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Region: Ersetum

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The luminian sphere

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The day after the flyover by the unidentified rotary, the expedition was quiet. They were on edge; some were curious, but the north had great capacity for harshness, and even seemingly innocuous events often meant great danger. Nevertheless, wherever this craft was headed, it couldn't be far, and if there was a chance of righting their walker's leg, their leader had decided to take it. Staggering onwards, the expedition had pushed through a full day north through mercifully flat terrain, the worst casualty being pride at occasional falls which were embarrassingly common on the ice fields.

Throughout the day, one of the great stone nunatuks began to emerge from the horizon and draw closer. It was fairly large, and flat topped, a mesa protruding from the otherwise flat ice sheet. As darkness descended on another day northwards, and as the expedition drew closer to the mesa, they began to see it. Light, or more accurately a series of lights, atop the flat stone. What had been mistaken as rock formations at the peak were in fact buildings.

That this was an artificial and inhabited structure could be assumed. That it was the destination of the rotary was confirmed when a red light rose off of the nunatuk and began to meander eastwards until it left view. Mondragon, impatient, made the call that they would not camp, instead pressing on to this station which looked to be another four hours walk at their pace.

As they approached the stone foundation of the location, they could better see the illuminated collection of structures. Separated by space at one end, a large building with a tall roof looked to be a hangar of some kind. The tallest structure, a tower nearby, might be for observation of the surroundings, or of incoming rotaries. A broad, fat building with an abundance of chimneys was assumed to be some manner of dorm. There were several smaller structures that were harder to make assumptions about. What really mystified the expeditionaries about this station, other than its very existence, was twofold; firstly, the large central building, windowless, and with a domed roof topped with a thin grey spire protruding upwards from the center. Secondly, the abundance of weaponry - the station seemed to bristle in machine guns and even what looked to be artillery pieces, facing in all directions against the ice below.

As they got close up to the stone, they lost perspective of the station above, but were able to approach a small structure at its base. Curiously surrounded by a handful of collapsed buildings and loose construction materials, a single building still stood, made of wood, sat on the ice and leaning against the nunatuk. Its roof was partially open, and from the hole two metal bars ran up the side of the stone, presumably to the top. On the building was a large plaque, which had an unrecognizable seal, and the text:

ELYMAS STATION XII "Fulger"

As the expedition inspected their surroundings, a large metal box slowly descended from the top, attached to the metal bars.

Alussia, Neo-Irkalla, Great koya, and Sintene

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