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PROLOG

Jako kompletny ignorant lorowy i czlowiek majacy tylko troche ponad roczne doswiadczenie w swiecie Elite trafilem podczas Distant Worlds 2 do miejsc nazwanych Conflux abandoned settelments. Nic wielkiego, w sumie poza zakresem tego co mnie na DW2 interesowalo, ale poniewaz wyprawa miala byc bardzo dluga, a matsy sie zawsze przydadza to postanowilem poswiecic jeden dzien i przeleciec sie po czterech lokalizacjach, zebrac materialy i przy okazji wzbogacic archiwum Codexu o wpisy z tych jak sie okazalo baz planetarnych. I cos sie zmienilo...
Zaczne od spraw technicznych:

Caly ten tekst to jeden wielki SPOILER, wiec jak miales w planach wybrac sie w tripa po porzuconych bazach i na miejscu poczuc to COS, to ruszaj i po powrocie nie zapomnij napisac co o tym wszystkim myslisz. Jestem tego bardzo ciekawy :)
Jak napisalem wczesniej, nie mam kilkunastu/kilkudziesieciu lat doswiadczenia w Elite, nie rozumiem lub nawet niedostrzegam niuansow polityki miedzygwiezdnej, nie wiem co bylo ulubionym posilkiem Jamesona i myle nazwiska Senatorow z Dyrektorami Federacji itp. Jesli zauwazasz blad to bede wdzieczny za komentarz z jakims linkiem do materialu zrodlowego. Ja chce to zrozumiec, a nie wykladac "prawde objawiona".
To co bedzie dalej chce pisac z punktu widzenia Cmdr'a Kuby Wolfa, Husarza, pilota z dwoma rangami Elite w rankingu Federacji Pilotow. Goscia, ktory prawie sie poryczal przy Zurarze, a gdy w Confluxie napisali ze smarza sie w neutronowce to nerwowo zaczal przewijac panel nawigacyjny szukajac jakiejs bliskiej gwiazdy do ostatniej proby ucieczki. Mysle ze tak bedzie uczciwiej, bo gdybym pisal jako gracz musialbym zakladac ze FDEV sie w kilku miejscach bardzo pomylili i magia calej tej historii natychmiast by sie skonczyla.
Planuje odnosic sie gdzie tylko sie da do konkretnych tekstow. Dlatego proponuje pewne skroty, najpierw kod miejsca (con - Conflux, fr - Formidine Rift, hg - Hawking Gap, z - Zurara, zal -Zurara Additional Log), nastepnie wielka litera kod "site'u" (A - alpha, B - beta, D - delta, G - gamma), i na koniec numerek odnoszacy sie do konkretnego wpisu z danego miejsca. Dla przykladu conA3 bedzie odnosil sie do wpisu Conflux Alpha Site wpis 3/4.

Dobra ostrzeglem o wszystkim solennie wiec jak chcesz leciec to ruszaj...

PROLOG 2 - Wydruki z Archiwum w Codexie

Conflux

Cytat:CONFLUX ALPHA MISSION 1/4
Expedition Log: 21/08/3270
“So we’ve hauled right out into unexplored territory. Heading corewards, doubt anyone has been this far before. Star density is rising fast, the galaxy looks pretty amazing from this vantage point”.

CONFLUX ALPHA MISSION 2/4
Expedition Log: 30/08/3270
“We’ve been tasked with dropping off these beacons. New tech it would seem. Looks like long range comms stuff to me, but I’m no expert. Can’t see why anyone would want a beacon this far out.”

CONFLUX ALPHA MISSION 3/4
Expedition Log: 17/09/3270
“Reckon I have it figured. We’re dropping these beacons around Earth-like worlds. Can’t be a coincidence. I guess it’s some kind of long term planning by someone. Not sure who’s paying for this gig. Best not to ask too many questions. They’re paying a proper wedge.”

CONFLUX ALPHA MISSION 4/4
Expedition Log: 14/10/3270
“Well, we’re done. Dropped off the last beacon today. It’s going to be a long old trip back to the core worlds. We’re thousands of light years out. Kind of wish we could keep going all the way to the core. Guess someone else will have that little bit of glory.”

