Caravel

The **Caravel** is an interstellar space shuttle that was built along with the S.M. Flores for the Enoch Colonization Authority. It would serve as a scout ship to pave the way for the Flores' eventual arrival on Enoch. However, the Caravel suffered major damage when its engine exploded during construction, killing most of the Outriders on board originally slated to serve as the scouting party. Jakub was among the survivors, rescuing Channa's then-pregnant mother Kasumi and boarding an escape pod in the nick of time. They and other survivors received automatic placement on the Flores as compensation, alongside the new Outrider replacements.

But the Caravel's story did not end there. A highly militarized faction of humans led by Hernando Monroy seized control of the project, repairing the Caravel and building a more advanced engine than the original by forcibly recruiting much of the Earth's remaining engineering and labor force. The newly-repaired Caravel would beat the Flores to Enoch, but instead of Outriders, the replenished crew would consist of Monroy and his most loyal and fanatic soldiers along with a token contingent of scientists.

The Caravel landed outside of an alien city where the crew were greeted quite hospitably by the curious and peaceful natives. However, Monroy's paranoia and lust for power would lead his crew to forcibly subjugate the Pax in order to learn the secrets of their powers, with the Caravel serving as their command center. As the surviving Pax started transforming into Ferals, the crew built a concentration camp surrounding the Caravel in an attempt to finish exterminating the aliens. However, the Ferals' adaptation to human weapons - along with the now unleashed Anomaly destroying the surroundings - instead drove the few survivors of the human crew back into the Caravel, where they activated their automated emergency beacon and hoped to await rescue by the Flores.

As supplies dwindled, Monroy's crew turned on each other. By the time the Outrider and their group discovered it and the remains of the death camp surrounding it, Monroy was the Caravel's only survivor, meeting his own end at the hands of the humans that bore the brunt of punishment for his power fantasy. Zahedi then uses the beacon he carried from Rift Town to activate the Flores' remaining supply drops, completing the transmission amidst an attack by Yagak and his ferals and escaping with the Outrider's group in the nick of time.

As it burned, the Caravel would finally serve its purpose to light the way for the Flores.

## Journal Entry

> **Dr Abraham Zahedi - Expedition Notes**
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> The ship that everyone on the S.M. Flores believed had never left Earth, after the catastrophic failure of its engine at launch, now stands out like a sore thumb among the dunes of the desert, its hull glinting in the sun, surrounded by silence and death. I do not know how it's possible, how a ship thought destroyed could be sitting in front of me as I speak.
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> All I know, is that the signal I have been chasing for so long is coming from inside that ship, and I intend to find a way inside to reach its source.
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### The Caravel

This section is transcluded from Flight to Enoch.
*Obtained with Journal during the Arrival mission.*

Caravel – Mission Update
The forward reconnaissance and migration ship, the **Caravel**, was meant to reach Enoch after an interstellar voyage of 80 years, 3 years prior to the arrival of the S.M. Flores.

Along with other essential crew aboard the Caravel, the Outriders' objective was to scout the landing area and establish a safe zone for colony establishment, designate resource locations and gather relevant data, and prepare the ground for the arrival of the S.M. Flores. The future safety and prosperity of all colonists on the new world were in the hands of the Outriders…

Unfortunately, due to catastrophic engine failure at time of launch, the Caravel was rendered inoperational. In the chain reaction caused by the explosion, over 8,000 souls were lost, along with nearly the entirety of the Outrider team.

While the Caravel would never be able to accomplish its goal, the need for the Outriders remained. New recruits had to be found, to fulfill the mission of securing the surface of Enoch for the future colony. (…)