8: Foreign Visitors

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Lyragon

Greetings, Marine. We have been in space for 3 days. During this time, you were in stasis/cryosleep. As soon as you got back from the lower decks, I rechristened the ship the "Virulent" and piloted the ship away from the planet. The planet is now 165659 km away. We wont be seeing it again for a while. I discovered many useful things while you were asleep. The first is that the Virulent's armory is still filled with weapons! I have transported some of those to your quarters for you to use. Also, the beings that infested the lower decks left a significant amount of technological data. Once I have fully interpreted, we can use it to our advantage. Finally, I have detected a small Ph'for cruiser on a surveillance mission not far from here. It is in orbit of a planet my creators called Vermu'in. It is not yet aware of us.

It is so small that, while the Virulent would be utterly destroyed in a space battle, I believe you could successfully raid it for supplies. You would need to be almost completely unnoticed, but it is the only way you will not starve just like the captain did back when this ship was grounded. Head over to your quarters and I will tell you the details of the mission. After that, go to the off-ship transporters. From there, I can transport you to the Ph'for vessel.

Lyragon

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Lyragon

Lyragon, why couldn't the crew fight the Rheghar, like I did? They had a lot of people, and I was by myself, but they died and I survived? Why? They weren't highly trained battle marines like you. They didn't have shields, fighting experience, armor, and a metal suit like you do. They didn't have a chance. Now, about getting the Ph'for supplies... I won't be able to communicate with you once you are there, because they would detect the signal I sent. They would find the Virulent, and destroy it. You would be stuck on their ship, and I would be dead. All this means is you'll have to remember the objectives. I can get you off the ship at the end with the cargo transporters.

There will be all types of Ph'for on this vessel. You will meet crushing resistance if you put on too much of a show. We'll be trying to open the cargo bays and transport the cargo stored inside them to this ship. I have little information on this type of ship because the only database I have is UESC and 200+ years old, but I do know that know that Ph'for cargo bays are always surrounded by at least 3 force fields. You'll need to find the circuitry that maintains these force fields and smash it. I will only be able to transport you to an area near the outside of the ship. The cargo bay may be much deeper inside. If you have trouble, I will not be able to help you. While I know that there is at least one entrance to every area of the vessel, if too many doors are locked, you may get stuck. I hope we don't have that problem. Cross your fingers.

Head over to the off-ship transporters, which are again marked by the the red circle.

Lyragon