CONFLUX BETA MISSION 1/4
Expedition Log: 01/10/3270
“Witch-space once again. We’re almost to our destination in the Conflux area now. That’s odd… looks like… can’t be! You can’t be interdicted in witch-space… that’s impossible! We’re back in normal space. Systems off-line, no power, what in Randomius is that…”

CONFLUX BETA MISSION 2/4
Expedition Log: 30/08/3270
“Signed on for this one as I had the exploration bug, but we’re just jumping and jumping. We’re not staying in systems to survey, just refuelling as fast as we can and then it’s back into witch-space. We’re spending more time there than in real space. Someone is in a hurry.”

CONFLUX BETA MISSION 3/4
Expedition Log: 12/09/3270
“Reminds me of what my father told me about witch-space. it’s haunted. There’s weird lights, shifting clouds, who knows what they are. Makes you wonder whether we should be out here at all. So much stuff we just don’t understand.”

CONFLUX BETA MISSION 4/4
Expedition Log: 18/09/3270
“Witch-space is different out here, there’s something odd, those lights we were seeing are less frequent now, but they seem to be hanging around, almost as if they’re following us. Maybe I’m going nuts.”

CONFLUX DELTA MISSION 1/4
Expedition Log: 30/08/3270
“I’m just the engineer on this particular jaunt. I was advised to prep the ship for a seriously long haul into the void, so I’m loaded up with as many hyperdrive spares as I can cram in. When I asked why, the captain just responded with ‘Don’t ask’.”

CONFLUX DELTA MISSION 2/4
Expedition Log: 12/09/3270
“It’s putting a strain on the ship, that I can tell you. I’ve asked for some downtime so I can run some maintenance, but the captain says we have to hit a schedule. What can be quite so important a thousand light years from the nearest inhabited planet I can’t say, but we’re in a mighty rush.”

CONFLUX DELTA MISSION 3/4
Expedition Log: 18/09/3270
“I warned ’em. We blew the hyperdrive initiator coil jumping in today. Caused a right mess down here. Lots of collateral damage. Scanners are offline and the main generator is running hot. Can’t figure out why, looks like we’re in empty space, but the heat is fierce!”

CONFLUX DELTA MISSION 4/4
Expedition Log: 01/10/3270
“We figured it out. Gravity. We’ve dropped out near a neutron star. Can’t see it, but we can feel it. The ship is cooking around us. No way we can jump out before it gets us. We’re being pulled in. Odds are even as to whether the heat, gravity or magnetism kills us first. We’re jettisoning the logs, if anyone ever finds this… save yourselves! Beware the neutron star.”

CONFLUX GAMMA MISSION 1/4
Expedition Log: 30/08/3270
“I’m just the navigator ouboard this ship. Never flown an Anaconda before, but it’s quite a beast. This one is stripped right down, just cargo space and jump capability. Nothing else. We had an escort to the edge of inhabited space, but our destination is right out there…”

CONFLUX GAMMA MISSION 2/4
Expedition Log: 12/09/3270
“Thousands of light years! Fortunately the ship has behaved itself. We’ve passed countless systems, but we’re not stopping to survey anything. I’ve just been asked to plot on as fast as we can go. We’re aiming for a zone known as the Conflux. It’s sure a long way out. Can’t help wondering why we’re doing this.”

CONFLUX GAMMA MISSION 3/4
Expedition Log: 18/09/3270
“So, we’re here now. Took as five months to reach this part of the galaxy. A team of hired spacers are out there now, dropping off some kind of cargo. Looks like beacons from what I can see, but some guy in uniform came and switched off the scanner. Best not ask too many questions. Might not be wise to be logging this to be honest…”

CONFLUX GAMMA MISSION 4/4
Expedition Log: 10/10/3270
“On our way back home again. Just dropped off whatever it was, turned about and started back. Five months out… probably five months back again. Managed a quick scan of the site when no one was looking. Definitely beacons. Why would anyone want a beacon right out here in the void is beyond me. Not my problem though!”

