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OmegaLul
The Frequency continues broadcasting the same message.
upon thurther examination, the message seems to be written on a piece of paper with a camera pointed at it.
Presumably by "help" they mean evacuation.

however putting the Hart Eter parasite's name into a database searcher finds the following:

Hart Eter Parasite:
Alternate Names: Tau-Parasite, ISC-Vengance parasite
Genetic structure:
Unknown
Symptoms:
Greatly shortened lifespan after modification by the ISC to hunt Infected
Cuts lifespan down by around 50 Standard years
Cure Devolopment finished, release in one week
Test site: X-9271 Quarantine Facility

However, a short time later the image flickers and the camera now points at a few seperate peices of paper on loop:

this time, the transmission seems "less corrupted".

(reply's will take a while due to having to make it in a image editor, then corrupt it, then make it a gif)

kieffer5101
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edit: oh and you have to make the origional first of course

Jenwuf
A few ships quickly warp in near the star

Research pods of the research unit disconnected and headed to the station

Transport ship without anyone in it also started moving in the general direction of the station

Begin
Protocol "help" initiated.
End

((Those effects are great))

OmegaLul
The station is of a quite large size.
the only lighting visible seems to be red-Emergency lights.
suggesting the station is on lockdown, Alert, or self destruct.
although the latter seems unlikeley.

as the two pods approach, movement is detected on the exterior.
a few moments later, the source is pinpointed:

A Defensive Turret!
A single shot from it would shred the pods, let alone the other ships.
however, just as the weapon's energy signature skyrockets:

it detonates, presumably a shell explosion.

this seemingly was the only turret on that side.

as for boarding:
Hangar route:
certainly defended, likley manned also
meaning sure resistance if you choose to go that way.

the hole caused by the turret
Likeley less defended, but people would notice
you immidiately due to it's proximity to some living quarters.

making your own entry point
The stealthiest way for sure, just get a lazer cutter and you are in.
without noise or being spotted easily
however could depressurise the station even more than it is.
so really the center living quarters would be the only viable boarding point via lazer cutter.

and as far as the transmission goes, it has stayed the same for a while now.
and the marking at the end of the last one suggests the writer was unable to finish writing.

However before any of that, the pods clearly spot some life pods floating around...
scans reveal them to be full.

a scaled down image of the platform, prior to the cannon's destruction
Hangar: bottom
Crew:Top
Science:Left
Transmission Array:Right
its quite clear something has internaly damaged the transmitter to cause the corrupted images
as the externals seem fine

OmegaLul

Pods:
The Hangar is a mess
a STE ship seemingly docked earlier
but is now smashing around the hangar, with the docking clamp detached.

This would be bad, but is predictable enough to avoid.
however having passed the ship the reason behind the ship's clamps detonating becomes clear.
a croud of Tau's lay dead or dying on the ground, while a few Biohazard units walk over the corpses.
shooting any that move.
the Tau's seem to be right next to the landing pad the ship was docked to, indicated by the scorch mark on the floor where it detonated.
Within a moment, one Troop notices the pods, and begins firing at it.
from the fact their helmets have no Tau-Fitting mods, they are clearly human.
and no Humans exist in the STE...

the pod of course takes little damage, and would be able to land sucessfully, albeit with resistance.

Corvette and Transport:
the pods have no antenna but flying close enough reveals they have live inhabitants.
although they are almost certainly going to die without help,
however they could spread the parasite to anything alive (for all anyone knows)
the escape pods are small enough to fit inside even small ships. (the equivilant size of a 2x2 crew quarter)
there are 12 in total, 3 are empty though, leaving 9 inhabited

Research Ship:
Scanning the ship reveals quite a bit.
It is a MK1-921 Star port

scaled down interior revealed by scans. although is unable to view personell locations
due to the high number of inteferances, there is no way of pinpointing the Scientist who sent the message's location.
Although they are likeley in the Research Wing. (left)
sadly, some kind of electronic interferance is blocking scans.
it origionates from the transmitter array
Importantly, the oxygen supply is low, cutting straight into the research wing would kill everything.
and likely cause the container housing the old strain to rupture, "failing" immidiately.

(also nice use of Hex!)

Jenwuf The Akira docks in the station, a group of soldiers leave the ship and enters through the docking tubes.

OmegaLul
Defence and Research units:
the station is littered with dead and dying STE personell.
scanning reveals heavy internal bleeding of the heart and lungs.
the parasite is able to disquise itself very well.
and appears as little more than nothing on scans.
scans show death in 1-2 days.
many of them cry for help, or simply to be killed.
some react agressively, but most are in no state to get up and fight.

it appears the ISC biohazard squad have fled.
the main corridor down to the central hub is relatively clean.
down at the end of the corridor,
a blast door slams shut.
all rooms to the left and right are locked shut.
some however are open,
revealing small holdouts of Tau's.
mainly engineers.

it is likeley they too are searching for the scientist.
and could be responsible for the destruction of the defence turret.

Transport Ship
the pods hiss as they open.
leaving the inhabitants to gasp for somewhat less recycled air.

they are bleeding from their mouths, as the scientist said they would.
some seem to be dead already.
suggesting they where out there for quite some time.

none are in any state to talk.
talking would likeley cause the blood to drown them quicker.
and so most stay quiet.
although some plead for their lives.

without a cure or reversal, there is no way of saving them.

however this presents a perfect opportunity to scan for how the parasite spreads
due to it being classified in the database

(late here aswell, so im going to hold off on posting more until tommorow)