From Gateway Sent

Initial reports from our excavation on … are both extraordinary and a bit unnerving.

Analysis of the surface debris in the impact crater and its immediate surrounding revealed a surprise; apparently the unknown object did neither break, nor brake, upon impact. Somehow the object managed to pierce through the soil, and is now resting deep in the ground.

Further excavations is ready to begin.

As the excavation project on … got closer to the object resting deep in the ground, our scientists started to experience strange phenomena. Hours were lost in the blink of an eye, new equipment suddenly breaking due to wear and tear, areas cleared of debris and no one remembers how, and so on.

The scientific community can offer no real explanation, but one theory is that the crashed object left some kind of temporal-altering residue as it impaled the planet's crust.

Our excavation team finally reached the final resting place for the unknown object that crashed on ….

As it turned out, the object was of minor interest - being little more than a glorified cannonball - but the location quickly astonished the scientists.

It was a huge chamber, hermetically sealed with no entry points other than the smashed hole in the ceiling where the object had come down. The walls were covered with strange, translucent plates that our scientists are now eager to scrutinize further.

The translucent plates covering the walls of the mysterious chamber found on … made little sense until one team member reached out and gently touched one:

The room exploded in light as holographic glyphs appeared out of nowhere - row after row of glowing symbols hovering in mid-air. The symbols were deftly translated and purpose of the plates in the chamber became clear: they contained detailed blueprints of an alien construction.

A construction that would open the gateway.