rew of Illegal Hullwanderer Frozen at the Sunken Arches: Lens Storms Ignite
Two crew members of The Illegal Hullwanderer have been placed in energy stasis by Gastropolis agents at the Sunken Arches, suspected of links to the highly questionable lens drone incidents in the Auriskant Archipelago. What does this ghost transport really hide in its ever-morphing cargo holds?
Stardate 4422.275 – In the twilight haze of the Sunken Arches, a patrol from Gastropolis' luminous brigades placed two crew members of the infamous Illegal Hullwanderer into energy stasis. This elusive ghost transport-constantly morphing and baffling harbor authorities-was almost overlooked, until Alliance of the Iron Star drones detected illicit lens signals during routine inspection.
According to Primar Emvaron Crul, whose porcelain smile remained unbroken at the interstellar press event, the detainees are the captain and first navigation colonial of the vessel. They are suspected of involvement in mysterious lens incidents above the Auriskant Archipelago, which prompted Nexthavn-Delta’s emergency Conclave of Lens Storms after swarms of unauthorized lens drones drew expressive cloud patterns over sensitive military canals.
The Illegal Hullwanderer-sailing under a Flag-Dependent Autonomy Mandate-had been suspiciously anchored for days, its documents a jumble of expired codes and dubious provenance sigils. Open intergalactic data logs show the ship departed Frostplex Akvaelum on stardate 4422.263, officially destined for Vastrinox, though insiders whisper its manifests rarely match its true cargo-a trademark of Sector R's phantom fleets.
The arrests come at a turbulent time: as Polycordis calls for a comprehensive phantom fleet ban, Alliance of the Iron Star architects invest in ever-more elaborate drone defense fields and procedural airborne barriers. The unlucky crew members risk instant energy sentences and fines up to 1.5 million synthmarks, contingent on the fictitiousness of their papers. The investigation currently focuses on their stubborn refusal to heed Lightwatch directives-details of which, characteristically, remain obscured by bureaucratic fog.