"Really? Back when I sold Novas to unwilling traders I would hear the occasional story about this place."
He tapped the area again. "In short, this area, known by many as Turtle Creek, contains a large construct within it. No one knows who built it, but its clear that it has something to do with the squids."
He taps the first of the list of dates next to it. "Sometimes you find the curious that enter this construct, which functions as a gate of some sort. Some are seen again elsewhere, some aren't, but no one comes out from the gate. This first recording was a few days before I met you. That is when I saw the last ship go in the gate before the ion storm, some freelancer with rations in his cargo."
He taps the second date, three days after the first. "This is when I saw him again, the ship that is. Something was off about him though. He seemed to not have a care in the world."
He taps the third date with more force than the others. "This was the next ship that came into the gate. Had a 'friend' keep tabs on the area for people to steal from. Notice the large span on time from the last two dates."
He points to the final date, a day before the third. "This is about the time the latest ion storm ended. This is also the time when the majority of the jump hole anomalies opened and closed."
He leaned back in his seat. He seemed slightly bored. "There is nothing for us though. Nothing comes out of the gate anyway, so waiting for supplies to 'liberate' is a waste."
He moves his attention to the lower end of the map again. "This nebula here. What do we know?"
