TO: R&D and Defense Departments, Guild members
FROM: Bill Fenders
RE: Unknown device and suspicion of viral infection and spy activities in Tau 23
Dear members of the guild,
I need to report the strangest events I witnessed yesterday in Tau 23.
As usual, I was on duty to patrol Tau 23 and protect our miners in the fields. With Defense Pilot Ian Desari we tried to intercept a transport ship that was suspected of smuggling cardamine. The vessel managed to land on Cali and I had to go back to Java while being chased by several outcast fighters.
Back to Java we met 2 CR pilots from the 44th. Cloud and Blue. Since Cloud was the superior officer he decided to split our group for a most effective patrol of the sector in order to intercept suspected smuggling activities going on.
Cloud and Ian headed to Tau 44 while Blue, a young cadet and I were assigned the Tau 29 sector.
Blue and I were scanning the sector in Tau 29 when suddenly Blue reported some dysfunction of his navigation system. We had to go back to Java station in order to repair his Nyx. On our way back, we encountered in Tau 23 the strangest thing I had ever seen in my life. Our radars detected some sort of ship, some kind of drone moving very fast. Its aspect was astonishing; it was organic with some blue glowing jelly all around the flying object. The object didn't answer any of our calls.
The unknown object didn't show any hostile behavior but when Cadet Blue tried to scan him, he lost the control of his fighter. I could say he lost control of himself somehow, talking strange and not responding to our calls. A second unknown flying object joined the first one. They didn't shoot at us during the all event. With the help of CR folks, who came to reinforce our group, and after a reboot of his nav system, Blue managed to go back to Java. In the meantime, I tried to chase the unknown objects which started moving away but I lost them close to Tau 29 jump hole.
I had to go back to Java and report this encounter while Blue was escorted to the medical department for some analysis.
Later the same day, I took off from Java and met 2 IMG employees from the Mining department outside of the station. The unknown objects were back. They were standing still at around 3k of distance from the station. I immediately contacted Java and advised the other IMG vessels not to scan the objects, since I suspect these things are some kind of devices that affect electronics through scanning frequencies. Twice, the objects came close to Java, flying around us but not shooting. Since my superiors were not answering my calls, I took the decision to open fire on one of those things and see its reaction, but the object was moving so fast I didn't manage to touch it with my bomber turret.
All of a sudden, cadet Blue took off from Java and immediately went to their direction. I cannot report exactly what happened after that cause I had a terrible headache for about 5min. My eye sight was blurry and my arms were tense. But I remember that the objects were gone once I pulled myself together.
IMG Pilot named Zed met us close to Java a few minutes after. I started to investigate around the area trying to gather some information from all the witnesses.
A ship with a Maltese id joined us and said that it had some important information on these *squids*, as one of our IMG folk called them. But the hostile only wanted to share this information with Blue when he saw how suspicious I was. Zed and I followed them to Tau 29. We kept our distances and I updated Zed on the events that took place earlier. Then, I understood a conversation between Blue and the hostile about spirits or souls linked to us and other kind of crap. I'm not the religious kind of guy and I have come to suspect these glowing objects are a new generation of weapon controlled by another faction probably planning an attack.
Zed and I grew suspicious when Blue refused to share his intel with us. We thought maybe he was a spy somehow infected by the device, and we asked him gently to dock in Java, pretending that the medical department needed to check him again.
He refused to comply. Something was going on here. Blue was getting nervous so Zed and I activated our guns to board Blue's Nyx. Blue refused to dock and headed to Tau 44 with his cruise engines on. Zed followed him closely while I was firing 2 cruise disruptors but it was too far to reach Blue's ship.
We all jumped to Tau 44 and headed to Sulawesi. Zed tried to contact the CR station to report the situation, without success. Blue managed to dock.
Zed and I had to fly back to Java to report this major incident and inform the HQ about a probable threat.
In order to avoid any contamination or risk of breach in our intel and since he is suspected of spying and being somehow mind controlled by the enemy, Blue is not allowed to dock in Java station until further notice from IMG HQ.
CR authorities need to watch carefully Blue and take him into custody if he acts strangely.
We hope to have more information from the investigation going on.
I need some rest. I still have this sensation of a headache.
