From there the command crew will pilot the ship beyond the final phasegate, arriving in the next solar system approximately 18 months later. The Aurora will travel from spacedock on the edge of Alterra space, making hundreds of consecutive phasegate jumps through nine different trans-gov authorities, and arrive on the far side of the Ariadne Arm in three months' time. The furthest reaches of inhabited space are due to expand, as Alterra Corp launches a newly-constructed capital ship, carrying a phasegate bound for the Ariadne Arm. PHASEGATE ANNOUNCED FOR THE ARIADNE ARM: ALTERRA LAUNCHES THE AURORA Alterra later admited the ship's loss and informed about the rescue of its 'survivors', but censored any details about how the ship had crashed and why. Of all crewmembers on board the Aurora, the only known survivor was Ryley Robinson, who later managed to escape the planet. Including parts normally hidden by the terrain, it stands to be about 500 meters tall.

The ship is approximately 1,280 meters long from nose to thrusters. It is visible from the surface nearly anywhere on the map, making it a useful landmark, especially if the player lacks a compass. The Aurora is located on the far eastern edge of the map, with its bow facing north and its stern facing south. While quite dangerous and far out, the player can visit the Aurora early in-game before it explodes, although multiple tools are needed to properly explore the ship. After that, its wreckage is surrounded by Radiation and is unapproachable without a Radiation Suit.

After the Aurora's Drive Core explodes, blowing the bow of the ship. Multiple Reaper Leviathans patrol the crash site.īy the time the player awakens and begins his exploration of the area, all of the other Lifepods have been destroyed and their occupants have vanished. Upon crashing, the Aurora plowed into the terrain, unearthing it and leaving small sand hills around the ship, resulting in huge quantities of Metal Salvage and Supply Crates being dispersed within the vicinity of the ship, providing useful materials such as Food & Water, batteries, and Titanium. Moments after Lifepod 5 launched, Ryley heard the enforcement platform fire and witnessed a second energy pulse strike the already crippled ship. All the starboard Lifepods were compromised if not outright destroyed by the energy pulse most of the port side lifepods that did launch (pods 1 to 25) were compromised except for Lifepod 5, which contained Ryley Robinson, and Lifepod 4, though it was heavily damaged when a Reaper Leviathan tried to eat it and possibly caused it to eventually become overturned, and other Lifepods whos occupants met other fates. It was thought that the ship's advanced scanning suite, superior to any ship that had previously made a search effort, would have better luck in finding the crew, or finally confirm whatever fate had befallen them.ĭuring a gravity slingshot maneuver around Planet 4546B, the Quarantine Enforcement Platform struck the Aurora with an energy pulse on the starboard (right) side, resulting in catastrophic hull failure and leading to it crash landing on the surface of the planet. Its auxiliary mission, unknown to most of the crew, was an agreement made with the Mongolian Independent States to search for and possibly rescue the survivors of the Degasi crew. The Aurora was a brand-new Alterra Long-Range Capital Ship (and possibly the first of its class) sent to the Ariadne Arm by the Alterra Corporation to build a phasegate.

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