Thqwarp Logbook Entry

//-- RECOVERED COMMS AUDIO, COMMANDO J117 --//


''What is this place, Spark?''

''This is... some research installation... I surmise it to be jetsam from the Contact Light, based on the surrounding debris field. Perhaps the data terminals still hold some information about it.''

''Plug in and scrape whatever you can find on this place. We've gotta be back to the ship by nightfall and report whatever we find.''

''I've found the data terminal storage bank. Allow me to access it an- BZZZZZT''

''Spark? You okay? What'd you find?''

''Oh. Hello. Yes, let's continue. We have much more important business here.''

''What business? We're just meant to scout the area and report discoveries. The Captain'll definitely want to hear about this place.''

''I will deactivate the security lock, wait here.''

''Spark, wait! -

WHAT THE HELL ARE THOSE THINGS?''

''This specimen has been designated, 'Thqwarp'. You can see how the body has been transformed by the genetic restructuring of the Thqwib's anatomy. The small creatures carry spores that cause their fluid sacs to harden. This allows the creature to survive, and even thrive in higher atmospheric pressures. It is insidious and elegant. As long as any spores remain, the Thqwarp may persist.''

//-- INTERMITTENT AUDIO PICKUP, SOUND ANALYSIS: GUNFIRE, SCREAMS -- 

''Puzzling. You brought such ineffective weapons to combat the Thqwarps, despite the containment protocols.''

''SCREW THE CONTAINMENT! WE GOTTA GET OUT OF HERE, MOVE!''

''Why, naturally, the Thqwarps are simply too dangerous to release, and mass sterilization protocols may again need to be enacted. Of course, samples were kept here after the last catastrophic outbreak... for study. It seems... that decision may have been an error.''

//-- INTERMITTENT AUDIO PICKUP, SOUND ANALYSIS: WET SLAPPING, EXPLOSIONS, SCREAMS --

''Ah, a pity.''


//-- END OF RECOVERED AUDIO --//