ANOMALY DISCOVERED

Sombreroman

Solarwatch Although Initially Unnoticed, After @Undated_Abyss Picks them Up, The Surgeon Research Fleet Protecting the Anomaly Intercepts the Mikrelian Fleet.
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"This Is Surgeon Vanguard #222! State your purpose!"
The Fleet is at high alert due to the size of the Mikrelian fleet.

Undated_Abyss

Sombreroman
The Voidborn group also move into position beside the Surgeon research vessels.

Solarwatch

Sombreroman
/BEGIN TRANSMISSION/

Surgeon Vanguard #222 this is Captain Bitters of the Mikrelian Navy. We have been sent to investigate the... anomaly surrounding this star. Mikrelia knows this system to be inhabited with sentient life and so a sudden lack of solar energy could be catastrophic. The Mikrelian Republic wishes to prevent any such catastrophe from happening.

/END TRANSMISSION/

Sombreroman

Drakador_Chaos "Um... Sir? We're Detecting a Presence... It's very odd..."
"Hmm... We need a Paladin to Pick it up. #23, Respond!"
A Paladin Class Research Craft Flies up to the Strange Object.
image https://i.imgur.com/DUVsypf.png
"Look at that... It's Marvelous... Wait... We should scan it first, just in case..."
The Paladin Begins Scanning the Strange Crystalline Object...

Drakador_Chaos

Undated_Abyss
Sombreroman
...the scans did not return much data, the inside of the parts seemed to completely shielded against scans, the outside of the parts themselves seems to consist of elements which do not seem to originate in this universe as all of them are unknown, the wing-like objects seem to be connected to the crystal in some way and move it around with some sort of gravity or spacefolding propulsion, though the energy signature itself came from the crystal...

Sombreroman

Drakador_Chaos "Seems to be mostly safe. Lock the Cargo doors though..."
The Paladin uses a Tractor beam to pull the Crystal into the Cargo Section.

Drakador_Chaos

Sombreroman
...due to the low weight and apprently currently not active engines the object was able to be drawn into the cargohold, apparently completely oblivious of it´s situation...
...until the cargobay closed, the energysignature grew stronger for a few moments and the object seemed to scan the ship from the inside very thoroughly and then turned one of it´s sides which had several strange symbols carved into it in the general direction of the "Dyson Sphere"...

Sombreroman

Drakador_Chaos The Crew notice this Via the Retractable Security Cameras inside of the Cargo hold. Although Suspicious, they decide to roll with it, but not without caution.
"Comms of Paladin #23. The Object has engraved one of it's "Thrusters" with Symbols and that "Thruster" Is Pointing toward Station [Redacted]. We would like back up in this Risky experiment."
After some consideration, Five Vanguards accompany the Paladin toward the Dyson Sphere...

Tson

Sombreroman
(Good answers but i would like to raise another few points, to clone you need materials as well as to construct the sphere, where is this all going to come from?
Don't worry, if anything i'm being a smart Alec!
To fabricate material from the star, there would not be enough in 10 stars to build one, as an example the ringworld engineers had to use the contents of 4 solar systems and they were only building a ring.
Also, yet again, there are no such things as living quarters on a dyson sphere, it's like a planet, only inside out, with the ground on the inside of the sphere.

image https://i.imgur.com/Z8EQp52.jpg
a bit like this, but without the roof, just an earth type atmosphere.)

Sombreroman

Tson The Fabrication Is... Weird, Saying the least. It's being based off of technology from a species Humanity can barely comprehend. As for the other half of the Dyson Sphere, I know... Sort of a big goof on my part. It's more of a Death Star that happens to have an actual sun inside of it.

Jenwuf

A large fleet of ships warp in sector.
image https://i.imgur.com/gpOPU8A.png

A familiar ship is at the front of the formation:
image https://i.imgur.com/OjDIE1J.png

Detecting the large number of ships present, fighters are launched to form a defencive screen around the ships.

A transmission originating from the center ship, labled on sensors as the ISC Illusion III is picked up by all conventional systems:

//Transmission Begin//
This is Grand Admiral Graham of the ISC Illusion III
You see, when i heard from the recon team about this thing, well you see, i just had to see it for myself.
And the technology used to build it, could do wonderous things for everyone. And not just for waging war.
//Transmission End//

The ships begin very slowly moving towards the dyson sphere.
(wouldn't want Graham to spill more wine in the gravity ring now would we.)

A second transmission from the ISC Seeker from before:
//Transmission Begin//
sorry about the admiral, i had to explain this thing to him, he seems to want to get us recon teams fired.
says we "never find anything", so to keep our jobs i told him.
i said to not come here, but hey, he says he has an idea
his "great idea" is to build a replica of Tau-A1, our now destroyed homeworld
but it was around 3 times the size of a typical planet like it,
so it would be impossible to make without some serious tech, funnily enough, just like yours.
oh and he wanted to station a fleet here to help you protect this thing in return.
well, anyway, whoever has to have the joy of talking to a guy who thinks he is a hero for sacrificing a huge flagship to save a few cargo ships, good luck.
//Transmission End//

Tson

Jenwuf
(Real nice shots of your ships!)

