Zyrxes Tam

Zyrxes scratches ‘Picard’ into a beer mat with a corner of his omnitech and posts it into the top of the jar

Sir, we need to find a way home. It seems that the Forerunner artifacts brought us here. We know that the Empire used the rift generator in Volantis to deliver Caltrons. That research station has been implicated in the Caltron research. It seems we delivered the vital packet of data from R-56X after the Kralien occupation was broken. Completing…[Read more]

He regards her blandly. Strange isn’t it? Who says “never a cross word” these days?

I did attempt to reverse transmit a message to Hamilton, but I did not receive a reply. It would require a good…[Read more]

Lt. Cdr, Vaj? Welcome back, sir. I’ve been keeping an eye on routine channels while you were all away. I notice you had a public message delivery at Promethean before we departed.

“Baggage safely delivered. Harry ate his portion of the fifty Latin tons of pork with never a cross word. Hope to run into you in one of our dens of yore. -Johanssen,…[Read more]

…continues working feverishly

Sir, I see a personnel transfer posted. Kommandant Matsiyan is removed from command of ISN Invictus. He will report to INI Group-Leader Corrin of Atlantis Command. He is assigned as the territory liaison officer with Promethean Command and Fourth Hunter Group.

Sir! Subkommandant Morlock’s access has been suspended. In fact, he has been suspended. scrolls frantically Charges have been filed. He’s been arrested for illegal duelling!

Oh, sorry, sir. When you didn’t say no, I did send to EC legal.

That was a little while ago. I know it has taken some time for reports to come in and for you to review them. I’ve been keeping tabs on routine traffic with Atlantis Command. There has been a noticeable drop-off in comms from Command support staff. I took the liberty of asking Lt.…[Read more]

Murmurs aside Might be obvious to us but we are the only ISN unit that has been out in Antara. It is on the far side of Hjorden. They might think twice about sending a force that way.

Lt. Quinn? I’ve just received a very nice thank you message for you from Admiral Lady Mundy. Apparently she will be sending a…[Read more]

Security confirmed. Reply transmitted, sir.

Very good, sir. Let me send this note I prepared off to the Admiral’s secretary. taps a couple of times

As I understand it sir, the Kommandant is the grandson of the company Chairman and they get along quite well. I believe the Kommandant’s father is somewhat estranged. He runs the company’s safety program. The Chairman was a junior minister of…[Read more]

Sir, I haven’t been able to clean up the transmission from Midshipman Hamilton any further, but I am pretty sure I have worked out how to reply back to that source if you wanted to.

Also, I looked up the relevant approach to Admiral Lady Mundy. I have forwarded to you a pre-addressed template targeted at her personal secretary and with some…[Read more]

Sir! I hid a covert scan in systems background tasks watching for the TSN secure comm protocol. I just got a bite, but the connection is extremely tenuous. It seems to be relayed through a mining scow’s prospecting shuttle high off the ecliptic. Very unlikely to intersect another antenna. I’ll try to keep refining…

Aye, aye, sir. If any other officer has ideas I’ll gladly accept the help.

Long term, sir, from reading the logs and sensor analyses, it seems pretty clear that the Forerunner Artifacts were involved in the accident that brought us here. Principally some interaction of the jumpspace manipulator, which is what the ISN seemed to use in a very…[Read more]

yawning mightily, Subaltern Tam pauses in the doorway to stretch before heading to grab the next seat at the bar, still working his shoulders

May I… sirs? His eye flickers in the tiniest of winks, acknowledging the different etiquette

Tea, please Yu, black, thick and sweet. At least there’ll be no shortage of that for a while. I was helping…[Read more]

Actually, what do we know about the Imperium’s control of Caltrons? Do we know how they do it, how to stop it?

Subaltern Tam clears his throat

Can we perhaps parlay our youth and inexperience into advantage in lobbying for additional supplies? You know, speak up brashly about how impossible the situation is and the former senior officers not wanting to rock the boat? Could we even get the supply ship expedited that we requisitioned to replace Grant?

On a…[Read more]