@RedAndCosmoteer
@Tson
@LeftHandofGod
@Ultranova
ALL STOP. SHENANIGANS DETECTED.
(Shenanigans number 1 RedAndCosmoteer : I assumed some sort of sector-wide scan thing was active this whole time. This is literally all you're getting, only visual contact (with or without magnification) will confirm any possible signatures except for signatures more powerful than the Pulsar's distortion properties, like Rift Signatures... or your subspace sensor pings, for that matter. You sure you want to do that?)
(Shenanigans number 2 This is for all of you, but especially LeftHandofGod : Long-distance local communication is garbled due to the Pulsar. It effects every signal that transitions through its influence, ergo this entire system, and intra-system long distance comms are affected. Encrypted transmissions to headquarters are allowed as they have an already established connection powerful enough to withstand some distortion - enough to hear the message.)
(What the Xor and STC (The Pulsar is literally in the way between the Illateri/RHO and HI so it is completely blocked) actually hear is this:
LeftHandofGod "At#'nti-(, %!~s is th) %]/$ &mperium R!+,(>?$ } :<e here not to fi[!; #|/ = help yo_&"
(I should have made this known sooner, and I apologize for this. The Pulsar is supposed to be super annoying, it's there for a reason.)
(One more thing, Lefty, you're still on the outskirts of the system (and taking a page from Nebulous-Destiny's Tactics book, no doubt) and I bet those cruisers and battleships are pretty big. I assume you did get the warning about the Pulsar disintegrating large fleets all at once? The Pulsar's limiter is mass-based, just a heads-up.)
Take your time to sort this all out, tell me what your factions will do with these corrections in mind, and I'll continue the event.
EDIT: In case you were wondering how the Distress call was sent out in the first place, it took a lot of time and power for the outpost to develop a communications signal powerful enough to trump the Pulsar distortion from where they are. Expedition Commander Pauling is lucky the RHO survived thus far.