Intergalactic Summit

Mr. Crases,

I know you and Cardinal Graelyn have spent a fair amount of time in Thera. It appears that you've put your time to good use. Perhaps you could submit a proposal to share your findings at the Fourth Seyllin Conference?

All due respect, but this doesn't seem like much of a report. You provided some statements but backed it up with no evidence and invited people to come to Thera to "see for yourself". I have and I've reached some differing opinions about the matter but if you have some evidence, despite how long it might take to lay out, I would be interested to listen.

-Eran

I suppose we can start with why you think it's the Sleepers who were behind Seyllin and the other "Shattered" events, and not someone or something else?

-Eran

So if Thera was where the Sansha were staging their attacks...

...where is their current staging area?

Why do you think Thera was Sansha occupied? The only sign of any Sansha presence are the occasional abandoned data or relic signatures-- those you can find in any null-sec or low-class wormhole systems these days, as you can also find with the Cartel, Serpentis, and Guristas. Thera was colonized by the SoE, and perhaps we should be cornering them for answers. Sansha may share their interest in the technology but Sansha have no stations or any known base in Thera. They have poked their head in, sure, and so have the other notable 'pirate' factions.

As for the status of Sansha occupied wormholes, it's very possible Sansha were harvesting resources from these systems like many capsuleers have for years already. Nation likely realized that they would be at a huge disadvantage if the main four empires were the only ones to benefit from these new discoveries and sent in teams probably soon after the Seyllin Event. An important question is why were the Sansha in these J0 systems before the rest of the capsuleer community and why are we, the majority of capsuleers, only now gaining access to these systems? Another question to investigate is if the 'Silent Battlefield' often encountered is the result of failed harvesting attempts from the Sansha or a larger conflict. It still remains to be known how the Sansha were even able to get to Jove space before this, as discovered by Mouse Nell's probe into a Sansha wormhole.

If the Sleepers were the ones who activated the wormholes initially, why are we just now seeing them in 'k-space' after all these years? There's still so many questions to answer about why they left this cluster to Anoikis and have a form of quarantine in effect there. If they were the catalyst for these wormholes to open, what was the purpose? If they want to invade, why? the AO type stars seems to have some connection with the events but it isn't quite clear yet. These stars may be rare but they are not a phenomenon. However, a star suddenly changing unexpectedly is. The physics behind such a change should probably be further investigated.

The original report about Thera from an SoE agent raised some questions for me that I've yet to see addressed, as well.

"Sister Taya Akira has revealed to the Scope – in what she freely admits is a breach of her oath of obedience to the Sisters of EVE – that several years ago the Sanctuary established a large multiple station colony in a hitherto unknown star system only accessible using wormhole exploration technology developed by the Sisters of EVE. Sister Taya has claimed that this system was named "Thera" and she was until recently working as a research scientist at a Sanctuary facility in the system."

Highlighted at my discretion.

What technology is this? Is the technology somehow related to the ancient Talocan structures we see active at all the 'Epicenters' with violent wormholes spouting from their spires? Why are we now able to reach Thera through more wormholes than any other previously known system, while before nobody was able to reach it for years? Why was the systems previously known connections lost by the SoE once "Caroline's Star" became active and news of the "Sansha Scare" became known?

What is restricting wormholes from appearing in Jove systems, or any of these previously cut-off systems like Thera and any of the J0 systems? Do the Jove have technology similar to cynosural field inhibitors that cut off wormhole connections? Is it possible that the reason Thera has so many wormhole connections is because of efforts done by the SoE research teams there to study and reactivate Talocan static gates? It would seem obvious that there's some connection between the systems we're connected to through these short-lived wormholes and when they become available, and that obviously has something to do with these abnormal star events, but what exactly? Is there some kind of quantum entanglement set in motion that allows not just particles but whole regions to connect?

I realize I haven't provided any answers and that was my intent. A lot of questions remain to be answered. I think a lot of them can't be positively answered at this time--at least with any evidence I've seen thus far. However I believe while questions often are the least satisfying of an exchange, asking the right questions will often lead you closer to the answers you seek.

Keep your mind open and your eyes on the periphery.

-Eran

I don't know of any pilot, ship, or crew who crossed over to Jove space. Again you make a statement that is backed by no evidence. How are we able to go to Jove space? The only recollection I have of something of ours crossing over to Jove space is that probe I mentioned earlier.

Perhaps I'm missing something here.

One of my concerns is that you seem to believe Sansha were using Thera before SoE got there. While it's certainly not implausible, there's no evidence to support this. There are no 'Silent Battlefields' in Thera or any real Sansha presence here, besides the research facilities I mentioned before that are present in all low-class wormhole systems. You mention derelict structures belonging to Sansha in Thera; what structures are you referring to? The ones in the data/relic signatures?

-Eran

You've seen Sansha ships at the Thera Epicenter and other stations? Did you take a picture for us? Every time I go to the Thera Epicenter I've only found Sleepers.

-Eran

Edit: Did a quick resurveying of the sites around Thera and wasn't able to find any Sansha, however I did notice something I hadn't previously seen which raises some more questions.

Was there an attack on SoE facilities before the star erupted?

Sabotage was my initial thought, though that just raises even more questions. Who and why? None of the other (remaining) structures in the system seem to have been attacked by anything, though it's entirely possible a good portion of clues were blown away with the star burst. Energy weapon screams lasers so I suppose the most likely candidates are Sansha or Sleepers themselves, but I don't want to say that it certainly had to be one of the two. Perhaps SoE were getting too close to someone else's secrets?

I am aware of Sansha-occupied wormholes; the issue I had was the statement that Thera was once Sansha-occupied. It's not impossible but there just isn't the evidence yet to say that is a fact.

-Eran