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Notes from the Director of the Salvage Insurance Bureau

Redacted document showing an image of a large spacecraft with two tusk-like protrusions at the front. A piece of 35mm slide film is taped to the document showing what appears to be the shape of this craft next to a sign that reads 'W.A.L.R.U.S.', and another several telegram style documents (heavily redacted) taped near the bottom that read 'ZONE 2' and are addressed to the 'Science Corps'. At the upper right, a stamp with a symbol of a lantern on it reads 'SALVAGE INSURANCE BUREAU'
"The big fucker? Ooof. Wait, why does Tamm want this file? Whatever's left of the wreck is waaaay beyond the Haze safety depth at this point.

It's kind of hard to visualize how massive this thing was. Watching the horrors that were destroying our homes end up looking like toys in size comparison; impressive is probably the wrong word but I spent so much time wondering how the fuck they built it. Damn thing gave me recurring nightmares for most of the reconstruction period.

Did your moms ever tell you we got to see it get taken down? Either of 'em, the three of us were in the same strike unit and got to see it happen. Whatever the fuck the archmages did at the Cloud Sea Summit pulled this thing out of the sky and tore it in half while the rest of their ships started falling to the ground one by one. Probably one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen, but like deeply sad at the same time. They had the ability to manufacture something so grand but were shortsighted enough to use it only for conquest, kinda got what they deserved.

Anyway, Galuk; can you do me a favor? Pull Deyo's dispatches from the first wreck survey and include 'em please? I left a spot for you at the bottom. Could be of some use to Tamm if their search has 'em haunting the past.

Now we just gotta hope the compliance office doesn't ruin the whole fucking file."



Part of a series - The Ongoing Adventures of Magical Insurance Bureaucrats in a World Recovering from a Failed Alien Invasion

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