck, Rev, you'd be the one to get it. Though, you are alive, and that's remarkable on its own. Hopefully you've got sufficient assistance with any difficulties that's brought. By "we", I assume you weren't alone? Goodness...
Well, about me, not-so-planned as vacations go as I said. "Stranded" is more apt. But yeah, Erie is where I've been. Doing my part for the resistance, in a modest way, since my arrival sort of deprived me of a ship.
Regional Neural Net blackouts and jamming on Liberty's behalf made getting messages out a complete non-starter. It's a real shame that reaching out to anyone was... infeasible. A small benefit, I reckon, is I've had time and purpose to examine myself with new eyes. Become adept at remembering and forgetting what I need to, when I need to, among other challenges. I hope that it's lessened our mutual safety concerns as much as it seemed to, given I'm also still alive.
But, since I've finished out the duty that got me spaceborne again, my role down there can be filled handily by someone else. Maybe I can tell you more of it sometime. I've been keeping my head low since.
Might be I'll keep an eye open searching for clues or keys, once I'm ready again. The way the jump connections have apparantly changed since the incident, who knows what might have opened up? Such things might want to be found.
Mmm... I was with a team of researchers - some contractors, some Technocrats on assignment, even Gestalt came with me. We found what we observed, it was nothing majorly spectacular, but a blessing to witness nevertheless.
We have located what we presume to the anchor to ... well, certain regions. Corrupted, forever calculating. You can probably guess, indeed, it's another Kavash site.
Though I would recommend staying on the down low. For now, I have been assisting in some research endeavours, as well as personal commitments. We can talk later in person, if you wish.