Chapter 2: Investigations

After receiving her mission, Topaz made her way to the AGWS hangar where her mech was kept. When she got to the hangar, she activated the blackbox recorder on her AGWS so that she could chronicle her findings. With that out of the way, Topaz boarded her mech and led it to the exit making it easier to head into space. From there, she would figure out what happened to the cruiser and look for survivors, if there were any. She had a feeling she knew the cause, but she desperately hoped she was wrong.

Nearly half an hour after departing from her home at the Federation Base on Fifth Jerusalem, Topaz was nearly to the last recorded coordinates of the Federation Cruiser Woglinde. She still had a small ways to go, however.

"Hm... I wonder if it went down as a result of engine failure...? Oh wait, that can't be right. The other soldiers reported that it was torn in half... What could have been able to cause a ship like that to be destroyed in that way? Unless... No. I don't wanna think about it. I'll just try and think of something else.", After letting out a sigh, she tried to think of something else to take her mind off of her fears.

That dream... why do I keep having it? It's been such a long time, I should have forgotten by now! Oh... this many years and I still haven't forgotten you... I know it'd be wrong, but I wish I could... You probably don't even remember me anymore, anyway... Oh well. I'll just have to keep trying. I'll keep believing. Feh. What am I saying! I'm gettin' all sappy again... Ugh... this isn't helping, any!

After working to clear her mind of thoughts, Topaz could make out tiny bits of what appeared to be pieces of metal scattered about in front of her, floating adrift in the airless space. Pieces of the ship, she thought. As she advanced further, her thoughts had been confirmed. She saw two large halves of the ship close to one another. Topaz had seen many wreckages in her line of work, but never something like this...

"Damn...! This is bad, really bad... Much worse than I thought it would be. Torn right into two clean halves! Incredible!", she exclaimed, gulping. Now it's kinda tough to say it was anything other than the gnosis... "Huh...", she said as she piloted forward to further explore the wreckage.

With a good amount of investigation, Topaz knew now that it almost had to have been the gnosis. This worried her, but she had to keep exploring the ship's remains and narrarating her trip with the blackbox recording device.

"... Yep. Pretty bad, huh? I really think it's the gnosis. I mean, what else coulda done this! Definately not people, nor engine failure. Whatever... Well, that oughta be - Huh?",She was interrupted again in mid-sentence. Topaz turned towards the panal.

On her radar, it showed signs of... something... coming at her AGWS at an alarming rate.