Mission report reads as follows.
RXS-532 was a mineral rich world where many crystals and ferrite were mined. Located in a remote section of space, it was by and large unremarkable. Star Factories started mining soon after sensor readings showed it was a world rich in resources as opposed to just yet another rock in space. Workers were sent in soon after to start the refining process on whatever the company harvested.
Everything was going fine by all reports, just another text book drilling operation until they hit a strange colored crystal, or they thought it was a crystal anyways. Crystals used in mech construction have color variances from white, to blue, and purple. No one had ever seen metallic purples or greens before so they mined what they found and brought it back to base to run tests. They submitted it to the standard battery of tests with energy dispersal and conductivity patterns, resistance to different elemental stresses, and finally niode interaction. It was during the niode reaction tests that things suddenly became a nightmare.
Apparently these things they had mistaken for crystals were actually life forms. Life forms who were in the process of hibernating. Whatever species this was ( Now known to be Ambershard Stalkers) it reacted to niode energy, when the feed was turned off it returned to a dormant state. They basically fed it and woke a bunch up. Reports indicate there was a horrid buzzing in the air as the cargo shipping containers of crystals that had been brought back started to become agitated. Steam was starting to boil off the crystals, and that was when they realized those weren’t crystals. What they had mistaken for crystals was actually some kind of cocoon for this insectoid like life form. As soon as they started to steam off these things the creatures inside began to stir, and soon were swarming out of the rear of the transport vehicle and covering everything in their path.
Someone up on the top of one of the refinery machines looked down and saw the mess and put out a general distress signal.The Ambershards were over running the compound. A few who had escaped the initial outbreak of creatures barricaded themselves in the security quarters.
What follows is audio and video acquired from the few remaining security cameras that survived the compounds destruction.
The surface of the gate rippled as mecha started to pour through of all shapes and sizes. There were as many mecha as the factories ever made. No transmissions were sent, no status report asked for, as soon as they hit the ground from the gate they took off at a dead run towards the mining operation. They blasted their way into the refinery, there had to be well over a hundred or so mecha assembled here. The bug things must have sensed the niodes energy from the mecha as they turned in a single body towards the new arrivals.
They had barely finished their turn to face the assembled machines when the screens lit up with explosions, laser fire and heavy weapon projectile fire. Whoever was piloting these mechs they weren’t fooling around one bit. They never intended to even see what the enemy was capable of. They just swept in and started to destroy everything that moved. By that point though the bugs were the only things moving they had totally devoured or partially digested the majority of the interior of the camp.
There was heavy fire from Regis, the mad cries of Gigus and the screeches of the Skriag, also missile launching Rooks, repeating cannons of Smilidons so many weapons from so many mechas from all ends of the tonnage spectrum. Then as suddenly as it started it was over. Silence fell like a curtain. On the screens the mechas simply turned and walked back to the gate. Before the last one entered the gate a encrypted network communication comes through.
“You’re welcome maybe you’ll be as generous with your prices in the future when The Brotherhood is shopping for mechs. See you around."
(*Archived report ends.)
Submitted by Pat Willis#224534