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<span class="mu-s">ALL AFOREMENTIONED WEAPONS SEEMINGLY PRODUCE THEIR OWN AMMO AND DO NOT REQUIRE CREW TO RELOAD.</span>
<span class="mu-s">ALL ATTEMPTS AT CONTAINING THIS ANOMALY HAVE FAILED DUE TO A UNIQUE PROPERTY OF IT. WITHIN A 75 MILE RADIUS OF THE SHIP IS A THICK BLUE FOG THAT DAMPENS ALL ATTEMPTS AT COMMUNICATING INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF IT. MOST SHIPS WHO ENTER THIS FOG DO NOT EXIT.</span>
<span class="mu-s">THOSE THAT DO ARE FOUND HUNDREDS OF MILES AWAY FROM THEIR LAST CONFIRMED LOCATION. SAID SHIPS ARE BARELY FUNCTIONAL AND ONLY HAVE ONE SURVIVING CREWMATE. WHEN MORE THAN ONE SHIP APPROACHED IT AT THE SAME TIME, ALL BUT ONE WERE REJECTED FROM BREACHING THE 75 MILE RADIUS.</span>
<span class="mu-s">AS SUCH, A PROPER COORIDANTED ASSAULT TO CAPTURE AND RESTRAIN IT IS IMPOSSIBLE.</span>
<span class="mu-s">ANOMALY HAS BEEN ACTIVE SINCE 2210. FOR FIRST TEN YEARS, IT WAS ONLY REPORTED ATTACKING RANDOM CORPORATE SHIPS. CASUALITIES WERE LOW, RANKED AS A3.</span>
<span class="mu-s">RECENTLY, SHIPS TRAVELING BEYOND A 1000 MILE RADIUS AWAY FROM THE CITY ARE HIGHLY SUSPECTIBLE TO BEING TARGETED AND ATTACKED BY THE ANOMALY. THE HIGHEST CASUALITY AMOUNT RECORDED WAS A FLEET OF 100 S-CORP SHIPS BEING IMMEDIATELY BEING TORN TO SHREDS BY THE ANOMALY'S WEAPONS, RESULTING IN 5000 CONFIRMED CASUALITIES. UPGRADED TO X5 AFTERWARDS."</span>
<span class="mu-s">ONLY RECORED COMMUNICATION FROM THE ANOMALY: "Queen, E4 to C4. Checkmate. I can't wait for our next rematch, Head. Perhaps if someone entertains me enough, I'll leave for a new sea. Until next time."</span>
<span class="mu-s">END OF DOCUMENT.</span>
The. The 1000 mile radius wasn't a limit set by the City? EVERYTHING outside a 1000 mile radius is that anomaly's domain? You look back at your allies. The sheer horror on their faces tells you that they were skimming over the document as well with you.
"Wait, entertain?" Ashley points out the weird wording at the very end of the article. "Those are chess terms. It sees us as just fucking pieces on a chess board?"
"No wonder it's X5 if it owns basically all of the god damn sea." Ashley clicks her tongue. "I ain't a globe head but that's not very far when it comes to how big the ocean actually is."
"It wants. Challengers." Benedict struggles to swallow as he talks. "It leaves. Survivors. To tell its tale."
"Wait. It doesn't say anything about it trying to BRING IN anyone to challenge it." Adam points at the document. "Only that it's very likely for it to attack you.
"It's not doing that. The..." It clicks for you. "The captain is. He's charging right back in for a rematch. Even with this paper, he still wants to charge after it." Fuck, you're stuck on some delusional idiot's suicide run-
"Stupid idea but, uh, the only weird anomalous thing the Admiral has is, like, control over the ship. Yeah?" Lex asks. You skim over the paper again and nod. You don't see anything else about him being anomalously durable or strong on his own.
"What if we just got him off the ship?"
All of your allies stare at him like he's a fucking retard and, hell, even you can't resist the urge to do so.
