Observers

# **About**

Observers are extraterrestrial lifeforms and species operating in space near Saturn. They were first seen in The Expanse by Jason. Observers typically use metallic-like aircraft to navigate. These aircraft vary in appearance, but most share a common design, resembling pod-shaped crafts with a prominent red light at the front. Larger aircraft are believed to "deploy" these smaller crafts for various purposes, with most assumptions centering around exploration. The currently known aircraft used by the Observers include Scanners, Collectors, and Sentinels.

The physical appearance of Observers inside these aircraft is entirely unknown.

# **History**

UFOs were officially recorded and spotted in the late 1940s; however, it is unknown if they are connected with the Observers, but they are most likely connected. Observers seem to have been around for quite some time, but only recently has their activity picked up. While there have been reports of their appearances before the 2020s, no official research into these occurrences was conducted until 2023 when the Unity Research Center and later the Anomaly Observation Division took an interest.

The first-ever Observer-related activity occurred in 2022 when a satellite of unknown origin crashed into a rural road in Abaliet, Novelia. On the satellite, pieces of an unknown, metal-like material were found and brought to the Unity Research Center for study. The satellite was suspected to be American, but the country of origin was never determined, and it didn't matter in the eyes of the researchers.

The first appearance of an Observer was observed when the AOD, in collaboration with the Unity Research Center, sent a satellite into space to record footage of Earth's orbit where Observer activity was recorded. The footage showed a large metal object with multiple metal spheres, each with a red light in the middle. Dr. Oswald referred to these spheres as "Gravity Spheres," speculating that they were used to make the aircraft fly and maintain a steady course in space. The satellite lost signal with the base and was never heard from again.

Multiple reports of blue flashes of light in the sky began to surface all over Novelia. These were referred to as "Blue Comets" and were sections of metal structures that had crashed into Earth. The metal was taken to a lab and set on fire, creating a blue-colored flame. The material of the Blue Comets was confirmed to be the same material as the objects found on the unknown satellite. Blue Comets were highly speculated to be connected to Observers, mainly due to the material looking similar to what little footage existed of Observers.

The first close-up personal encounter with an Observer occurred in the otherworldly pocket dimension known as The Expanse, a place between time. Jason, an ordinary man who had fallen during a mountain climbing accident, was subsequently transported to The Expanse. A Scanner would appear out of the fog and then disappear again. Jason's lifeless body was later found in reality, having died from the fall.

Around early to mid-2023, a religious cult called the Globe Cultists began to increase their operations, and this increased activity corresponded to the increasing Observer activity. Unity Research Center scientist Cornelius started monitoring activity at a specific point near Saturn. One day, multiple signals started appearing on the radar, showing nearly 100 different objects near the orbit of Saturn. This phenomenon was known as The Saturn Signal. The Conductor, a man largely connected to both the Globe Cultists and the Observers, started showing up at the Unity Research Center more often.

More reports of the Scanner aircraft started to emerge over Novelia, including from AOD members. Fred, who was on his way home from an investigation, was stalked and later attacked by an aggressive Scanner. Two Novelian soldiers were attacked by one at the abandoned military outpost Fort Lukas. The soldiers were apparently teleported to Jeville, a town that had been closed due to cult and paranormal activities as the whole town vanished.

The first occurrence of a Collector aircraft happened in Ness, a forest in Monsears, which was being investigated by the AOD for the Observer activity reported by a local, Travis. An investigator was sent out to monitor the skies over the forest and was visisted and later chased by a Collector. A photo of the aircraft was taken by the investigator.

As the Globe Cultists were defeated and went defunct, Observer activity drastically decreased and halted. There has been little to no Observer activity since.

# **The Saturn Signal**

The Saturn signal is a signal continuously emitted by a specific area in the outer layers of saturns atmosphere, it seems to be a loop of buzzers as well as a type of speech naming 4 objects and then repeating the sound it makes for the 4th one, the loop gets interrupted sometimes by things in it's recording vicinity being disrupted like for example metal falling.

The signal was recorded in december 2023 and picked up by the Unity Research Center. Cornelius was quick to pick up on it and began decoding what he could. He eventually got a clearer version of the recording and concluded it sounded like metal in a room juding by the reverb of the sounds.

# **Crafts**

### **Scanner**

Scanners are large metallic flying structures, seemingly fitted with an eye of some sort and with dotted with "Gravity spheres" all over their body, allowing them to fly. Scanners are likely to connect to the "Saturn Objects" in some way, however no concrete evidence can link them.

Scanners can manipulate gravity around them, throwing objects, ripping them into pieces or crushing them into a sphere. They sometimes launch objects, some instances of this being recorded, or they manage to completely char human bodies.

Scanners have a large red light in the front. It is speculated to be the cause of the red flashes. These seem to be diffrent effects these flashes have, some being

### **Collectors**

Collectors has relatively the same size and look of a Scanner, however has multiple wire-shaped arms which are used to "collect" something, most likely other lifeforms such as humans. Similar to a Scanner, Collectors typically has a red light in the middle front of the aircraft.

### **Sentinels**

Sentinels are larger aircrafts of unknown apperance.

### **Motherships**

Moterships are large Observer aircrafts speculated to hold and keep other Observer aircrafts. It is speculated the object shown in Oswald's satellite footage was apart of a Mothership.

# **Appearances**

Jason was the first to ever see an Observer in the form of a Scanner in the expanse. During Cornelius teleportation to the expanse, he also witnessed an observer together with Jason.

Daniel and Duff also saw a Scanner roaming in the distance after a random gas station shooting, committed by the Conductor. It is likely that the Conductor did this on purpose to set the events in motion that led Duff and Daniel to see an Observer.

Fred later saw a Scanner,which flung a car at him and supposedly killed a police officer, but he manages to flee with another police officer.

A Scanner was spotted at the abandoned old Novelian army post in Longname, Fort Lukas. Two soldiers who was investigating the post saw the observer but was left to die at the post after their backup helicopter was attacked by an observer and later seemingly teleported to Jeville.

An AOD investigator was stationed in a Monsears forest where he picked up multiple odd signals and eventually saw a Collector and took a picture, which is the clearest picture of an observer.

After Daniel moved to Mullcreek, he has experienced observers going past his house two different times.

# **Trivia**

The name "Observer" was first used by Cornelius.

There possibly over 100 Observer aircraft in space.

Observers are not related to Cribers or any other supercluster species.

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