An Unregistered Comms Beacon can be found in the Pru Aescs NC-M d7-192 system, orbiting body A 2 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 E3E
OKJSHRW
LNR EUPOP JOI D7 192
IKDUPQEJDXY
(repeated two times)
Applying a Keyed Caesar cipher with the key of EXODUS yields the message:
DYNASTY EXPEDITION BEACON
DNSTY S6 ERP002
RALLY POINT A3A
CONFLUX
PRU AESCS NCM D7 192
MODESTANDBY
An abandoned settlement can be found within the same system on body A 3 a, at -53.3585, -48.9083 (in Live/4.0 and Legacy/3.8).
Around the settlement there are four Settlement Comms Log Uplink points, scanning them gives background to the reason for its abandonment:
Logs
CONFLUX DELTA MISSION 1/4
Expedition Log: 30/08/3270
“I’m just the engineer on this particular jaunt. I was advised to prep the ship for a seriously long haul into the void, so I’m loaded up with as many hyperdrive spares as I can cram in. When I asked why, the captain just responded with ‘Don’t ask’.”
CONFLUX DELTA MISSION 2/4
Expedition Log: 12/09/3270
“It’s putting a strain on the ship, that I can tell you. I’ve asked for some downtime so I can run some maintenance, but the captain says we have to hit a schedule. What can be quite so important a thousand light years from the nearest inhabited planet I can’t say, but we’re in a mighty rush.”
CONFLUX DELTA MISSION 3/4
Expedition Log: 18/09/3270
“I warned ’em. We blew the hyperdrive initiator coil jumping in today. Caused a right mess down here. Lots of collateral damage. Scanners are offline and the main generator is running hot. Can’t figure out why, looks like we’re in empty space, but the heat is fierce!”
CONFLUX DELTA MISSION 4/4
Expedition Log: 01/10/3270
“We figured it out. Gravity. We’ve dropped out near a neutron star. Can’t see it, but we can feel it. The ship is cooking around us. No way we can jump out before it gets us. We’re being pulled in. Odds are even as to whether the heat, gravity or magnetism kills us first. We’re jettisoning the logs, if anyone ever finds this… save yourselves! Beware the neutron star.”
