As the dust of combat settled and things grew quiet in the old monastery at Silence, we began paging through the stacks of tomes in the library. One particular stack contained a logbook left behind by my ancestor, Thaadius Lorick. I made sure to secret this away for further study, before sharing any details with our dear friend Havelock.
The logs did mention a techno-construct left behind by the Yu'vath, and hidden by Thaadius in the dust cloud surrounding the gas giant before he left the system. That could explain a lot - however it raises questions about whether the construct slowly began afflicting the system over time, or if it perhaps floated harmlessly until disturbed by someone here.
Havelock did assist in looking through the rest of the books, and indicated that Kaal had apparently pulled journals related to various people and property. It remains unclear how his apparent manhunt relates to recent events, if at all. Possibly someone was digging too deep into the legacy of the Yu'vath, and attracted the attention of the inquisition? There is no sign of Kaal's demise, or of his destination if indeed he left Silence.
I find myself pondering the possibility that we're dealing not specifically with the taint of Chaos, but the effects of Xenotech simply beyond our current understanding. The end result may be the same, but it may be an important distinction. Examining the objects which attacked us (the statues, the lightning gun, etc.) turned up a crystalline, purple mark on all of them. There's not much evidence yet to back this up, but perhaps they served as some sort of 'remote control chip' used whatever malign force is arrayed against us.
At any rate, we were able to recover the bulk of the books, and a great many intact statues for later profit. We also took evidence of the monks' fate, and dealt with their remains as is proper. As we prepared to leave, a ship showed up on our scanners. It appeared to be a crystalline construct of unknown hull type (propelled by 'solar sails') and indeterminate crew - and it seemed to be hostile.
We took fire from a dangerous weapon that seemed able to fire past our shielding, and lost some crew to a hull breach. Fortunately most of their shots didn't seem to be properly sighted in yet, and detonated past our ship entirely. Besides that, some clever maneuvering and deadly accuracy enabled us to destroy the vessel quickly. We took samples of the crystals and tried to scan for a signal that might be controlling it, but gained few details.
Considering that the last unusual crystals we had heard about in the system came from Svaard 7, we made a side trip there - only to find it missing entirely. We spent some time searching the area, to ensure it wasn't a simple miscalculation, and then proceeded on to our next destination - Cog.
Cog seems to have a heavily corrosive atmosphere, caused by centuries of industry. We approached the main installation - a huge hive structure built to move to a different part of the land mass periodically in order to spread out the pollution and reduce wear. It seemed to have three levels: The highest consists of shielding and shuttle bays; the middle houses the welding decks, fabrication area, and weapon batteries; the lowest consists of the train carriage.
Though the hive still seemed active to some degree, there was no response to our hail, and no obvious signs of life. Our scans did turn up a potential way in through the undercarriage. We sent out one of our gun-cutters with a teleport beacon crew - unfortunately the ship was lost during the landing, but servitors made it through with the beacon. Now perhaps we can make it in and discover the state of the hive.
The logs did mention a techno-construct left behind by the Yu'vath, and hidden by Thaadius in the dust cloud surrounding the gas giant before he left the system. That could explain a lot - however it raises questions about whether the construct slowly began afflicting the system over time, or if it perhaps floated harmlessly until disturbed by someone here.
Havelock did assist in looking through the rest of the books, and indicated that Kaal had apparently pulled journals related to various people and property. It remains unclear how his apparent manhunt relates to recent events, if at all. Possibly someone was digging too deep into the legacy of the Yu'vath, and attracted the attention of the inquisition? There is no sign of Kaal's demise, or of his destination if indeed he left Silence.
I find myself pondering the possibility that we're dealing not specifically with the taint of Chaos, but the effects of Xenotech simply beyond our current understanding. The end result may be the same, but it may be an important distinction. Examining the objects which attacked us (the statues, the lightning gun, etc.) turned up a crystalline, purple mark on all of them. There's not much evidence yet to back this up, but perhaps they served as some sort of 'remote control chip' used whatever malign force is arrayed against us.
At any rate, we were able to recover the bulk of the books, and a great many intact statues for later profit. We also took evidence of the monks' fate, and dealt with their remains as is proper. As we prepared to leave, a ship showed up on our scanners. It appeared to be a crystalline construct of unknown hull type (propelled by 'solar sails') and indeterminate crew - and it seemed to be hostile.
We took fire from a dangerous weapon that seemed able to fire past our shielding, and lost some crew to a hull breach. Fortunately most of their shots didn't seem to be properly sighted in yet, and detonated past our ship entirely. Besides that, some clever maneuvering and deadly accuracy enabled us to destroy the vessel quickly. We took samples of the crystals and tried to scan for a signal that might be controlling it, but gained few details.
Considering that the last unusual crystals we had heard about in the system came from Svaard 7, we made a side trip there - only to find it missing entirely. We spent some time searching the area, to ensure it wasn't a simple miscalculation, and then proceeded on to our next destination - Cog.
Cog seems to have a heavily corrosive atmosphere, caused by centuries of industry. We approached the main installation - a huge hive structure built to move to a different part of the land mass periodically in order to spread out the pollution and reduce wear. It seemed to have three levels: The highest consists of shielding and shuttle bays; the middle houses the welding decks, fabrication area, and weapon batteries; the lowest consists of the train carriage.
Though the hive still seemed active to some degree, there was no response to our hail, and no obvious signs of life. Our scans did turn up a potential way in through the undercarriage. We sent out one of our gun-cutters with a teleport beacon crew - unfortunately the ship was lost during the landing, but servitors made it through with the beacon. Now perhaps we can make it in and discover the state of the hive.
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Epic!