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  ---- REPORT FROM SURFACE ----

WE FOUND A HUGE PRECURSOR DEVICE
ON THE PLANET'S SURFACE -- A
GIANT BLACK CYLINDER SET WITHIN A
SIMPLE DEFENSIVE GRID. WE HAVE
ALREADY NEUTRALIZED THE GRID --
WELL, ACTUALLY JENKINS JUST DROVE
THROUGH IT BY ACCIDENT, BUT THAT
SEEMED TO WORK.
THE ARTIFACT IS COVERED WITH
PRECURSOR SCRIPT AND ALTHOUGH WE
CAN'T TRANSLATE ALL OF THE
WRITING, IT IS PRETTY CLEAR THAT
IT IS A WARNING, REPEATED AGAIN
AND AGAIN.

THE ENERGY OUTPUT OF THIS ARTIFACT
IS SCARY -- IT RIVALS ALL OUR
SHIP'S ENGINES AT REDLINE!
IF I MAY BE SO BOLD, CAPTAIN, I
WOULD ADVISE THAT WE NOT
EXPERIMENT WITH THIS DEVICE UNTIL
WE ARE BACK AT THE STARBASE.

WE SHALL NOW RETURN TO THE SHIP,
WITH THE BLACK CYLINDER DEVICE
CAREFULLY STOWED IN THE CARGO
AREA.

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