Comm ID: Premier Ben Warner, People's Republic of the Sirius Coalition
Subject: Survey & Development
"It has been some time since we have spoken, not shocking with all that has been happening across Sirius as of late and the increasing threat of the organization known as The Core in Omicron Delta. However the People's Republic has an offer in mind that'll both harm Core interests in the Omega Regions and also potentially provide a bounty of resources for us both.
I speak of course of Omega-55. Recently the Coalition has established itself in the system which we call locally 'New Beijing', Kamchatka Station is the frontier of expansion for our people and we are eager to see it succeed. At present it is orbiting Planet Estergebirge, a world that has shown initial signs of promise as a mining operation with a weakened atmosphere, making it much easier for atmospheric shuttles to travel to and from the planet. However it is as of yet to be surveyed by the Coalition's Ministry of Plenty and with our resources devoted to containing both the alien infestation and suppressing the hostile Core outpost in the area we believe that it is in the best interests to contact your Guild to offer them
The Coalition wishes the planet to be surveyed for any resources that can be mined with current technologies available to the Guild. In exchange the Coalition wishes to co-develop the planet as a mining asset with the IMG. Resources extracted would be shared at a fair rate and IMG would be able to utilize orbiting Kamchatka Station during this operation which has many open spaces at present for IMG to utilize for laboratories and storage for equipment and any resources mined."
Ben Warner, Premier Sirius Coalition
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Greetings Premier Warner, my name is Marvin Dietrich, I have been authorised by the IMG Guildmasters to organise this on behalf of the IMG. I am the Deputy Station Administrator at IMG's Freistadt Base, in Omega-7.
First, I would like to thank you for contacting us, and can assure you we are interested in this. However before we can send people out to run the survey, we're first going to need more information.
IMG is aware of the existence of Omega-55, but we do not have details of the system. The reports of The Core and alien activity in the system are concerning, and we're going to need whatever maps you can provide showing hazard/hostile areas and jump holes that you are aware of, if we are to begin operating in there.
Additionally, we must be clear about our diplomatic situation. Our support has to be done discreetly. Do you have any reports of ships from organisations operating in the system that we should be cautious about?
Once we have more information to be able to assess the dangers and threats in the system and to properly prepare our envoy for them, we can dispatch a team from Freistadt to begin the survey.
If the survey ultimately determines that it is feasible to mine valuable resources on the planet, we'll need to start delivering equipment/supplies to Kamchatka.
We would also like to thank the Sirius Coalition for supporting us and our Zoner friends during the ongoing Freeport 11/Omicron Delta crisis. Help towards free, peaceful, independent civilians is always a welcome sight.
Marvin Dietrich
Deputy Station Administrator, Freistadt Base
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Comm ID: Premier Ben Warner, People's Republic of the Sirius Coalition
Subject: Survey & Development
"Ah, Deputy Administrator Dietrich, a pleasure to meet you. New Beijing has a mild infestation of infested humans and a long-range outpost of the terrorist organization The Core as I have said. Thankfully both have been easily repelled by the defenses of Kamchatka and the local Coalition Defense Fleet. One of our scout vessels recently did a probe of the system in question and located potential hazards and other assorted spatial objects that are of interest."
"Furthermore there appears to be a light Junker presence in the system, however thus far they have been content to leave alone and be left alone. However we are continuing to monitor the hostiles in the area and the Junkers as well. Kamchatka is the newest facility of the Coalition and as such remains highly adaptive to our needs, supporting a Surveying Mission and Mining Operation should not be too difficult as the Coalition is continuously upgrading the station's systems and defenses to ensure security of the people living onboard the station and around it. We hope the Data Packet will be of aid to the IMG and ensures the safety of any member of the guild who wishes to partake in this opportunity to expand the frontier."
Ben Warner, Premier Sirius Coalition
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Thank you for the report. Clearly there is some danger but it's not beyond what we're prepared to work with.
We request that the SCRA treat this whole project as confidential. We do not want to attract attention to our involvement, it needs to be low-profile.
Would we be working planet-side (we have limited manpower available for this due to other engagements, and this method takes many months) or would the survey be conducted from space in the same way that Odessa was? To get the clearest picture we'd have to do both.
For now, in return, we'd like some combat equipment to arm about 500 indigenous rebels on Nauru, so we are especially interested in equipment needed to fight a superior force in a desert environment. I believe Operations Coordinator Jack Henderson already contacted you separately about Volgograd Ordinance, but our military analysts also came up with this list:
Mines
Rockets and rocket launchers
Assault rifles
Combat armour suits (light desert version)
Explosives & detonators
Protection equipment against WMD attacks
Reconnaissance equipment
Once the details are finalised, we'll sending Survey Teams on a freighter with fighter escort to Omega-55.
