The Commune - Message Relay Zeta

[Rosa Romà]

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INCOMING TRANSMISSION

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ID: Rosa Romà
Location: Lorraine
Recipient: Relay Zeta
Subject: Lorraine Exploration

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ENCRYPTION: #1NV1NC1.ble

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Buenas tardes compañeros

This is Rosa Romà reporting about the recent exploration mission of Lorraine system that I've participated with (C~Gabriel.Thorne. Gabriel told me to meet with him in Lorraine on Torino Base in sector G-6.

Torino Base

Code: [23.03.2017 21:15:46] (C~Gabriel.Thorne: Well, that's that, supplied and ready. You? [23.03.2017 21:15:59] (C~Rosa.Roma: Let me just..... [23.03.2017 21:16:03] (C~Rosa.Roma: yeah, all ready now. [23.03.2017 21:16:08] (C~Rosa.Roma: i'll follow your lead! [23.03.2017 21:16:13] (C~Gabriel.Thorne: Alright, taking point. [23.03.2017 21:16:35] (C~Gabriel.Thorne: Let's focus on the planetary bodies first, and their surrounding areas. [23.03.2017 21:16:45] (C~Rosa.Roma: Roger! [23.03.2017 21:17:02] (C~Rosa.Roma: can't see anything in this cloud... eh

Torino Base is on a very thick Nebula, so in the beggining we could not see anything 100 meters in front of us, so our first objective was to get out of there and once we did we saw a freaking giant Planet right in front of us! If we were distract we could easily have entered its atmosphere.

The planet's name is Nancy, located in sector F-5. Bellow I will upload some basic information we extracted.

Planet Nancy

Code: [23.03.2017 21:17:11] (C~Rosa.Roma: oh a large one [23.03.2017 21:17:17] (C~Gabriel.Thorne: Very large. [23.03.2017 21:17:49] (C~Rosa.Roma: Our current location is F-5 [23.03.2017 21:18:00] (C~Rosa.Roma: Planet Nancy. [23.03.2017 21:18:13] (C~Rosa.Roma: Alright. moving to your location [23.03.2017 21:18:20] (C~Gabriel.Thorne: The guard station over by the minefield is already known to us. Let's see if we can find anything interesting and new.

After circling around Planet Nancy we got an excelent unobstructed view of the system and we noticed that there were a lot of Planet in sight, more than you'd expect compared to previous known systems.

We spotted a Gallic Navy Base near the Planet Mirecourt in sector F-3. We didn't go near it so we wouldn't be spotted by nearby patrols.

Planet Mirecourt

Code: [23.03.2017 21:18:54] (C~Rosa.Roma: I can see a lot of planet in the distance. [23.03.2017 21:19:18] (C~Gabriel.Thorne: Yeah, pretty crazy. The planet density is much higher than in the average Sirian system. [23.03.2017 21:19:21] (C~Rosa.Roma: And i'm guessing... a moon?! up head. [23.03.2017 21:19:56] (C~Rosa.Roma: Alright we have a station [23.03.2017 21:20:13] (C~Gabriel.Thorne: The IFF displays, Gallic Royal Navy. Best keep a respectable distance. [23.03.2017 21:20:24] (C~Rosa.Roma: Agreed [23.03.2017 21:20:42] (C~Rosa.Roma: Planet Mirecourt.... Sector 3-F [23.03.2017 21:20:55] (C~Gabriel.Thorne: Volcanic, nothing too interesting. Moving on to the rest. [23.03.2017 21:21:12] (C~Rosa.Roma: Orbiting the Planet is a Royar Navy base.... alright, got the info on logs. [23.03.2017 21:21:26] (C~Rosa.Roma: oh.... base name.... Chateau Salins Station.

Our next discovery was a trade-lane system. In the center there was a Gallic Police base named Metz Station on sector 3-D-F. We followed the path of the trade-lane to the East side of the system, keeping a safe distance not to alert hostile patrols, and when we reached the end of the trade lane we found a Jump Gate leading to Lyonnais on sector F-1.

