Mission Report: Siebog Recon

###### NHE, Deceased

On the twenty-fourth myself and three others [Aragorn Aquila, Eugene Poljovka, Ren] attended a briefing hosted by mister Zion of Demeter Corp. where he briefed us on the non-electronic, colour code, distress signal emanating from the Siebog system’s (Grid: 0707) star, and that it was
not related to the locals of the system. We were directed to locate and investigate
the source of the signal, and if possible secure any survivors preferably alive. After departing *The Radiance* and spending two days at [FTL] we arrived in Siebog, where we traced the origin of the signal to the surface of Faringor, more specifically a crashed Non-Human vessel, relevant data has been attached, I instructed the pilot to set us down at a safe distance from the crashed vessel and proceeded by surface vehicle to the crash site.

[Buzzing noise]

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So, the crash site. Upon approaching the larger fragment that rested on the top of the water fall we found that both the ship and the surrounding area covered in what appeared to be some form of aquatic flora. I chose to approach the organism and see if it possible to illicit a response by poking it with the barrel of my rifle at as far reach as possible, doing so caused the chosen vine to writhe and withdraw into the water. It was at this point I procured a sample of a vine, after it was removed it released a red watery sap like substance before deflating. After reaching the conclusion that there was no safe or efficient way to gain entry to the vessel, so we returned to the corvette so we could rapel from it on the top of the crashed vessel, which ended up being as about as dangerous as attempting to cross the river. Once the entire mission team had made on to the hull of the vessel we set about finding a point of entry. During this time, the flora exhibited defensive tendencies in that they grasped Aragorn and attempted to drag him off the ship, and would have succeeded if it was not for the intervention of Ren and Eugene. Shortly after this altercation I found what appeared to be hatch covered in snow and more of the vines, in my efforts to clear away the vine covering the hatch one managed to grab a hold of me and drag me off the ship and into the frozen black water, in my attempts to free myself my leg was injured before Eugene managed to pull me free, once out of the water, hypothermia and blood loss became very relevant threats so both myself and Eugene retreated to corvette for first aid, leaving Ren and Aragorn to progress from then on.

After entering the ship through alternate means Ren and Aragorn searched the interior on the ship until they came across a chamber that had various holes on one wall, reservoir tanks containing an unknown liquid, possibly a nutrient bath, with what seemed like juvenile versions of the [NHE]s and in one end of the chamber a mature non-hostile entity of the same species as the ones on the exterior of the ship. Aragorn attempted to interface with the controls to no avail, so after this failure they attempted communication with the [NHE] and myself via comm link. This proved to problematic as the [NHE]’s form of communication is expressing colour on their skin, though they showed some recognition of verbal cues whilst not demonstrating any form of what we could recognize. In addition to displaying colours, it also altered appearance of a colour by utilizing shades or pulsating, it seemed almost like a form of emphasis, like shouting for example. The colours that the team encountered during the short time spent with the [NHE] were;

 Red; anger, distress, usually accompanied by defensive actions such as withdrawing.

 Blue; uncertainty, takes the place of “I don’t know” or “maybe”.

 Greens; base state

 Yellow; warning, caution, pleading?

 Purple/Pink; not sure what these meant as it exhibited them during a flurry of other colours so was hard to get a specific read on the context for them.

 Black; no, negative spin when it is expressed with other colours.

 White; yes, affirmative, positive spin when used with other colours.

It was during this contact that we managed to ascertain that the liquid in the reservoir tanks was some kind nutrient and that the [NHE] inside required and the ones outside had needed before they adapted to the black water outside. Curious as to whether the aggressive behavior of the external [NHE]s, Aragorn and Ren grabbed one of them and dumped into the tank where it shriveled and died, this explains the desiccated state of the corpse. When it became obvious that we not be able to progress any further without specialist equipment and personnel or remove the [NHE] Ren and Aragorn returned to corvette and we returned to *The Radiance*.

##### **Recommendations**:

I highly recommend a follow up mission to Faringor as the materials used in the ship’s construction warrant research along with the [NHE]s themselves. The location of half of the wrecked vessel being balanced on the top of a waterfall may prove troublesome for some operations without either moving to another location or properly supporting it, also all equipment should be adapted for extreme cold weather conditions and an atmosphere not suitable for human respiration….. Oh, flamethrowers! I recommend flamethrowers, these will be immensely helpful in clearing the ice off the hull of the vessel and dealing with the vines of the [NHE]s.

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\*non-human entity