A new world found

The OffWorld Navy scout ship USS LODESTONE, Fleet Number 19, has discovered a new world. The inhabitants call it AW Gate. The people who inhabit this world have the most amazing ability to self teleport with no apparent mechanisms. The newest people, who appear from nowhere, are ignorant of the awesome powers they acquire upon arrival. These are all uniformly ugly in appearance. All the inhabitants can fly and hover at will and often do so. Other, more powerful inhabitants call themselves citizens and are capable or creating objects of various colors and textures from absolutely nothing. They can change their shape at will. Additionally, citizens have some sort of way to contact other citizens across the continuum in any part of the universe or world they currently occupy. Citizens are empowered by the magic number seventy. Intelligence analysts do not know the significance of the number other that it has a negative connotation with the number twenty based on an incident in the distant past.

The crew of the LOADSTONE left the scout ship and automated systems have only sporadic contact with crew tracking signals. The crew is apparently exploring the universe and parallel worlds that can be accessed from this gate world. When they return to the gate world the signal on their info-packs get downloaded by the LOADSTONE which relays the signal to the Office of Naval Intelligence on Offworld Prime. The images indicate incredible worlds.

Attempts by the Offworld Navy to land and assume control of this incredible asset are restricted by an entity calling it self the “Building Inspector” which informs ships in orbit to “build somewhere else as the area is filled”. The meaning of this cryptic message is unknown and a dialog with the entity is not possible because it always repeats the same message. Perhaps it is an automated guardian. No further action on the part of ships in orbit is possible at this time. Therefore Naval Headquarters has decided retire with honor. No attempt to recover the LODESTONE will occur unless a member of the crew returns. A prospect not considered likely.