Formidine Rift

Cytat:FORMIDINE RIFT ALPHA MISSION 1/6
Expedition Log: 21/08/3270
“Why the hell are we out here? No one seems to know. It’s taken months and still we’re not there, wherever ‘there’ is. We’re dropping these beacons. Supposedly nobody knows what they’re for. If they do they ain’t telling. Makes no sense, there’s nothing out here… and who would come all this way anyway?”

FORMIDINE RIFT ALPHA MISSION 2/6
Expedition Log: 28/08/3270
We’re still travelling. Jump drive malfunctioned today, that made an interesting diversion. It’s going to take a while to fix. This area of space is freaking me out. Could have sworn I heard some weird voices in the last jump. We are a long way from home. We’re struggling to plot a course now, we’re leaving the galactic arm and the jumps are getting longer.”

FORMIDINE RIFT ALPHA MISSION 3/6
Expedition Log: 07/09/3270
“Finally fixed the drive. More monotony. Can’t believe it’s nearly six months since we set out from Riedquat. Did I say Riedquat? I meant Reorte. It’s getting to me, this endless emptiness. The guys are showing the strain. Three more months before we can turn and head back. The stars are thinning out, you can see the whole galaxy just hanging there…”

FORMIDINE RIFT ALPHA MISSION 4/6
Expedition Log: 22/09/3270
“The darkness grows. The galaxy is faint and dim behind us. I’m told this place has been nicknamed the Formidine Rift. Apparently that means fear in some old Earth language. It’s an apt name, some of the guys are going space crazy out here in the void. We had to sedate one guy, he went completely doolally. We’ve not seen another soul for weeks. Just us and this ship… alone… in the darkness…”

FORMIDINE RIFT ALPHA MISSION 5/6
Expedition Log: 07/10/3270
“I’m scared… help me someone… I can’t bear another jump. The lights in witch-space are coming for me, the lights… always the lights… they’re calling to me… a siren song… I must join them…”

FORMIDINE RIFT ALPHA MISSION 6/6
Expedition Log: 08/10/3270
AUTOMATED TELEMETRY REPORT: CANOPY BLAST BOLTS ACTIVATED. LIFE SUPPORT MALFUNCTION. CREW VITAL SIGNS TERMINATED. SHIP SYSTEMS ENGAGING STANDBY MODE. DISTRESS BEACON ACTIVATED.

FORMIDINE RIFT BETA MISSION 1/6
Expedition Log: 30/08/3270
“Been travelling for weeks. Passed this amazing twin nebula just recently, about the only interesting sight on this whole trip. We are a long way out now, I don’t think anyone else has been this far. Still, pay is good!”

FORMIDINE RIFT BETA MISSION 2/6
Expedition Log: 12/09/3270
“Stars have thinned out and we’ve started dropping our cargo. Looks like some kind of long-range beacon to me. It’s all hush-hush, no questions asked stuff. Heard some of the senior bods talking about a Dynasty project. Careless talk and all that…”

FORMIDINE RIFT BETA MISSION 3/6
Expedition Log: 18/09/3270
“Nothing prepared me for the boredom. It’s very dark out here. Really dark… darker than normal space. There’s hardly any stars ahead of us, it’s just blackness… the void.”

FORMIDINE RIFT BETA MISSION 4/6
Expedition Log: 01/10/3270
“Picked up some kind of signal yesterday and it looks like the crew weren’t expecting it. Got them proper rattled. There’s definitely something very strange about this area of space. Won’t be sad to turn around and head horne.”

FORMIDINE RIFT BETA MISSION 5/6
Expedition Log: 11/11/3270
“Last batch of cargo due today, but the hyperdrive has malfunctioned. We tried jumping and got yanked straight back out. So we’re stuck here, Randomius knows where…”

FORMIDINE RIFT BETA MISSION 6/6
Expedition Log: 29/11/3270
“We can’t fix it. Hyperdrive is dead. Lucky we’re in a system with a habitable world. We’ve sent a distress call but who knows if anyone will ever hear it. We’re going to abandon ship. If anyone finds this, we’re in…” AUTOMATED TELEMETRY REPORT: POWER FAILURE.

