Transmissions from Prof. Vanessa Valentine

These are the transmissions we received from Prof. Vanessa Valentine in the Epoch Labz Discord server.



Link to these messages in the Discord Server:
https://discord.com/channels/977714043630522408/1034471018296778842

[Epoch Labz Orbital Transmission #1]

_{10/26/2022 5:57 PM Pacific Standard Time}

I have attempted every frequency, to no avail, the only thing left for me to try is a full system reboot, now that the Moonboy Mafia transmission SOS Emoji has been cleared. Perhaps I will be able to establish a connection to the recruitment channel as it’s old tech.

[Epoch Labz Orbital Transmission #2]

_{10/26/2022 6:06 PM Pacific Standard Time}

If the reboot works, I may be able to reroute some power to the thrusters, giving me 24hrs to make contact. I just hope there's a rookie down there listening, if it fails, then the space station will fall into Earth's atmosphere & burn up. If anyone can hear me, wish me luck(Fingers Crossed Emoji)

[Epoch Labz Orbital Transmission #3]

_{10/26/2022 6:18 PM Pacific Standard Time}

Well, it was a close one, but the reboot was a success, I was able to reroute auxiliary power to the thrusters, now to try that recruitment channel... testing testing...

[Epoch Labz Orbital Transmission #4]

_{10/26/2022 6:28 PM Pacific Standard Time}

Come in recruits, can you hear me? Yes! It works! I can't believe it. The reboot worked! I don't know how long I can keep my side of the channel open for. The systems up here are completely scrambled. The personnel are trying to figure out the cause.

I can't find General Hooks, I'm not a pilot but I was able to reroute auxiliary power to the thrusters to stop the space station from falling into the Earth's atmosphere and burning up. I'm gonna need the help of you new recruits down there to get the systems back up here online. Thank God that you guys are listening down there! With your help, it shouldn't take long to get the full systems back online.

From where you are, you should be able to access the systems diagnostics panel found here: https://epochlabz.io/diagnostics/ As we work together, the diagnostics panel should update. The signal is starting to fade...

So quickly, before I go, I will need 3 recruits to volunteer to become moderators, but I will need to know, what your location is on Earth so that I can determine which candidates would be best suited, based on their time zone to ensure that there are moderators available as often as possible, as the moderators will need to fill in, update and debrief new recruits, if need be, about all the events that have happened so far. The signal is fading. I will establish a channel called Mod App in which you can simply write your country and city with a (Green Checkmark Emoji) and I will select the 3 recruits ASAP. I will make contact again as soon as I can...

[Epoch Labz Orbital Transmission #5]

_{10/26/2022 6:37 PM Pacific Standard Time}

Come in recruits, can you read me? The space station's AI is down, it's core database is located in the cargo bay, so we're sending a technician down there in hopes of repairing it.

I still can't find General Hooks and I can't reach him on comms, for some reason, the space station's scanners cannot detect any personnel on the station, including myself. My access level has also been demoted from 10 to 3 and Hooks is the only person with clearance to do so. I've gotta find him and get some answers.

You guys are doing a great job down there. I have been monitoring all candidates' progress and I've seen some among you that have displayed incredible ingenuity and determination. Your commitment has not gone unnoticed. As so, I have decided to promote 5 recruits to the position of moderator. You will be granted level 2 access for debriefing, in regards to mod discussions. The signal is starting to fade again, I'm trying to preserve what's left of the auxiliary power, to give me a window for daily, and if need be, emergency broadcasts. Keep up the good work.

[Epoch Labz Orbital Transmission #6]

_{10/26/2022 6:47 PM Pacific Standard Time}

Come in recruits, can you read me? There is something on the station, the blast doors on the cargo bay were closing and something tripped the sensors before they could close. Whatever the hell it is, it's fast and it's slaughtering personnel left right and centre! Even though the levels of the station have been restricted by an unknown error, our technicians were able to successfully bypass the hall doors and corner it in one of the lower levels but luring it there came at a heavy loss of life.

It seems to posses an incredible level of intelligence. We now know it took out the AI in mere seconds, upon entering the station. It knew exactly where to strike. Personnel have fired every weapon we have at it and in some cases, it dodged the attacks, almost as if the laws of physics did not apply to it, in other cases, it deliberately stood still, glaring and took the attacks head on, as if to mock us. I can't believe what I'm seeing with my own eyes, half of it's head was blown off and it immediately grew back, then it picked up a cigar from one of the dead personnel, put it in it's mouth and stared at me, unphased. It has incredible regenerative abilities, I've never seen anything like it before! Nothing works against it!

The fact that it came through the airlock means that it is also somehow able to survive the vacuum of space. We've come up with a plan that we think might kill it. We need you all to locate it's position in order to configure the teleporter to lock on to it's signature, so we can send this son of a bitch to a fiery grave, by teleporting it into the Earth's atmosphere. The signal is fading, time is of the essence, find it. I don't know how long we're gonna be safe for...

