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These are simulations of communications being sent back to Earth from The Artifact. They show some game ideas that GMs can use to seed adventures.

Observation of Chezbah Fortress

Report by: Lieutenant Allen Hughes

Position: 75th Platoon Commander

Assigned Objective: Observation of Chezbah Fortress

Purpose of Mission: Determine the purpose of and technology in use in the structure designated “Chezbah Fortress”.

Progress Report: The Fortress appears to use a technology similar to the “Dark Tiles” commonly used by the Scimrahn. Our Scientist speculates that the Chezbah must understand how the tiles work and have either augmented their effect or have been able to replicate it. We have observed an estimated 400 metric tons of materials delivered to the “doorway” of the facility. This would point to the interior dimension being far larger than the one generated by Dark Tiles. Also the ability to open a aperture between dimensions is something never before seen with Dark Tiles.From what we have been able to observe, there is some kind of structure inside. We have taken some video of it and will return along with it. Without a forcible entry there is no way to observe more from the outside.

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Status report on the titan

Report by: Lieutenant Gary MacDonald

Position: 139th Platoon Commander

Assigned Objective: Status report on the titan

The titan is still moving in a random pattern and stopping periodically. It’s general course may bring it in contact with the Chezbah town of Hef-elek-meser. There have been two brief encounters with Hunter E-Suits that attacked the titan but we were not able to do any damage from what we can tell. The titan destroyed the E-Suits once with some kind of energy blast and once by crushing it.We have kept our distance as it appears hostile to anything it encounters. Our engineers estimate that it’s mass is in the area of half of a million Kilograms from the ground impressions it has made and their displacement.We will continue to observe the titan and keep you informed.

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Translations

We desperately need people who are able to translate some of the transmissions we have intercepted. If anyone is able to read Mandarin, Cantonese, Hindi, Arabic, Japanese or German and would be willing to translate, please contact us.

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Delivery of vaccines to Kelrath

Report by: Master Sergeant Alex Rodriguez

Position: Medical Officer

Assigned Objective: Delivery of vaccines to Kelrath

Purpose of Mission: To offer medicine in order to reduce the danger of a deadly outbreak among the Kelrath population of the city of Gerit.

Progress Report: Our mission met with extreme difficulty just trying to inform the Kelrath of our intention. We did anticipate this so a bunker and defensive positions were established to allow us to weather attacks. Special Vangard helicopters were prepared to launch leaflets on the fighting forces of the Kelrath. This had limited effect since we weren’t sure if the combat forces were literate in their own language.A secondary attempt was made with a remote controlled vehicle that was outfitted with loudspeakers. One of our Communications Officers has Kelrath language training and recorded a message that would be looped continuously. This attempt also had limited effectiveness because the Kelrath assumed that the vehicle was some kind of weapon and destroyed it.Of course we were constantly transmitting a message over radio but very few of the Kelrath are equipped with radio. There also seemed to be several Kelrath fighting vehicles that were jamming our transmissions.We were ultimately unsuccessful because we were unable to make contact with the Kelrath general population. The hope was to get the Kelrath combatants interested in the medical assistance we were offering. In the future it is my recommendation that contact should be made that will not result in a military response and then bring in the medical personnel.

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Hello Mr and Ms Flores,

Hello Mr and Ms Flores,I’m afraid I have the one to be the bearer of bad news. Your son was sent on a mission to protect a certain Scimrahn Tribe. On December 30th, at precisely 16:43 we lost contact with the platoon your son was in. For the next 8 hours transmissions were sent with no response. At precisely 2:21 rescue’s teams were scrambled to their last known position. They found nothing. After more extensive searching, the platoon’s bodies were found… We suspect that an ambush of at least fifty to a hundred “Chezbah hounds” attacked, very deadly beasts, we deal with them quite a bit, and we have indeed lost a lot of men to them. There… I’m afraid there’s not much of the corpse we can salvage. The Artifact Study Organization, shall pay for all of the funeral needs. I give you my deepest condolences for your son’s loss, please remember, its a risk every man takes, when stepping in to this… “New Eden”.-We all due respect, Jim Packer

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Dear Mom and Dad

Dear Mom and Dad,

Sorry I haven’t written in a few months. I’m doing fine. My company was sent to defend a Scimrahn village, the Enepid tribe, that was making combat E-Suits for us. We were attacked by a small Chezbah force. The Scimrahn said they had to leave, the Chezbah would be back, so they packed up and headed out. We teleported back to base.