Marvin Dietrich
Deputy Station Administrator, Freistadt Base
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Comm ID: Premier Ben Warner, People's Republic of the Sirius Coalition
Subject: Survey & Development
"The Best option would be for us to pursue both a planetside survey and an orbital survey utilizing sensitive scanning technology in order to determine the planet's potential. The Coalition is willing to provide physical manpower where needed while the Guild provides the expertise in order to carry out the survey mission naturally as we know the Guild has alot on it's plate at the moment.
As for the request for ordinance, I believe this subject has been touched upon and it is agreeable, the crates tend to include all the equipment listed, you merely have to request the specific environment camos from the Quartermaster on Zhukovsky Station. These should be enough to arm the people of Nauru for a prolonged fight planetside if need be.
We have made space ready for your people to utilize on Kamchatka upon arrival and scouts are being prepared in Environmental Suits to go planetside to determine an optimal landing site for the first surveying teams. "
Ben Warner, Premier Sirius Coalition
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Thank you for all the information, I believe that everything is in order and we can dispatch the freighter carrying our team and its escorts to Kamchatka soon.
Equipment needed to run the survey from space (like in the Odessa operation) will be arranged via other channels (Sky-P-3 protocol).
We are sending a team to test whether the Volgograd Ammunition fits our needs.
Marvin Dietrich
Deputy Station Administrator, Freistadt Base
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Comm ID: Premier Ben Warner, People's Republic of the Sirius Coalition
Subject: Survey & Development
"The Testing-Ranges on Zhukovsky will be ready for your team to test a wide variety of Volgograd Ordinance small arms, should you wish to see explosive ordinance in use however that will require a visit down to the proving grounds on JiangXi itself. While on JiangXi you can observe the use of Power Armour in an unfriendly environment by our trainees in the Coalition Marine Corps.
Furthermore Kamchatka is ready to receive guests when they arrive and is prepared to support the survey efforts as much as possible. If it be for protection or simply refueling/resupplying."
Ben Warner, Premier Sirius Coalition
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I captained the ship (Amethyst) that transported the IMG planetside survey team (and all their supplies and equipment) to Estergebirge in Omega-55.
We did this in a single flight alongside the IMG Battlecruiser Biscayne Bay (dispatched from Aland Shipyard in Omega-3) and escort fighters.
The team sent to the planet consisted of 50 people, with experience in surveying and mining planets.
The Amethyst also had some scanning equipment and we assissted the Biscayne Bay with the initial Ionosphere Low Space Survey (ILSS), involving scanning from the upper parts of the atmosphere.
Both the Amethyst and the Biscayne Bay were carrying XT44-Survey Mk II modules, although obviously we had significantly less power and were only able to survey a couple of metres below surface, whereas the Biscayne Bay could see minable materials several kilometres below the surface.
We've submitted our raw data (size measured in Terabytes) to IMG and SCRA scientists aboard Kamchatka Station.
While above the planet, we noticed surprisingly high levels of radiation, and took a significant amount of damage while there. We should be cautious of operating vulnerable ships in this area, even with escorts.
We encountered a Corsair (TBH) ship while in Omega-5 moving towards Omega-41, and a BMM Hegemon was spotted in Omega-55 itself. The Corsair didn't seem interested in us and we were trying to avoid a fight, but we are worried about a potential BMM presence in the systen, which could mean problems for us.
[18.05.2016 19:52:40] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: Alright.
[18.05.2016 19:52:50] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: We move out. Briefing when we are in open space
[18.05.2016 19:53:03] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: Omega 5 hole.-
[18.05.2016 19:53:12] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: All IMG vessels, set course to O5 hole.
[18.05.2016 19:54:32] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: CO: Alright. This is Commander Liz Hunter. This is a secret mission of considerable risk.
[18.05.2016 19:54:44] IMG|Royal.Turquoise: ?: Risk?
[18.05.2016 19:55:25] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: Alright. Listen up, people. We are moving to Omega 55. Check your nav maps.
[18.05.2016 19:55:51] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: CO: Grouping now.
[18.05.2016 19:56:02] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: Omega 55 is a dangerous system.
[18.05.2016 19:56:14] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: The Core is also trying to survey the planet that we are surveying.
[18.05.2016 19:56:19] IMG|Amethyst: TBH on scanners
[18.05.2016 19:56:28] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: We are doing this for the Coalition. Obviously, no one can know.
