At 12:15 local time, an air unit of the 3rd Air Army, acting under direct orders from command, launched a precision strike on the Aggressor using a Helios-9 munition, designed to eliminate objects with unstable ontological structures. Visual and spectral observations recorded a brief glow in the upper ultraviolet range, followed by a localized gravitational shift and the complete disappearance of the target. The object left no traces - either physical or cognitive. Attempts to reconstruct its presence using retrospective sensors and time projections were unsuccessful. The Aggressor has been classified as neutralized, but its final status will be determined after the field stabilizes.
Almost simultaneously with the Aggressor's disappearance, the Psychomancers' structure began to rapidly disintegrate. Their structure, previously held together by a directed psionic field, began to lose its integrity, seemingly dissolving into thin air. Within 43 seconds, the entire system vanished, leaving no material fragments or residual radiation. All cognitive and psionic distortions previously observed in the area ceased. Background levels stabilized, and indicators returned to normal. No psychomancers were detected in either the physical or mental spectrum. Their subsequent whereabouts are unknown.
A transfer event was detected: Experimental Host #12 transferred an unidentified object, identified as a symbiote key, to the Pilgrim in Bruce Stein's body. The contact was accompanied by a short pulse in the infrapsychic range. Immediately afterward, all Pilgrims, including those at the landing zone and the construction site where they had previously congregated, synchronously exited their vessels. The process occurred without visible signs of violence or destruction - the bodies that had previously served as hosts smoothly returned to a normal physiological state.
Vital signs stabilized. However, none of the former hosts, including Stein himself, regained consciousness. Medical teams recorded signs of profound neural overload, but no signs of damage. It is believed that consciousness was temporarily shut down as part of the body's defense mechanism or at the Pilgrims' own instigation.
During this same period, the R'mel avatar, accompanying Agent "Raven" and Subject #12, underwent a transformation. The geometry of its spacesuit changed - its previous shape, resembling an organic shell, was replaced by an elongated, curved structure, visually resembling a sickle composed of dense, non-reflective darkness. After completing the transformation, the avatar left the interaction zone without warning, heading northwest, presumably away from all known points of interest. Its tracks are lost beyond the observation perimeter. Attempts to establish contact were unsuccessful.
Meanwhile, the Psychic Entities previously involved in repelling the Aggressor focused on restoring their ship, partially destroyed during the conflict. Coordinated efforts to stabilize the hull and provide aid to their injured kin were recorded. Some of the entities are showing signs of regeneration previously unseen in the field.
CONSEQUENCES / FIELD REPORT
Observation Foundation / Access Level: BLACK-3
Date: October 12, 1997
Location: Eastern sector of [TITLE REDACTED], contact zone
[00:07:01] - BEGIN RECORDING
Observation Officer:
- Confirm: the Psychomancer structure has disappeared.
- The space they previously held has stabilized.
- Energy trace is fading. Geometry is normalizing.
- The pilgrims have left the area. No traces of movement.
[00:07:12] - REMAINING
Comms Officer:
- Only R'mel and the Psychoentities remain.
- R'mel is accompanying the Raven group and the Test Subject.
- Visual: R'mel's spacesuit is transforming - its shape resembles a sickle, its composition a shadow or something similar.
- Heading away, coordinates unknown.
R'mel (mentally, recorded as a background signal):
"We have accomplished what we were supposed to. Now we will continue what we interrupted."
[00:07:27] - PSYCHOSENTITIES
Voice (communication scientist):
- The psycho-entities are busy repairing the ship.
- The damage is critical.
- Visually: they are also healing others - probably their own kind, who suffered at the hands of the Aggressor.
- People near them hear unintelligible whispers.
- Emotional background: a feeling of deep resentment. Perhaps at the Aggressor. Perhaps at us.
[00:07:42] - STEIN'S RETURN
Medical Officer:
- Stein is regaining consciousness.
- He is clear, but disoriented.
- Raven and I are supporting him. He can walk.
Stein (voice weak):
- He... was here. I saw. But it wasn't me.
- Everything... is shaking. Even inside.
[00:07:55] - FAREWELL
Subject #12:
- My work is complete.
- I'm returning. To the lab. There's... work left.
- Thank you. Everyone. Especially you, Raven.
Raven (quietly):
- We will meet again. Perhaps in another place. Perhaps in another form.
[00:08:09] - CONCLUSION
Observation Officer:
- Contact completed.
- Psychomancers - gone.
- Pilgrims - gone.
- R'mel - gone.
- Subject - leaving.
- Psychoentities - remain.
- The city - lives. But it's different.
[RECORDING INTERRUPTED / TRANSITION TO OBSERVATION MODE]
NOTE:
Operation completed.
Symbiote key handed over.
The aggressor has been destroyed.
The Psychomancer structure is no longer active.
R'mel and the Psychoentities remain beyond current comprehension.
Contact with the Other has been confirmed.
The Foundation continues monitoring.
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