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===Letter from Coral=== | ===Letter from Coral=== | ||
>>> CENSORED FOR: "ARTIFACT ON [[Coral|CORAL]]." - ESKO KORPIJAAKKO (UNSC ADJUNCT ORION ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPEDITION) >>> | >>> CENSORED FOR: "ARTIFACT ON [[Coral|CORAL]]." - ESKO KORPIJAAKKO (UNSC ADJUNCT [[Orion Archaeological Expedition|ORION ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPEDITION]]) >>> | ||
My Dearest Carrie, I know things are tense at home, so I hope this letter finds you and Oscar well, or at least bearing up. Our work continues apace, and while we are alone out here, at least we're busy, and this system remains unmolested by Covenant. | My Dearest Carrie, I know things are tense at home, so I hope this letter finds you and Oscar well, or at least bearing up. Our work continues apace, and while we are alone out here, at least we're busy, and this system remains unmolested by Covenant. | ||
We've been joined by a [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] science team, and what I believe are [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] agents. They're actually quite helpful, if secretive, and have supplied us with excellent tech. However, they're most definitely NOT archaeologists and have very different ideas of how long a dig should take. | We've been joined by a [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] science team, and what I believe are [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] agents. They're actually quite helpful, if secretive, and have supplied us with excellent tech. However, they're most definitely NOT [[Xenoarchaeology|archaeologists]] and have very different ideas of how long a dig should take. | ||
There are things they don't wish us to discuss on open channels, and I'll respect that, but this artifact is truly remarkable. | There are things they don't wish us to discuss on open channels, and I'll respect that, but this artifact is truly remarkable. | ||
The object on Coral was discovered during routine quarrying. Explosives revealed the top of the object, blasting out a depth of around 30 meters. Surrounding rock and dirt were evaporated- but this object wasn't even scorched. | The [[Coral#History|object on Coral]] was discovered during routine quarrying. Explosives revealed the top of the object, blasting out a depth of around 30 meters. Surrounding rock and dirt were evaporated- but this object wasn't even scorched. | ||
It's undeniably alien. For one thing, it is made of a material we can't identify. It's a metallic crystal, although its mode of manufacture is unexplained. It's architecturally perfect. Walls are identical in height to a near-atomic scale. Symmetry is impossibly accurate. Yet it's rich in detail, and adorned with what appear to be purely decorative, artistic motifs. | It's undeniably alien. For one thing, it is made of a material we can't identify. It's a metallic crystal, although its mode of manufacture is unexplained. It's architecturally perfect. Walls are identical in height to a near-atomic scale. Symmetry is impossibly accurate. Yet it's rich in detail, and adorned with what appear to be purely decorative, artistic motifs. | ||