[18.05.2016 19:56:37] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: SCRA; can you take cre of the TBH
[18.05.2016 19:56:49] SCRA|C-Twinblade: ?: Will see to it.
[18.05.2016 19:56:54] IMG|Amethyst: I'm out of their scanner range
[18.05.2016 19:57:08] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: We need to move to O41.
[18.05.2016 19:57:29] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: G6 bottom right
[18.05.2016 19:58:01] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: CO: The main danger is: Core seeing us. They will kill us on sight.
[18.05.2016 19:58:02] SCRA|C-Twinblade: ?: The corsair has been driven off.
[18.05.2016 19:58:24] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: We are picking up the survey crews on the Freeport 5 in O41.
[18.05.2016 19:58:52] IMG|Amethyst: We're standing by at the other end of the clearing, closest to the Omega-41 jump hole
[18.05.2016 19:59:02] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: CO: Priority missions. We have 2. Mission A: Ametyst needs to get to the destination.
[18.05.2016 19:59:06] IMG|Frank.Rogers: Heh, it's quite some time since I had some action. This is really a much needed change of pace.
[18.05.2016 19:59:17] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: The crew we need to pick up, need to stay alive. They are the best we have.
[18.05.2016 19:59:55] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: CO: Scouts in front.
[18.05.2016 20:00:00] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: Clear the path to FP5.
[18.05.2016 20:00:43] IMG|Amethyst: Are we clear to jump?
[18.05.2016 20:00:45] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: CO: We are jumping.
[18.05.2016 20:00:46] IMG|Royal.Turquoise: Aye!
[18.05.2016 20:00:49] IMG|Royal.Turquoise: Clear!
[18.05.2016 20:00:52] IMG|Amethyst: Jumping
[18.05.2016 20:01:47] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: CO: <tense> Come on, focus guys.
[18.05.2016 20:02:06] IMG|Royal.Turquoise: Oh look at that star!
[18.05.2016 20:02:11] IMG|Royal.Turquoise: Dont get too close!
[18.05.2016 20:02:16] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: Tom, pick up the package.
[18.05.2016 20:02:32] IMG|Frank.Rogers: Dangerous and bautiful at the same time.
[18.05.2016 20:02:43] IMG|Royal.Turquoise: Carfule, gents! Im picking up mines near here
[18.05.2016 20:02:44] IMG|Amethyst: Dangerous if you get too close
[18.05.2016 20:03:31] IMG|Amethyst: We have the team on board
[18.05.2016 20:03:38] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: SCRA, get into formation please
[18.05.2016 20:04:02] IMG|Amethyst: We're ready to move
[18.05.2016 20:05:06] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: Scouts, move. O55
[18.05.2016 20:05:14] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: SCRA, can you lead them?
[18.05.2016 20:05:20] IMG|Amethyst: Jump hole is roughly FG-2
[18.05.2016 20:05:26] IMG|Royal.Turquoise: Roger!
[18.05.2016 20:05:31] SCRA|C-Twinblade: ?: Can do. Follow me
[18.05.2016 20:05:34] IMG|Amethyst: Perhaps F/G-2/3
[18.05.2016 20:05:40] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: CO: When in O55, we split up. Cover all holes. Cover the Core bases.
[18.05.2016 20:05:41] IMG|Black.Vodka: Morris: taking the lead
[18.05.2016 20:06:02] IMG|Royal.Turquoise: Core bases???
[18.05.2016 20:06:06] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: Yes.
[18.05.2016 20:06:10] IMG|Royal.Turquoise: We taking on the core!?
[18.05.2016 20:06:12] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: This is a high risk mission.
[18.05.2016 20:06:24] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: CO: We only have little knowledge of the system.
[18.05.2016 20:06:43] IMG|Black.Vodka: Morris: all clear
[18.05.2016 20:06:47] IMG|Frank.Rogers: Those are some hot grounds we're moving on...
[18.05.2016 20:06:48] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: CO: I am uploading the picture of the map. However, limited knowledge.
[18.05.2016 20:06:48] IMG|Amethyst: There is one known Core base in the system
[18.05.2016 20:06:57] IMG|Amethyst: There is also Wilde activity as well as Junkers
[18.05.2016 20:07:01] SCRA|C-Twinblade: ?: Do you have the location of the Kamchatka base on your map?
[18.05.2016 20:07:08] IMG|Amethyst: There is a Dresden jump hole as well as an Omicron Gamma jump hole
[18.05.2016 20:07:11] IMG|Royal.Turquoise: Junkers all the way down here??