Mom, I met a girl, her name is Neah. I don’t know if I’ll ever get to see her again because she was from the Scimrahn village. Neah said she couldn’t tell me where she was going because it would put us in danger. The Chezbah would try to get us to tell them where they went, so the Scimrahn never say where they are going. I wanted to have her teleport out with us but the Lieutenant wouldn’t allow it so she told me that she would meet me in three months at Gadios. At least I think she did, I’ve learned a little of how to speak their language but it’s not easy.

I’ll try to write more often.

Love,

Eric.

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Information gathering on alien magnetic concentration technology

Report by: Warrant Officer John Hamich

Position: Field Scientist

Assigned Objective: Information gathering on alien magnetic concentration technology

Purpose of Mission: Magnetic concentration technology is used to confine magnetic energy into tight spaces. Normally, magnetic energy spreads out evenly as it moves through air or vacuum. The native populations and the technology in the planet itself use devices that cause magnetic energy to become tightly concentrated. This technology is a foundation technology of many of their devices.

Progress Report: We have made very little progress in learning more about the magnetic concentration technology that the aliens of this planet use. All three of the major civilizations use this technology in controlling the flow of plasma and in their shield technology but our Scimrahn allies and even some interviewed Kelrath have a very poor understanding of how it works. Even those that are in charge of building devices that use this technology do not have a good understanding of why it works. It would seem that current designs are simply copies of existing devices found in the plasma conduits that power the cities. Some interviewed offered nonsensical descriptions of how the devices worked but either their understanding of physics is far more advanced than our own or they have fabricated the explanations based on their own limited understanding. So far the former seems unlikely. There does seem to be some that can at least understand the science of designing new devices that use this technology in different ways because some devices have a different internal structure but so far we have not encountered such an individual. It may be that some designs are a result of trial and error.It would appear that this technology is left over from whom ever designed and built The Artifact. There is one more avenue of research that is possible but is currently not available until further diplomatic effort is made. The Chezbah are often considered to have advanced technology beyond that of the other two nations. It may be that they can answer our questions.

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Hey Mom and Dad!

Hey Mom and Dad!It’s only been two weeks since we were deployed but it feels like forever! I know they show stuff about this planet on the news all the time but let me tell you, being here is so weird! We drive around on patrols for hours and hours. There is so much space here! It’s a vast wilderness! There is no night or day. That takes a lot of getting used to, it’s sometimes hard to get enough sleep but the medics are doing a good job taking care of us.I’ve met a bunch of the aliens! They don’t speak English, so I couldn’t really talk to them other than pointing at things. I got to fire one of their lasers! That was pretty cool! I cut a beer bottle in half with it. Actually there wasn’t much left of it, most of it melted.My Platoon has got some great guys in it. After we’re done with patrols we hang out and tell stories about all the things we’re seeing. Some of the stuff here is crazy! One of my patrols went into a place that was full of these building sized robots. They don’t really do much but we could hear them moving around in their shells. We dared a guy to go in one of them but he wouldn’t do it. I wasn’t about to either! There are these crazy pyramid mountains in another area. The freaky part is some hang from the ceiling. Driving under them is scary but they say they’ve been up there for thousands of years so they aren’t going to fall any time soon.Tell Amy that her big brother is waiting for her to enlist so he can show her around. It’ll be great to see her here.Miss you,Eric.

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Hello world!

We have been able to intercept transmissions being sent from “the Artifact” to Earth. As the flow of information between planets is being controlled by various governments, we feel it is important that the information found in these transmissions be shared with the public. As we intercept messages they will be posted here.

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