The Mendhri Wreck
The Mendhri Wreck is a freighter, Adas-class, lost to the Lantern Fold fourteen months ago.
Rules Reference
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Aesthetic | ruin |
| Anchor System | LANTERN-FOLD |
| Controlling Faction | none |
| Fold Bleed | high |
| Population | none |
| Role | satellite |
| Zone | Beyond |
Notes
Dangers: The wreck's hull is intact; the wreck is, by every external measurement, also inside the Fold - both cannot be true, by sublight physics., Boarding the wreck causes instrument clock-drift in the boarding craft; the drift continues after the craft leaves., Anyone who has spent more than an hour inside the wreck reports dreaming of clocks.
Hooks: The Mendhri is still listed on the Kadiss inter-space beacon as active - the beacon has not been refreshed since the wreck., A salvage team that boarded the wreck for the ship's log came back reporting the log was from a voyage the Mendhri never made., The wreck's clocks are running; they are, by the wreck's own count, six hours ahead of the universe's.
Lore: The Mendhri Wreck is a freighter, Adas-class, lost to the Lantern Fold fourteen months ago. The ship was transiting the Fold on a Drift Logistics contract when it stopped responding on tight beam; a search-and-recovery expedition found the wreck, intact, drifting on a heading that should not have kept it inside the Fold's boundary. The wreck's hull is intact; the wreck is, by every external measurement, also inside the Fold. The wreck's internal measurements say it is not. The wreck's clocks are running; they are six hours ahead of the universe's by any external measurement. A salvage team that boarded the wreck for the ship's log came back reporting the log was from a voyage the Mendhri never made - a transit from a system the wreck was never in. Anyone who has spent more than an hour inside the wreck reports dreaming of clocks. The Mendhri is still listed on the Kadiss inter-space beacon as active; the beacon has not been refreshed since the wreck.
Notable: The Ship's Log - found aboard, untouched, recording a voyage the Mendhri never made: a transit from a system the wreck was never in., The Ahead-Clock - the wreck's clocks are six hours ahead of the universe's by any external measurement., The Fold-Hull Paradox - the wreck is, by external measurement, inside the Fold; the wreck is, by its own internal measurements, not.