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ORIGIN: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_219134 HD 219134] // Unidentified ship, tetrahedral structure, derelict, heavily damaged; left in place<br>

RETRIEVED FROM: Wintership Simiks-Fel // Databank E7619P<br>

5,908 – [[asphodelia]]-stem cuttings – panacea<br>

<span style="color:#40678e;">I began my search with the familiar. During the [[Long Drift]], peaceful encounters between [[Ketch]]es were rare, even when they hailed from the same House. But when such meetings did occur, they would exchange valuable resources, including data. This practice helped the [[Eliksni]] navigate that vast and dangerous void, to know who might open fire or which areas had already been stripped of resources. These data exchanges leave traces, and even if the relevant entries are later overwritten, a Scribe can track these traces to their source. Especially a Scribe who grew up with the hum of a [[Servitor]]!</span>

RETRIEVED FROM: [[Rainship Taliks-Syn]] // Databank Q20K2G <br>

ORIGIN: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_37124 HD 37124] // Long-range communications buoy, derelict, scrapped for parts<br>

That we have failed to do so, even among the [[Consensus (Precursor)|Consensus]]<span style="color:#40678e;">**</span>, suggests imperfections in our own understanding. If we cannot prove an apodictic final shape even to each other, to our own kin whom we strive to understand as well as our own selves, then how can we possibly declare it fit to teach to others?

<span style="color:#40678e;">***From the context, some sort of computational assistant? There appears to be some etymological overlap with the names of [[Vex Mind]]s. Something to investigate later, perhaps!</span><br>

<span style="color:#40678e;">My cross-check for the identification code in SCRIBE ARCHIVE XI-2-4A proved quite fruitful. The trail of datacrumbs led me to a databank retrieved from a [[House of Rain|Rainship]] originally downed on [[Mercury]]! [[Saint-14|The Saint]] and [[Osiris]] were kind enough to share it with me, along with a pot of tea.</span>

RETRIEVED FROM: [[CloudArk]] Archives, Deep Storage; [[Neomuna]]; [[Neptune]] // [[Exodus Indigo|EXO-IND4b0082.bank 021830192]]<br>

RETRIEVED FROM: [[Reef]] Cryptarchy Archives; [[10 Hygiea]]<br>

ORIGIN: ARCO475B71 // [[Arcadia-Class Jumpship|Arcadia-Class]] [[Jumpship]], Golden Age; discovered partially integrated into [[31 Euphrosyne]]; no pilot was recovered with the ship // Data heavily degraded, partial restoration successful<br>

KEYWORDS: Collapse; Black Fleet; [[Darkness]]; [[Taken]]<br>

<span style="color:#40678e;">I have spoken with [[Ikora Rey]] about the texts Humans know as the [[Lore:Unveiling|Unveiling]]. I have tried to reconcile it with how I understand the [[Light]], and what I know of the Great Machine. My understanding is imperfect, but I have gleaned this much: the Winnower speaks of convincing you that it is right; of existence as truth; of predation and defection. Nowhere does it speak of malice, or hatred, or despair. It does not care whether you embrace it or curse it. It simply desires to win and, in victory, be validated.</span>

RETRIEVED FROM: Reef Cryptarchy Archives; [[10 Hygiea]]<br>

ORIGIN: Core; [[Vex]] [[Minotaur]]; [[Sol Divisive]]; [[Black Garden]] // Retrieved by Prince [[Uldren Sov]]; decryption successful<br>

There is not much time. Now that we are in Consensus, our progress is unhindered. [[The Veil]] unravels before us. The fundamental principles we have long hoped for are woven in its [[Strand|threads]].

<span style="color:#40678e;">And yet, in my horror, I am reminded of [[Guardian]]s. After all, we do not blame Crow for the actions of the prince, nor should we. When [[Glint]] brought him back in the Great Machine's Light, Crow was born anew. As were Ikora, and [[Zavala]], and [[The Guardian|you]]. It is as Ikora says, is it not? Grace and memory. The Light forgets.</span>

<span style="color:#40678e;">As a Scribe — as [[Eido]] — I cannot feel anything but revulsion.</span>

RETRIEVED FROM: Throne Room; The [[Reef]]<br>

IDENTITIES: [[Mara Sov]], [[Queen of the Reef]] [MARA]; [[Eido]], Scribe of the [[House of Light]] [EIDO]<br>

[I hope you will forgive me; in my curiosity, I allowed myself to pursue a bit of a tangent. It is not often that my [[Mithrax|father]] speaks of the time before he found me. I have much to ask him, now!]

MARA: Stone hands clutching at the fabric of the sky. A mountain of screaming bone. A crumbling spire choked by kudzu. A great cancerous growth. Necrotic tendrils digging into flesh, which was earth. Darkness turned gangrenous, strangling the Light.