Intergalactic Summit

Press Release 117.04.25
Sortet V - Moon 1 - Federal Navy Assembly Plant

In light of the recently disrupted press conference on the findings of the Dirfter autopsy conducted by Anslo Tetua, Mizhir Starsurge, Kybernetes Moros, Kalo Askold, Repracor Industries is facilitating a virtual Q&A on the report. Questions will be collated by Repracor and forwarded to the researchers. The researchers' responses will recorded and edited into a holo reel to be released to the public.

Questions should be posted to this thread no later than 117.05.03 23:59 EVE Standard Time.

Repracor Industries is dedicated to scientific research and the distribution of knowledge, and we hope this approach will be resistant to further attempts of disruption by Drifter forces.

To avoid unnecessary duplication, Ms. Starfall, would it be possible to have the questions listed here? I understand, of course, that the limited time of the researchers and restricted access to some data may cause many questions to remain unanswered. With that said, I apologize in advance for the density of questions here, which I'll divide by subject. Further, while I like to believe I'm fairly well educated, I remain an amateur and so beg forgiveness for any questions that reflect my lack of medical expertise.

My questions;

1) On the matter of radiation in the blood stream. Dr. Starsurge indicated that there are similarities with other technology we've seen, but didn't clarify: is this most similar to the Antikythera Element, to the Drifter superweapon, or to Caroline's Star? Or are the three all possessed of similar radiation profiles? Additionally, she indicated that the radiation doesn't appear to be decaying, whether due to a simple lack of entropic loss, or unknown generation of power. The former seems almost fanciful, unless we simply haven't been observing the body long enough to witness significant decay, as with certain long-lived isotopes. I'd tend to give more credence to the latter theory, though. Is there any indication of energy transmission of any sort? That's to say, does the body, or did the body receive energy from some outside source, such as might be wirelessly transmitted by a Tyrannos ship? Or is the amount of energy in the blood stream sufficient to maintain the organism for vast amounts of time?

2) On the matter of Drifter and Jove differentiation. Given that the Jove are rumored to reproduce by cloning, and have undergone significant genetic modification, I would suspect the reprouctive atrophy indicates the same of the Tyrannos. I wonder: in what way are you stating that they're differentiated? Do they not have common ancestors? And how does one track biological drift with an organism that has engaged in genetic engineering and cybernetic enhancement? I ask because you indicate that the Drifters and Jove share 'some genetic markers,' which would presumably indicate more genetic markers than the Jove and anyone we'd consider to be 'standard human.' The implication, then, is common ancestry at some stage after the Jove or Tyrannos began engineering themselves, or else convergent engineering if either the Tyrannos or the Jove adopted wholesale the others' engineered traits. Could you clarify what exactly caused you to make such a definitive statement? Could the statement be refined by saying 'modern Jove,' then?

3) On the issue of necrotic byproducts. Given the excess amount of them, is it fair to say that the Tyrannos body was dead for longer than can be accounted for by their retrieval from the battleship? This is to say, can we definitively say that the Drifter was dead before he piloted or was used as a pilot for that ship? I just want to be completely clear on this point.

That's a perfectly reasonable suggestion. I've updated tho original message to reflect that.

A query on the bloodstream's radiation; has it been identified as anything other than simply "radiation"? Alpha, Beta, Gamma, or something else entirely?

Also, the report noted minor amounts of necrotic byproducts throughout the corpse, yet very little (if any) detectable necrosis. Is it possible these byproducts come from necrosis previous to the body's reconstruction as a Drifter?