What Happened After They Vanished
Zetsfir Laboratory, outskirts of Saulsburg, Oregon
Azurat: I would like the two of you to accompany me to the Morgan's Gate.
Melvin: For the investigation of the V-CORE's sudden activation?
Azurat: Yes. It's also related to my daughter's disappearance.
Jeanne: We're not telling the council?
Azurat: No, not yet. I need to verify some things.
Melvin: To be honest... I've had some mixed feelings about their orders...
Azurat: Let's extract all of the logs from the system for the past two months.
Melvin: Wait... it's not letting me in.
Jeanne: No doubt they've increased the system's security.
Azurat: No worries. There's a back door my daughter's friend helped me create.
Azurat: Yeah but we are going to have to answer for this.
Jeanne: It's for a good purpose.
Melvin: Professor Disphumis, I went ahead and extracted everything. We have all of the test activation data.
Azurat: Thanks, Melvin. That will be useful.
Jeanne: I still want to know why we built this thing. How is this related to the migration?
Azurat: I don't know and I don't like how the council keeps us in the dark about it.
Melvin: It's our job and all but... are we doing the right thing?
Azurat: I want to do the right thing. I have a feeling my daughter and her friend do, as well.
Melvin: Professor! Come take a look at this!
Azurat: This shows evidence of three successful time leaps.
Azurat: That means... Gaia... you might be out there somewhere.
Jeanne: Azurat, the security footage indicated your daughter and her friend were in here, right?
Azurat: Yes. It looks like they may have been involved in the recent activation.
Azurat: It shows two of the time leaps originated from that moment in time... but they ended differently.
Jeanne: They all survived?
Azurat: I don't know. They weren't vaporized. We know that now. I can't say when or where they ended up.
Melvin: Can we reverse it? Bring them back?
Azurat: Can we arrange a cargo shuttle launch? I need a shuttle that can transport a Hovercrane GT-4.
Melvin: Uh, sure, I'm sure we can... but a magnetocraft won't operate aboard this ship.
Azurat: Oh, I know. I just need it physically on board long enough to...
Azurat: Both of you, it's been an honor working with you two but there's something very important I need to do.
Azurat: I'm afraid I need to embark on a very long and possibly one-way journey.
Azurat: I know I can trust in you to make it possible.
Azurat: ...and, after making some arrangements and staying under Zetsfir's radar, we brought the Hovercrane aboard.
Azurat: The hover engines were augmented with a newer, state-of-the-art quantum locking system.
Azurat: Additional modifications were made to ensure safe operation in the vacuum of space, if needed.
Azurat: With only days until the Morgan's Gate departed from Earth's orbit...
Azurat: Our team finished preparations. I'm not sure if Zetsfir turned a blind eye or what.
Azurat: With the Hovercrane now aboard the great ship and with some additional serious modifications...
Azurat: I used the miniaturized V-CORE aboard the Hovercrane to initiate the jump.
Azurat: It was risky and it required a tremendous amount of power.
