Pirates working out of the Jira cluster have seized former assets of VI. During the war with Zakuul, several secret research facilities had been created to manufacture advanced arms and research new defenses. Since the end of the war and dissolution of House Ellegohn, and reduction of resources to patrol these facilities due to losses sustained in that struggle, the facilities had fallen to aggressive parties determined to take advantage of the research done there. It is up to VI to put a stop to it and to remove any dangerous systems still active.<\/p>\n
House Illuminatus requests volunteers to investigate one of these research facilities and clear it of the pirate menace!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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