TheDarkestDark

By the end of 23rd century, Earth civilization reached high technological level, while facing serious social problems. Resources became scarce following humanity growing in number five times in comparison to early 21st century. Despite scientists coming with various ways to save the world, including colonization efforts, degradation continued. Number one candidate for colonizing - Mars - required 300 years to be fully terraformed and only selected people could live under domes. Humanity needed a more solid plan - one that would bring results and bring them sooner. Following continuous surveys of space systems, a planet similar to Earth has been found - two times bigger than humanity's home, this new discovery was a true breakthrough. However, more detailed researched showed that about 20% of the planet is taken by an alien megacity surrounded by a powerful force field. New information caused a huge uproar among scientists involved, especially after no signs of life encountered and no response to various means of communication. After several years of observation, the city was considered abandoned. Having analyzed the data, numerous governments agreed on a joint effort to send and expedition to reveal the turth about the city and establish the very first colony on that planet. With the biggest ship made of five modules, over 5,000 strong crew set off on most important mission in humanity's history. John Marlow, a scientific officer and one of many deployed for the expedition, sets on a journey which will challenge his knowledge about the Universe and humankind's origin.

The New Gaia

Finally in the bigger group again, the sense of safety is much higher than ever before during our stay on this planet.


We have a new, temporary camp established around the ancient alien complex, which seems to be something similar to our neighborhoods of old, or even the towns built for workers as it was in case of old American industrialization times - there is a big building in the centre of the installation considered to be the main facility in the area, and a high number of smaller buildings around, majority likely being households.


There is still a lot we need to learn about this place, and many more days will be needed to gather enough information to came up with explanations about the functions of the respective buildings and objects.


At the moment, we are in the middle of planning for sending a specialized party into the facility to perform more advanced research, to try and understand what this place was used for.


For now, we are sure that the main facility shows signs of high electromagnetic activity, and solely based on that, we can assume this building is either some kind of power plant or high performance energy transformer.


If our assumptions so far are correct, there are high chances that we are on a right path towards understanding the energy sources used by this alien civilization, which is one of the priorities for our expedition.


Originally, we were planned to conduct this kind of research within the megacity, where there seems to be an energy source of the great power, showing high enough activity to have potential of resolving all power generation issues humanity is facing now.


However, the route from having access to the alien facility to understanding its operational model is long, and even if our party goes inside yet again, there is no guarantee that investigation will bring any fruits.


For now, we need to plan everything for the party to go there and return safely, and any additional findings should be considered as a bonus based on how the things are right now.


Short-term investigation is unlikely to produce satisfactory results, but our actions now should be a great cornerstone towards understanding the alien technology - the place needs to be secured and prepared as a site for research efforts.


4th February 2297