You have Kyrillian in his room.  He is panicked and scared, and Kri'lik has just convinced him to tell you everything he knows.

A few doors down is the room of Kyrtok with a strange machine and some messages that were on his computer.

You also hold a pen-like infrared device that tracks positioning.

A mysterious blackness-cloaked figure killed Kyrian and disappeared through a wall.

Kyrillian says, "The Matrix Project was formed to use the Matrix virus against some sort of invasion by extra-dimensional creatures.  It was thought their broadcasts and transports could be interrupted by inserting the Matrix virus.  Kyrtok and I were charged with experimenting with the blackness they use for transport.  Somehow, they tracked us here."

He stops to take some deep breaths.  His hand is shaking.  "We didn't know how imminent it all was.  We didn't know they could find us out here.  Your message clarified that the invasion is imminent.  We don't know when, but the message we decoded also showed the Sathar are in league with them."

In reply to GM Heath (msg #1):

"So, if the Sathar wasn't enough now, we've got to worry about this other race helping them to wipe us out?  We need to find out more about this other reatures and get back to our own little war with the Sathar.

Hey, relax will ya!  I'm not going' to blast you.  We could help you if you're willing to help us out with this stuff."

Kyrillian nods.  "Kyrtok was experimenting with a way to duplicate their...method of travel, dimensionally speaking...with that machine.  He wanted to be able to cut off their access by reversing the flow, or to send something to them to warn them off.  He said it had to do with light flowing through the special crystals and creating a distortion of time-space around their dimension, or something like that.  He said one of them, who is against the invasion plans, communicated with him, sent him something on the computer, and that's what he was trying to figure out when...when they killed him."

Desiraye looks surprised at what Kyrllian had said about one of 'them' being against the invasion, "One of the Sathar allies is against the invasion?  We need to find out who and how do we get in touch with them.  My people and I can kick ass but, we're going to need all of the helpo we can get!"

Kyrillian says, "No, not Sathar.  One of those extra-dimensional creatures.  What we know of them so far is that sometimes they move around us without us being able to detect them visibly.  They can be invisible, in other words.  The other thing they can do is cover themselves in the blackness like a cloak to help them quickly act and move between dimensions."

OOC: That's what I meant by Sathar Allies, sorry for the confusion but some more good information.

Hammer is not amused at hearing the powers of the baddies planning an invasion.
"Ooh, great.  Our next enemy can be invisible OR can be covered in this nasty super-blackness?
What next?  Aliens that can turn me into ... flesh?  Eeeew!"
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"Break down everything we can from the victim's room and we'll need all of your stuff to Kyrillian.  We need to get somewhere and get all of the information we can on how to go about handling this."

In Kyrtok's room, you find that, unfortunately, the strange device is bolted to the floor.  But Kyrillian is willing to translate the e-mails if you want.

"Let's get started and don't leave anything out!"

"I'd like to add that language to my Polyvox.  Can I scan those messages, please?"

Hammer wants his PolyVox to be ready to decrypt that language, if/when they encounter it.

"Smart thinking Hammer."

You can already understand their language in the Polyvox, which is why you can understand Kyrillian now.  But Polyvoxes cannot do anything about literacy.

Professor Kri'lik continues to work with Kyrillian as the alien translates the emails. He pays close attention, trying to determine if the alien is speaking the truth or not. He also reexamines the Sathar writing found on the strand device looking for any further insight on it.

"Someone should contact Kent and explain to him what's going on!"

Kyrillian translate the e-mail:  "It is from Kyrian to Kyrtok," he says.

"Kyrtok,
Have experimented with the machine.  No ill effects from experimenting with the buttons, but still no results.  Get Kyrillian to analyze color sequences.  We must get it to work.

My contact sent me a strange file with pictures of different suns.  He says he cannot tell me more.  Something about how their minds are connected and they will know if he reveals more.

I am nervous because I was told the body count and number of deaths in preventing this invasion is inconsequential.  Could that mean us as well?

I am told that getting the machine to work will bring a datapad or artifact to us that will allow us to decode the alien messages received on Moneyspider through the Matrix Hole Between Worlds.  The Qantariate discovered our universe because of the Matrix.  I think it should be destroyed but the Synths believe it is critical to our success in preventing an invasion that will destroy our universe more surely than an antimatter annihilation.

The artifact can be taken to Tariel Nuna on Kraatar, who knows about the Shadows of Rakon and is best suited to figure out what it means.  We should also get Dr. Legrange involved.  He's brilliant.

I have decoded the "cycles" listed by the aliens.  Each cycle is the equivalent of 1 month.  This means we have less than 2 cycles left before the invasion!  I'm in a panic.  The worm creatures are involved too.  How, I don't know, but somehow."

In reply to GM Heath (msg #16):

"Should we be taking this thing off of the station?  And how do we get this 'artifact?"

Kyrillian says, "Apparently, once you get the device to work, the artifact will come through, like something through a wormhole.  We just haven't figured it out yet."

"I hope we can figure it out soon.  I don't like this two cycle thing before the attack begins.  What is that like two months or something?

How close are you guys to figuring this out?  I'm sorry but, I'm a little inept in this department to offer much except for some suggestions."