[18.05.2016 20:07:12] IMG|Black.Vodka: Morris: we should be careful
[18.05.2016 20:07:12] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: CO: Negative. You lead us there
[18.05.2016 20:07:31] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: Scouts, fan out.
[18.05.2016 20:07:33] IMG|Frank.Rogers: I'll check that Planet
[18.05.2016 20:07:36] SCRA|C-Twinblade: ?: Just on the left for a bit. Follow me.
[18.05.2016 20:07:41] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: Keep everything away from me and the Amethyst
[18.05.2016 20:07:47] IMG|Frank.Rogers: I think I can see something over there
[18.05.2016 20:07:56] IMG|Black.Vodka: checking planet on the left side
[18.05.2016 20:08:00] IMG|Royal.Turquoise: Ill go see that planet over there!
[18.05.2016 20:08:03] IMG|Black.Vodka: for any life forms
[18.05.2016 20:08:46] IMG|Black.Vodka: morris: found a Base , Kamchatka station , status : Hostile keep your distance
[18.05.2016 20:08:55] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: That's the friendly SCRA base.
[18.05.2016 20:09:00] IMG|Royal.Turquoise: We are reaching this unknown planet here.
[18.05.2016 20:09:02] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: If your transponder say red, keep distance.
[18.05.2016 20:09:05] IMG|Royal.Turquoise: 23 k off
[18.05.2016 20:09:09] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: SCRA pilot, is this the planet?
[18.05.2016 20:09:12] IMG|Black.Vodka: Morris: Copy that
[18.05.2016 20:09:13] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: The brown one?
[18.05.2016 20:09:13] IMG|Frank.Rogers: Red base over here as well.
[18.05.2016 20:09:22] IMG|Amethyst: What is the name of the other red base, Frank?
[18.05.2016 20:09:26] IMG|Black.Vodka: Morris: Rogers Coordinates to your location
[18.05.2016 20:09:27] IMG|Frank.Rogers: "Dagger Outpost"
[18.05.2016 20:09:30] IMG|Frank.Rogers: A Core base.
[18.05.2016 20:09:31] SCRA|C-Twinblade: ?: The locals there is trigger happy with all the enemies around. Stay clear from the line of fire.
[18.05.2016 20:09:36] IMG|Black.Vodka: Copy that
[18.05.2016 20:09:36] IMG|Amethyst: Did we locate the Junkers?
[18.05.2016 20:09:45] SCRA|C-Twinblade: ?: And yes, the planet in front of you is the one you came here for.
[18.05.2016 20:09:53] IMG|Royal.Turquoise: Planet: unknown???
[18.05.2016 20:10:01] IMG|Black.Vodka: Morris: We didnt located the junkers base but keep your eyes open
[18.05.2016 20:10:08] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: CO: Alright. Unload the survey crew, Amethyst.
[18.05.2016 20:10:14] IMG|Royal.Turquoise: this is an unknown planet here... legit.
[18.05.2016 20:10:46] SCRA|C-Twinblade: ?: In any event, my mission to bring you here is finished. Now I am awaiting the IMG Recon Wing leader's orders.
[18.05.2016 20:10:58] SCRA|C-Twinblade: ?: If there is none, I shall take my leave.
[18.05.2016 20:11:10] IMG|Royal.Turquoise: Where to RV?
[18.05.2016 20:11:12] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: Amethyst, get close and make planetary landing.
[18.05.2016 20:12:36] IMG|Black.Vodka: Morris: North Side of planet Clear till 12 clicks . All Clear so Far
[18.05.2016 20:12:55] IMG|Royal.Turquoise: Im not picking up anything at the moment.
[18.05.2016 20:13:01] IMG|Royal.Turquoise: I am at F5
[18.05.2016 20:13:09] IMG|Black.Vodka: Morris: Patrolling north side
[18.05.2016 20:13:23] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: CO: We are unloading the material.
[18.05.2016 20:13:26] IMG|Royal.Turquoise: F5: NO one here
[18.05.2016 20:13:28] SCRA|C-Twinblade: ?: I shall put the Omega 11 hole on a lockdown.
[18.05.2016 20:13:37] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: Roger that. We will need some time here.
[18.05.2016 20:13:43] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: We also see heavy radiation.
[18.05.2016 20:14:12] IMG|Amethyst: Tom: We're going to begin scanning the planet
[18.05.2016 20:14:16] IMG|Black.Vodka: Morris: All Scanners are Clear . No Hostile Activity so far
[18.05.2016 20:14:17] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: CO: The Bay is in position to scan.
