Coordinates A: Colonized Planet

There is not much left of the cities on …. Besides the passage of time, most of the impressive structures that dot the landscape have been ravaged by storms. What architectural features remain are consistent with those seen on …, namely a distinct lack of disaster response preparedness despite ample evidence for storm violence. The thorough destruction will make it difficult to find anything useful, but hopefully not impossible.

Our … have determined three points of interest near the landing site: a relatively intact public service structure, a temple of some kind, and a massive central square. These should provide a good place to continue digging into the Inetian Traders' secrets.

Multiple teams fanned out to investigate the three most promising locations. While the service structure and public square were interesting as cultural and architectural examples, only the place of reverence was particularly noteworthy.

Its crumbling facade conceals a cavernous hall. Within, 521 computation terminals are arranged in concentric circles, at the exact center of which rests an impressive - and fully functional - model of this star system. Sensitive nano components within the model are attuned to the planet's electromagnetic fields. Despite its incredible age, the model remains an accurate representation of this system's celestial objects.

Furthermore, along its circular base runs an interface visible from every terminal position. Burned into the picture elements of this interface is a list of corporate entities and stock values. This is not a place of religious reverence, but rather an INET trading hub and stock exchange.

It is logical to conclude that this building once housed important data. It ought to be found.

After more thorough investigation it has become evident that the trading hub on … has been stripped bare. The terminals are inoperable, and besides the image burned into the model's interface, no trading information is left to be found.

However, a storage unit tucked away in one corner of the hall contained what appear to be user manuals. With the rudimentary translation keys developed during our excavation on …, a rough interpretation of these manuals has been made.

There are instructions for operating the terminals, for tuning the system model, and for calling in assistance from a machine dubbed the Sectoral Disturbance Depressor. The details on how to operate, aim, and activate this machine are explicit.

This must be the device mentioned in the ancient storm shelter, and may be exactly what we are looking for. This means we are one step closer to understanding the intentions of the Inetian Traders, and perhaps harnessing the power of this machine for ourselves.