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Research Vessel Cete

Created: 2025-01-07 15:04:23 Last Edited: 2025-01-31 12:46:47
  Submitted by: PhoenixBlue
Star System:Col 173 Sector LJ-F c12-0
Coordinates:1202.12 / -213.406 / -165.562
Sol Distance: 1,232.09 ly
Region:Inner Orion Spur
Category:Mystery and Xenology
Latitude:-68.0162
Longitude:49.9007
 



Summary:

An abandoned research vessel which's logs contain the last records of an expedition sent to find ruins of the extinct Guardians, and a wrecked Anaconda on a less noble mission.

Notice: This POI shares the same star system with a prior existing entry in the Galactic Mapping Project (GMP). You can visit the original entry using the link below:

    The Cete (derelict research vessel) (mysteryPOI), Col 173 Sector LJ-F c12-0

 
Description:

The derelict Research Vessel Cete was discovered in June 3303 following reports on GalNet of "curious records" published in February of that year. The ship was chartered by xenobiology expert Professor Melville to find artefacts from the ancient Guardian civilisation. Melville claimed to have information that would help the crew find more sites.

Crew logs indicated that the Cete found three sites in three different systems: Synuefe LY-I b42-2, Synuefe NL-N c23-4, and Synuefe TP-F b44-0. Melville discovered three types of sites, which were later classified as Alpha, Beta and Gamma. He posited that each type provided different functionalities. However, the professor soon lost his tenuous grasp on sanity, locking down the ship's communications and, later, welding shut the airlock between the laboratories and the drive ship. Some time later, the ship's atmospheric processors failed, leading the crew to die from hypoxia.

The system in which the Cete was discovered lies several hundred light-years farther from inhabited space than the first-discovered ruins designated "Site 1" in Synuefe XR-H d11-102, leading some aboard the ill-fated ship's crew to speculate that he was looking for additional sites in this region of space, and that he wasn't planning to return. Had the Cete kept going, they would have found the numerous Guardian ruins they were looking for.

On body 4 c there is another derelict research vessel, a blackened Anaconda that left its three man crew stranded. The ship, named the Bifrost, was damaged when its crew attempted to distill an alcoholic beverage using a formula from the Guardian ruins.

The Bifrost

There are three log messages, a scannable public datapoint, and scattered around the ship are various temporary shelters, communication devices and cargo containers. It is also possible to collect various materials scattered around the site.

The ship can be found at coordinates -68.0162, 49.9007. Surface scanning the body should show you the POI as "The Bifrost".

 
ID64 Address:85865632434
EDSM ID:10415930

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Nearest GEC Neighbors:

 POI Name  Distance  Rating   System 
Kataraktis Nefon  419.80  5.71  HD 78344 
New Growth (asteroid base)  458.28  3.52  Pencil Sector EL‑... 
VY Canis Majoris  846.66  5.05  VY Canis Majoris 
Hydra's Chakram  857.27  4.40  chi Hydrae 
Xenohenge  865.34  5.58  Synuefe XR‑H d11‑102 
Spirograph Nebula  935.01  5.38  BD‑12 1172 
The Witch's Pools  949.40  3.52  Synuefe PB‑G c13‑5 
Witch Head Nebula  1,022.09  3.00  HIP 23759 

Nearest GMP Neighbors:

 POI Name  Distance  Rating   System 
The Cete (derelict researc...  0.01  N/A  Col 173 Sector LJ... 
Guardian ruins ‑ Regor eas...  101.41  N/A  Col 173 Sector WN... 
Ice Garden  114.01  N/A  Col 173 Sector SI... 
Gamma Velorum (Regor)  126.74  N/A  Gamma Velorum 
Regor Sector  136.80  N/A  HD 68324 
Guardian ruins ‑ Regor sou...  196.25  N/A  Col 173 Sector LY... 
Baton's Orchard  250.90  N/A  Col 173 Sector HN... 
Vela Dark Region  257.33  N/A  Vela Dark Region ... 
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