[18.05.2016 20:14:18] IMG|Royal.Turquoise: G3 Picking up McConner
[18.05.2016 20:14:23] IMG|Royal.Turquoise: BMM
[18.05.2016 20:14:27] IMG|Black.Vodka: Copy that
[18.05.2016 20:14:31] IMG|Amethyst: What are BMM doing out here?
[18.05.2016 20:14:37] IMG|Amethyst: Escort them away from us
[18.05.2016 20:14:45] SCRA|C-Twinblade: ?: Do you want me to deal with it?
[18.05.2016 20:15:05] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: SO: Roger! Sensors are firing at maximum capacity. Getting a geological profile... now
[18.05.2016 20:15:19] IMG|Black.Vodka: Morris: All clear to 20 k North East and west side
[18.05.2016 20:15:50] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: SO: Scanners, 85 %. Radiation is a problem here.
[18.05.2016 20:15:57] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: CO: We need to move closer then.
[18.05.2016 20:16:08] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: CO: XO, take her closert.
[18.05.2016 20:16:19] IMG|Amethyst: Sensor Officer: Our scanners on this Serenity are not powerful enough to do it in one scan, we need to fly around the other way
[18.05.2016 20:16:30] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: XO: That's as close as I dare to go, Ma'am.
[18.05.2016 20:16:40] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: CO: Roger that. SO, can you scan?
[18.05.2016 20:16:47] IMG|Black.Vodka: Morris: All System are Green . Radation Damage Minimum. no hostiles so far. Scanning the area again
[18.05.2016 20:17:01] IMG|Amethyst: Tom: Not too close, be carful!
[18.05.2016 20:17:02] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: SO: Yes, Ma'am. We are scanning at 95 % now. Should be good enough. Yes, Confirmed. Good readings
[18.05.2016 20:17:44] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: XO: Keeping course. Slowly. Do not get her too close!
[18.05.2016 20:17:52] IMG|Black.Vodka: Morris: North east and West Side is clear. All Good so far
[18.05.2016 20:17:59] SCRA|Red.Witch: Ey there.
[18.05.2016 20:18:04] IMG|Amethyst: Tom: We're taking radiation damage
[18.05.2016 20:18:06] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: CO: Greetings, SCRA.
[18.05.2016 20:18:15] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: CO: Survey mission is 50 % finished.
[18.05.2016 20:18:36] IMG|Black.Vodka: Morris: Copy that . Bail out if you take too much radiation Damage
[18.05.2016 20:18:46] IMG|Frank.Rogers: Still at G 3/4 with the BMM
[18.05.2016 20:18:47] IMG|Amethyst: Tom: It's not too bad yet.
[18.05.2016 20:18:51] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: CO: All Stations, report radiation damage.
[18.05.2016 20:19:05] IMG|Amethyst: Tom: Nanobots down to 348 from 450
[18.05.2016 20:19:44] IMG|Black.Vodka: Morris: East is Clear . All Scanners are Green
[18.05.2016 20:20:04] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: SO: The equatorial area seems scanned. 2 more minutes.
[18.05.2016 20:20:43] IMG|Royal.Turquoise: SCRA come to G43
[18.05.2016 20:20:47] IMG|Royal.Turquoise: Please.
[18.05.2016 20:21:00] SCRA|C-Twinblade: ?:Turning back.
[18.05.2016 20:21:03] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: SO: We are performing the scans at 98 % now. Keep position, mountain areas below s.
[18.05.2016 20:21:13] IMG|Black.Vodka: Morris: Biscayne Bay I have you in my Scanners Range. Wahts your status . I am reading Radation Damage to your ship.
[18.05.2016 20:21:19] IMG|Black.Vodka: Morris: Whats your status/
[18.05.2016 20:21:35] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: XO: Confirmes, yes. We are taking some damage.
[18.05.2016 20:21:53] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: XO: It is minor damage, however. We continue with the scan.
[18.05.2016 20:22:04] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: CO to all IMG craft: Orders are: intercept any hostile craft.
[18.05.2016 20:22:12] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: We cannot be seen doing this survey.
[18.05.2016 20:22:14] IMG|Black.Vodka: Morris: Keep it mind . we dont want to gather the scrap.
[18.05.2016 20:22:31] IMG|Amethyst: SO: Scanning is at 95%
[18.05.2016 20:22:54] IMG|Black.Vodka: Morris: Take Good care of Biscayne Bay.
