Before the neural net crash, my organization had sent you a transmission. Fortunately, I was able to recover it:
Nova Hawken Wrote:Greetings.
I am Guildkeeper Nova Hawken of the Core. You may or may not be familiar with my organization. The Core is a large paramilitary organization operating within the Edge Worlds, dedicated to destroying the evils of the Omicrons and Omegas and install law and order whilst creating peace for the Edge Worlds denizens. Notably, this also includes our battle with the Nomad threat - as well as researching their technology. If you wish to inquire further about us, I suggest contacting the Bretonian Armed Forces. We have already had a lot of contact between our organizations, and share close ties as a result.
Now, onto the matter at hand. If I am lead to believe correctly, Bretonia has laid claim to a system known as Chester. In recent years however Nomad and Wild presence in the system has elevated, making ventures into the system dangerous and a rare occurrence as a result. I hate to sound blunt, but if not kept in check Chester could be the starting point of a Nomad attack into Bretonia.
We have some useful data on the system, left by us by the late Guildmaster Stoat. Whilst his venture to Chester may have attributed to his downfall, it gave us a key insight into what the system holds. We request that our organizations may begin cooperation with each other, so that we may be able to defend Bretonia from any possible alien threat. We understand that Bretonia is currently trying to endure the onslaught from the Gallic war-machine and that your hands may be somewhat tied. To see one of our allies fall to either threat would be detrimental to Sirius as a whole. A report of this data can be compiled for your viewing, if desired.
We can provide agents to maintain an eye over Chester, as well as supply your organization with tools and equipment to use against these creatures. We may also be able to help against Gallia somewhat, however that is another topic for another time which we would discuss with the entire war cabinet in the future. For now, containing the rising threat in Chester would be a wise choice of action. One last thing: do not trust the Order. Those scum only seek to undermine the efforts of Bretonia throughout the war, and withhold it from gaining the technological advantages required to beat Gallia. We have sighted Order operations in Bretonia recently and I highly suggest you stay on your guard.
I hope this comm is received as it is urgent. I await your response.
-E. Nodtviet
Guildmaster, The Core
CEO, AP Manufacturing
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Good evening Guildmaster Nodtviet, and Guildkeeper Hawken,
I'll be rather to the point. I'm sure you can agree, there is little time to waste.
I would ask for a copy of the data you hold to be sent post-haste. It may be that we are on the same page, but it never hurts to take what you can get. If possible, a summary of the "tools and equipment" you reference would also be appreciated.
As a side note, If you do wish to provide military aid in the defence from Gallia, you will find myself, the Admiralty Board, and the Ministry of Defence to be your best attempt to formulate a working plan.
As a final note. We don't like the Order. Plain and simple. As far as Her Majesty's Government is concerned, they are nothing but the terrorists we are led to believe. We have seen no evidence to support otherwise thus far. Rest assured, they aren't welcome here.
Attached is the log of the late Guildmaster Stoat in the Chester system. Unfortunately, his own personal guncams were lost but we do have the guncams of his wingman:
(05-10-2010, 04:16 PM)Stoat Wrote: Been getting lots of reports filtering in from our hunters stationed on the freeport in Omega-3. Seems like the Wilde are getting more active recently. One report from a couple of days back lists three Hegemons taken out, and a Molly gunboat heavily damaged by a single vessel.
There's also reports of them being seen in Cambridge, Dublin, New London and Leeds recently. Even the BAF have reports concerning "unidentified vessels" attacking military targets in Newcastle.
There's rumours that some of the attacks are coming from the Chester system. I've sent out a couple of remote probes, but they've been lost. The complete lack of any data coming back has me suspicious. I think a manned sortie into the area might be required. Just gotta get some data from the BAF first.
(05-11-2010, 10:49 AM)Stoat Wrote: My initial foray into Chester has proven inconclusive. Planet Shirley is a dead end. There's no way anything could be basing itself from there. Jumping through to Newcastle lands in the middle of nowhere. While attacks could be originating from Newcastle, it seems unlikely. The BAF, I am sure, would be hard pressed to withold information of that nature, although the hostilities with Kusari certainly provide them with a suitable blanket to hide things under, should the mood take them.