We then proceeded to explore the large nebula on the East and found an hostile base, named "Thionville Base" in sector G-3, which we assume must belong to some kind of unlawfull group in Gallia. Afterwards we headed to the Asteroid field on the West of the Jump Gate to Lyonnais and found another hostile base named "Verdun Base" in sector C-2, also most likely belonging to an unlawfull group.

The next path we took was to the south of the Asteroid field. We reached the other end of the Trade-lane system and found a Jump Gate to Champagne protected by a Gallic Navy Battleship in sector B-2. We couldn't syphon any usefull information from the battleship, any signals we could intercept were encrypted has expected.

Battleship Epinal

Code: [23.03.2017 21:22:00] (C~Gabriel.Thorne: This looks like the start of a trade-lane system. [23.03.2017 21:22:15] (C~Gabriel.Thorne: The station over there, probably an end trade node. [23.03.2017 21:22:17] (C~Rosa.Roma: Oh... an important area then [23.03.2017 21:22:39] (C~Gabriel.Thorne: Or no...this is actually the middle of the trade lanes. [23.03.2017 21:22:50] (C~Gabriel.Thorne: They branch out from here. [23.03.2017 21:23:01] (C~Rosa.Roma: We have Metz Station, a Royal Police Base near the gas planet Moselle and it's orbiting Moon Montmedy [23.03.2017 21:23:15] (C~Rosa.Roma: Sector 3-D-F [23.03.2017 21:23:20] (C~Gabriel.Thorne: Right, got it. [23.03.2017 21:23:46] (C~Gabriel.Thorne: I'm detecting a jumpgate on the long range scanners. [23.03.2017 21:23:47] (C~Rosa.Roma: yeah.. trade lane goes both ways. [23.03.2017 21:24:00] (C~Rosa.Roma: oh yes. i have picked up the Gate as well [23.03.2017 21:24:20] (C~Rosa.Roma: Let's see what information we can squizze out of it. [23.03.2017 21:24:41] (C~Gabriel.Thorne: Yeah, that'd be nice. [23.03.2017 21:24:55] (C~Gabriel.Thorne: The signature reads as Lorraine - Lyonnais. [23.03.2017 21:25:32] (C~Rosa.Roma: Let's see... Jump Gate to Lyonnais.... Sector F-1 [23.03.2017 21:25:36] (C~Gabriel.Thorne: Wedged between an asteroid field to the galactic west, and a nebula to the east. [23.03.2017 21:26:00] (C~Rosa.Roma: right [23.03.2017 21:26:01] (C~Gabriel.Thorne: Might be worth checking these formations. [23.03.2017 21:26:24] (C~Rosa.Roma: There goes the sensory efficiency... [23.03.2017 21:26:31] (C~Gabriel.Thorne: Yeah...not too bad though. [23.03.2017 21:26:55] (C~Gabriel.Thorne: You know, when there's a nebula, there's always something hiding in it. Later... [23.03.2017 21:30:50] (C~Rosa.Roma: Picking up signals on scanner. [23.03.2017 21:31:04] (C~Gabriel.Thorne: Woah, looks like starbase. [23.03.2017 21:31:33] (C~Gabriel.Thorne: Doesn't look very friendly though, let's just mark the location and move on [23.03.2017 21:32:11] (C~Rosa.Roma: Alrigh. Thionville Base, Hostile, Sector 3-G [23.03.2017 21:32:36] (C~Gabriel.Thorne: Very well. Let's move on to the asteroid field, don't think we'll find anything else worth noting here. [23.03.2017 21:33:25] (C~Gabriel.Thorne: This system looks very crowded, and we haven't seen the half of it yet. [23.03.2017 21:33:36] (C~Rosa.Roma: It's really big... [23.03.2017 21:33:46] (C~Rosa.Roma: I hope i took enough fuel with me *chuckles* Later... [23.03.2017 21:35:50] (C~Gabriel.Thorne: Installation detected. [23.03.2017 21:35:52] (C~Rosa.Roma: Picking up signals [23.03.2017 21:35:59] (C~Rosa.Roma: oh yeah... I see it [23.03.2017 21:36:20] (C~Gabriel.Thorne: Marking location. Sector Charlie-Two. [23.03.2017 21:36:30] (C~Rosa.Roma: Verdun Base. Later... [23.03.2017 21:42:34] (C~Rosa.Roma: Battleship Signatures. [23.03.2017 21:42:52] (C~Gabriel.Thorne: I see it. Gate signature reads as "Lorraine -> Champagne" [23.03.2017 21:43:11] (C~Gabriel.Thorne: No jumpholes as of yet...that's weird. [23.03.2017 21:43:15] (C~Rosa.Roma: Jump Gate to Champagne, Guarded by a Battleship, Sectr B-2 [23.03.2017 21:43:29] (C~Gabriel.Thorne: There's gotta be some...how would the pirates move around otherwise? [23.03.2017 21:43:37] (C~Rosa.Roma: That's a good point... those unlawfull entities must travel around somehow [23.03.2017 21:44:16] (C~Gabriel.Thorne: The other part of the system looks empty, but I think we should check anyway. We can return to Torino afterwards for a rest. [23.03.2017 21:44:26] (C~Rosa.Roma: Let's do it. [23.03.2017 21:44:42] (C~Gabriel.Thorne: Waypoint set, taking point.