[18.05.2016 20:23:11] IMG|Black.Vodka: Morris: Reporting in again North and East Coast is Clear so far
[18.05.2016 20:23:16] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: SO: Finished the equatorial area. We are going zero-medidian now to confirm.
[18.05.2016 20:23:18] IMG|Frank.Rogers: Guys our friend over here is getting impatient. How much longer?
[18.05.2016 20:23:43] IMG|Frank.Rogers: Do you read me?
[18.05.2016 20:23:53] IMG|Black.Vodka: Morris: I read you
[18.05.2016 20:23:58] IMG|Black.Vodka: Morris: Go ahead
[18.05.2016 20:24:00] IMG|Amethyst: Tom: The Amethyst is also important here, Morris
[18.05.2016 20:24:24] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: CO: We are performing the last round, from North Pole to South pole.
[18.05.2016 20:24:30] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: Amethyst, back my scans up.
[18.05.2016 20:24:56] IMG|Amethyst: Tom: Roger, following behind to verify
[18.05.2016 20:24:58] IMG|Black.Vodka: Morris: I know that . But yoou know very well that one is the proiority Cargo
[18.05.2016 20:25:06] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: XO: Holding course
[18.05.2016 20:25:06] IMG|Amethyst: Tom: Nanobots down to 275 out of 450
[18.05.2016 20:25:25] IMG|Black.Vodka: Morris: Bail out when you fall down too 100
[18.05.2016 20:25:45] IMG|Amethyst: Tom: Morris, we'll bail out if and when we need to
[18.05.2016 20:25:52] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: CO: Report on the BMM situstion.
[18.05.2016 20:26:00] IMG|Black.Vodka: morris: Just want your Saftey thats all
[18.05.2016 20:26:13] IMG|Amethyst: Tom: In case you haven't noticed we are sitting next to a large Battlecruiser containing a lot of nanobots we could use to
[18.05.2016 20:26:15] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: XO: 1 more circle. Then we are moving out.
[18.05.2016 20:26:15] IMG|Amethyst: repair if needed
[18.05.2016 20:26:56] IMG|Black.Vodka: Morris:: Copy that . Thats the Last Reosrt we have
[18.05.2016 20:27:03] IMG|Black.Vodka: Resort*
[18.05.2016 20:27:04] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: SO: 2 more minutes for the first scan.
[18.05.2016 20:27:17] IMG|Frank.Rogers: The FIRST scan?
[18.05.2016 20:27:25] IMG|Amethyst: SO: Scanning results are looking good
[18.05.2016 20:27:30] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: We will be doing 68 scans
[18.05.2016 20:27:35] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: Over the next 2 years
[18.05.2016 20:27:36] IMG|Frank.Rogers: You mean we will have to keep that guy busy even longer?
[18.05.2016 20:27:41] IMG|Frank.Rogers: Ah, i see
[18.05.2016 20:27:48] IMG|Frank.Rogers: All right then.
[18.05.2016 20:27:49] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: CO: Negative. We are moving out in 1 minutes.
[18.05.2016 20:27:56] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: Pull the craft back to the planet.
[18.05.2016 20:28:13] IMG|Amethyst: Tom: Setting course to the jump hole
[18.05.2016 20:28:15] IMG|Black.Vodka: Morris: Copy that Returning to poinnt Zero
[18.05.2016 20:28:30] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: CO: All ships, RV near Kamtchatka
[18.05.2016 20:28:59] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: CO: Escorts, to O41 hole.
[18.05.2016 20:29:06] IMG|Amethyst: Royal Turquoise, Katar, Frank Rogers
[18.05.2016 20:29:10] IMG|Amethyst: Please report your status
[18.05.2016 20:29:12] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: CO: We need to sneak out again. Same way we came in.
[18.05.2016 20:29:22] IMG|Black.Vodka: Morris: My ships is taking Radiation damage. I dont think it will hold .
[18.05.2016 20:29:43] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: XO: We are also taking some damage here. We will be moving out quickly.
[18.05.2016 20:30:20] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: Main group is moving. O41 hole.
[18.05.2016 20:30:20] IMG|Amethyst: Black Vodka, move to the Omega-41 hole
[18.05.2016 20:30:30] IMG|Black.Vodka: Morris: Taking Lead to Oscar 41
[18.05.2016 20:30:57] IMG|Katar: Near O-41 all clear
[18.05.2016 20:31:10] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: CO: Alright. Everybody back to known space.
