I am caught speechless after today's events. Events complicated enough to make you unable to analyze what happened and render you unable to react.
Kepler.
We were contacted by an Order ship earlier today. (//Order|CV-Nekhbet) The agents did not wish to identify themselves, but they did let us know that we've fought together against the Nomad threat in the past - more specifically in the Omicron Nu system - and after a brief introductory chatter we were informed that the Kepler system has seen a significant amount of Nomad interest and activity lately. At the moment of the transmission, there was no Nomad activity in the system - as the agent informed us - so the Akhetaten did not head there for a patrol, opting in to having the patrol done later this evening.
At twenty-one hundred hours we received intelligence that the Kepler system was sparking with activity so the Akhetaten was quickly deployed from Manhattan's orbit. Initiating our cloaking device, we entered the system and it seems that we arrived late to an on-going party involving many individuals which will be thoroughly listed following this pause.
Allied forces present:
5th|LNS-Akhetaten - Osiris class | Liberty Navy
46th|LNS-Dauntless - Gunboat class | Liberty Navy
46th|Dayvon.Bennet - Fighter class | Liberty Navy, Suspicious - Attachment Entry 01
46th|RDI-Aurora - Corvo class research ship | Liberty Navy
After an uneventful period of time a nameless individual begun broadcasting to the local communication channels, moments before the area would be swarmed with various Nomad forces ranging from snubcraft to cruiser-sized forms. The Akhetaten worked together with the Forty-Sixth fleet and every other pilot in the vicinity to take down all of the Nomad forces, succeeding while suffering minimal damage and no casualties. It should be noted here that the warforms we were attacked by were using weaponry that consisted of beam-type lasers dealing a large amount of damage to anything they came in contact with, weaponry that I have only sighted once before, in Alaska. Linking to the specific log entry by the Akhetaten's ex-CO here.
Once all warforms were destroyed our supporting snubcraft as well as most other individuals present headed to Ames Research Station in order to resupply. The Aurora, Forty-Sixth's research ship, permanently evacuated the vicinity.
Minutes after the incident, the group headed back towards the three anomalies where the Akhetaten flanked by Dayvon Bennet and a Nomad followed.
The nameless entity that had, likely, called in the Nomad reinforcements earlier, lured Ridge (-Attachment Entry 04-) into the center of the anomalies where a rift was opened, leading to an unknown system. Ridge disappeared in an instant from everyone's scanners, leaving us to wonder what had happened to him. It was then that many followed in order to find the so-called scientist. All ships that followed Ridge into the rift have been listed in the above summary and in the attachments below.
Forty-Sixth's gunboat, Dauntless, got trapped by the anomalies as it ventured closer to Bennet, along with the Akhetaten in a failed attempt to save him. We put in a significant effort and managed to get the Dauntless out and away from the increased drag-zone that the three anomalies created.
Having seen enough, I ordered the Akhetaten back to base. It should also be noted that Hawkins must have some sort of involvement in the incidents that took place at Kepler. Ridgenose (-Attachment Entry 08-) seemed to have mentioned her name in a way which suggests that the Unto.Nightfall's CO and as such the entire ship itself has some sort of connection to these events. That is a matter that would still require further intelligence which we lack at the time.
Below will be attached, aside from the individual-related reports, two recordings of some of the events that occurred in Kepler.
46th|Dayvon.Bennet entered the rift created by an unknown entity between the three anomalies in Kepler, sector Charlie-Three.
Rift destination: Unknown
Subject status: Unknown
[25.10.2021 21:45:38] Tiger|Aoi: "Beyond the comprehension of lesser minds."
[25.10.2021 21:48:44] Tiger|Aoi: "Explore the void. New possibilities arise."
[25.10.2021 21:52:14] Tiger|Aoi: "A change in the Void. We await it."
[25.10.2021 21:54:40] Tiger|Aoi: "They understand not our motives."
[25.10.2021 21:56:31] Tiger|Aoi: "They arrived. We observe theirs demise."
[25.10.2021 21:58:06] Tiger|Aoi: "Futile attempts at understanding greater minds."
[25.10.2021 22:02:38] Tiger|Aoi: "Foolishness. They attempt to fight greater minds."
[25.10.2021 22:05:46] Tiger|Aoi: "They prevail. Yet we will strike again."
Freelancer "Black.Tulip" entered the rift created by an unknown entity between the three anomalies in Kepler, sector Charlie-Three.
Rift destination: Unknown
Subject status: Unknown
Ridge was the first to enter the rift created by an unknown entity between the three anomalies in Kepler, sector Charlie-Three.
Rift destination: Unknown
Subject status: Unknown
XA-Ridgenose' entered the rift created by an unknown entity between the three anomalies in Kepler, sector Charlie-Three.
Rift destination: Unknown
Subject status: Unknown
A/)-Revenant entered the rift created by an unknown entity between the three anomalies in Kepler, sector Charlie-Three.
Rift destination: Unknown
Subject status: Unknown
Nenet:Mido entered the rift created by an unknown entity between the three anomalies in Kepler, sector Charlie-Three.
Rift destination: Unknown
Subject status: Unknown