An Unregistered Comms Beacon can be found in the Plaa Aec RY-B b41-1 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 UNL001
NEHHY LKCJQ 2X
BEVGCJP AEL
LHEE EUO NYX X41 1
IKDUPQEJDXY
(repeated two times)
Applying a Keyed Caesar cipher with the key of EXODUS yields the message:
DYNASTY EXPEDITION BEACON
DNSTY S6 ERP001
RALLY POINT 2B
HAWKINS GAP
PLAA AEC RYB B41 1
MODESTANDBY
An abandoned settlement can be found within the same system on body 2 b, at 16.8716, -157.9496 (in Live/4.0) or at 51.0059, -155.0895 (in Legacy/3.8).
There are Engineer Materials scattered around the ground.
Around the settlement there are four Settlement Comms Log Uplink points, scanning them gives background to the reason for its abandonment:
Logs
HAWKIN’S GAP DELTA MISSION 1/4
Expedition Log: 30/08/3270
“This is a bigger operation than I thought it was. A massive fleet of Anacondas all prepped for long endurance travel out to the edge of beyond. No ships have markings, no emblems, no political affiliation. Somebody with deep pockets must be paying for this, but who ?”
HAWKIN’S GAP DELTA MISSION 2/4
Expedition Log: 12/09/3270
“Judging by the way the fleet deployed I would say there were three main destinations, all a long way outside of the core worlds. We got our orders today, we’re making for a zone called “Hawkin’s Gap”. It’s a seriously long way, not even the explorers have been out this way before. Strange mission.”
HAWKIN’S GAP DELTA MISSION 3/4
Expedition Log: 18/09/3270
“Our little armada split up today, so we’re on our own now. Just us and the void. Still a lot of speculations as to what we’re doing. Cargo hold is full, that I don’t know. My guess is some kind of deep space survey, but I can’t figure out why we’d need to be so far out …”
HAWKIN’S GAP DELTA MISSION 4/4
Expedition Log: 01/10/3270
“Cargo is being deployed. A series of artefacts of some kind. The handling bods aren’t part of the ship’s crew, so we don’t know what they’re doing. Captain has told us to turn a blind eye and wait for them to be done.”