[18.05.2016 20:31:16] IMG|Amethyst: Still awaiting the status report from Katar, Royal Turquoise, and Frank Rogers
[18.05.2016 20:31:46] IMG|Black.Vodka: Morris: All Clear to Hole
[18.05.2016 20:31:56] IMG|Katar: Yes
[18.05.2016 20:31:59] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: CO: O41, jump. Clear in front.
[18.05.2016 20:32:10] IMG|Black.Vodka: Morris: All clear in Omega 41 . You have a green signal
[18.05.2016 20:32:10] IMG|Katar: O41 clear
[18.05.2016 20:32:21] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: CO: Initiating jump sequence.
[18.05.2016 20:32:26] IMG|Amethyst: Royal Turquoise, do you read us?
[18.05.2016 20:32:33] IMG|Royal.Turquoise: Roger I read you!
[18.05.2016 20:32:40] IMG|Amethyst: Frank Rogers, what about you?
[18.05.2016 20:32:44] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: CO: To all IMG vessels, avoid any contact now.
[18.05.2016 20:32:47] IMG|Royal.Turquoise: He is with me.
[18.05.2016 20:32:53] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: CO: We do not even want to be seen on sensors.
[18.05.2016 20:32:54] IMG|Amethyst: Are you on your way to Omega-41?
[18.05.2016 20:32:54] IMG|Frank.Rogers: Sorry, I was occupied
[18.05.2016 20:32:58] IMG|Frank.Rogers: Yeah, gotcha
[18.05.2016 20:33:00] IMG|Royal.Turquoise: We are.
[18.05.2016 20:33:08] IMG|Frank.Rogers: Rogers roger.
[18.05.2016 20:33:14] IMG|Royal.Turquoise: We are now at E5 in O55
[18.05.2016 20:33:29] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: Roger. Everybody pull back towards O41, O5, O3.
[18.05.2016 20:34:15] IMG|Frank.Rogers: And let's get out of O41 fast. That system literally chews away your hull...
[18.05.2016 20:35:10] IMG|Black.Vodka: Morris:: Omega 5 Clear. You are clear to jump
[18.05.2016 20:35:13] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: CO: Clear? Roger. XO, take us through
[18.05.2016 20:35:52] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: CO: O3 hole, straight course set.
[18.05.2016 20:36:39] IMG|Katar: No
[18.05.2016 20:36:51] IMG|Katar: Now ok
[18.05.2016 20:37:02] IMG|Katar: Yes
[18.05.2016 20:37:12] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: Payments done.
[18.05.2016 20:37:24] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: CO: Remember, this can never become public knowledge.
[18.05.2016 20:37:31] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: CO: This flight has never happened.
[18.05.2016 20:37:41] IMG|Black.Vodka: Morris: Copy that.
[18.05.2016 20:38:04] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: CO: The results will not be opened to us, so... don't even bother to ask. The Coalition is secretive in nature and we agreed
[18.05.2016 20:38:28] IMG|Amethyst: Clear?
[18.05.2016 20:38:38] IMG|Black.Vodka: Morris: clear for jump
[18.05.2016 20:38:42] IMG|Amethyst: Jumping
[18.05.2016 20:38:45] IMG|Black.Vodka: Morris: No cotact so far
[18.05.2016 20:38:48] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: CO: We need to avoid every contact even in O3. We are in violation of Bretonian law
[18.05.2016 20:40:31] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: CO: Alright. Coming in. Aland Shipyard, we request repairs. Heavy radiation where we are coming from.
[18.05.2016 20:40:59] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: Aland Shipyard (Repair Bay): Where are you coming from?
[18.05.2016 20:41:23] IMG|Amethyst: Tom: That would be above your clearance level.
[18.05.2016 20:41:37] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: CO: Indeed. We are not at ease to tell. Sorry.
[18.05.2016 20:41:47] IMG|Amethyst: Tom: It was a heavily irradiated place.
[18.05.2016 20:41:57] IMG|Black.Vodka: Morris: Do we have clearance to Dock?
[18.05.2016 20:41:57] IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay: Aland: Roger that. Docking clearance to IMG vessels. We'll repair the damage quickly.
[18.05.2016 20:43:22] IMG|Frank.Rogers: Doesn't mean I get it, but I still respect it *he laughs*
[18.05.2016 20:43:31] IMG|Royal.Turquoise: *laughs back*
[18.05.2016 20:44:19] IMG|Amethyst: Tom: Nice choice of lighting, Frank
Tom Marsh
Transport Captain
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I am Elizabeth Hudson, Commanding Officer of the Battlecruiser/Survey Vessel Biscayne Bay, which was deployed on the initial survey mission to Planet Estergebirge. In close cooperation with the Amethyst, we managed to perform the Ionosphere Low Space Survey (short: ILSS) using high-powered XT44-Survey Module Mk II Geoscanners. The Bay did scans around the equatorial area, then switched to scanning from north to south pole, following the meridians.