FORMIDINE RIFT DELTA MISSION 1/6
Expedition Log: 30/08/3270
“I should have paid a bit more attention to the mission description. I just saw the credit count and signed up there and then. More money than I’ve ever earned and all in one go, just for taking a year out. What’s a poor girl got to do? A bit of a jaunt into the void, how bad could it be? Didn’t read the bit about several thousand light years. I’ve never even been past Leesti before! Get rich quick scheme – let’s go!”

FORMIDINE RIFT DELTA MISSION 2/6
Expedition Log: 12/09/3270
“It’s pretty out here. We’ve seen a gorgeous double nebula called the Heart and Soul. You should see it, lots of bright blue stars nearby, wish we could divert to have a closer look, but our mission is beyond apparently. Really brings back how big the galaxy is. Makes you feel real small and insignificant.”

FORMIDINE RIFT DELTA MISSION 3/6
Expedition Log: 18/09/3270
“My job is the EVA. Taking out one of our two Sidewinders and dropping beacons out in the void and then making sure they’re activated. Not sure what these things are for. Who needs a beacon this far out anyway? Weird, they all have this code in their BIOS – ‘Exodus’. Still, at least I now have something to do. The journey was so dull! Months of travel to get out here.”

FORMIDINE RIFT DELTA MISSION 4/6
Expedition Log: 01/10/3270
“Something weird happened to day. Unloaded another beacon and set it up, then everything went off line – and l mean everything! Life support too! No comms, nothing. Stayed that way for about two minutes. Then everything was back to normal. Affected our support ship too. No idea what caused it. Going to need new underwear when I get back. Rumours are there is something odd about this area of space.”

FORMIDINE RIFT DELTA MISSION 5/6
Expedition Log: 11/11/3270
“Oh my god… someone help me. Where are they… please… this can’t be happening…”

FORMIDINE RIFT DELTA MISSION 6/6
Expedition Log: 29/11/3270
“I’ve had time to accept it now. I went out as normal with one of the beacons, set it up. Had that weird power loss again. I waited and it all came back online like before. Signalled my support ship – no response. Flew back and it was gone, just debris. No survivors. Don’t know what happened. It’s just me and this crappy old Sidewinder a zillion miles from home. Should have known it wasn’t going to work out. If it’s too good to be true… There’s an Earth-like world here, going to try and reach it… you never know.”

FORMIDINE RIFT GAMMA MISSION 1/6
Expedition Log: 30/08/3270
“Looks like I drew a short straw somewhere along the line. These long range missions pay well, but it’s a year out in the void. A year! We’re out far beyond the Frontier. The boys call this place the ‘Formidine Rift’. Apparently that means ‘terror’ in some oid Earth language. Nice. Just looks like more space to me.”

FORMIDINE RIFT GAMMA MISSION 2/6
Expedition Log: 12/09/3270
“Finally arrived in place after five months of hyperspace travel. Now we have two months of laying a bunch of beacons before another five months travel back home. At least I’ll have enough credits to retire by then.”

FORMIDINE RIFT GAMMA MISSION 3/6
Expedition Log: 18/09/3270
“Supposedly there are a bunch of other ships out here doing the same job as us, but no comms allowed. All a bit strange. It’s vast and lonely out here, pretty much the whole galaxy is behind us. It’s getting to some of the crew.”

FORMIDINE RIFT GAMMA MISSION 4/6
Expedition Log: 01/10/3270
“We picked up some kind of bizarre signal yesterday. Whatever it was it wasn’t human. At least, that’s the scuttlebutt going around the decks. Everyone is looking out of the canopies now. We’re seeing some strange lights during hyperspace transits. Terror? Yeah, we got some of that…”

FORMIDINE RIFT GAMMA MISSION 5/6
Expedition Log: 11/11/3270
“More strange lights. We’ve got equipment malfunctions, scanners dropping in and out, systems resetting. Ship is limping on. Everyone wants to turn about, but if we don’t complete the mission we don’t get paid. No one wants to give up those credits either. You expect to turn around and see…”

FORMIDINE RIFT GAMMA MISSION 6/6
Expedition Log: 29/11/3270
“We’re done and we’re heading home. We picked up some heat signatures in the last system. Definitely something there and it wasn’t any profile I had seen before. Something was watching us. There’s something evil out here, and it doesn’t like company!”

Hawkins Gap

Cytat:HAWKIN’S GAP ALPHA MISSION 1/4
Expedition Log: 21/08/3270
“Damn we’ve come a long way. I really should have looked at the galactic map before I signed up for this. Weeks of endless travel and hyperspace jumps just to get into the vicinity of the place, and that’s before we get down to the work.”

HAWKIN’S GAP ALPHA MISSION 2/4
Expedition Log: 29/08/3270
“Cargo hold is rammed full of strange tech. Looks like a bunch of satellites to me, but it’s all hush hush. Normal crew like me ain’t allowed anywhere near them. Don’t know what they’re for, other than we have to drop them off in very specific locations. Weird, eh?”

HAWKIN’S GAP ALPHA MISSION 3/4
Expedition Log: 15/09/3270
“Bored rigid now, can’t wait to turn around and go home. I don’t care how good the money is, nothing is worth this tedium. We haven’t even started the return journey yet… Randomius Factoria – save me!”

HAWKIN’S GAP ALPHA MISSION 4/4
Expedition Log: 13/10/3270
“Still, it could be worse! I could have pulled the Formidine Rift gig. Rumour is they’re having to double up on ships for that one as the crews are going void-mad and ejecting themselves into space becuase they’ve seen ghosts. Word is there’s something out there.”

HAWKIN’S GAP BETA MISSION 1/4
Expedition Log: 30/08/3270
“Strange mission this, though the pay is good. Nobody seems to know who’s footing the bill, but Sirius Corp is favourite. Whatever this trip is, it’s expensive. It’s also hush hush. Even the captain doesn’t know what we’re carrying and he’s not happy about it.”

HAWKIN’S GAP BETA MISSION 2/4
Expedition Log: 12/09/3270
“Big bust up today. Apparently this ship is flying without shields and without guns! We had an escort for the first few hundred light years, but then they peeled off and we’re on our own out here in the void! If we do come across anything nasty we’re going to have to hope we can run…”

HAWKIN’S GAP BETA MISSION 3/4
Expedition Log: 18/09/3270
“Not a happy ship. Crew is grumbling. Captain hasn’t been seen for weeks. Cargo bay is guarded by these very unfriendly types. Don’t know what they’re protecting, but it’s enough to get a man killed over, that’s for sure.”

HAWKIN’S GAP BETA MISSION 4/4
Expedition Log: 1/10/3270
“Cargo dropped. Turned about and on our way back to civilisation. What it was, nobody knows and nobody is asking. It’s a bit more relaxed now, whatever that cargo was it was something important. Can’t see what use it would be this far out, but maybe someone knows something we don’t…”

HAWKIN’S GAP DELTA MISSION 1/4
Expedition Log: 30/08/3270
“This is a bigger operation than I thought it was. A massive fleet of Anacondas all prepped for long endurance travel out to the edge of beyond. No ships have markings, no emblems, no political affiliation. Somebody with deep pockets must be paying for this, but who ?”

HAWKIN’S GAP DELTA MISSION 2/4
Expedition Log: 12/09/3270
“Judging by the way the fleet deployed I would say there were three main destinations, all a long way outside of the core worlds. We got our orders today, we’re making for a zone called “Hawkin’s Gap”. It’s a seriously long way, not even the explorers have been out this way before. Strange mission.”

HAWKIN’S GAP DELTA MISSION 3/4
Expedition Log: 18/09/3270
“Our little armada split up today, so we’re on our own now. Just us and the void. Still a lot of speculations as to what we’re doing. Cargo hold is full, that I don’t know. My guess is some kind of deep space survey, but I can’t figure out why we’d need to be so far out …”

HAWKIN’S GAP DELTA MISSION 4/4
Expedition Log: 01/10/3270
“Cargo is being deployed. A series of artefacts of some kind. The handling bods aren’t part of the ship’s crew, so we don’t know what they’re doing. Captain has told us to turn a blind eye and wait for them to be done.”

HAWKIN’S GAP GAMMA MISSION 1/4
Expedition Log: 30/08/3270
“Beautiful part of the galaxy this, really dense clusters of stars, pretty much halfway to the core. Been one long trip though. We’re out here dropping off a series of beacons. Randomius knows what for, but they’re paying, so no questions asked!”

HAWKIN’S GAP GAMMA MISSION 2/4
Expedition Log: 12/09/3270
“Funny Thing is, I’ve asked a few of the other hands about this mission and no one seems to know who’s behind it. We all picked up bulletin board adverts promising big credits for a long haul and kind of just ended up on board. Not sure it it’s the Feds, the Imps or the Alliance. Still, credits are credits!”

HAWKIN’S GAP GAMMA MISSION 3/4
Expedition Log: 18/09/3270
“Arrived on site today. Bunch of guys had to go EVA to drop off the beacons. We’re jumping around a bunch of systems here in the gap. One of the Beacons activated all on its own, started squawking some weird code before it got switched off. We were told we hadn’t heard anything.”

HAWKIN’S GAP GAMMA MISSION 4/4
Expedition Log: 01/10/3270
“I’m logging this, but I shouldn’t be. Bunch of guys were talking about the beacons yesterday and then there was a mysterious accident in the airlock – they’re all dead! Feeling aboard is mutinous. Just want to get back home. I ain’t doing no top secret missions again, that’s for sure.”

Zurara

Cytat:THE ZURARA 1/4
Zurara Ship Log Entry
01/10/3270
RECORDING
We managed to overpower the invaders, but not before they took out the main reactor. We’re dead in space, with twenty minutes of life support left. Didn’t get nothing out of them before they died, but clearly it was all planned. They took a drug which killed them. Doc says it’s nicknamed ‘Hexedit’. First it kills your memories, then it kills you. Neat and tidy.
So we’re dead, just waiting for the end. This will be the last log from the Zurara. Some of the crew have already killed themselves. Others are praying to whatever deity they believe might help them. A few are drinking themselves into oblivion. I don’t know what will get us first, the lack of oxygen or the cold. Battery power is about to die.
PAUSE RECORDING

THE ZURARA 2/4
Zurara Ship Log Entry
01/10/3270
RESUME
Me? I’m leaving this log. This far out I doubt anyone will ever hear it, but well, what the hell?
We all signed up for the promise of big payouts, a year of your life in exchange for enough to retire on. I guess I should have looked closer at it, but you would have probably done the same, right? No need to work again. What’s clear now is whoever was behind this mission never intended for any of us to come back.
Damn, it’s cold in here now.
PAUSE RECORDING

THE ZURARA 3/4
Zurara Ship Log Entry
01/10/3270
RESUME
The folks managing the cargo, jees, they were all psychos. The moment we completed the mission they just ‘snapped’. Killed the ship and killed themselves. Some kind of mental conditioning, Doc said. We tried to get word out to the other vessels when we found out. We got a signal out, but I don’t know if anyone received it. It will probably freak them out, I don’t think they know we’re here.
We dropped a series of beacons out here, all targeted around Earth-like or terraformable worlds. We prepped some of the terraforrn candidates with seeders and biofilters. No one can figure out why it was necessary, but that was the mission. Just as we were turning back… boom, those cargo-handlers went nuts.
PAUSE RECORDING

THE ZURARA 4/4
Zurara Ship Log Entry
01/10/3270
RESUME
So that’s it. We don’t even know why we’ve been killed. But someone out there knows, someone out there has blood on their hands, a lot of it. If you figure it out, give them a message from us. You know what l mean.
Funny. We were told there was something bad out here, that it was haunted by ghosts…
I just never figured it would be us doing the haunting…
END RECORDING

Zurara Additional Log

1. Kiedy, gdzie i po co?

Wszystkie wpisy czlonkow wypraw datowane sa na druga polowe roku 3270. Misja miala trwac rok, 5 miesiecy na dolot do wyznaczonego regionu 2 miesiace na zrzut ladunku i kolejne 5 miesiecy na powrot (frG2). Cel misji byl utajniony nawet przed zaloga (conD1), ale przeciez jak lecisz dlugo statkiem to znajda sie sposoby zeby sie dowiedziec czegos wiecej (conG4, hgG3). Celem misji bylo rozmieszczenie tych beaconow zgodnie z planem (hgG2) w trzech sektorach (hgD2). Choc patrzac a mape az prosi sie o wyznaczenie 4 lokalizacji na "poludniowy wchod" od Banki.

2. Flota

Flota Anacond (conG1, hgD1) przystosowanych do przewozu towarow i dlugiego lotu (conD1, conG1). Poza tym "statki wspomagajace", ale wiemy jedynie o Zurarze i Sidewindery do rozstawiania beaconow (frD3). Prawdopodobnie jednak to nie bylo 12 Anacond i Zurara tylko jakas wieksza flotylla (hgD3). Tu nasuwa sie pytanie czy Anacondy kiedykolwiek byly przystosowane do przenoszenia i wypuszczania Sidwinderow???

3. Skad wyruszyla ekspedycja?

Riedquat lub Reorte (frA3).

4. Czy ktos wrocil?

Nic na ten temat nie wiadomo. Choc misje conA, conG, frG, hgB opisuja wykonanie zadania i obranie kursow powrotnych. conD mieli smiertelne spotkanie z neutronowka, frA zniszczenie conopy, frB po awarii napedu planuja opuscic statek i udac sie na pobliskie ELW, frD po czyms co przypominalo wylaczenie systemow przez Thargoidow odnalazl szczatki macierzystego statku i w swoim Sidewinderze proboje sie rowniez dostac na ELW, Zurara po sabotazu nie mogla zawrocic do domu. Reszte spotykaja awarie i wypadki, ale nic nie wadomo czy wykonali misje i czy ruszyli w podroz powrotna.

5. Slady ekspedycji

Nie znalezlismy wrakow (poza Zurara), rozbitkow, jak rowniez nie zostaly namierzone tak pieczolowicie rozstawiane beacony. Brak danych lokalizacyjnych szczegolnie w przypadku frB6 jest wrecz zastanawiajacy. Jednak nigdzie nie jest potwierdzone lub zgloszone ze celem misji lub jej elementem bylo zakladanie baz planetarnych. Dlatego mozna wysnuc wniasek, ze miejsca odczytania logow nie sa tozsame z miejscami opisanych w nich zdazen, oczywiscie z wyjatkiem Zurary. Za pewna kolejna poszlake odnosnie miejsca poszukiwania mozna wysnuc czytajac informacje o eskortach odprowadzajacych statki ekspedycji poza granice zamieszkalych systemow (conG1, hgB2). Tak sie sklada ze obie ekspedycje obraly kurs powrotny do domu, czy w obliczu jawnych aktow sabotazu jak na Zurarze eskorta nie stala sie wilkiem w owczej skorze? Moze choc czesc sladow jest kilkaset LY od Banki w kierunku Conflux i Hawking Gap?

6. Misja ratunkowa

Nie bylo misji ratunkowej, choc w przynajmniej w dwoch przypadkach zostaly wyslane sygnaly ratunkowe (frA6, frB6). Jednak tajemnicza R. wyruszyla i znalazla Zurare (zal1,2,3) prawie 3 lata pozniej. Zostawia tam notatke na wypadek gdyby jej pamiec zostala zniszczona.

7. Ciag dalszy nastapil???

Wg niektorych zrodel tajemnicza R. miala na imie Rebbeca i byla Old Lady ktora probowala przekazac cos Senator Salome. Czy bylo to wazne i czy Salome udalo sie cos wiecej dowiedziec tego juz od niej nie uslyszymu. Jednak Children of Raxxla, organizacja blisko zwiazana z Salome prowadzial kilka projektow badawczych w rejonie Formidine Rift i to oni odkryli tamtejsze porzucone bazy. Obecnie temat jest zawieszony.

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