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unfinished
I don't think anyone on board a goddamned research ship was expecting to be attacking a Pfhor corvette, but this is the situation I find myself in. The UESC required me to take several leadership aptitude exams before I could do research on one of their ships, and I did well enough on them that they wanted me to go into officer training. They begged me, they bribed me, and they threatened me, but war doesn't interest me. Ultimately, there was a compromise: if I went through an accelerated leadership course, they would give me a position on the most prized research vessel in the fleet, the Atreides. I never got that position: the bastards made me the administrator of an OREL ship instead. But I guess that worked out well enough for me, considering the alternative.
Most advanced Pfhor technology requires copious amounts of an exotic cooling fluid pumping through it at all times in order to maintain an operable temperature. You're probably familiar with their storage methods: letting it stand in massive unguarded vats. Anyway, technology such as the signal disruptor that prevents conventional teleportation of organic beings requires this coolant flowing over it at nearly all times. Your mission will be to disrupt the coolant flow to their signal disruptor by deactivating two coolant pumps on this deck. Once that's down, the S'pht'Kr have offered to make a heavy attack on the rest of the ship. With their resistances lowered, I doubt our friends will have much trouble.
There is likely some kind of security system in place; it doesn't look like you can pass directly into the pumping station. You may have to explore the rest of the deck a little bit in order to circumvent their security. Return here once you're finished.
success
Well done! According to my scans, the signal disruptor promptly exploded from overheating, causing a hull breach two decks down and sending half a brigade out into space via depressurization. What are the odds of that? The S'pht'Kr are already mobilizing to subdue the rest of the Pfhor. They apparently have some degree of experience in operating Pfhor technology; if it all works out, they can use this ship to defend the Istanbul from any more attacks. You won't be here to aid them.
The research team has been scanning Artemis, and they have concluded there is a presence of distinctly non-Pfhor technology below. This jives with the information you found earlier today in your first attack on their base, as well as the fact that... well, obviously the Pfhor didn't build that garrison. I'm going to put you back down on the planet. Just you, this time. The Pfhor are in some kind of engagement on the surface; I think you'll be better off attracting less attention, so a more subtle approach may be appropriate, I think. We'll see!
