SOURCE : Omicron Theta System - Charlie-4 coordinates
Pikeman Maximilian Fischer PG interceptor pilot
*The man on screen is in the cockpit of a fighter in flight, and salutes militarily to the camera.*
Greetings Field Maestre.
I'm communicating to file an urgent report of what I just witnessed on my last patrol on Omicron Theta, as I head to Faith Haven. I will make the usual written report as soon as I land, but I feel that I cannot risk anything happening that will prevent me from reaching Pygar and the information I have could be lost.
I left Pygar at 13:00 operating an Arrow Libertine 11000i interceptor, with the objective of carrying out a routine reconnaissance patrol according to standard protocols. The patrol was carried out without incident in the surroundings of Planet Pygar, and subsequently the clouds of Orinoco, Amarus and Napo were inspected, no hostile or suspicious contacts detected
The visual inspection of Freeport 9 didn't show any relevant variation in its already known status. Drones of the Joint Administration had been observed working on repairing the damaged biodomes. The Battlecruiser Vis remains in position, and normal traffic flow was recorded.
Once again in the surroundings of Pygar I proceeded to inspect the area between Alfa - Charlie 2 and 3 before finishing the patrol. On the way I was struck by detecting in the scanners very close to the planet a Reshep-class reconnaissance cruiser of The Order, identification Mafdet. It appeared to be stationary in the area and I contacted their air traffic control to check their response, without incident. I took some images with the reconnaissance drone, I'll advance you a frame.
*The man types something on his console, off camera, and his image is replaced by another, static one.*
*The pilot appears again.*
I moved towards the indicated coordinates until my scanner detected the Cauca field, between Bravo 2 and 3. This is a lava field that we have patrolled hundreds of times, finding nothing but suspended molten magma. However, this time it wasn't like that. As soon as Cauca appeared on the sensors, I received readings of several unknown elements within the area.
One of them was of a Tirpitz-class battlecruiser with identification markings of the Rheinland Navy, located just on the inner edge of Cauca. I know these types of ships well, since I flew in a fighter wing housed in one of them. I can't imagine what the hell the Rheinland Navy is doing so far from home, but I quickly became suspicious when I tried to contact their traffic control and received no response.
At the moment I didn't get close, and I passed no less than 10k over its bow to go directly into Cauca. The sensors went crazy the further I went inside, indicating unusual gravitational anomalies in that region and quite high radiation readings. I noticed some residual degradation on my hull, although not too worrying. The nanobots were containing it, so I preferred to continue forward. At this point I was able to visually detect two anomalies, one of a bright yellow color, and the other of a bluish, almost violet color. I redeployed the external reconnaissance drone, and started taking images. I'll show you some frames right now.
*One more time the image of the pilot disappears to give way to another, static. This time the man continues speaking without being seen.*
Soon I approached the first of the anomalies, the yellow one. At this point I couldn't trust any of the information coming out of the scanners, that gave chaotic readings, and all I can say is that it's a kind of bright energy ball, not too big, that remains immovable in the void. I saw how pieces of boiling magma exploded when passed near it, so I decided not to get any closer in order to preserve the integrity of the ship. I was not able to identify what type of energy it may be made of, but I can assure that it would have been perfectly capable of destroying my interceptor if I had been closer.
Minutes later I reached the second anomaly, which seems to be the origin of the magnetic and gravitational irregularities that my sensors were able to detect. I've to say that I have never seen anything similar, but some of their readings had similarities with those that common jumpholes usually show. That is why I think that this anomalous element could have the same effect and connect with some other system. Obviously I didn't risk checking where it leads, if it does. I didn't have the right ship for this type of testing and my hull was already quite damaged by the radiation, so I've decided to return to base to report.
However, I was intrigued by the battlecruiser that I saw in Bravo 2, so on the way out of Cauca I headed towards it. I tried to contact again, but in the same way I didn't receive any response other than static. I imagined that its lack of response could be caused by an operational battle silence, so I directed my Arrow at cruising speed toward the ship in order to perform a preliminary scan and detect life forms. Without warning or attempting to communicate with me in any way, it shot with all its cannons against me. Immediately afterwards it opened one of its docking bays and deployed a wing of five CTE-6000 Eagle fighters that took off in pursuit of me.
They outnumbered me and I had no choice but to retreat, taking advantage of the superior speed of my interceptor. I carried out evasive maneuvers to avoid anti-aircraft fire and had been able to leave Cauca without being hit.
*The pilot appears on camera again.*
Sir, I'm very concerned both about the appearance of those anomalies, they weren't there 4 days ago. As for the ship, it could be a secret operation by Naval Intelligence, related to the appearance of the anomalies, but I cannot understand this display of aggressiveness without saying a word, that seems to be outside of any military protocol. I recommend a more thorough investigation of what I've found in Cauca, and intensive surveillance on that Rheinlander battlecruiser.