Flowing like a River

Many things have been afoot for the last few months. There have been wars, the rise of the Drifter threat, strange observatories appearing, Catherines star has become..Lord knows what.. I've presented at conferences and spread myself thin across multiple projects. At time I have felt like I have spread myself too thin and almost reached breaking point.

But I get ahead of myself, as I am want to do I know. The events of Catherines Star and the Jove observatories have been subject of sufficient conjecture that I need not go into that here. I have however become increasingly interested in what has been going on with them and any possible links with my project. With my investigations in to the Takmahl site known as the Labyrinth I had become interested in similarities between spatial anomalies there an images I had seen from Talocan sites in Caldari space. I delved deeper into these and went somewhere outside my main purview. At this time they opened submissions for the fourth Seyllin Conference or SeyCon 4 as some call it. I submitted and, lo and behold, I was selected to present.

This was a great honour and if interested the transcripts can be found in the The Synenose Accord archives. I was fortunate enough that this was widely publicised which has helped with access to many things since. It was here that further issues were raised. I was handed a note from the same Dr Valate, whose name seems to arise on many of these situations, which questioned whether  there was a possibility of links between the disappearance of the Takmahl and what we are seeing with these drifters and our own civilisation. This has proved most intriguing and is something I shall follow further.

On top of that our Society has been attacked by Pirates on several occasions, but fortunately there was no significant harm done.

So I find myself with my original quest seeking the Crown and Scepter; investigating links between the Talocan and Takmahl, seeking links between the drifters, the Talocan and the extinction of the Takmahl. In addition to my normal duties of the Society. It is just as well I am one of the Immortal for I fear any shorter a period of time may not be sufficient. However, time flows like a river it is I who must navigate her currents and eddys to avoid being swamped and sinking beneath her dark waves. 

Life Carries On

Things have started to settle down once more and I have been able to progress my research.

I have reestablished my observation posts within the Labyrinth to monitor the spatial anomalies and gather more data to compare with the Talocan structures. I have Three observation stations  at various locations reporting back to a data collection station near the Sun.

Data collector in orbit of the Aphi Star

 These stations are equipped with Camera drones, gravimetric sensors, a range of advanced sensors and advanced transmitters to ensure all activity is monitored and transmitted back to the primary collation point.

The collation point has an Anema Bluechip in case anything untoward should occur. At least that should retain all the data, provided I can secure it from the site.

With these in place I should be able to get a good continuous feed of data and, as various ships pass through see the changes that entail.

I then intend to locate some of the Talocan Static gates and set up a similar group of units and compare.

This should enable me to answer some of the questions on the possible links between the two anomalies and further see if there are potential links between the Talocan and Takmahl.

Rift Observatory and Anomaly

In addition to that have obtained one of the new Entosis links that were released by the Carthum Conglomerate. These are Reverse engineered from Sleeper and Drifter technology and enable a capsuleer to "inject" their consciousness into a structures control system also like a capsule. I have attempted to do this with the spatial anomalies but without success. I did attempt to also access the site at the centre of the Labyrinth but was driven off by raiders. I shall need to attempt this again with some assistance.

I find myself also thinking of the words of Dr Valate, that maybe the Takmahl came across the remains of the Talocan and this is what drove them to their levels so quickly. However, in turn she postulates that could have Talocan or sleepers have returned to destroy the Takmahl.

I have been thinking of the events surrounding the rise and fall of the warped empire of Sansha Kuvakei. Are their parallels there to the sudden rise and fall. Could this give a hint to the fate of the Takmahl? Could this even be a lead into my search for the Scepter and Crown?

Prisoner of the mundane

JI have not progressed the project. For the past few weeks I have been caught in running the Societies industrial program. The production of ships and items enables us to take on our better works. This makes it Important Works and I do enjoy such. However, it does keep me from the project.

Further the events of the last wee while have further taken my attention. The strange goings on with Hilen Tukoss and the Arek'jaalan project was one thing. Then the discovery of the bright star being called Catherine's Star. I recall this just before the reappearance of of the Empress and her deliverance of the Empire from the depredation of the tribals

All these events have me pouring over news ACN, galnet forums and archives. What this means and what may become have me enthralled.

Lastly the events in the war zone have been the final distraction. The liberation of Huola by our forces is truly magnificent. I recall a discussion with Alexa about the horror that those living in the conditions on planet deal with. I find myself thinking of what I can do to ease the pain they endure.

By God there are so many things I should be doing but I stead I am sitting reading Galnet and crunching production numbers. What to do.

