Intergalactic Summit

Today was the second day I've observed the structures. I plan on observing them again tommorow...if they're still there of course. I should add that the structure in Onnamon is also intact. In fact there were two capsuleers who attempted to interact with it to no effect (bombing and repping).

Both Onnamon and Uchomida are very close together, separated by one system. Their stellar classifications are G5 and K4 respectively. As far as the drones are concerned, being scanned down by them once was more than enough to make exercise caution. All my observations are now done at a distance in a cloaked vessel.

Ha! Where are my manners as well?

Captain Jason Santino of Federal Intelligence Office reporting in!

As a resident of Anoikis, I really hope for two things:
1: that the new sleepers don't take shield tech back down the rabbit hole.
2: that sleepers don't hold grudges.

Because if either of those happen, our lives may begin to resemble the events of the apocalypse, as was written here: https://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/The_Seven_Events_of_the_Apocalypse

I tend to give some credence to this, if only due to its origin being separate from Amarrian religious fanaticism. And if the Sleepers aim to misbehave then the 4th prophecy of “the appetite of nothing expands over the world” would be horribly, terrifyingly accurate.

The structure most certainly isn't fully cloaked - either the cloak is damaged or the structure's emissions are too high to contain. Questions remained whether it was always there or is it new? If it was always there, was it dormant or operational and became damaged recently?

An audio interpretation of the Pillar's emissions shows a low hum, mixed in with short bursts of static due to the electric arcs.

The C-Drones appear wherever the Pillars crop up, but "scan" them as well, reacting to them like they do to every object they encounter. They're either very dumb, or this thing isn't Sleeper in origin.

Furthermore, the C-Drones like to focus on specific things - while they will scan our ships and drones, they're very interested in customs facilities and asteroids. And, after some time, they started to carry a single Heavy Missile Launcher on their hull. They didn't use them yet.

Perhaps those beams are some sort of resource harvesting device they'd use to power nano-assemblies and upgrade themselves?

Beyond that, they're almost robotic in behavior, spending on average 5-7 minutes at each object they warp to doing what they usually do. They don't react in any way to any form of aggression.

Fascinating observations here. With the note of them focusing on customs offices and asteroids, that would agree with the theory of them resource harvesting. The addition of weapons systems on a heretofore unarmed drone adds credence to it. Has anyone checked their cargo hold after being scanned to see it stuff is missing?

Also, a further thought on their name. I had to dig for some ancient definitions, but I found the one I needed:

cir·ca·di·an
sərˈkādēən
adjectivePHYSIOLOGY
(of biological processes) recurring naturally on a twenty-four-hour cycle, even in the absence of light fluctuations.
"a circadian rhythm"

Old, I know, but I knew it reminded me of something. Has anyone checked on these drones daily yet? Their name is telling us to, it would seem.

Hmm, interesting. When I can get away, I'll take some time to roam my k-space static systems and see if I can't see a pattern here. The only one I see is eerily similar to how I would go about gathering Intel on a hostile system I was preparing to evict the residents from. First scan and log all assets and patterns, then insert combat forces quietly, finally launch a coordinated assault and overwhelm the target.

With people observing weapons on these Circadian Sleepers, I worry that phase 2 is underway. Again I come back to the name, and advise our k-space observers to make notes daily on any changes they see. The name implies a 24 hour cycle on these drones, and we don't need to miss anything.

I found two 'holes in that system yesterday, but no structure? Got some coordinates please?

I do not know if this one has been reported yet.

I am looking at it right now as I write this.

5 seekers scanning the object and the beacon. not showing any sign of a threat as of yet.

This one is spotted in TXME-A in the Deklein region. The star it self is a M0 Class. Next door in FMB-JP there was an abnormal ammount of wormholes in a system wich I havent seen before. All 3 Wormholes leading to the same star class. an M0. I will do more research in this solar system as of now. See if I can find anymore clues.

I'll report in as soon as I have more data.

I suggested the same a few days ago. It's the talocan not the sleepers who have advanced spatial manipulation technology, though jove MAY have that sort of technology.

It could also be someone different. Maybe Yan Jung.

At around 01:00 I engaged the Sleeper construct and drones in Uchomida.

I've since gone over my ships' video feeds and I can't get anything close to a decent image of the structure on any spectrum. This is not a surprise. I did spend some time approaching the structure from different angles and by "touching" the object by using my collision alert system to "bump" off of it, I can say that these structures are large. About the size of a good POS or a small station.

You can get a lock on them.

Energy drains will work on them. Salvagers, Data and Relic scanners won't because there is some kind of shield that keeps you from getting closer than about 5200m.

Scout drones will not attack the structure. Missiles explode harmlessly off of it.

Hypothesis: The properties of this structure that do not allow imaging, sensing and keep a ship at a specific distance are due to a shield and not properties of the structure itself.

(The thought of how much energy it takes to cloak a station is staggering.)

Circadian Seekers: They are now in groups of five. If you interact with the structure, they appear. They scan you and then warp off. They do not respond to hails. They seemed to have an interest in the Customs Offices around the planets of the system. Using a web or warp scram will not only prevent the target from warping off, but the whole group. You don't "pin" the group, but they stay with their counterpart. They do not attack other than to scan. They can be destroyed. But I don't recommend using frigate or destroyer class weapons as this takes a long time (about 120 light scourge missiles for one drone).

CONCORD will let you attack them without reprise. They appear as hostiles. CONCORD however does not pay a bounty on them, like they do high-sec pirates.

I can only guess at what their intentions are, so I won't.

If they were to turn hostile...