"Galuk? Is that you? Get in here, we got another dispatch from Tamm while you were out with the Commerce Authority goons.

Y'know, I never believed all the stories we were told about Ithara when I was back in school - I mean, cold up in the mountains sure - but 'entire jungle frozen over'? Too much even for my active imagination.

But hey, I was with the Science Corps and it was one of the first places I was stationed after we all moved up here post-war, Coalition founding days. You'll even find my signature in the formal protest memo opposing the mandatory withdrawal order from up top when the 'living, actively expanding ecosystem despite inhospitable temperatures' discovery was made. They deemed the whole thing 'an affront to the laws of nature' and recalled us back to Urami instead of allowing further research.

I'm pretty sure that signature cost me a promotion and is how I ended up at 'Salvage in the first place.

Anyway - Tamm swears they got a lead on the Armadillo's location that took them out there, but I don't think the kid has any idea what they're walking into."