A lot has happened since I helped unmask Amasis. While I haven't been given access to the Nereid's data, I've continued working with my Vasudan contact, who's since taken the Terran name Kagemni. While we were going over some unrelated records, we noticed something we'd overlooked initially. Seven years ago, Holly started throwing their weight around in Antares. It was generally assumed that they were trying to discredit the Intrepid's mission - but the Gulnara Heist, which we now know was orchestrated by Holly, was only a few weeks prior. Call it a hunch, but we started wondering if something in that shipment motivated them. It's at least worth ruling out.

The Antares Federation had been keeping tabs on Holly's theatre commander, Ozymandias, but they aren't sharing whatever they found. Fortunately, my contact with Gulnara Research has been more forthcoming. They think the team there had only a small piece of a much larger artifact. Not only that, but the Alliance team that had originally engaged them was still in system. They even gave the researchers to get their attention if anything unexpected happened - "OPHOSIS". It all fits together a bit too neatly to be coincidence. The Intrepid arrives in Antares, and Holly doesn't react. Part of an artifact that would help unite Holly's factions is stolen at Gulnara, shipped off to Holly, and suddenly they commit a Typhon. Was Holly looking for the other pieces of this "OPHOSIS" object?

I think it's time for some field work.