Strive and Providence will provide

The abstract of Project Theseus

I had been in a period of some despair and have not been active in my search but instead thrown myself into prayer and work on our production star base. Then I was viewing the Intergalactic Summit forum and sorting the usual capsuleer chest beating and diatribe from the useful posts and discovered what I have been looking for.

A post from a past member of the Arek'Jaalan group had posted seeking to reactivate the research group. Furthermore Dr Valate had posted that she was prepared for  taking up her role as archivist again. This had given me the opening I have been praying for.

Then shortly after the Empire issued a request for Capsuleers to obtain various items from Sleeper stations and their ships. I had a number of these from my time living in Anoikis and surged back into wormholes to obtain what more I could. Contributing to the cause.

I then had another meeting with the Directors of the Society seeking to be able to reestablish contact with Dr Valate in context of the restart of Arek'Jaalan and the links to the sleeper race. In light of the Empires call and the obvious inference that new lines of research and technology may be forthcoming It was approved!

I now have to recontact her and hope my abrupt break off has not caused any ructions.

A night at the Museum

The Museum Arcana- A site of the Takmahl 

I have again ventured in to the ancient site of the Museum Arcana, supervised under the watchful eyes of the Theology Council. While they watch over the sort of documents and artefacts that are dragged from the ruins of the area they do not step in when one researcher attacks another As such I was able to rely on the assistance of another capsuleer called Grease PaYN. I swear that the other races seem to have the most peculiar names.

After several hours of collection I had a wide range of data for further investigation. There were a number of items the Theology Council impounded but, on the surface they did not seem to hold any data on what i sought.

I have had several weeks to review that data and have learnt quite a bit about the society and culture of the Takmahl but no mention of the artefacts I am looking for. One of the papers I recovered from "Site One" of the Arek'Jaalan project mentions a site near the sun in Aphi which has a site believed to be of significance. It is called "the Labyrinth" Apparantly it is a vast site consisting of multiple connected gates through which a particulart path must be taken to reach the primary location. I feel this is the next logical step in my search, however there is a complication.

The archivist of the project which produced the paper is none other than Dr Valate, of whom I have had to cut myself off due to her associations with the Sabik. I must look into this site in more depth but the paper I obtained for the archives at Site One does not sufficient information for me to be comfortable with an attempt. I need to find greater information

I just hope this is not the end of my search.

Strength through Unity, Unity through Faith

I have had the meeting with my superiors in the Society. It went better than I had thought. It is not my search they have questioned but rather my dealings with Dr Valate. The texts she has sent me are classified as heretical by the Theology Council. This has the potential to raise issues for the Society and for myself.

I have been lucky in that Ms Aspenstar was once a Paladin in service to the Council dealing in just these kinds of issues. With her counsel on how these would be perceived and acted on I know this is accurate and not driven by over reaction. As a result I have turned over the text to the Theology Council for destruction. I have also publicly decried these texts on the Intergalactic Summit so any of the Councils watchers can see.

This does mean I do not have access to what it held but that is a small price to pay. I am sure through direct investigation of the sites in Araz I can discover information without being tainted by their teachings. I had hoped the council would see such ancient writings as beyond that but such is the way of things. However the Council has defended the Empire for this long with it's approach so who am I to question that!

I shall soon launch another expedition into the Museum Arcana and see what I can learn. From hereon I shall ensure to not lose sight of the responsibility I bear to protect the faith in all respects.

Any port in a storm

I have been making some headway. I feel I have gathered sufficient information to move on from the blood cults and pursue my primary hypothesis.

I have made some forays into known Takmahl archaeological sites unfortunately there seems to be a number of others also with an interest. These seem predominantly to be looters rather than true investigation s but that worries me more. I fear the information or items I seek may be taken by some ignorant foreigners or worse.

In searching for the information I have come across another capsuleer with an interest in the Takmahl.   I have had limited communication with her to date but she has provided a copy of some texts which appear to have been sacred to them. I have only just begun to work on them but they are fascinating.

However, this new contact is not without risk. She is a member of a capsuleer faction of the Sabik. They have the temerity to call themselves the church of the crimson savior. To date I have kept her at arms length dealing through the intergalactic summit and contracts. However in order to learn more I may need to take some risks. She is also dealing with a Khanid noble whom appears to be a member of the Tetrimon order. This may be a further contact to cultivate as they may have texts from lost from the scriptures in the past.

A further concern is I seem to have raised concerns amongst the Society. I have been called to a meeting by the Senior members as they wish to discuss what I am doing and the reasons behind. I must make them aware of the need for this search. There has not been a period in our History where we have needed these artifacts more. Having said that they are my betters and I must tread carefully and watch how I proceed. Here I was concerned about the Theology Council but it is a different quarter I needed to have been allaying.