Ancient Technology

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Im not far from the energy-pulse, I can almost feel it flowing trough the water.
My PDA gives me a warning: "Scans indicate that multiple lifeforms are attracted to the pulse, including Prederator and Leviathan class creatures, signatures also indicate that non-biological and possibly hostile lifeforms are roaming around this area, be advised".

Not even a minute later I hear a deep, loud growling noise from the right side from my seamoth. It came from the Aurora, it sounds like metal and titanium collapsing and falling apart, I turn the seamoth in the direction of the sound to see what made such a noise.

I froze up from fear that filled my lungs and my heart sank like a brick: from my right side, A huge, azure-blue-colored creature that has four claws on it's jaw, was speeding towards me like a heatseeking missile, it opened up it's jaws, grabbed my seamoth with it's claws and swung me around, showing me a huge set of teeth ready to destroy me and my seamoth. It let out a very deep but loud and angry roar...

I was facing off against a Leviathan class monster, and I had to plan my next move in a split-second to avoid getting eaten by a Leviathan...
I pull on the controlls as hard I can, the seamoth obeys and goes up.
I was looking for an escape from this massive beast, but how do I outrun an Leviathan class prederator?

Then, all of the sudden I saw large cables from multiple boxes leading from one to another to a huge structure. It looked like a base, I decided to make manouvres around the cables to get rid of that Leviathan.

And then i saw it. a large gap in the cube-like structure, I entered the gap and i noticed it was a old moonpool.
I exited the seamoth and took a closer look at the damage, looks like the cockpit glass is on the verge of breaking and some parts of the engine cover are ripped off, I grab my welder and try to repair most of the damage.

My PDA notifies me of a continuous message broadcasted trough the facillity, "partial translation avaidable. Message reads: WARNING: unidentified craft in orbit of this planet will be destroyed ▛▖ prevent the ┗┏▀▄▖┗▜▚┣ ┣┅▄▚┃▞▙ ▞┃▛▖┛┣┫▙▚┃".

Something doesn't seem right here, what is this structure and why is this ominous message being broadcasted trough the building? My mind is racing and thinking about the message, why is this planet in quarantaine? Was it because of an invasion, A huge natural disaster? Or something unnatural perhaps?...

Out of the corner of my eye I see something that catches my attention: a control terminal of some sort, I notice it has a big green button on it. I grab my scanner and scan the machine for anything useful, it has a name written in the system wich reads: "This ▀▄ th▄  Q┗┏▀ra ┫▙ine Enfo┏▀▄  ent Pla┃▛▖┛┣rm def▛e syst┅▄ cont▜l terminal"

Looks like the translator is acting up again, I remember that the structure im in has a very tall tower, possibly a radio beacon to contact other vessels that are in orbit of the planet. I hesitate a bit first but then I pressed the button...

I regret doing that... because the moment i pressed it, the whole machine extended, locking my hand in a forcefield wich I tried to escape from but I couldn't. A scanner emerged from the machine and looked at me for a few seconds, then it extended a needle and jammed it into my hand.

the needle retracted and the whole machine collapsed again, releasing my hand. the machine broadcasted another message, my PDA translates it: "Warning, Infected individu▜ls are not allowed to disab▜▚┣  the Inte┛┣┫▙iry De▜▚┣e Syst▚m, re▄▚ting all active ┣┅▄▚  to┣rds location of su▚┣  ... Sharing locat▚┣n...".

I have no idea what just happend but this is not looking good for me... I can feel it that im going to become nervous and paranoid...

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⏰ Last updated: Mar 22, 2018 ⏰

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