Seeking the Truth #8: The arson
15 May 2021Patrick Bietruch
Somebody's trying to kill me. Since I had returned to the Bubble earlier today things worsen even more. After arrival at my fleet carrier I received a message. It was from my mother, she asked me to go to my family station in Nona system where she lives and that I must hurry because it's important. I immediately go there to see what is going on, I go to inside the habitat ring of the Bennett Gateway station where she lives and a terrible sight unfolds before my eyes. My family house is burning and my mother stands right in front of it. She looks devastated and I probably look the same.
The house was destroyed completely by the fire. No one at the station knows who the arsonist is, no one saw anyone. Although one thing is certain: whoever it was, this person wants me and my family dead. Well I won't let anyone hurt my only family, that's for sure.
My mother is safe. For now at least. She is angry with me though, says everything is happening because of all these expeditions of mine. She told me on many occasions to not follow my father's path because I will end up like him, that I will go missing just like he did. She has every right to think that way, after all my father chose his exploration carrier over his own family.. But I won't be like that, I promised her that.
When I got back to the carrier I was informed that an encrypted message is being broadcasted directly to my personal management computer. The content of the message is as follows:
80 97 108 108 117 118 117 109 98 111 32 67 114 101 97 116 105 118 101 32 73 110 99 46 32 98 101 104 105 110 100 32 116 104 101 32 97 114 115 111 110 46 32 87 101 32 119 105 108 108 32 104 101 108 112 32 79 114 105 111 110 39 115 32 115 111 110 32 100 101 97 108 32 119 105 116 104 32 97 116 116 97 99 107 101 114 115 46 32 67 111 109 101 32 116 111 32 65 110 100 108 105 116 32 116 111 32 102 117 114 116 104 101 114 32 100 105 115 99 117 115 115 32 116 104 105 115 32 109 97 116 116 101 114 46 10 10 126 32 65 110 100 108 105 116 32 67 111 46
ASCII cypher again, just like last time. However this time the message is not from the mysterious M. Here's the trascript:
Palluvumbo Creative Inc. behind the arson.
We will help Orion's son deal with attackers.
Come to Andlit to further discuss this matter.
~ Andlit Co.
We will help Orion's son deal with attackers.
Come to Andlit to further discuss this matter.
~ Andlit Co.
The message is from Andlit Co. The faction my father and his crew were working for a few years ago..
I must go there ASAP. If not them then I don't know who will help me..