An Unregistered Comms Beacon can be found in the Pru Aescs HW-S b31-2 system, orbiting body A.
The transmission times of this beacon are on the hour, every hour.
The transmitted message is the following:
DYJEPQY UWLUDCQCKJ XUEOKJ
DJPQY P6 UNL002
NEHHY LKCJQ OD1
OKJSHRW
LNR EUPOP BVP X31 2
IKDUPQEJDXY
(repeated two times)
Note: There are two separate UCB’s approximately 29 km’s apart, while they both transmit the same message, the second UCB’s transmission times are at 15 minutes past the hour, every hour.
Applying a Keyed Caesar cipher with the key of EXODUS yields the message:
DYNASTY EXPEDITION BEACON
DNSTY S6 ERP002
RALLY POINT CD1
CONFLUX
PRU AESCS HWS B31 2
MODESTANDBY
An abandoned settlement can be found within the same system on body CD 1, at -7.2893, -35.9571 (in Live/4.0 and Legacy/3.8).
Note: a minor piece of the settlement appears to have been discarded during construction, approximately 450m behind the two radio towers.
Around the settlement there are four Settlement Comms Log Uplink points, scanning them gives background to the reason for its abandonment:
Logs
Note: The logs have been sorted via date rather than by log ID, as the logs appear to be incorrectly numbered.
CONFLUX BETA MISSION 2/4
Expedition Log: 30/08/3270
“Signed on for this one as I had the exploration bug, but we’re just jumping and jumping. We’re not staying in systems to survey, just refuelling as fast as we can and then it’s back into witch-space. We’re spending more time there than in real space. Someone is in a hurry.”
CONFLUX BETA MISSION 3/4
Expedition Log: 12/09/3270
“Reminds me of what my father told me about witch-space. it’s haunted. There’s weird lights, shifting clouds, who knows what they are. Makes you wonder whether we should be out here at all. So much stuff we just don’t understand.”
CONFLUX BETA MISSION 4/4
Expedition Log: 18/09/3270
“Witch-space is different out here, there’s something odd, those lights we were seeing are less frequent now, but they seem to be hanging around, almost as if they’re following us. Maybe I’m going nuts.”
CONFLUX BETA MISSION 1/4
Expedition Log: 01/10/3270
“Witch-space once again. We’re almost to our destination in the Conflux area now. That’s odd… looks like… can’t be! You can’t be interdicted in witch-space… that’s impossible! We’re back in normal space. Systems off-line, no power, what in Randomius is that…”