Afterwards we moved into the huge asteroid field and after a long and boring search we finally found the first Jump Hole in the system, The jump hole lead to Champagne and is located in Sector C-6.

Champagne Jump Hole

Code: [23.03.2017 21:54:34] (C~Rosa.Roma: oh [23.03.2017 21:54:36] (C~Rosa.Roma: you found it [23.03.2017 21:54:45] (C~Gabriel.Thorne: The phase alignment corresponds to the jumpgate we investigated earlier. The one leading to Champagne. [23.03.2017 21:55:06] (C~Gabriel.Thorne: It's a safe bet this jumphole leads there too. [23.03.2017 21:55:21] (C~Rosa.Roma: Great. that means we'll be able to scout Champagne sometime soon. [23.03.2017 21:55:36] (C~Gabriel.Thorne: Yeah, I guess. Let's get back to Torino for now. [23.03.2017 21:55:51] (C~Rosa.Roma: And no battleship will stop us! *laughs a tiny bit maniacly* [23.03.2017 21:56:12] (C~Gabriel.Thorne: Right! We were right to assume the locals have a backdoor. [23.03.2017 21:56:19] (C~Rosa.Roma: *clears throat* .... y-yeah. let's head back.

On our way back to Torino Base we were lucky enough to come across another Jump Hole directly on our path. It was a nice coincidence. The jump hole to Lyonnais is on sector F-7.

Lyonnais Jump Hole

Code: [23.03.2017 21:56:57] (C~Rosa.Roma: Can't lie that it's a bit tiring to travel around a whole system. [23.03.2017 21:57:32] (C~Gabriel.Thorne: It is, isn't it. I hope this information and these weapons will be worth something. [23.03.2017 21:57:33] (C~Rosa.Roma: Some rest will definitely be nice [23.03.2017 21:57:45] (C~Gabriel.Thorne: Got another jumphole here. [23.03.2017 21:57:59] (C~Rosa.Roma: Oh!! ahah! [23.03.2017 21:58:08] (C~Rosa.Roma: Sometimes it's when we're not looking that we find something. [23.03.2017 21:58:19] (C~Gabriel.Thorne: Ain't that the truth. [23.03.2017 21:58:31] (C~Gabriel.Thorne: That's two, for now, pretty good mobility. [23.03.2017 21:58:56] (C~Gabriel.Thorne: And this one's close to Torino, they probably know where it leads.