No, my suspicions lead me towards the nebula towards the outer reaches of the Chester system. As I headed in that direction all my sensors went red. There's something in that field, and it's generating a massive field of some sort. I turned back without getting closer. My Manta just isn't a ship to carry out risky surveying in. On my return to Leeds I accessed all the data the Bretonians have on Chester. It seems the survey ships never got to the edges of the system. With Shirley being the only body there, and the insane emissions coming from the nebula, it seems a decision was made to withdraw until such time as suitable surveying equipment could be developed. Again, the war with Kusari has put all this on hold, if not discarded completely.
It looks like I'll have to assemble a team from the guild for this. My initial enquiries to the Core have been met with favourable interest as well.
(05-14-2010, 02:05 PM)Stoat Wrote: The Core have agreed to send One of their Moray wing, Piranha, along to assist in a recon mission into the nebula in Chester. I'm still waiting to hear back from Sheffield as to who's available to assist. Bloody red tape, I can't even escape it as a damn guildmaster. I can see this is going to be another last minute job.
(07-13-2010, 10:43 AM)Stoat Wrote: Finally got through all the red tape.
Three of us took a long look at Chester. There's something there alright. Energy and radiation signatures went off the charts as we approached the nebula. In the end I'm glad we waited for the enhanced armour panels to be fitted to our ships. Going into that nebula with anything less would have been suicide. As it is, all our ships took extensive radiation damage, and the hulls are heavily scored and pitted. Some of the damage reminds me of acidic attack. There was nothing obvious from our scans of the area, but maybe the techs can find something in the samples we took.
What really interests me though is the structure we discovered in the centre of the nebula. We're still waiting to see what can be recovered from the guncam and senor logs, but whatever it was, it was huge. Seemed to be shaped like some kind of donut, of all things. All sorts of weird stuff started happening as we approached. Power fluctuations, static charge build up, hell I even had St Elmo's Fire flashing around the antennae on my Bottlenose. It was nigh on impossible to get any sort of lock on the structure to scan it properly, and with what was happening to our power arrays, I'm not sure we'll get anything useful back anyway.
Whatever the structure is, it's not something that's been built by human hands, of that I am sure.
(07-16-2010, 08:59 AM)Stoat Wrote: Well, the technicians have done their thing, sure enough. They were able to retrieve a dozen or so images, of varying quality, from my Bottlenose.
What I'd forgotten was the presence of those nomad patrols. Could this structure be some sort of base? A far flung outpost of the old city in Newcastle perhaps? Whatever it may be, I can only venture supposition at this point, but it is certainly not dead like the Newcastle city is supposed to be. Whatever is going on in Bretonia, I am becoming more and more certain that it is originating from here. I must forward this data to the Core, I think. No doubt the Core operative that flew with me has data of his own, but given the damage my Bottlenose sustained, I wonder if any of his data survived.
I also feel I must approach the BAF about this. With the research that has already been done in Newcastle, they could undoubtedly provide information that might yet prove invaluable to the Guild.
(11-05-2010, 02:24 PM)Stoat Wrote: Sleepless nights. How many more sleepless nights? I awaken to sweat-soaked sheets, and a sense of foreboding, but no memory of the dreams that must be plaguing me. I have even taken to recording myself sleeping. I have no idea what I hoped to achieve in doing so. Maybe some understanding of the terrors I can only suppose stalk my imagination, yet I lie there, seemingly untroubled. Does this all stem from my recce into the Chester system? The feelings certainly coincide, yet I recall no event that might have triggered such. I am at a loss to explain it to myself. Perhaps I should.......................
In regards to the tools and the equipment, the Core has the means to not only construct vessels, equipment and other machinery (for example military vehicles and energy field equipment) to help with the war effort, but we also can construct powerful equipment such as cloaking devices based upon the research we have conducted in the Edge Worlds. We can also supply you with research materials. We can supply this in exchange for supplies, credits or vessels/equipment from Bretonians side if they are able to spare any.
Our Military aid against Gallia at this point cannot be direct, however we can certainly notify you if we begin to see them conduct expeditions into the Edge Worlds.
Finally, I am pleased with your stance on the Order. Indeed, they are terrorists and should be treated as such. The Core will keep a watchful eye and will attempt to halt all Order operations within your space.
-E. Nodtviet
Guildmaster, The Core
CEO, AP Manufacturing
I'll assume you've heard about the recent news involving Newcastle and most recently New London. It seems the Nomad scourge is becoming unusually active within the Bretonia.
One of my operatives in Bretonia was able to catch the following guncams in the past month: