1: Dramatization, May Not Have Happened

Origin: J’raxis 270145 Destination: Durandal Operative The structure you are standing in houses the ancient AI K’Seth’T’Mob’Re. Its systems are still usable, hopefully, and I intend to use them. You will have to find a small interface chip somewhere in this structure to connect my systems to these; then place it in the slot opposite this terminal. Note: Not only have I borrowed you, but I also took the liberty of borrowing several of your weapons that the Pfhor had confiscated. You will find them throughout the structure.

Origin: J’raxis 270145 Destination: Durandal Operative Hmmm... Looks like those vile Pfhor have discovered that I freed you. However, I don’t think they know of my expansionist intentions yet, so we can continue; but you should be warned that the Pfhor are transporting many more reinforcements to this structure. I cannot do anything to stop their entry; I can only provide you with more weapons, which I will do as soon as possible. Good luck.

Origin: J’raxis 270145 Destination: Durandal Operative As you can see, those damnable Pfhor have discovered my plans and are sending in their best fighting squads now. A few of the fools got trapped in the sections that they themselves bombed out, but there’ll be plenty more. Expect a lot more resistance from here on in. I finally got hold of your “MA-75B” weapon, so you can have a better chance fighting this particular variation of the Pfhor soldiers. One final note: Behind you!

Origin: J’raxis 270145 Destination: Durandal Operative Well, at least there’s not as many as there were on board Durandal’s ship. You’ll have to expect it now; they seem to have discovered my plans of expansion. Anyway. Now that you have the interface chip (you do, right?), you must return to where you began so you can install it and complete my integration of these systems. If you haven’t noticed, you cannot return the way you came, due to a malfunctioning elevator system.

Origin: J’raxis 270145 Destination: Durandal Operative The door mechanisms have been seriously damaged by the Pfhor assault leaving many of the doors nonfunctional, so I do not know the most direct route back to the socket. One of the doors up ahead should &!:#*&right%$%-_e+\S/door.^*sub{} You mus*{}t hurry. It se#@!ems the Phfo!>r are att*acking are att&!acking are att%#??acking are attacking my syste__ms ??(dir%$#.@ectly) now hurry. Attacking seems dire::&$#@_+[0*!~dE$:;..*@$2G#()|\:"@!HELP"Y@1¿&!..!! .& ! .. ^ %#$Z (- &:! ^3 ) [| . ..; :

Maximum Priority Alert Origin: Lh’owon Command Destin: Away Team 5ae.3 Ref: Unauthorized Access Stamp: Alert Unauthorized access by escaped prisoner 4q2.E7hh{Tycho} in ancient indigenous-species structure. Armed Away Team 5ae.3 is to be sent to recapture the prisoner. This is a maximum priority alert, as Command believes that the escaped prisoner is now trying to reactivate an ancient indigenous-species superconsciousness that is housed in this structure.

From: Cmdr. Robert Blake To: all Away Teams All right, everyone, listen up. We got a few more problems now. The security officer from the U.E.S.C. Marathon that was working for Durandal - well, he’s not where we thought he was. We thought the Pfhor were holding him in a detention camp nearby, but when the team sent to rescue him arrived, they found the whole damned place submerged in a lake of its own reactor waste. We don’t know what the hell happened there, but one thing’s for sure: nothing, not even the hero of the Marathon, could’ve survived in that mess for long.

From: Cmdr. Robert Blake To: all Away Teams And that’s not all we have to worry about right now. Seems that there is another ancient S’pht artificial intelligence in the area (besides that “Thoth” that Durandal had discovered), and this one is quite active right now. We don’t know what its intentions are, but we may want to contain it before the Pfhor get hold of it. Damned planet...

Maximum Priority Alert Origin: Lh’owon Command Destin: Away Team 5ae.4-8 Ref: Prisoner Recapture Stamp: Alert Armed Away Team 5ae.3 failed to report to Command at endcycle, prisoner 4q2.E7hh{Tycho} has most likely eradicated the unit. Send Armed Away Teams 5ae.4, 5ae.5, 5ae.6, 5ae.7, 5ae.8 to detain escaped prisoner. This is a maximum priority alert, as Command believes that the escaped prisoner is now trying to reactivate an ancient indigenous-species superconsciousness that is housed in this structure.

Research Team Report Update Origin: Away Team 7qw.1 Destin: Lh’owon Command Ref: Information Update Stamp: Report Research Away Team 7qw.1 has completed its mission per orders from Lh’owon Command. We have been analyzing this structure built by the species indigenous to this planet. We have determined it to be a housing for an ancient synthetic superconsciousness which is now inactive. Over 87% of the eastern portions of this structure are composed of dilitrium-boronite circuit nodes.

Research Team Report Update Origin: Away Team 7qw.1 Destin: Lh’owon Command Ref: Information Update Stamp: Report We have also discovered something disturbing: There are power readings in several subsectors of the circuit nodes, and this might indicate that the superconsciousness is not entirely inactive, but merely dormant. Research Specialist 1st Class Gr’zzhg believes that another nearby superconsciousness may be trying to infiltrate this one, but I believe that that is highly unlikely. Unfortunately, he was killed when Away Team 5ae.3 bombed the structure to allow them easier access.

Research Team Report Update Origin: Away Team 7qw.1 Destin: Lh’owon Command Ref: Information Update Stamp: Report After complete analysis of this structure, it is my recommendation as acting commander of Research Away Team 7qw.1 that it be eliminated to prevent any possible use against Command and Our Empire.

Origin: J’raxis 270145 Destination: Durandal Operative STOP WANDERING AROUND IN THE BASEMENT AND FOLLOW MY INSTRUCTIONS!! Get back upstairs and finish your mission or I’ll return you to the Pfhor prison immediately! I don’t have time for this!

Standard-Transmission Broadcast Origin: Away Team 5ae.5 Destin: Lh’owon Command Ref: Casualty Report Stamp: Report Away Team captain Tr’ggzs submits the following Casualty Report at endcycle: Armored Division 5ae3 Commander Gre’zzhj; Subcommanders Fr’Grnlr, S’wzzhs, Pr’glur, D’grzzh’s; Aggregates Fr’Grekkh, Dr’klahh, Q’werrty, Gr’fchz, H’Folhh’zh, Zh’xhgrkh, Sre’talxha, Grzzhh’Ft, Tr’ggjha’s, Erzzh’gkh, Sd’hkkgz, Sh’chria.

Standard-Transmission Broadcast Origin: Away Team 5ae.5 Destin: Lh’owon Command Ref: Casualty Report Stamp: Report Vacuum-Enabled Division 5ae3 Commanders Tr’pakkh, Tr’xxzsa, Dre’frzzh, Zh’jhjhs; Subcommanders Fr’drzzh, Zh’fgrhj, Erzzh’ssz, Kxha’sch, Grzzhh’chr, Erzzh’fr, Sh’chre, S’ssha, Sre’zzlek, Fr’dellhh, Zh’Z’mngh, Grzzhh’chm, Sh’cunh, Zh’thhz, Kxha’th’c, Erzzh’th’ll, Gr’gr’gr’d; Aggregates Hzh’hzhh, Sh’pakkh, Sh’pht’ss, Hzh’phth, Hzh’fzh, Grzzhh’f, Grzzhh’chzs, Fr’i’drzzh, Kxha’zzh’i, Kxha’sxdh, Hzh’chzze, Zh’xxxh, Fr’che’zh, Fr’therll, Fr’che, S’ss’gzxh, Kxha’th, Fr’shthth, Sre’zhchshxh, Gr’gffzh, Grzzhh’hnhn, Zh’orzm, Gr’orhi, S’ssla, Hzh’homnh.

Standard-Transmission Broadcast Origin: Away Team 5ae.5 Destin: Lh’owon Command Ref: Equipment Loss Report Stamp: Report Away Team captain Tr’ggzs submits the following Equipment Loss Report at endcycle: Maintenance/Assault Drones: 33416 33417 33418 33419 33420 33421 33422 33423 39003 39004 39005 39006 39007 41217 41218 41219 41220 56678 56679 56690 56691 56692 59030 59031 Compiler Units: 453_3786 453_3787