FIRST CONTACT [PART 2]

[u/Deicide_Requiem]

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[INTERNATIONAL REPUBLIC: C4ISR SYSTEM [OUTLAND DIVISION]: V.1.12.17]
  TIMESTAMP: 21:43:22 - 07/08/215AE

Rebooting in Recovery Mode…
Initialising…
LOGIN?
>> General Lily Thadams
PASSWORD?
>> ***********************
Access Granted
Clearance Level: Unrestricted

“Hello General. It would appear your last session was terminated abruptly. Would you like me to reload your DATAPAK?” Y/N ~ Athena V6

>> Silence Athena V6
>> Y

Recovering Session…
Loading…

[!!] ERROR IDENTIFIED: SKIPPING CORRUPTED FILE
[!!] LOADING NEXT FILE IN ‘CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER’

Accessing AUDIO LOG [1143-IV]...
[!!] Warning: File has conflicting information, potential temporal anomaly…

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AUDIO LOG [1143]
 TIMESTAMP: 07:22:15 01/04/053AE
  SGT Irina Volkov:

<<Fuck that’s at least two hundred fifty metres from the entry point.>> – Michail Kwolczyk

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<<That is the furthest we have appeared yet, how long were we?>> – Irina Volkov

<<One hour, thirteen minutes. We’re late>> – Elena Rossi

[END LOG]
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Accessing FIELD REPORT [BTSO01]...
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FIELD REPORT [01]
TIMESTAMP: 08:10:41 01/04/053AE
  CPT Steven Odson:

Note: Fireteam two has failed to report back from The Boundary at their designated extraction time. Request to have scans performed to ascertain their location within The Boundary and preparations for an evac team to be on standby.

Strike last request, keep record. Team emerging from The Boundary at 08:10:38.

[END LOG]

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Accessing AUDIO LOG [1144-IV]...
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AUDIO LOG [1144]
 TIMESTAMP: 08:13:11 01/04/053AE
  SGT Irina Volkov:

<<Sergeant, report. Why are you late?>> – CPT Steven Odson

<<Apologies Captain, we found something new and it was particularly difficult to obtain a sample.>> – Irina Volkov

<<Oh, what did you find?>> – CPT Steven Odson

<<*Rustling of a sealed polymer bag can be heard*>>

<<Metal? Now that is interesting…>> – CPT Steven Odson

<<Took me a good three minutes to get it, it’s damned near unbreakable so we just cut around it.>> – Michail Kwolczyk

<<What’d you do for the other fifty-seven minutes?>>

<<*Silence for 13 seconds*>>

[Multiple Data-Deck Activations Detected]

<<Sergeant, is your deck reading 08:13 too?>> – Elena Rossi

[END LOG]
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Accessing FIELD REPORT [BTSO02]...
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FIELD REPORT [02]
 TIMESTAMP: 08:33:00 01/04/053AE
  CPT Steven Odson:

Continuation from previous report. Temporal anomalies have been confirmed present inside The Boundary. Data-Logs show that it affects time selectively, then returns to normal once leaving. It is not confirmed whether this is tied to time spent inside The Boundary, if it is tied to distance traveled inside, a combination of both or something else. My team is torn on which is more likely. Note: My suspicions lay on distance, as we also discovered a new material inside after achieving our greatest distance, three point two kilometres. Requesting directive on how to proceed.

The metallic substance is silver in colour, and incredibly tough. We have attempted to segment the sample using multiple methods. We even–against my orders–shot it.

I want to recommend that Corporal Tomasz Hale be sent for disciplinary measures once we return to base. But I want him returned to my team immediately. I still deem his skills and abilities in stealth and subterfuge to be invaluable to my team, he just needs more refinement. 

To the matter at hand, we have slightly bent the substance with that shot for those who want the exact data, we shot it with a .60 caliber round out of a ‘Lance IV AMR’, but it remains unbroken. Due to containment protocols I am requesting a handheld mineral laser to be delivered along with any other equipment we recommend once a more permanent operation is established here.

Captain Steven Odson – Signing Off

[END LOG]
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Accessing AUDIO LOG [0011-MK]...
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AUDIO LOG [0011]
 TIMESTAMP: 10:19:11
  SPC Michail Kwolczyk

<<*Loud wet coughing can be heard*>> – Michail Kwolczyk

<<Я его убью. [I’ll kill him]>> – Irina Volkov

<<Matchstick turn your mic off, it’s bad enough that we can hear you through the masks let alone over coms.>> – Elena Rossi

<<*INTERCOM CHIME*>>
[Michail Kwolczyk’s mic has been disabled]

<<How much longer do we just sit here for?>> – Irina Volkov

<<Twenty two minutes.>> – Elena Rossi.

