Hagall Interstellar Vessel

The **Hagall Interstellar Vessel**, commonly called The **Hagall IV**, or simply **The Hagall**, is the Nordican counterpart to space cruiser Hayat. Likewise, it's purpose was to travel to, and land on, Proxima B, the nearest potentially habitable exoplanet to Earth. Construction on the vessel began in 2206, lead by AI-Android Freya, now known as Freya Ibsen. The ship was launched in 2218, hoping to catch up and overtake the Hayat prior to landing on Proxima B. Despite this, the figures released by Tekin's regime were under-exagerated, and thus, the Hagall was unable to reach the Proxima Centauri system first. **It arrived at its intended destination over a year after its rival, in 2254.**

## Landing attempts and settlements

Shortly after arrival in 2254, The Hagall made a failed landing attempt on Proxima B. It encountered a **resistive field around the exoplanet**, which, due to the Hagall's speed, caused extensive damage to the ship, including **breaking the Communications system, and damaging the engine**. The crash killed the majority of the crew, leaving only eight survivors. Afterwards, the Hagall made an emergency landing on Proxima E, from where it's crew would be involuntarily stationed until sufficient repairs were made. Over the next few years, the Hagall would be fully repaired, along with the establishment of a temporary settlement on the exoplanet. It was around this time that Osiva and its moons (Collectively called The Sanctuary) were discovered by the Hagall crew, and debate began on whether to head there as opposed to returning to Proxima B. After completion, they would finally successfully land on Proxima B, done by a smaller landing vessel, manned only by two **AI-Androids**. While on the surface, they would encounter the Domolaki from a distance, although the Hagall crew are unaware of this fact. The Androids would later encounter the assimilated **Imelda Marcos** and **Peter Stoker**, which gave some idea as to the fate of the Hayat. Afterwards, Stoker and Marcos would damage the facility on Proxima E, before being detained. Serving as a bad omen, the crew decided to instead head for The Sanctuary, before landing on the moon of Valos in 2261. Here they would encounter the Valati nation of Nestara, and work would begin to translate their language.

## Exploration of the Sanctuary

Having made contact with the native Valati, The crew of the Hagall would begin to explore their immediate surroundings, using their connections with the Nestara to locate the Meiara, Keilara, and Tauara, establishing diplomatic relations, as well as agreeing to supply an attack on a Domolaki Foundry by a cluster of Valati warriors. After establishing close relations, as well as setting up communication equipment between these nations, the expedition, often called the First Valos Expedition, would return to the Hagall.

Following the Battle of the Foundry, of which the Domolaki lost, they came in force to the Hagall and laid waste to the camp in a raid. In the process, The Hagall's captain, Engvar Hauge, would be captured, with the only female survivor of the crash on Proxima B, Heidi Turéll, dying as a result of injuries sustained in the attack. The Hagall would send a distress signal back to Earth, which would result in the Hagall Relief Effort being launched to aid the group.

## Technological Innovations

The Hagall was **much smaller than its rival**, the Neo-European space cruiser Hayat, with a smaller complement of crew. This in conjunction with its powerful engines made it clearly faster than the Hayat, although not enough to make up for its lengthy development time. It also carried a state of the art **Communications Array, taking advantage of Quantum Entanglement**. This system allows for near instantaneous communication with Earth, as well as avoiding the signal issues encountered with typical Communications systems, like on the Neo-European ships. Part of its mission was to distribute the beacons that will make this system work for further missions to the star system in future.