RECEIVER ID : Science and Research Ministry - Monsignora Greta Meyer
SOURCE : NCC Omicron Research Ship - Docked in Freeport 11, Omicron Delta System
Secretary of Space and Alien Research Churchman Moebius Shawn
Good evening Monsignora Meyer:
I'm communicating to inform you that the Omicron is currently on its first research mission in Omicron Delta. Until now we've simply focused on exploring the mysterious and vast void that the system presents, and so far we haven't had too many unwanted encounters, Deux be praised for that.
We've established our base camp at Freeport 11, as have the ships of the Pontifical Guard's anti-Nomad defense flotilla. This Freeport is a well-defended and supplied station, and even has its own volunteer militia, so it's a safe place where we can take breaks on our trips, repair the ship and resupply. At this moment the Omicron has been in one of the station's docks for two days while we prepare the next exploration trip, which this time will have the objective of carefully mapping the Palau cloud, and discovering how many anomalies we can find in it.
In any case, I would like to report an odd situation that happened upon our arrival at Freeport 11 two days ago, upon returning from the last exploration trip we made. We made contact with some SRLC vessels who were carrying out repairs outside the station, a member of the Freeport 11 militia, some Freelancers and Zoners, and even an individual piloting a Sabre, whose affiliation beacon showed up on our scanners as unknown and hostile, and unleashed certain alarms among the ships present. He alleged that he had faked his affiliation beacon, so that it wouldn't be known, because he "valued his privacy," and the truth is that in no case did he behave in a hostile manner throughout our interactions.
Even so, and given that previously ships of the Pontifical Guard have had encounters with people likely to be infected by Aberratio Incubi, or at least to cooperate with Nomad spawns, I will record that the identifier of said subject was Cipriano.Adimari|Aoi, just in case if in the future he poses a problem for some of our ships. There probably won't be any truly dangerous in him, beyond a pilot trying to hide his affiliation for personal reasons, but it's always better to be safe than sorry. However, this isn't the situation I wanted to report.
Several minutes after our arrival, a Nomad xenomorph of absolutely enormous size appeared near the Freeport. The ships that were still out of docking prepared for an attack, but oddly, the aberration seemed totally peaceful. It approached to a very short distance from all of us, and there was even a moment when it stopped in front of the Omicron, a few meters from the ship, and for a few tense seconds that seemed eternal, it seemed to observe us carefully. I remember that the entire surface of the bridge window that I was looking through was completely covered by this creature. I had honestly never seen one this big, must have been in a very advanced state of maturation. Then it circled the station a few more times, and slowly walked deeper into the void until he suddenly disappeared. No one of the ships that were present opened fire on the xenomorph, I would say that we were all paralyzed by the strange situation. The aberration didn't try to communicate with us either, it just seemed... curious, and then... indifferent.
This isn't the usual behavior exhibited by these monsters, which usually immediately launch volleys of telepathic thoughts full of hate and rage against all the humans they see, and attempt to eliminate them. It's intriguing, to say the least, and I think we should investigate the reason why this has happened. Certainly, the lack of violence didn't happen out of mere self-preservation instinct, because a Nomad aberration of that size could perfectly have confronted those of us who were present.
After this sighting, minutes later, another large aberration appeared, although smaller than the previous one. She stayed some distance from the Freeport and immediately began uttering the familiar telepathic messages of hatred prior to the attack. Fortunately, after the appearance of the first xenomorph, I ordered the alert be given through communication channels to all Guard patrol ships that were in the vicinity. We received a quickly response from the destroyer Spear of Deux, under the command of Lieutenant Kerensky, which was undergoing repair work on one of the Freeport 11 docks itself. Kerensky gathered the crew at their stations and undocked to engage the aberration. We offered fire support to the Spear of Deux, since the Omicron is after all an armed ship, and its cannons are operated by Guard gunners, but the Lieutenant didn't want us to endanger the ship, and headed to the fight on his own. Fortunately it was enough, because shortly after the Spear of Deux returned victorious, having destroyed the xenomorph, just so it could dock again and continue with its repairs.
It's curious that the most dangerous encounters we've had since we left Corfu have been precisely around Freeport 11, but I've to say that this is also where we've been able to observe the biggest anomaly to date, and that is the lack of aggressiveness of the first gigantic xenomorph. I'm still quite surprised, none of the experiences that any of our pilots and commanders have had with aberrations has involved this type of peaceful attitude, not even when it came to unarmed transport ships. This is something we must continue to investigate, since clarifying under what parameters this can happen could give us a significant advantage over the Nomads.
I'll continue to report as our explorations obtain some type of result.
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