Kepler Quandary Summary
Chapter 3: The Kepler Quandary
- The ARC crew faced challenges regarding Dr. Moreau and the Triune.
- The crew agreed to secure the Triune and return it.
- Dr. Moreau and the Triune artifacts disappeared. The ARC then vanished and reappeared, finding Kepler 22B in a different state.
- The ARC experienced a time anomaly, traveling to a different time within the same system.
- The Triune virus disappeared from the crew.
- The moonbase, cloaked by technology, is found to be no longer operational.
- A message indicates conflict between the Rugare and Wilkinites.
- A recording from the Nev-Arc 1984 details the disappearance of the ARC near a cloaked moon 75 years prior and Dr. Moreau's experiments on the Rugare.
- The ARC crew receives a hail from Keplarn (Ch-Law), representing the Rugare of Kepler 22b, who are not indigenous and came to the planet as refugees.
- Ch-Law warns against trusting a "genocidal maniac" and mentions past exploitation of the Rugare.
- The Wilkinites are considered enemies, and communication with them is discouraged.
- The transmission ends abruptly, possibly due to jamming from a fortified city.
- The crew is left with questions about how to approach the residents of Kepler 22B and whether to contact the Rugare or Wilkinites.