ILSS produced roughly 4.700 Exabyte of geological data that were encrypted and are manually transferred to Kamtchatka base for further analysis.
The Amethyst managed to deploy a Survey team to the planet's surface to start work on the ground. The team will be reporting in to Kamtchatka after they set up communications and their equipment in close cooperation with the Coalition forces that were escorting and supporting us on every step of the mission.
We encountered no real threat to security, but we were operating with an interceptor force of 4 fighters that were covering potential enemy positions and approach vectors. Together with the Coalition vessels, we were able to distract or push away every potential threat to our discovery. My Risk Assessment Team is confident that our initial survey operation remained unnoticed by the major O55 players. Corsair forces in Omega 5 did not give chase and were not seen again. The BMM Hegemon in Omega 55 seemed lost, and was kept away from making sensor contact with the planetary group.
The Biscayne Bay and the Amethyst took some minor hull damage due to radiation levels. Assuming that the planet has the same or even higher levels of radiation exposure, we will have to make sure that the ground crews are properly protected. This will take additional equipment to be provided. For the moment, the Biscayne Bay was taken back to Aland Shipyard to have the exact damage assessed. Aland engineers will be able to draw some conclusions from the damage, which might be useful.
Elizabeth Hudson
Commanding Officer
Biscayne Bay
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My name is Rebecca Jameson and I am a Chief Engineer of the Guild. I was given a copy of the raw data that the orbital survey mission commenced by the Survey Vessel Biscayne Bay produced. Most of the scans do not allow for more than geographical assessment of accessibility or difficulty levels of building infrastructure, however there is one very interesting geological structure that looks highly promising.
What you see is the 3-D scan of a mountain ridge that looks very much like an old, likely inactive mountain ridge, geologically similar to sub-marine middle oceanic ridges, however this one has been elevated sufficiently likely million years ago, judging by the massive body of detritus - meaning: erosion material - covering the central valley according to our scans. SC YSF shows 6 kilometers of sandy material. The fault ridges on the sides of the ridges open up good angles to analyze the stratigraphy, however the angles are too bad and the fault lines too chaotic to get any meaningful insights via orbital surveying.
While most basaltic structures are often too young to be of much interest, the west and east mountain ranges have been elevated and eroded sufficiently to expose much older rock formations. Especially in the Axial Disruption Zone very old rock surfaces. Also the areas of the Crestal Boundary Ridges have sufficiently think basalt cover to make access to potential rich resource layers possible. These formations are - when comparing them with similar geological formations - interesting for what you are looking for. That's also why we called one of the moutains Flank Seamount because in a similar structure we have a similar formation. Just that on your planet the ocean is missing and that the formations are likely 200 to 450 million years older.
That's where the problems start, however. There is no way to be sure about what we find there until we have a team of prospectors on the ground. However, while this scan suggests a moderate terrain, the reality looks different. We are talking about hard to access terrain with exactly zero existing infrastructure.
The profiles of T181 and T183 look promising and somewhat accessible, if SC YSF can be transformed into a landing zone. Starting north of the ADZ faulted ridges to avoid another obstacle between the lower inner valley and the main ridge, T460 and T178 also might be interesting enough and accessible at the same time.
So, if you are interested in exploring what might be in the Argu Tagh Range (the western ridge) and Ugam Range (the eastern ridge), you will have to create some basic infrastructure that allows for the operation of airborne units that can insert heavy mining equipment, as well as accomodation for prolonged stay of up to 50 Guild experts. We are talking months to get a superficial view of what the two Ranges might hold.
The Guild currently does not have the resources to assist in the construction of infrastructure, nor do we have interplanetary transport capacities for this sort of climate and terrain. However, if the Coalition can prepare the basic amenities and the necessary infrastructure, I can send a forward team to start the work on the prospection sites - depending on accessibility.
I know that you would have likely hoped for more specific and better news, but this is everything that a scientific review of the initial data can yield. So, to be honest, you have to make a decision on whether you want to invest into an infrastructural buildup with a fair chance of finding something useful, or whether you decide to not take the chance or risk - depending on the point of view. My gut feeling says that there should be at least something, whether it is worth exploiting is a different question.
Rebecca Jameson
Chief Engineer
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