Intergalactic Summit

Pilots;

Itsukame-Zainou Hyperspatial Inquiries, Ltd., in cooperation with our expeditionary group partners, has retrieved salvage and biomass from Drifter Hive zones with our operations beginning YC117.06. With the completion of our first series of such penetrations, and following the conclusion of the legal issues arising from other elements of our biomass recovery efforts, we began a new analysis, which has taken nearly half a year to prepare. This analysis has been substantially aided by the operations of the Arataka Research Consortium, whose Drifter Hive penetrations have been to date quite successful, and have provided us significantly more material.

Let us now address issues of legality, as this is an understandable concern. We’ve reviewed this with Zainou Biotech Legal Services, and our present understanding is as follows, based on Yulai Convention text provided by the DED.



To our understanding, biomass is listed as an exception to standard salvage laws. While I would normally contest this given the DED’s apparent lack of concern with Capsuleer corpses, for purposes of our release Legal advised that we should not contest that point.

Per the terms of Article 8, Section B, we have naturally been unable to determine, much less communicate with, a next of kin of any Jove or Vigilant Tyrannos specimen recovered. Likewise, attempts to contact the Jove Directorate or the Vigilant Tyrannos have been unsuccessful. Lastly, to our knowledge, no DED investigation is on-going as relates to the bodies of the Jove or Vigilant Tyrannos. While there has been disclosure of a committee’s formation, the scope and nature of their deliberations remain unknown, and whether it constitutes an investigation for Yulai Convention purposes is unknown.

In the case of contact from the Jove Directorate, or disclosure of an on-going investigation for which these specimens would be material, we have requested that Zainou Biotech remand such materials as necessary to the Jove Directorate or DED.

With the legal matter addressed, the abstract of the attached release is provided. A link to the full report text follows.



The report that follows is somewhat longer than most reports we’ve released, and at stages quite technical. Please note that where possible we’ve attempted to present this as a white paper, but in many cases technical details were required to demonstrate the full complexity of the systems involved, and the thoroughness of the analysis.

I would also like to bring your attention to Appendix A. To the best of our ability, this constitutes a full and complete list of all pilots who have aided the Consortium and its precursor expeditionary group in penetrating Drifter facilities. I would also like to express personal thanks to the coordinator group of the Consortium for their diligence and capability, to the research team for their tireless work analyzing recovered materials, and again to the nearly two hundred pilots who have flown with us to this point. This report would not be possible without the tremendous and notable support of these many individuals.

In service and in thanks,
Makoto Priano
Itsukame-Zainou Hyperspatial Inquiries, Ltd.

Indeed, Uriel; my thanks to the research team!

If anyone has any questions, I'll try to address them, or have a research team member address them.

We of course still have several avenues of continued inquiry. For instance, we have only the barest understanding of the Tyrannos implant architecture, or what is implied by it. Similarly, we have very little to go off of with the Drifter Hive Elements aside from their memetic virulence, which is simply beyond any ability to analyze constructively. Lastly, there's the matter of that massive spatial distortion, which passingly resembles spatial rifts or stargate jumps, but on a scale that boggles the mind.

Needless to say, there's a lot more analysis to be done, and we don't have nearly enough data on some of it.

Astonishing work done by research team. I would like to congratulate all involved with this successful release. With your help we may be able to get closer to understanding the events of the current crisis.

I feel compelled to reiterate an associate's first word upon reading this document:

"Interesting..."

So you are saying that there is a fear that by removing an intact canopic from an Anoikis Enclave your organisation might be committing a murder?

Mr. Egivand; hm. Personally, I'll admit my concerns were logistical, but Mr. Moros brings up a fair point. I would want to see if any of the data from the collection of Sleeper implants suggests we need to actively raid Sleeper enclaves that are still functioning, to be honest.

Grooz; uh. You know they're still firing, right?

Soldarius;

You'll notice that chapter 2 is focused on analysis of the cryostasis pods our onboard systems identify as 'Canopics.' We had also originally planned an analysis of Vigilant Tyrannos implant architecture, but have found that more time was needed for that analysis.

In the interest of not delaying the report any further, we've released these two sections.

You'll also notice a brief discussion of some other potential subjects for research earlier in this thread.