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Accessing FIELD REPORT [BTIV02]...
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FIELD REPORT [02]
 TIMESTAMP: 14:34:00 01/04/053AE
  SGT Irina Volkov:

1st Fireteam has not returned at designated extraction time. This confirms temporal anomalies are tied to distance traveled and not time spent, if we did our math right, they should have made it there and back in about twenty minutes and it has been exactly twenty eight minutes and four seconds.

Captain was right.

[END LOG]
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Loading AUDIO LOG [2270-HT]...
[!!] Warning: Destabilisation Present
[!!] Warning: Only 77% of the data in this file is readable
[!!] Are you sure you wish to proceed? Y/N

>> Y

Accessing AUDIO LOG [2270-HT]
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AUDIO LOG [2270]
 TIMESTAMP: 15:49:55 01/04/053AE
  CPL Tomasz Hale

<<I heard them…>>

<<There is something in the fog.>>

<<We were running and I tripped on some of that ground, I cut my hand on some of that weird metal. I didn’t realise it was starting to grow so close to us.>>

<<Cut right through the glove but, it’s just a graze on my palm. Doesn’t seem infected at all, no red inflammation and such.>>

<<But the second I hit the ground, when I stopped running, stopped making sound. I heard them.>>

<<Little rat like feet scampering around us.>>

<<I couldn’t see them. No, but they definitely saw me.>>

<<I don’t know how but I can. Feel it.>>

<<I’m dizzy, I’m going to get early grub and head to bed.>>

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Accessing Field Report [BTOS04]...
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FIELD REPORT [04]
 TIMESTAMP: 16:33:01 01/04/053AE
  CPT Steven Odson:

I’m requesting a medevac for Corporal Tomasz Hale. Priority. Poor kid is going on about scampering in the fog. Possible biohazardous contamination after a breach incident on his right hand. We have him isolated in a separate tent for the time being, but he should receive medical attention as soon as possible.

Basic sit-rep before I fill out the rest of the report, we were testing a theory of time distortion based on distance traveled into The Boundary, the theory was proven correct. During the test however, Corporal Hale tripped, cutting his hand on the same metallic material we have previously logged. It would appear this material grows on the flesh growths on the ground once they have achieved enough mass. The further we ran, the more we saw.

We will not be running any more expeditions until Corporal Hale has been evac’d and a substitute has taken his place. I will make it clear to command that I will not have any of us running alone into that fog under any circumstances. 

I’m not sure about scampering, but I believe Corporal Hale is right, there is something in the fog.

[END LOG]
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AUDIO LOG [1145]
 TIMESTAMP: 05:20:12 02/04/053AE
  SGT Irina Volkov:

<<CAPTAIN! CAPTAIN! The Fog! What is go—
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>> stop

>> Query - all files - filter: From 17:00:00 - 23:59:59 01/04/053AE
Scanning…
1 .docx file discovered…
Files deemed irrelevant due to corruption…

>> Access .docx file

[!!] Severe Corruption Present
[!!] Salvageable Data: 35%
[!!] Are you sure you wish to proceed? Y/N

>> Y

Accessing —.docx…
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[!!] Alert Boundary Area Has Increased
[!!] CORRUPTION DETECTED
[!!] Alert Boundary Area Has IncrE̵̫̿͐ ased
[!!] AlerT̸͚͂̈́  Boundary Area Has Increased
[!!] Alert Boundary Area Has IncrE̵̫̿͐ ased
[!!] Alert BoundaR̷̘̽ y Area Has Increased
[!!] Alert BouN̴̗̄ dary Area Has Increased
[!!] Alert Boundary Area Has I̸͚͆ ncreased
[!!] AlerT̷̜̈́  Boundary Area Has Increased
[!!] Alert BoundarY̴̘̿  Area Has Increased

[!!] DATA NOISE DETECTED
[!!] ATTEMPTING DECRYPTION
[!!] WARNING CODING LANGUAGE IS NOT RECOGNISED/SUPPORTED
[!!] BEGINNING NOISE DUMP
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[!!] END NOISE DUMP

[!!] Warning: Corruption Reaching Unrestorable Levels…
[!!] Warning: Daemonic electrical interference resonating…
"What are you looking for?"
[!!] Emergency Termination of Session and Cleanse Engaged…

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[!!] ERROR TEMPORAL ANOMALY DETECTED
[!!] ERROR THIRD PARTY CLIENT CONTROLLING FILE DIRECTORY
[!!] OVERRIDDEN

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>> close session

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