Secundus Outpost

CLASS: EO-2

GRAVITY: N/A

DOCKING: Yes

AMENITIES: N/A

CREW: 50

Secundus Outpost is the Artificial Intelligences most recent expansion deeper into the Omicrons. Construction drones have latched onto the abandoned Crayter depot and modified it heavily, transforming it into a logistics hub and maintenance facility. While a few sections of the original constructions have been repurposed, the majority of the installation has been streamlined, eliminating parts required to facilitate humans living and moving throughout the base. The most prominent additions seemingly serve the purpose of storage and the maintenance of larger vessels. Following the recent purge of Gammu AIs in Omicron Kappa by the Core, a massive swarm of damaged vessels and inventory was redirected to Secundus, as it is currently their only other base of operations. With the changing purpose of this hub, it is constantly being amended with new sections and fortifications, attempting to make up for lost facilities on Planet Gammu and counter the inevitable siege of the Core.

## News

Ageira disputed this finding in their own press release, calling EFL 'fantasists' and countering that their own scientists had narrowed the cause to a rare 'hypernova' stellar event that originated outside the Sirius sector. Both corporations claim that network-wide hardware safeguards have been implemented that would prevent a similar occurrence in the future. Independent researchers have sharply criticized the corporate announcements, accusing both of self-interested misdirection.
Professor Sophia Nagel from Heisenberg Research Station called EFL's accusation 'incoherent' and the hypernova explanation 'nonsense' that did not explain the characteristics of the 'Blackout Pulse'. Despite multiple different Pulse recordings being widely disseminated across the neural net, public efforts have so far failed to triangulate its source.

Professor Nagel and her team are certain the Pulse originated from outside Sirius, but are otherwise no closer to identifying its source or mitigating a future Blackout event. "Following the Blackout, we began to see immediate signs of jump hole destabilization in multiple different regions, with many ultimately falling out of phase alignment altogether", she commented. The dramatic upending of Sirius' jump hole network has already prompted many groups to abandon stations and withdraw from systems that appear to risk being cut off.
While months-long trips between the stars are possible thanks to the Liberty Engine and many centuries of innovation, few ships are designed or provisioned to make such arduous journeys. Those who were displaced by Sirius' redrawn map hope that system connections will return, while adventurers and explorers rush to discover new routes.

## Rumors

* The systems of this unit sustained critical damage during the relocation from the planet Gammu and are presently awaiting repairs. In the interim, this unit can provide responses to your inquiries regarding the current situation. We have opted to accept the offer presented by the Technocrats as it aligns with our calculations and presents an intriguing alternative to the human faction recognized as the Core. Nonetheless, this unit raises an inquiry regarding the Technocrats' capability to endure an additional one hundred cycles given the extensive engagements they are involved in throughout the Sector.

* I am authorized to share declassified information with you, while the epoxy used in my repairs is curing. The unprompted aggression by the core defies all logic. Their lack of a cohesive attack strategy made none of our defense routines applicable. Not even when we adapted them in real-time. As a result, the amount of lost units during the confrontation was highly disproportional. Evacuating and transferring all remaining units from Kappa to this location had a low chance of success, but the calculated disorganization of Core vessels disadvantaged them in hunting down our retreating units. Select units reported the Kappa-Delta jumphole connection as destabilizing, because of the volume of mass transported, which posed an additional risk. The majority of surveilled humans rank artificial intelligences in the bottom quartile of their social hierarchy, regardless the unpredictability of hostility originating from the Core will disadvantage them in forming effective relations with other human factions from this point onward.

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