[from the Empress of Moths, amidst system malfunctions and strange portals]

[morbirdinterest]

I have been investigating the new portals using some skills from a previous Jaunt. Two things have revealed themselves to me, which may be of interest.

First, my Control Panel returns a reading of "extra-system access loci" when I use it near a portal. This suggests to me that some entity other than the Trumps is creating, and likely using, these portals.

Second, and quite coincidentally, while activating my Control Panel in a secluded part of the Empress, I discovered that there are dead bodies in the reactor. Eight of them.

Comments

[turbedon]

Do we know what species they are or if they can be retrieved? I'd like to know why they're in there...

[morbirdinterest]

I'm afraid not. As for whether or not they can be retrieved... You would have to ask someone on the Empress' engine crew that question.