Intergalactic Summit

Earlier today while on a delivery of one of my ships back to Kor-Azor Prime in Empire, I jumped into the Tew System 0.6. I noted an unidentified structure on my overview and changed course and warped to 100km off the structure and cloaked up for a time. As I sat there it wasn't long when three Circadian Seekers came to the beacon.

At first I didn't noticed anything but then two of them had projected beams towards the beacon while a third was nearby the structure, I then noted that that the third one projected a beam to the structure. I took several images to which my dismay I can not locate in my files to link, I am not sure if somehow during the transfer of the images if they destroyed them!

An investigation as soon as I arrived at my home base yielded no results and will require a further investigation, but as it stands now with my seeing these beams projected by these I am wondering if it's power transfers or even data transfers to which the structures will at some point decloak. Vigilance is our sure manner as this mystery gets resolved in due time.

Yesterday I encountered a small group of Seekers on the Ekura-Tsuguwa gate. They appeared to be scanning the gate as per their currently known modus operandi, but the gate itself was bathed in a radiation that I could not identify. My scanners registered it as bright turquoise lines running longitudinally along the length of the gate. Has anyone else encountered this phenomenon? Is this an effect of their scanners? I don't make it habit to get quite that close to them.

Recently SSTG Darkhound was patrolling the eastern edge of the Forge region when we encountered another pilot engaging some of these sleepers. Their logistics and Megathron battleship appeared to be holding up well. But the damage was low for the larger battleship had significant issues hitting the smaller targets.

I deployed 3 light webifier drones to slow down the targeted sleeper and would find that while the results were lacking (1200 m/s orbit became around 1000 m/s) the sleepers paid no attention to them nor did pay attention to me. It may be possible that combat logistics drones (not to be confused with electronics warfare drones) don't measure up in their threat assessments.

Indeed they do take up more space than they deserve in the drone bay.

In discontinuous blocks, I have spent roughly nine hours above Vullat Gate in Eram System.

Perhaps "Circadian" means something other than what I think.

Alternatively, it refers to a cycle different from appearances above star gates. My observations do suggest the Seekers consistently remain for six minutes. That may also be what is meant by "Circadian." Elsewhere, I saw numbers indicating five minute intervals. I measure by ship clock, and my numbers are not accurate to the second.

On the chance others have recorded sighting times elsewhere, it may be possible to develop a more complete understanding of the Circadian "rhythms."

3.4.15 -
20:54 Arrive at Vullat Gate (Eram)
21:08 4 Cir. S cruisers warp in
21:14 all Cir. S cruisers "warp" out
21:15 Depart Vullat Gate

(The departure of Seeker ships appears more like an illuminating "reverse decloak" than Capsuleer warp. However, the arrival very closely resembles that of other ships.)

3.5.15 -
5:23 Arrive at Vullat Gate
5:53 6 Cir. S cruisers warp in
5:58 all warp out
6:05 6 cruisers warp in
6:10 all warp out
7:15 Depart Vullat Gate

(The 8 minute gap between departure and arrival was surprising. Elsewhere, I have seen research suggesting that 5 is the most Seekers expected. I did not know this at the time. Consequently, 6 did not surprise me. It is possible that I miscounted by including a traditional vessel's row despite the difference between a red plus and a white square. To do so twice seems "unlikely" - but not impossible).

15:51 Arrive at Vullat Gate
16:56 5 cruisers warp in
17:00 my reaper is scanned
17:02 all warp out
17:10 Depart Vullat Gate

(No interface feedback indicated my ship was being scanned. No harmful effects noted.)

20:30 Arrive at Vullat Gate
21:57 5 cruisers warp in
22:03 all warp out
22:10 Depart Vullat Gate

In addition to observations at Vullat, I made sorties to other locations. Watching for between half and one hour, I observed no Circadian activity at the Elgoi, Yrmori, Atlar (Gelfiven), or Oddeluff (Gelfiven) gates. Similarly, I observed no activity at the customs office above Eram II (temperate).

Additional Notes:

As others have noted, a central spherical assemblage extends from and retracts into the Circadian Seeker hull regularly (perhaps this is their "rhythm"). It appears to be made of a reflective, semi-transparent substance. Depending on angle, it is either a dark central orb surrounded by a distortion of light behind the sphere; or, a curved reflection of the light behind the observer.

4 cylinders beneath the forward section of the cruiser also extend and retract. Unlike the sphere, they are made of the same material as the hull, and do not retract completely into it. This motion reminds me of some advanced starship designs which I have seen in documentary videos. It is possible the motion of the sphere and extenders are related, though the cylinders move more frequently than the sphere.

I noticed no obvious relationship between sphere/cylinder motion and scanning activity.

My conjecture is that the sphere broadcasts information out to the cosmos.

With respect to the response of Minmatar naval forces, as a member of the Vherokior "drifter" caste, I am pleased visitors from distant worlds are not greeted with artillery fire. I concede this may prove disastrous. Of course, per observations of an Amarrian, elsewhere, the Cluster is already experiencing disaster at the hands of brigands and knights in armored pods.

Disaster is perhaps our civilization's primary good in trade.

If my failure to detect activity at gates other than Vullat is not simply due to impatience, it may be worth noting that Eram-Vullat is a regional transfer line. Extending it in both directions would roughly connect the Great Wildlands with the center of our cluster.

