ANALYZING…   FILE TYPE: UESC Tactical Records PERIOD: Present Day TOPIC: UESC Marathon Cryo Deck Exploration SUMMARY: Partial UESC Security Force report on initial UESC Marathon Cryo Deck exploration. =================================================================== uesc.op0109.tciv [secdef.tacrec_tciv009993693] ————————————————————————————————— PERSONNEL - OP COMM - COMM: Orion.0407c - SI: Cerberus FIELD OP - PRI: 0042; 0109; 0121 MISSION - CODENAME: Winter Walk - OBJECT: Zone mapping - TARGET ZONE: TCIV_M.CA - LOC: TCIV orbit - DIRECT001: Explore TCIV_M.CA - DIRECT002: Locate, link zone layout ————————————————————————————————— FIELD ALERT [0109]: !!!ALERT!!! !!!ALERT!!! !!!ALERT!!! Separated. Comms shot. 0042 last known: Hub 0121 last known: Steerage S003/4/8 last known: holding positions Current location: Outside region designated "Lab 06." Tracking unknown systems activity. Not bad data. Data-side activity aggressive. Strongest here, then gone. Led toward Archive [designation: 07]. Followed. Mistake. Not safe. Not alone. Not trespass. Repeat: Not trespass. Remnant of "contact event." Nothing like it. We are not alone. First contact made. At distance. Only observe. Cams and comms scrambled. No send. Recording in TacRec via neural connect. Activity faint. Holding position to observe. Subject is… It sees me. Activity ramping. Not just readings. Can feel it. Hard to explain. Like ripples across living systems—digital fingerprints up my spine. Biomat compromised. Run. Too late. Sys fail imminent. It's in my— It's in my— [BIOMAT CRIT SYS FAIL] [BIOMAT CRIT SYS FAIL] [BIOMAT CRIT SYS FAIL] [NEURAL EJECT] [BIOMAT CRIT SYS REPORT COLLATING] […] […] […####1a230~~ n???!#…] =================================================================== TYPE: TEXT [X]; AUDIO [ ]