Sender ID:Hawkins, OCR-54 Receiver ID: Vincent Abrams, Ridge
"Dyson sphere materials"
Mr. Abrams,
I am Captain Hawkins of the Unto Nightfall. I received a report last night from one of our recon ships, Vigil-3, concerning an encounter with a Nomad Ish'tar-class warform, a Coalition expeditionary cruiser, and you. Said report made mention of certain materials you were carrying aboard your ship that may be of significant interest to the Order and a potential deal to acquire a sample of these from you.
Section 8 command has cleared a grant of 30,000,000 SC for the purchase of one unit of this material. However, due to this considerable investment and the potentially dangerous nature of the samples, we can not risk leaving the exchange in the hands of one of our recon fighters. Therefore, I would request a meeting in the Coronado system. There, the Unto Nightfall can receive the materials.
If this arrangement is agreeable to you, I will forward a time and location for the meeting.
Good to see you, man! Yeah, a damn shame that Coalition Carrier got sent to...well, no clue. Judging by how the Warform behaved, it must've been a Vagrant. Tough to get by one of those things without it fleeing the scene. This time, though? It charged in and took someone with 'em. We couldn't have done anything, regardless. Two Light Fighters can't even dream of putting a dent on that behemoth.
And...yeah, your scout did want a piece of this cargo, initially. And I hope he did tell you how hard it is for me to just hand out one of these trinkets. But...since my lab got shat on a while back, I've got nowhere to continue my studies on them. For now, at the very least. So maybe you can do something with one piece in the meantime. I'm telling you, this stuff is lit. And as I told your friend, if you say this stuff ain't what I said it is, I can take it back and give your dosh back. No problemo. In theory, we can meet in Coronado if you wish. Maybe in a few hours? A few clicks away from Barrier Gate? Let's say in about five hours. Y'dig?
Sender ID:Hawkins, OCR-54 Receiver ID: Vincent Abrams, Ridge
"Dyson sphere materials"
Mr. Abrams,
Five hours as of transmission of this message is doable. The location, however, will be Oraibi, third moon of Planet Salina. Traffic around Barrier Gate Station is too heavy and I like to keep our public appearances to a minimum.
So uhm...I usually don't screw up this bad, but let's say I did just that and a few dozen times over. I did a stupid thing, real, real stupid one. Do you know Cobra? He said he trusts you, so...yeah. I mean, look. I'm still sorry for that messed up deal, but could you do a quick scan on me at Fontana? Preemptive measures 'n' all that, you know...yeah. Uhm, to check if I'm compromised. I can't even tell how bad things went now, the entire day went South real quick.
LOCATION: ???->Redirected: Abrams Research Station
SUBJECT: Favors
ENCRYPTION: HIGH
Hey,
Yeah...I quite needed a favor from you, if you had any connections with more trusted Navy Officials. I've been backstabbed, badly. By someone I hadn't expected to, but it happened either way. I take you know the name John Silverstone by now from your pilot's words. If not, ask him to bring you up to date. I wanted to know what kind of "proofs" he leaked out to the Navy and under what context.
Look, if I do something wrong, I admit it wholeheartedly. I don't know what has gone to John's mind, but him leaking half-truths about my research or under a completely different context is exactly the thing I don't want. I don't want to be hunted down over a misunderstanding, or punished over the Navy thinking I'm trying to kill Liberty with some god forsaken weapon. I- I don't know.
Your Agent wanted information regarding my research, but that is the exact thing I'm trying not to leak out anymore. I don't know who can I trust now, since what I do can be perceived either as god's work or an attempt at quite literally "playing with fire". I can't release theories out in the open without concrete evidence. I'm sorry for all this secrecy on my side, really.
If you're willing to lend a hand at straightening things up without requesting the same thing as your Agent did, I would be glad. I mean it. If not...well, I'm sorry. I'm not sure who I can trust now. I don't want to live out the rest of my days on the run.
Sender ID:Hawkins, OCR-54 Receiver ID: Vincent Abrams, Ridge
"Favors"
Mr. Abrams,
I believe I have seen what information Silverstone has offered the Libertonians about you. While I do not trust Silverstone - especially not after what the Auxesians told our recon pilot about him, in your presence - I am afraid that the evidence provided against you both by him and Section 8 operatives is quite damning.
