[b][u]GHOST FRAGMENT: FALLEN[/u][/b] //...498.0074/IR:KK0709a.9// //ALERT: CORRUPTION DETECTED// //ALERT: AUDIO LOG UNAVAILABLE// //REROUTING…/REROUTING…/REROUTING... //EDS:3713498.0074/IR:KK0709a.9// //AUDIO UNAVAILABLE// //TRANSCRIPT FOLLOWS…/ <u.1:0.1> There [is] a wall. Out in the steppes. <u.1:0.2> You know it? <u.1:0.3> Use[d] [to] protect a spaceport—one [of] them old rocketyards. Know what I mean? Where they use[d] [to] leave world. <u.1:0.4> One [of] them monuments [to] the good old days. Whatever those are, right? <u.1:0.5> Only days I ever known look just like this one. <u.1:0.6> Can't say I [would] call [them] good, but there [have] been worse. And worse is what I'm talkin[g] about. <u.1:0.7> [Be]cause I was out there. <u.1:0.8> At the wall. <u.1:0.9> I was there. <u.1:1.0> I'd heard about it. Just stories. But I'd heard. Ya know? <u.1:1.1> We'd been on the road for… <u.1:1.2> I don't know. <u.1:1.3> Four-some years. Over? I don't know. <u.1:1.4> We'd worn thin. <u.1:1.5> Time and… <u.1:1.6> ... <u.1:1.7> Time and other things… other factors… will do that to [you]. <u.1:1.8> ... <u.1:1.9> So, we were there. Not there, but close enough we could see it—out of the way, but close enough. <u.1:2.0> Should [have]… <u.1:2.1> We should [have] left it alone. <u.1:2.2> I mean, we could [not] know, but we should [have] known. <u.1:2.3> ... <u.1:2.4> ... <u.1:2.5> Anyway… <u.1:2.6> I… <u.1:2.7> Me and another couple guys, we convinced [them]… <u.1:2.8> Convinced the rest that we should take a look. <u.1:2.9> That maybe, I don't know… <u.1:3.0> That maybe we'd find a jumper or shelter, or whatever… something. <u.1:3.1> We agreed… All of us… <u.1:3.2> We agreed. If we got close and it looked bad… <u.1:3.3> Looked wrong… <u.1:3.4> ...we [would] turn back. <u.1:3.5> Everyone knows… Avoid tech. <u.1:3.6> Right? <u.1:3.7> Stick to the lowlands and stay away from scrap. <u.1:3.8> We knew this. <u.1:3.9> We talked about it. <u.1:4.0> But it was quiet. [You] know? <u.1:4.1> And bare. <u.1:4.2> Like it [had] already been picked over. <u.1:4.3> Like they were gone. <u.1:4.4> I mean… It was clear they [had] been there. <u.1:4.5> But they looked gone. <u.1:4.6> And we knew… <u.1:4.7> We knew we wouldn't survive much longer. <u.1:4.8> Not as a group. <u.1:4.9> Not on our own. <u.1:5.0> We needed a ship. <u.1:5.1> We needed help. <u.1:5.2> ... <u.1:5.3> So we went inside. <u.1:5.4> We were careful. I mean, I guess… I guess we were. <u.1:5.5> We meant to be. <u.1:5.6> Quiet. <u.1:5.7> Careful. <u.1:5.8> But we were wrong. <u.1:5.9> It was [not] just a wall. <u.1:6.0> It [is] not just a spaceport… <u.1:6.1> Not anymore. <u.1:6.2> ... <u.1:6.3> It [is] a goddamn fortress. <u.1:6.4> ... <u.1:6.5> We were wrong... <u.1:6.6> I was wrong. <u.1:6.7> And, now they [are] all dead. <u.1:6.8> And the Fallen own this goddamn planet. /...END TRANSCRIPT/// [b][u]GHOST FRAGMENT: DARKNESS[/u][/b] V113NNI070XMX001 SECRET HADAL INSTANT AI-COM/RSPN: SOLSECCENT//SxISR//DEEPSPACE CONTACT CONTACT CONTACT TRANSIENT. NULLSOURCE. NULLTYPE. This is a SKYSHOCK ALERT. Multiple distributed ISR assets report a TRANSIENT NEAR EXTRASOLAR EVENT. Event duration ZERO POINT THREE SECONDS. Event footprint includes sterile neutrino scattering and gravity waves. Omnibus analysis detects deep structure information content (nine sigma) and internal teleonomy. No hypothesis on event mechanism (FLAG ACAUSAL). Bootstrap simulation suggests event is DIRECTED and INIMICABLE (convergent q-Bayes/Monte Carlo probability approaches 1). No hypothesis on deep structure encoding (TCC/NP-HARD). Source blueshift suggests IMMINENT SOLAR ENTRY. Promote event to SKYSHOCK: OCP: EXTINCTION. Activate VOLUSPA. Activate YUGA. Cauterize public sources to SECURE ISIS and harden for defensive action. I am invoking CARRHAE WHITE and assuming control of solar defenses. STOP STOP STOP V113NNI070XMX091