FangTheCat EpicJp21 @Tson
A Rift-Signature has been detected, and a single Explorer-Class Beacon arrives near some Solaric Empire ships. One noticeable weirdness is that it is mostly white. It broadcasts in a code very heavily encrypted with an unknown cipher, which is additionally bound by a psionic gate. The Captain of the largest ship gets a minor, sudden pain in his head, but he/she suddenly understands the transmission...
/Transmission Start/
Convert.toEuclideanXYZ(Coordinate_Waypoint);
Send(Coordinate_Waypoint,faction.Solaric_Empire);
str Message = "Due to your relative mysteriousness and impending genocide, you need to come to these
coordinates with haste."
str Reason = "Your kind needs to be saved, for the coming [FACTORY.RESET] of the universe. Don't bother
calling your racial comrades, we only require a sample."
/Transmission End/
The Coordinates sent to your ships seem to be a relatively empty sector, but labeled as "Explorer-Class Territory Waypoint." It is nowhere near Gateway One, strangely enough.
The Beacon then explodes, the debris promptly dissipate into bright particles and ultimately disappear right before the fleet's visual sensors, leaving no trace of it behind.