Coordinates C: Barren Planet

Endless blizzards scour the surface of …. As if that wasn't challenging enough, the snow-covered landscape concealed a strange surprise.

Layer upon layer of dust awaited us below. Evidence of the life forms that once inhabited this world was found within. All were entombed at the same time, suggesting a singular mass extinction event. The collapse of …'s ecosystems must have subsequently thinned the atmosphere, bringing about an ice age that has turned the planet into a wasteland.

There must be more to this place than grit and ice sheets, but it is clear that the surface is not going to provide more answers. Our … advise searching deeper.

Equipped with protective gear and frost-resistant heavy machinery, our … made short work of the tedious yet simple process of removing the snow and fine dust layers. Soon, strange patterns were discovered, a series of trenches spreading in a root-like pattern covering a vast swath of territory.

Within those crevices we found the desiccated remains of all sorts of organisms; everything it could pull from the planet's surface, from vegetation to wildlife and all that existed between. Somehow, the trenches ground up the organics by pulverizing them between their rocky walls, extracting any useful nutrients and transporting them to a convergence point in a process akin to digestion. The dust they spat back out now covers the majority of …'s landscapes.

This begs the question as to who, or what the crevices were feeding.

The network of underground trenches is vast. The further our … went, the more concentrated these troughs became. They all converged on one of the last remaining mountains on …. Cresting the peak is a distinctly unnatural plateau, with three large machines placed at equal distances from one another. These appear to be Inetian in origin, marked in their language and consistent in design with what we know of their society. Despite their remarkable age and the extreme winds that whip the plateau, they remain in excellent condition. They must be the machines mentioned on …. Unfortunately, we lack the knowledge required to understand the complex inner workings of these devices. Not only that, but the control console discovered at the base of one of the machines is clearly missing vital components. Engraved on a small plaque are the words "Sectoral Disturbance Depressors."

If we can activate the machines we may finally uncover their purpose. To do so we will need to explore the remaining coordinates.

Regardless, we have found what we were looking for. We stand at the precipice of an incredible discovery.