IS-0101

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The Sun Disk or IS-0101, can be found at the end of the Praetorium, touching the Sun Disk will give the player the "Sun-Touched" trait, giving the player a permanent +1 Cold Resistance and allows access to Residence Sector without taking damage.

Lore

GATE Compendium Entry

Containment Protocols: Unconfirmed

The first reports of IS-0101 surfaced in late 1987, after an object of extraordinary brightness appeared briefly in High Earth Orbit.
Although no GATE staff member has direct experience with this artefact, its dimensions appear to precisely match the 1977 Voyager space probe's Golden Record - prompting Dr. A. Cahn to theorize that it is an extra-terrestrial response to humanity's attempt at outreach.
The brief readings attained at the time of its appearance indicate it may be crafted from raw stellar matter.
Little is known for sure about the artifact's fate, which disappeared less than 24 hours after being identified. Subsequent reports point strongly to it being in possession of the Order, although how they retrieved it so rapidly, or contained it effectively, remains the subject of speculation. Whether they have extracted coherent information from IS-0101, or have even attempted this, is likewise uncertain.

While the contents of the Sun Disk's message remain obscure, it is clear that contact with the artefact alleviates some of the more instantly lethal effects of extreme conditions.
This suggests the device may, amongst other things, be intended to encourage communication - or even contact - between beings habituated to drastically different surviveable(sic) temperatures.

Emails

Subject: The Worst One
From: Dayton Lansky <[email protected]>
To: Grayson Isling <[email protected]>
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I've decided which one it is.

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Which what?

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The worst one.

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Oh, right. Which one?

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It's 101.

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That one doesn't count.

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Why not?

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We don't actually know where that one is.

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Exactly, that's the worst part.

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You're gonna have to spell that one out for me.

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We sent out a message - an actual physical invitation - asking intelligent E.T. to contact us, but then when they DID actually reply those bastards intercepted it. Just stole the whole message somehow. No-one can prove they did it, but everyone's too scared to admit it happened because of how bad it makes them look. It's the perfect crime, except they're not just screwing over the entire human race. They're screwing another race of creatures we've never even met yet. Worse, the rumour is that it's made of stellar matter, so even if we did get our hands on it, we couldn't read it.

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I still think 107 wins.

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Not in our lifetime it doesn't.

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