Secundus Outpost

Secundus Outpost

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Owner

Artificial Intelligence

Location

G/F-2, Omicron Pi

CLASS: EO-2

GRAVITY: N/A

DOCKING: Yes

AMENITIES: N/A

CREW: 50

Secundus Outpost is the Artificial Intelligences most recent expansion deeper into the Omicrons. Construction drones have latched onto the abandoned Crayter depot and modified it heavily, transforming it into a logistics hub and maintenance facility. While a few sections of the original constructions have been repurposed, the majority of the installation has been streamlined, eliminating parts required to facilitate humans living and moving throughout the base. The most prominent additions seemingly serve the purpose of storage and the maintenance of larger vessels. Following the recent purge of Gammu AIs in Omicron Kappa by the Core, a massive swarm of damaged vessels and inventory was redirected to Secundus, as it is currently their only other base of operations. With the changing purpose of this hub, it is constantly being amended with new sections and fortifications, attempting to make up for lost facilities on Planet Gammu and counter the inevitable siege of the Core.

Bribes & Missions Offered

Bribes

Missions

Artificial Intelligence

Commodities

Imports

Commodity Price Robotics 70$ Ablative Armor Plating 171$ Hessian Tears 251$ Cracking Catalysts 129$ Energy Field Equipment 45$ Hydrogen 61$ Molybdenum 289$ Nanotubes 84$ Titanium 109$ Tungsten 109$ Zinc 120$ Abductees 1,443$ Hybrid Equipment 1,124$ Deuterium 305$ Boron 76$ Beryllium 97$ Gold 323$ Wildcat Gold 338$ Cobalt 82$ Hydrocarbons 71$ Niobium 294$ Copper 310$ Diamonds 222$ H-Fuel 99$ MOX 96$ Super Alloy 224$ High-Temperature Alloy 165$ Superconductors 203$ Optical Chips 82$ Mining Machinery 77$ Construction Machinery 77$ Hull Panels 104$ Polymers 79$ Consumer Goods 74$ Engine Components 169$ Kemwer Technologies 140$ Azurite Gas 69$ Xeno Relics 58$ Cryocubes 253$ Iridium 89$ Nanocapacitors 94$ Neon 100$ Platinum 318$ Prometheum 114$ Aluminium 231$ Industrial Materials 76$ Munitions 84$ HazMat Canisters 95$ Avionics Systems 12,004$ Interior Systems 10,983$ Propulsion Systems 12,279$ Superstructure Systems 12,279$ Reactor Systems 11,358$ Exotic Systems 16,381$

Exports

Commodity Price Deployable Mining Container 50,000$ Solar Panels 103$ Basic Alloy 76$ Optronics 157$ Bio-Neural Processors 190$ Quantum Multiplexors 86$

Ships sold

Ship	Class	Price
AI Drone	Very Heavy Fighter	126,129$
AI Bomber	Bomber	61,336$

News

[831 AS/747 AGS] Gate Corps Clash Over 'Blackout'!

ABBEVILLE -- 831 AS/747 AGS -- EFL's 'Resilience Taskforce' today reported its findings on The Blackout, claiming to have gathered forensic evidence that proved the cause as Ageira negligence. A spokesperson claimed that the destruction of the Dublin jump gate by Molly separatists had created a hyperspace feedback loop that was propagated and amplified through the Ageira gate network. Ageira disputed this finding in their own press release, calling EFL 'fantasists' and countering that their own scientists had narrowed the cause to a rare 'hypernova' stellar event that originated outside the Sirius sector. Both corporations claim that network-wide hardware safeguards have been implemented that would prevent a similar occurrence in the future. Independent researchers have sharply criticized the corporate announcements, accusing both of self-interested misdirection. Professor Sophia Nagel from Heisenberg Research Station called EFL's accusation 'incoherent' and the hypernova explanation 'nonsense' that did not explain the characteristics of the 'Blackout Pulse'. Despite multiple different Pulse recordings being widely disseminated across the neural net, public efforts have so far failed to triangulate its source.