[Epoch Labz Orbital Transmission #7]

_{12/29/2022 5:30 PM Pacific Standard Time}

It's gone! The son of a bitch is gone! We locked onto the creature & before the teleporter's particles could actually engage, it absorbed the current & vanished, meaning that it has the capability of teleportation itself. It disappeared in a flash of Iridescent Light & with it, it drained all of the energy from within the Ada Matter Drive. Looking back on how it behaved, it was as if it was toying with us the whole time, almost as if it wanted us to lock onto it & we played right into its hands, the son of a bitch used us.

I now believe it may have been low on energy & entered the space station looking for a way to harness the energy from the ADA matter drive. With that being said, it was still able to shred a 12" thick steel door like it was paper & I now realise that the cause of its unnatural speed was due to its ability to teleport.

I don't think that the timing of the creature's appearance, along with the malfunction of the station was a coincidence either. How the hell did it know how to take out the AI? Based on its appearance, I think it's some kind of biologically engineered weapon. I need some Goddamn answers! Although our systems are running at 20%, our engineers have been quick to temporarily divert all remaining power to our scanners which are fully functional & are not showing any signs of the creature on the station. However, our long range scanners have detected a trace signature of it, heading in the direction of Earth, be careful recruits, it could find itself among you.

Now that the creature is no longer on the station, we can immediately begin repairs, starting with the AI. It looks as if data banks A, B, C & D are missing from the diagnostics panel, the only personnel with the clearance codes who could have ejected them is General Hooks.

I'm going to assemble a team to sweep the entire station, to see if we can find any info that corresponds with the disappearance of Hooks. I've got to find my best friend Commander Taggart & make sure she's OK too.

[Epoch Labz Orbital Transmission #8]

_{12/30/2022 6:16 PM Pacific Standard Time}

General Hooks is not on the space station, neither is Commander Taggart or Professor Pongjock, we know this because we've manually searched deck by deck & they're not amongst the living or the dead personnel & all other personnel have been accounted for.

Also, it seems that all station logs have been scrubbed clean, except those of the recently teleported Stasis Pod containing 6 classified subjects & two unidentified male personnel who teleported to an unknown location, which I presume was Hooks & Pongjock. Where did these 6 subjects come from, could Taggart be one of them? If so, the addition of the other 5 still exceed the total amount of personnel on the station. Other than the two male teleporters, the only other personnel that is unaccounted for is Commander Taggart. Where the hell is she? The bodies of her unit were found with bullet holes in their heads.

It is my belief that Hooks has taken Pongjock captive, he has demoted all other top personnel, wiped the data logs & sabotaged the station to lose power so that it would fall into the Earth's orbit & burn up, attempting to make it look like some type of accidental malfunction.

I decided to backtrack the route that the creature took through the station. I went out of the cargo bay airlock in search of signs of damage but there was nothing major, except for some minor fragments of shrapnel from the nearby SS Oblivion that exploded. One of the fragments that we pulled, that was embedded in the hull of the Epoch Labz station appears to be a floppy disc (**) . Looking at the trajectory, distance & position of the SS Oblivion wreckage, it is now my belief that the creature that boarded the Epoch Labz station is somehow responsible for the destruction of the SS Oblivion, but why it did not do the same thing to the station is beyond me. Perhaps it was looking for something else other than just seeking to absorb the electromagnetic energy field generated by the ADA matter drive when we used our teleporter. I'll continue to look around...

[Epoch Labz Orbital Transmission #9]

_{6/28/2023 7:34 AM Pacific Standard Time}

I discovered 3 more floppy discs (**) from the SS oblivion, embedded in the hull of the Epoch Labz space station. They were badly damaged, I cut my hand on one of them, but we were able to salvage the data which depicts a chilling encounter with the creature, along with what is described as some type of mechanical life form responsible for the annihilation of the SS Oblivion. The data speaks of a mysterious fleet appearing to be escorting the two unidentified creatures in the direction of the Epoch Labz station.

The only way that something like this could have happened in the proximity of the Epoch Labz station without being detected is if someone on board was deliberately jamming all sensors. This would explain why the station's scanners couldn't detect personnel, they weren't broken, they, along with the observations deck's UV shield, were tampered with. As before the incident took place, I remember that all windows' UV shields got stuck on 100% tint for a couple of hours. It must have been General Hooks' doing, to deliberately prevent personnel from being able to see what was going on outside of the station.

The corridor to Hooks' quarters has completely collapsed, I'm not sure if he did this or if the creature was the cause, but we finally managed to clear the debris. I searched Hooks' quarters & found 3 of the 4 missing data banks, A, B & C, under his mattress. It looks as if he stashed them there in a hurry, but the question is why? Why the hell would he do this? He's a decorated & respected general, why would he remove the data banks, knowing full well that it would cause catastrophic, widespread malfunction to the station, with innocent souls on board.

The med deck's files have been completely wiped clean for all personnel so I can't even see when the last time he received a psyche evaluation was. I checked all surveillance footage of the entire station leading up to this, they too have been completely wiped clean. It seems as if he has covered his tracks well, even going as far as to revoke my clearance so that the AI will lock me out the remaining systems. Hopefully the data banks were removed prior to Hooks wiping the rest of the system logs. Which means if I plug them back in, not only will they restore the full systems of the station, but hopefully it will contain Hooks' personal entry logs, along with other personnel too. Wish me luck.

(**) These floppy disks are Message Logs from SS Oblivion.