Lore Appendices

Ahem… I wanted to be a little more solemn in inaugurating the first log of the study of this impressive discovery, but I've recorded this three times already, and I honestly don't care anymore.

Out with the important stuff: Luis Alejandrowic, interim research lead of the crew of the Colony Ship Sunnyhome. Or… well, what's left of it, really. We arrived in this system in date 03.10.2179 when our sensors detected a new element. To research it, we headed towards this system, however a mysterious subspace disruption separated the crew. My group is the one that was on the bridge at the moment of the incident. Under the command of captain Martin Falk, we have set up a temporary base in the system's green nebula.

In there, we've accidentally stumbled on an unprecedented find: an enormous artificial structure in a spherical shape. It appears to be inert and gravely damaged, with a giant hole in its side from which we've been able to glean a look at its hollow interior. Curiously, its walls are lined with what looks like cryogenic pods. They're empty and without power, yet appear to be far more advanced and complex than anything I've ever seen in my life. I'm sure chief researcher Yoshida would've loved to see this.

Anyway, we're going to study this machine. It likely holds many secrets that could help us figure out something about this mysterious star system.

I'll keep this log updated with any new finds but for now, Alejandrowic out.

Bonadan told me they managed to find another group of refugees. This place is more inhabited than we thought. I've already asked for any of them skilled with electronics or archaeology to be assigned to my group - this might be the most important work a human has ever done.

Anyway, back on the relevant subject: the spectrographic analysis of the dust surrounding the machine has just finished, and it seems it might be helping us shed some light on the nature of the material it's made of.

It's… something we have never seen before. It's some kind of alloy, clearly, because the spectral patterns don't match a single element, yet they don't match the pattern of any known element. If it's something completely novel and unknown, it might explain why our attempts at traditional chemical analysis have failed - and why it's seemingly impossible to break, even to get a small chip off of it. It seems like we'll have to leave material analysis for a little more, so the electromagnetic patterns will probably be next.