We made our way from the wreckage of The Defiance to this avenue of bones, which leads to a city of sorts.

BONES ANALYSIS:

• Piscine in origin
• Likely the remains of a long dead species, given the state of decay and fossilization

We made our way into the city, occasionally hearing the howling of some sort of alien hound. We have encountered a towering obleisk in our path, and after conferring with the crew, we have decided to enter. The obelisk is dark, but with a shimmering prismatic pattern, like insect wings. Inside, we found piles of metallic jewelry, and the corpses of creatures holding strange powered staves. However, this obelisk appears to have been made the home of some of the hounds we were hearing. The hounds attacked and pursued us, very unfortunate. Thankfully, with the help of PFC Hudson and Glen, we were able to escape the obelisk and continue into the city.

We managed to navigate around groups of the hounds, making our way through grasses and overgrown structures, eventually making our way to a large ziggurat. We managed to breach the entrance to the ziggurat, and made our way inside. The interior was plagued by a loud, constant humming noise, likely caused by the multitude of strange engines within.

ENGINE ANALYSIS:

• Unknown purpose, but likely related to the electromagnetic activity we observed on the Alexis and the gateways
• Hypothesis: Stopping the engines may stop the electromagnetic activity and the gateways, possibly permitting function of our ship’s hyperdrive systems

We concluded that the best course of action would be to stop the engines by any means necessary. We used everything in our means to stop the engines, including some of the strange weaponry we found on this planet. PFC Hudson was able to use some of the weaponry to cause a large explosion, which successfully stopped many of the engines, however, he was also claimed in the explosion, and is now deceased. We damaged enough of the engines to cause a catastrophic failure, however the noise led many of the alien hounds to converge on our location, and we were forced to enact a tactical retreat, making our way back to the Matron’s Call. We were pursued by the hounds, but we managed to escape and return to the ship.

As we made lift off, we could visibly see the dark miasma to the east dissipating. We were able to engage our hyperdrive, and have left the planet to continue our delivery, with significant delay.