Basilure's Record № 6
09 Oct 2021Ridgy Gladosin
LIVING GUARDIANS11 October 3307
Attention to all ships of the Trade Coalition! I appeal to all members of the organization with an extremely important message! The message is secret and disclosure to members of other factions is strictly prohibited!
This is... incredible. What we saw in the most distant system of Guardian space shocked me and my companions alike. Believe me or not, I'm talking about everything I've seen with my own eyes. We have found living Guardians.
I arrived on the planet with scavengers and landed near the ruins. Nearby was the "Jackal" with guards. The local sentries had already been destroyed. Together with the rest of the people, we entered the crater that formed after drilling. Passing large corridors of ferrous metal, we came across scouts and stalkers of the "Jackal", who took refuge in one of the corridors and deployed a temporary observation point. About twenty minutes later we entered the room, which the scouts reported. The huge airlock was ajar and covered with soil. Inside, there were four-meter luminous prismatic objects, similar to crystal columns. A strange throbbing rumble was heard everywhere. Entering the room, we began to examine the columns. They also contained something. Soon we were convinced of what was inside, and it shocked us, to put it mildly.
There were bodies inside. From a distance they looked like dark spots, but as we got closer, long limbs and elongated heads became visible. In the farthest column, the creature was located closest to the wall of the object. It vaguely resembled a man, but it was not a man: a thin body was dressed in black armor of regular shape, long arms with three joints had sharp notches on the forearms. The monster's skin was red as blood. The face of the creature, if you can call it that, resembled the mask of the ancient northern tribes that once existed on Earth, before the planet was poisoned.
We were also struck by the fact that the instruments detected the biorhythms of creatures. They were as if in deep sleep, hibernation. Hibernated for millions of years ... It's amazing! I can't find the words to describe it anymore...
Team, our plans are changing. Since we have unloaded all the columns with the Guardians on ships of the "Keelback" type, we will have to change the purpose of the expedition. We can no longer land on "The Conduit", just like at the station. I, of course, have developed friendly relations with the local faction that owns the flagship, but I am afraid to imagine what might happen if they find out what we are transporting ... Now I am ordering to land in the system on the seventh planet and set up a temporary camp. It is necessary to maintain the same temperature in the pillar compartments as in those ruins. In the morning we will have to get to the Bubble on our own. During refueling at the stars, guard ships are required to surround ships with Guardians - this is especially true for the border systems of the Bubble, where there are especially many pirates. Our destination is the Meene system. Eleven columns need to be delivered there, like the main research center of the Guardians - we will be paid a fortune for this. I order the last twelfth column to be secretly transported to Alcala Settlement. An urgent evacuation from the system is announced!