Encrypted transmission to: The owners of the "Object Unknown" - Omicron Lost

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Greetings, my name is Deidre Shard and I am the administrator of Frost Station. I must say that while I did expect to hear from you at some stage, the delay in your contacting me pleases me somewhat. It means that the position of Frost Station was well chosen.

Please excuse Fred, he is simply passionate about his role in my operation. As Defence Officer it is his duty to attend to security matters.

As we have told you, we are Iridium miners, or at least we are trying to be. Preliminary ground crews have found deposits on the surface of Planet Moros, exposed perhaps by deep tectonic movement or planetary event. Even now these samples are undergoing analysis. We wish to maintain a depot in orbit of Moros and continue our work in peace, nothing more, nothing less. We thought perhaps we can could come to an arrangement where we could maintain this harmony, however as we have already had Order vessels launching full scale attacks against us we are now doubting this. We have scrambled our IFF transponders, as this seems to confuse Nomads. We seek no enemies and have no intentions of making any, however it seems less and less likely that we can maintain the status quo.

As a gesture of goodwill, we are willing to share our facilities basic internal information. We admit were were unaware that the abandoned storage containers we are utilising remained anyone's property and are willing to make reparations for this.

The adjoining structure is of modular construction and is composed of the following -

400 crew, supporting 200 more on the ground.
3x Weapons Defence Platforms. These are our deterrent as our equipment is delicate and requires precise calibration.

The installation is a Core 2 facility with a hull integrity index of 12,000,000.

As our installation is still fairly new we are not producing Iridium in commercial supply quantities yet. Our smelter is currently under construction.

As yet the station cannot offer repair facilities as we are constantly servicing our own equipment.

I will attach a file that proves that we are under threat from Order forces and verify further damage to this depot. We believe they may have been allies of yours sent to remove us on your behalf. I would prefer to enter negotiations for a peaceful resolution.

Attached file
Attached file

I await further communications. We hope to find a satisfactory resolution.
***End transmission***

That felt... Revolting. Humans. Disgusting.

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Shard - The Faceless One