"Access level: BLACK-3"

The objects were detected within 11 minutes, within a 17-kilometer radius of the administrative limits of the city of [TITLE REDACTED]. A dome-shaped silhouette was first noticed, hovering approximately 300 meters above an industrial zone. Its presence was not accompanied by sounds or visual effects, but after a few minutes, incidents of sudden panic, bouts of aggression, and brief disorientation began to be recorded in the surrounding neighborhoods. It was later discovered that the object was a consciousness repeater for Psycho-entities, the material of which exerted a psychoactive effect on perception. Twenty-three hours after the initial detection, several psychoforms were detected within the affected area, presumably projections of the repeater's owners.

Almost simultaneously, four kilometers to the south, on the edge of a forested area, an object resembling a capsule or projectile, half-buried in the ground, was discovered. The object's internal systems remained active, but no signs of biological life were detected. Later analysis revealed the presence of an artificially grown neurosubstrate and a spacesuit characteristic of R'mel avatars. Six hours after landing, a stable cognitive field was detected within the object—a sign of a successful consciousness transfer from the home planet. Contact was not established, and activity was minimal.

The third manifestation was recorded within the city limits, in an area previously occupied by construction. One of the workers suddenly stopped moving, then began exhibiting abnormal facial expressions and speech impediments. After 12 minutes, his body mutated, taking on a form that did not correspond to any known biological model. Over the next two hours, three more people in the area were similarly affected. Judging by the nature of the changes, these were Pilgrims—their consciousnesses, having arrived without hosts, were using local intelligent organisms as vessels.

A fourth object appeared suddenly at the intersection of an old dam and a power line, at a point where unstable electromagnetic anomalies had previously been recorded. The structure, resembling an inverted spiral, began to slowly rotate, controlling local gravitational and thermodynamic parameters. For the first 40 minutes, spontaneous changes in air density, short-term disruptions in time and spatial orientation were observed within a 300-meter radius. Field analysis revealed signs of psychoenergetic modulation characteristic of Psychomancers. No visual contact was established with the representatives, but over the following 24 hours, anomalous shadows, inconsistent with the light sources, were repeatedly detected near the object.

Note: The simultaneous appearance of representatives of four civilizations within a single ecosystem is unprecedented. Any interaction between them, if any, remained unobserved. Currently, all four objects remain present in the region, with variable activity. Avoiding the area of overlapping influences is recommended.

CLOSED MEETING TRANSCRIPT
Observation Foundation / Access Level: BLACK-3
Date: October 12, 1997
Location: Outskirts of [TITLE REDACTED], command post of the 134th Special Brigade of the Armed Forces of an [TITLE REDACTED]
Agenda: Simultaneous manifestation of four extraterrestrial civilizations near the city

PARTICIPANTS:

Dr. Jan Lewandowski (scientist, international scientific community)
Brigadier General Artur Sergeevich Kovalev (military command)
Agent "Raven" (Observation Foundation)
Bruce Stein (Finance Department)
[UNAUTHORIZED PARTICIPANT] - identity unconfirmed, code name: "Outsider"

[00:00:01] - OPENING OF THE MEETING

Agent "Raven":
The meeting is now open. Protocol is enabled. Access Level: BLACK-3. All present are temporarily cleared. Violations will be recorded.

So. As of 04:37 this morning, the simultaneous manifestation of four independent extraterrestrial structures has been detected in the [TITLE REDACTED] area of the city.
Please be brief. We have 38 minutes until the next time shift.

[00:00:34] - SCIENTIST'S INTRODUCTION

Dr. Levandowski:
(excitedly)
Do you understand what this means?! Simultaneous! Not one after another, not in different regions – in one place, at one time! This is unprecedented!
We're talking about Psychic Entities, Pilgrims, R'mel, and Psychomancers! This isn't just contact, it's contact between contacts! We urgently need to organize observation and record their interactions. This is a chance to understand how they perceive each other!

[00:01:12] - GENERAL'S REACTION

General Kovalev:
(restrained, but tense)
Doctor, with respect, but we have eight and a half thousand people on the streets of this city, and not a single one of them understands what's going on.
Communication is unstable, equipment is malfunctioning, soldiers are complaining of hallucinations, deja vu, and "voices in their heads."
If one of these creatures decides the other is bothering them, what am I supposed to do? Protect them from each other? From whom? How?
We don't have protocols for intra-civilization conflict of extraterrestrial origin, damn it!

[00:02:07] - INTRODUCTION BY FINANCIAL REPRESENTATIVE

Bruce Stein:
(nervously flipping through papers)
I... I apologize, but we've already reached our limit on anomalous incidents in this quarter. We just closed the report on "Case 23-B" with those... well, those who glow and sing.
And now we have four independent objects, each with an unclear impact level, and none of them are subject to standard reporting.
Who's going to pay for the energy overruns? Who's going to compensate for the restoration of the psychostabilizers?
I don't even know where to record "cognitive occupation" in the budget!

[00:03:01] - OUTSIDE INTERVENTION

Outsider:
(sincerely, a little confused)
Sorry... um... I'm here by accident. Well, almost. I'm from Lab 9, Sector "K."
I just went out... well, for some fresh air. And when I came back, everything was blurry, like a dream, and there were no guards. And I came here because...
Because they're all here. I can feel them. One of them seems to be looking through me, another is singing inside me, a third is crying somewhere nearby, and the fourth...
(pause)
...the fourth is waiting for the others to leave.
I don't know what this means, but maybe I can help? Well, before everything falls apart completely...

[00:04:02] - REACTIONS OF THE OTHERS

General Kovalev:
(towards the agent)
Who is this? Why is he here? Why does he know more than my headquarters?

Agent "Raven":
(sighs)
This, apparently, is one of the "experimental carriers." Sector "K," you said? Excellent. A container with a level-three psifield just disappeared there yesterday.
(pause)
Well then. Since you're already here, stay put. Just don't start glowing.

[00:04:38] - BACK TO THE POINT

Dr. Levandowski:
(quickly)
Listen, we can't miss this chance!
If Psychic Entities use psychoactive ships, and Pilgrims are capable of entering other people's minds, then what happens if one ends up inside the other? What if the R'mel try to replicate the structure of the Psychomancers' consciousness?
It's an experiment being conducted by the Universe itself!

[00:05:20] - PRAGMATIC VIEW

Agent "Raven":
(unperturbed)
Doctor, if the Universe is conducting an experiment, that means we're test subjects, not observers.
General, hold the perimeter, but don't fire until the buildings start disappearing.
Stein, rewrite the expenses under the heading "Psychoecological stabilization." No one checks what that means.
Outsider...
(pause)
...if you start vibrating again, tell me in advance.

[00:05:57] - CLOSING THE MEETING

Agent "Raven":
(stands)
So. We're observing. We're not interfering. We're not panicking.
If civilizations start interacting, we'll record it. If they start merging, we'll evacuate.
If they start talking to the city, we'll pray.
Meeting adjourned.
And yes... it's still Tuesday.

[TRANSCRIPT ENDED]
Protocol saved. "Access Level: BLACK-3.
Next meeting: regarding the first cognitive collapse or the disappearance of the city.