Research Team, '\S/'Arcturus
Research Expedition Report on Dark Matter Core from the Uncharted 5 System
Report was compiled on 26 / 02 / 834AS

Since our expedition into Uncharted 5 when we received signals of a new opening within Earhart, Halpert flew his ship, the Pulsar, into what we called Uncharted 5 alongside Bastion's Freighter. Halpert was not able to complete a full report of the system, something of which annoys me greatly, however what did not annoy me was what the two of them had brought back with them. A Dark Matter Core.

The image captured above was generated from all the observation tools on board Starfliers Research Complex. Compiled via combining infrared, magnetic and radioactive sensors to determine the kind of core we have obtained. The size of the core is nothing to take lightly. Weighing in at close to 500 kilograms, it is no small item. Getting this thing off of Bastion's vessel into a containment sector was no easy feat. Partly due to the intake area of our docking sector and our containment sector are located quite far apart.

One element of this Dark Matter Core that we had noticed immediately was something we could not measure, how much power it has contained and how much of it it can output in a single instance. We do not know if this is the kind of item that has a slow burn, akin to a battery powering a small lightbulb, of if it's expelled all at once, like a nuclear bomb. Our testing and observation were limited in order to not trigger any failure or damage to ourselves and our research suite, and by extension the station as a whole.

The Core itself has been on our station for quite some time, enough so where we have noticed a small change in behavior and morale from our own teams. Since the containment sector is located adjacent to our research and development wings, the teams who work in those adjacent wings have been recorded to exhibit less than favorable behavioral tendencies. These select teams have been rotated out, in order to monitor them closely. Once we had done this, after about 8 days, the teams who rotated in started to display the same side-effects. After having three of our teams affected in the exact same way, we have sent them on medical leave to be treated by experts whom aren't located locally.

At this stage, we will forward this Dark Matter Core to the Technocracy of Auxo in order for us to learn more about it through their eyes. We have a plan to upgrade our batter-powered sensors, to remove this battery limitation. However it is difficult when our teams cannot work at their peak to learn more about this. Best to hand it over to them as they are much more technologically advanced than us and can likely give us some answers on what this core is.