Based on the behavior described above, I warped to 100km off the unidentified structure in Eystur. Three Circadian Seekers were present. I was roughly 80km from the Seekers. They were initially indifferent to my presence.

I began to approach the structure. My separation from the Seekers increased to roughly 100km. Despite the fact I was increasing my distance from them, the Seekers became aggressive. Two volleys destroyed my reaper. The Seekers did not attack my pod.

I returned to a station in the system. An insurance company generously provided me a replacement reaper. I warped directly to the beacon. The Seekers did not attack, and eventually departed. When the Seekers returned, I began to approach the unidentified structure. Initially 124km distant, when I crossed the 80km mark, the Seekers destroyed my ship.

They did not attack the pod, and eventually departed.

After receiving another replacement reaper, I returned to the site and waited.

At 0:02, three cruisers arrived. I began to orbit the beacon at 10km.
At 0:14, they departed without attacking.
At 0:20 - returned.
At 0:26 - departed.
At 0:32 - returned.
At 0:38, I followed them to the Lustrevik gate. I warped to 100km from the gate, was immediately attacked and destroyed.

I repeated the exercise of waiting for them to leave the unidentified structure, and followed to the Olbra gate. I warped to 10km from the gate, and was not attacked.

I am more confident in the importance of 6. It may be significant that there are also 6 arm assemblies on the cruisers. I drift. I do not manipulate base six number sequences. Perhaps they possess unusual properties. Perhaps there are six gods in the Seeker pantheon.

Every Circadian cycle reinforces the number 6. That can be interpreted as a coincidence or a message.

I can confirm the recent unprovoked, aggressive behavior of the Circadian Seekers.

I was watching a live feed from a CalNav capsuleer pilot. He warped to one of the structures in a Navy Scorpion. Seekers were present and proceeded to attack him. I had been observing his feed since he arrived in system, and he did not aggress any Seekers in the system.

It was an Unknown Structure. And it was a Circadian Seeker. Identified from the HUD tag.

Also, I was speaking with Maria Daphiti last night, and while in combat with a Republic pilot, a Circadian Seeker arrived in the complex they were in and engaged the Republic pilot. She shared with me the CONCORD kill log entry corroborating this. To emphasize this point. The combat was taking place inside the deadspace pocket of the plex.

If you trespass against a structure protected by the Seekers or Drifters, they will hunt you down - certainly within a system, and possibly into another system where they also have a presence. Seeker or Drifter vessels do not have to be present at the time of the trespass for hostility to attach. Changing ships, or disengaging and reengaging with your ship interface, will not clear the hostility. The passage of time might. My experiments have shown that so far, up to three ships may be destroyed after a transgression before the hostility dissipates.

I believe it was Feu who tested whether trespassing with drones would trigger an attack. It does. He warped to the system star as soon as he drones were attacked. The Seekers tracked him there immediately and destroyed his ship. Warping away from Seekers does nothing to protect you.

If the pilot inside the complex had warped to an unidentified structure or wormhole, perhaps looking for targets, and approached within roughly 80 or 25 km respectively, he or she may have triggered an attack without realizing it.

Unidentified structures and wormholes should only be approached with the understanding that any ship being flown or about to be flown may become the target of repeated attacks.

Hello,

I am not entirely sure how relevant this information I found out last night while exploring is, but I will post it here regardless for anyone to analyze.
Like I said, I was exploring some wormholes around Providence when I entered one in SI-I89. I found myself in the J121649 and upon further scanning, It revealed about 2-3 more wormholes (at least those are the ones I scanned, as I did not scan every cosmic signature). I picked one and jumped through. Luckily, I landed in a huge wormhole system, talking about some pretty hefty ~90 AU warp distances. After a few seconds, two things (apart from the huge system) caught my attention. The ID, or name, of the solar system and a beacon called "Epicenter". I tried to find out some information about the wormhole I was in, but all was very inconclusive. The system was J000313. So, a recap of the route was SI-I89 -> J121649 -> J000313. The wormhole that led to the last system was a type A009.

I warped to the 'Epicenter' beacon, a few ~60ish AU from where I was holding position. Upon landing, I noticed this was nothing like I had seen before and quickly found out some debris possibly connected to the Sleeper drones. This anomaly seemed repeated, such that it had sort of similar debris patterns spaced within a few hundred kilometers. The only 3 ships found at the site were defenders (drones) and seemed to wander around as a group quite slowly. I did not find out if they aggressed, so I cannot confirm their threat level, only that from past encounters they will shoot on sight. Pictures of all the data can be found linked with the items in the list.
This is a list of all I found at this site, at the time of my stay:

- 1x Awakened Defender || Look At

- 2x Emergent Defender || Look At

- J000313 - Star || Attributes

- ~2x Sleeper Enclave || Look At

- 3x Sleeper Preservation Conduit || Look At

- 3x Sleeper Thermoelectric Converter || Look At

- Talocan Static Gates || Look At

- 3x Talocan Disruption Tower || Look At

- 2x Talocan Embarkment Destroyer || Look At

- 3x Talocan Extraction Silo || Look At

- 2x Talocan Polestar

- 2x Talocan Reactor Spire || Look At

Hope this helps in some way, though it was pretty amazing actually being there!

Regards,
Ryouji