The Lyonnais jump hole is around 15K away from Torino Base. Two minutes after finding the Jump hole we reached Torino Base and docked.

Docking in Torino Base

Code: [23.03.2017 22:02:06] (C~Gabriel.Thorne: I'm gonna dock, see you on the base. [23.03.2017 22:02:08] 2017-03-23 22:02:02 SMT  Traffic control alert: (C~Gabriel.Thorne has requested to dock [23.03.2017 22:02:13] (C~Rosa.Roma: see you on the base! [23.03.2017 22:02:15] 2017-03-23 22:02:09 SMT  Traffic control alert: (C~Rosa.Roma has requested to dock

There's a last bit of information I want to share. during our travels around Lorraine we came across a bunch of wrecks. (C~Gabriel.Thorne salvaged a lot of materials from them, including some Data files from a Gallic Police fighter wreck. I'm sure he'll share more info regarding the wrecks on his report. In the meantime here's some logs about the wrecks:

Wrecks

Code: [23.03.2017 21:27:08] (C~Rosa.Roma: picked up something [23.03.2017 21:27:15] (C~Gabriel.Thorne: I see it too. The wreck? [23.03.2017 21:27:18] (C~Rosa.Roma: Oh... a fighter remains. [23.03.2017 21:27:21] (C~Rosa.Roma: yeah [23.03.2017 21:27:33] (C~Gabriel.Thorne: Looks like local technology. Later... [23.03.2017 21:33:52] (C~Gabriel.Thorne: Detecting another wreck. [23.03.2017 21:34:16] (C~Gabriel.Thorne: Rosa, would you do the honors and strip it? [23.03.2017 21:34:24] (C~Rosa.Roma: Of course! later... [23.03.2017 21:37:02] (C~Rosa.Roma: another wreck [23.03.2017 21:37:13] (C~Gabriel.Thorne: Yeah, looks like the Council has been taking a beating here. [23.03.2017 21:37:20] (C~Gabriel.Thorne: I'd recognize their ships anywehre. later... [23.03.2017 21:38:33] (C~Gabriel.Thorne: Another one. I got a good feeling about this one. You can have it. [23.03.2017 21:38:39] (C~Rosa.Roma: another wreck. this time Navy.. or Police? [23.03.2017 21:38:49] (C~Gabriel.Thorne: Looks like one of theirs...woah. [23.03.2017 21:38:49] (C~Rosa.Roma: ohhhh! nice [23.03.2017 21:39:02] (C~Gabriel.Thorne: And...it's transmitting some data. [23.03.2017 21:39:03] (C~Rosa.Roma: All yours, tractor it. Later... [23.03.2017 21:46:05] (C~Rosa.Roma: A wreck im guessing. over there [23.03.2017 21:46:13] (C~Gabriel.Thorne: Oh I see it now. [23.03.2017 21:46:36] (C~Gabriel.Thorne: Stripping it now. [23.03.2017 21:46:54] (C~Gabriel.Thorne: Nice. It's pretty loaded. [23.03.2017 21:47:05] (C~Gabriel.Thorne: Hey...is that wine? [23.03.2017 21:47:14] (C~Rosa.Roma: Yeah. Later... [23.03.2017 21:50:02] (C~Gabriel.Thorne: Got another wreck here. [23.03.2017 21:50:29] (C~Gabriel.Thorne: Looks like the one we found in that nebula earlier. [23.03.2017 21:50:42] (C~Rosa.Roma: same style yeah [23.03.2017 21:51:21] (C~Gabriel.Thorne: More weapons, this'll give our boys plenty to work on. Later... [23.03.2017 21:59:18] (C~Rosa.Roma: we have a wreck [23.03.2017 21:59:38] (C~Gabriel.Thorne: This looks like civillian tech.

Finally, I leave you a Map of the whole explored Lorraine system:

Lorraine Map

Adios mis amigos.

Rosa Romà

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TRANSMISSION CONCLUDED

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