💾 Archived View for cosmic.voyage › S.S.%20Stuttgart › log02.txt captured on 2023-03-20 at 18:31:51.
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###INCOMING MESSAGE### Source: S.S. Stuttgart From: Captain Hans Neumann Subject: Captain's log date [REDACTED] ---BEGIN MESSAGE--- We were tasked to travel to Mars and investigate events in the area of Outpost M-28. The station officially served as a relay station and information archive, but it's true purpose was kept secret even to it's crew. After analyzing data from transmisions received from the outpost, we were led to believe that either an individual or an organization has compromised the facility's security resulting in said individuals gaining access to classified sectors without proper clearance. We were supposed to get in, gather intelligence and clean up. The following orbital bombardment would be then handed to the media and posed as an attack by unknown terrorist organization. We were expecting heavy resistance, what we got instead was not what any of us expected. The facility was already destroyed and detected gamma radiation suggests that the on-site nuclear autodestrction devices were used. The strange part is that in such situation, the facility was equipped with blackbox devices designed to endure through the blast. Instead we found nothing. Not even a beacon. We scanned the area for any lifesigns including motion detectors and electromagnetic emissions - we knew there were some synthetics stationed on the facility so we had to make sure. We found nothing. Just a hole in the ground and gamma radiation. No survivors. We did send few surrogates for close recon, but not even being on the surface directly and digging through the rubble uncovered any evidence. I'd say there's little to be done here - just level the ground, scrub the burn marks, collect the debris and call it a day. I'd call this mission accomplished, but I have a feeling that this won't be enough for the brass... ---END MESSAGE---