Sombreroman

Jenwuf "Alright ISC. Take Care, and thank you for your assistance! At least that doesn't mean MORE factions know about this place... Turns out The Sphere Is easily noticeable for anybody Curious enough. And Humans are naturally Too Curious... The Guy from earlier you talked to, By the way, He's with his son right now. Heard he was bringing him by today."

ImTired

Sombreroman A very small ship jumps out of hyperspace near this "dyson sphere", it appears to have white and yellow colors painted all over it.

//Transmission Start//
Good day! I have received some information that you are creating some sort of "Space Sphere". I have brought a very important client very far to come here, and he would not want to be disappointed. Would you mind if he could have a tour around this magnificent thing? I will be awaiting your response!
//Transmission End//

Drakador_Chaos

Sombreroman
...you were unsure how to describe it, maybe it was just the gravitational anomalies turning your innards around in your body, but you just had the feeling the sphere had apparently taken the objects interest, as a few moments after the escort arrived,the entire ship along with the escort got dragged along in a large gravitational anomaly...
...loud metallic screeching was being heard through the entire ships as they were not build for this kind of movement, though, somehow they arrived at the sphere nearly completely intact and the object started to make thorough scans of the sphere while apparently once more ignoring it´s surroundings...

Tson

Sombreroman
(ok, why not just make up a new megastructure category, it could be a dyson fortress as dyson spheres aren't the only thing of that type, it's a good idea to bring in new ideas. 🙂 )

Sombreroman

ImTired Everybody goes Tiny-Eyed by the fact this ship got so close to the Sphere. Several Nanolaser Cutters, The older Model, Intercept the Ship.
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/Receiving Transmission/
"Dude. We get Visitors a lot, But you just... Um... I see your peaceful request... WAIT... We'll give you a Tour... But how exactly did you get the Information...? This is highly Classified..."
It isn't too Surprising they're Ascramble by this happening. As More people find it, Surgeon Research is under stress keeping the Crack from growing. The Fact There's a Public source horrifies them...

Sombreroman

Drakador_Chaos The Captain grows Nauseous after the Aggressive folding...
"Ugh... Ug... Um... It seems interested in... Urk... Station [Redac- Argh... -ted] Yeah come on and... Check it... I'm going to a toilet..."
Several scientists begin inspecting the Crystalline object. As they mess with it, The Captain comes back after a short break.
"(Cough Cough) Yeah... I'm done now... How's the research going?"
"Sir... It's acting strange..."

ImTired

Sombreroman The ship slows to a near complete halt
//Transmission Start//
Well, I just asked my client, and he says that the information is everywhere on his homeworld, and he wanted to be one of the first to tour the place... but you know, I never get a say in anything he does....... why do I even try? Oops, sorry, if this is an inconvenient time, we can return later, but we have been pushing this off for a while now. I will await your response.
//Transmission End//

Sombreroman

ImTired "You Are aloud to tour the Place. BUT. After we would like to Interrogate your Client. This thing's secrecy is of the utmost importance. So... Your Client... Does he agree with this deal?"

Drakador_Chaos

Sombreroman
...as the scientists started to investigate the object they noticed it radiated heat in a sphere of about four metres around that felt as if the sun was shining on their skin...just not like sitting a mere four metres away of it, more like sitting on a habitable planet on a hot day...while they tryed to somehow get any information about anything past it´s hull another pulse of energy was released, this time apparently sending a transmission towards the general direction of where it came from...

ImTired

Sombreroman
//Transmission Start//
He says yes, on the condition that he is not harmed. I assure you, he is not armed (he really never is...). So, where do I go to dock this ship?
//Transmission Start//

Sombreroman

ImTired "Don't worry, We don't harm whoever we Interrogate, even in the worse cases. Think of it as A Semi-Friendly Conversation. Anyway, We only need to fly a little further, and then all you need to do Is Park inside of our Defence Stations. It's lined with guns and Shielding, but It's still under construction. Clean way in."
As you fly through, You are greeted by Seven Surgeon Research Humans. But... They're all Identical, All of them Labelled as "Samson IJ.
image https://i.imgur.com/BDICfTo.png
More are coming From the Conveyer that also goes to the living spaces. It'd best be described as a flood.
"Alright. Samson IJ Command #65: Make Room, Samsons. I'll Explain later, but We got a LONG conveyer ride down."

Sombreroman

Drakador_Chaos The Scientists are in awe. They send a Request to triangulate the Location of where the signal was sent, and then Begin Experimenting with it, I.E. Translating the Engravings on the Triangular "Thruster" and trying to communicate with it.
"That thing's... Weird. Benevolent. I think it's trying to communicate with us right now, Tom."
"You sure?"
"Try scanning the consistency of the Pulses...? Or the Temperature?"