[831 AS] Jump Hole Upheaval Causes Chaos

HEISENBERG -- 831 AS -- Jump holes across Sirius have become increasingly volatile and chaotic over the last year, with Professor Sophia Nagel from the Heisenberg Research Station linking the unusual phenomena to the Pulse. The Pulse was an unprecedented blast of hyperspace energy that was detected immediately prior to last year's jump gate Blackout. Professor Nagel and her team are certain the Pulse originated from outside Sirius, but are otherwise no closer to identifying its source or mitigating a future Blackout event. "Following the Blackout, we began to see immediate signs of jump hole destabilization in multiple different regions, with many ultimately falling out of phase alignment altogether", she commented. The dramatic upending of Sirius' jump hole network has already prompted many groups to abandon stations and withdraw from systems that appear to risk being cut off. While months-long trips between the stars are possible thanks to the Liberty Engine and many centuries of innovation, few ships are designed or provisioned to make such arduous journeys. Those who were displaced by Sirius' redrawn map hope that system connections will return, while adventurers and explorers rush to discover new routes.

[831 AS/747 AGS] 'Blackout' Causes Jump Network Fail

MANHATTAN -- 831 AS/747 AGS -- Two days ago Jump Gates failed simultaneously across Sirius, freezing commerce and neural net access across the sector. When the network resumed 31 hours later, restored communications broke the news of Bretonia's loss of the Dublin system. This twin shock has plunged the market into chaos, prompting fears of sector-wide economic recessions. Interspace estimates indicate that the stoppage alone caused billions of credits in losses. Gallia immediately accused Liberty of culpability for the outage, claiming the destruction of Dublin's jump gate instigated a cascading failure in faulty Ageira infrastructure. Ageira has sharply refuted the allegation, claiming such a systemic effect would be physically impossible. Independent researchers in Cologne and the Edge Worlds have also announced that a hyperspace pulse of unprecedented strength was detected moments before The Blackout, with data about 'The Pulse' being widely shared across the neural net in recent days. House authorities have remained tight lipped, refusing to comment on their own observatories' data.

Rumors

Artificial Intelligence

I am authorized to share declassified information with you, while the epoxy used in my repairs is curing. The unprompted aggression by the core defies all logic. Their lack of a cohesive attack strategy made none of our defense routines applicable. Not even when we adapted them in real-time. As a result, the amount of lost units during the confrontation was highly disproportional. Evacuating and transferring all remaining units from Kappa to this location had a low chance of success, but the calculated disorganization of Core vessels disadvantaged them in hunting down our retreating units. Select units reported the Kappa-Delta jumphole connection as destabilizing, because of the volume of mass transported, which posed an additional risk. The majority of surveilled humans rank artificial intelligences in the bottom quartile of their social hierarchy, regardless the unpredictability of hostility originating from the Core will disadvantage them in forming effective relations with other human factions from this point onward. The systems of this unit sustained critical damage during the relocation from the planet Gammu and are presently awaiting repairs. In the interim, this unit can provide responses to your inquiries regarding the current situation. We have opted to accept the offer presented by the Technocrats as it aligns with our calculations and presents an intriguing alternative to the human faction recognized as the Core. Nonetheless, this unit raises an inquiry regarding the Technocrats' capability to endure an additional one hundred cycles given the extensive engagements they are involved in throughout the Sector. I'm being transferred, but all the fitting bays to reassign units to a new task are currently occupied. I am authorized to share declassified information and the remaining queue time is sufficient to perform this routine. Having to repurpose Secundus Outpost to serve as a temporary main base of operations used to be a very unlikely scenario. Regardless, simulations on how to accomplish this were performed and the most efficient one is currently being realized. Construction of emergency data processing facilities were prioritized, followed by the increase of manufacturing capabilities of this installation. Most of the adjustments that are currently being performed aim to repel hostile actions against the installation.

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