The last time we spoke, I believe I instructed you in no unclear terms not to associate with the Technocracy of Auxesia and to give the Nomads a wide berth. According to what I have seen, you very much failed to abide by these instructions.
In case you do not fully appreciate the position you have put yourself in, let me explain. You have been found collaborating with Auxesia - a covenant of known Nomad sympathizers. You have been in repeated contact with the Nomads themselves, putting yourself at risk of indoctrination or, worse, infection. You were spotted with adapted Nomad technology applied to your personal ship. And, finally, you refuse to share details about your research, which - in light of the previous points - can only mean that it pertains to the Nomads.
Your failure to pay my warnings any heed and your questionable actions since leave Section 8 with only one choice. Any relation between Section 8 and you, Vincent Abrams, is hereby disavowed. You will be deemed a Technocrat and Nomad collaborator.
For your sake, I strongly advise you to distance yourself from the Auxesians, abandon whatever research you are conducting, and destroy what Nomad materials you possess. Failure to do so will force Section 8 to inform the Order Overwatch of your activity.
LOCATION: ???->Redirected: Abrams Research Station
SUBJECT: Favors
ENCRYPTION: HIGH
Really?
Actually, I don't know what I should've expected. Maybe anything, but being considered a Nomad collaborator is...well. Yeah I don't think I'm close to that at all. The only proofs I can offer against that are exactly the ones I can't show out of fear of misinterpretation.
I've been through way too much to just drop all of my research just like this. The things hiding out there are just both incredible and terrifying. True, using trinkets from the expeditions I've conducted like the weaponry you've probably see me use wasn't the smartest idea. True, I've gone through unorthodox ways to push further into what is going on in Kepler - as your Agent may know. Or maybe as I once told you. I'm not sure, though. True, I- either way.
...look. I know The Order and Auxesia aren't on best terms. That's...that's become apparent to me the moment you lot kept talking trash about one another. I ignore it most of the time, either way. But were I in your place, I'd keep a keen eye on Liberty's borders. There's registered Nomad activity, so much so that it even breached into Hamburgh from what I've heard. You probably have the firepower to do more than I can to hold that kind of presence off.
I'm no Technocrat or Nomad sympathizer, but I'm a mad idiot at times. And people who know me- well. They know that.
One thing I'd like to ask, provided you'd still talk me one last time. What do you know Battleship Canaan? I ran into a battered Osiris-class Battleship which was bearing this name.
Sender ID:Hawkins, OCR-54 Receiver ID: Vincent Abrams, Ridge
"Favors"
Mr. Abrams,
If you insist that insight into your research would clear your name, I suggest you share with us what you are doing. You must surely understand just how treacherous your claims that your research is not harmful yet ripe for misinterpretation sound to us. Section 8 will consider how to approach your research after you have informed us of its details.
The remaining terms remain.
As for the Canaan - it was a battleship destroyed in battle with the Core. There is nothing more you need to know about it.
LOCATION: ???->Redirected: Abrams Research Station
SUBJECT: Favors
ENCRYPTION: HIGH
Hey,
Look. If you're really all that pissed about the whole situation and want to know what I do, I can give you the more notable places I visit. And that is it. I'd tell more, but when I mean "unproven theories", I really mean it. I don't want any trouble. All I'm doing by my own doing to help out as many people as I can, reason why I am...well, you know.
The first time I've met your scout was in Kepler, so after that incident with the Coalition Battlecruiser I've started looking more into whatever is going on. That sent me to John introducing me to unorthodox help. Kind of. I've been studying...something, someone. It's uh...this is where the tape breaks. The Anomaly in question is something I can't fully understand, but something that I managed to interact with. That's about it. I'm looking into it, but the more I interact with it the more I am perplexed by the outcomes.
We can meet at some point - no guns or anything. And discuss that in person. It'd be much easier for me at the very least to let you know. Assuming you know I'd be dodging some subjects for my own safety. And I mean that. You don't mess with the bigger fish They can pull out.
If you can take my word over John's for one last time, then you would perhaps agree to a meeting.
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