My progress so far:
I was contacted by an alien entity called "Nada", and visited Space Anomaly, the space station managed by "Nada" and "Polo". Leaving Space Anomaly, I was contacted by Artemis. Communication signal is not so strong, so I need to find a communication tower to contact her again. I decided to drop by my base first to retrieve newly recovered data. (log #6)
I added solar panels and a storage container to my base. After that, I contacted Artemis using a communication tower called Holo-Terminus. She gave me blueprint for signal booster so that I could triangluate my location. I completed triangulation and set out for another Holo-Terminus where I'll exchange location data with her. (log #7)
- I received a star chart from Artemis. I tried to get help from a merchant to read the chart and identify Artemis' location, but the merchant wouldn't help me due to my low reputation. I need to boost my reputation first. I also came a cross a rendezvous beacon from a wrecked starship. I'll have to check that too. (log #8)
When I was leaving the trade outpost on planet Daberwich XVIII, a few pirate starship attacked the outpost. I decided to take care of them and blasted them all, which boosted my reputation a bit. After that, I got out of the planet and went to the space station to meet the mission agent.
The mission agent was offering several tasks from various clients. I chose a mission to raid a factory and steal some kind of industrial secret.
The target factory was on planet Leybir Prime. I went to the factory, blasted out the front door, extracted data form a terminal inside, and flew out. It was easy even in permadeath mode.
Now that I earned enough reputation, I returned to the trade outpost and showed Artemis' star chart to the merchant who previously refused to help because of my low reputation.
The merchant told me there's no such place with that star pattern. He couldn't identify location corresponding to the star chart. With nothing left to do about the chart, I left the outpost and flew out of the planet.
I had to take out a few pirates again. Too many pirates these days. Preparing enough resources for shield recharge is essential.
I was contacted by Artemis again. I told her about the star chart. Looking up at the stars she said the stars had altered since she sketched them. She's in panic, saying "they" are coming for her. Who are they? She told me that she found a portal with glyphs, which is a gateway between worlds. She went through the portal and ended up somewhere unknown.
Communication signal was abruptly terminated, with the last word among electrical noises being "Apollo".
I went back to Space Anomaly station to discuss Artemis' situation with Nada and Polo. After talking with Nada and Polo about Artemis, a few things have been clarified.
It looks like Artemis found out a portal to an anomalous realm outside of this galaxy and for unknown reason got stranded there. That's why star patterns sketched by Artemis did not match here. Space Anomaly station also resides in that realm. Probably that's why I can summon it anywhere anytime.
According to Nada, what happened to Artemis implies something is wrong with the galaxy, and it's not a good sign. It also seems that the sentinels and their overlord, Atlas are not so friendly to Space Anomaly and travelers as they see us as unwanted foreign entities. Nada says that fellow Korvax entities regard Atlas as a deity, but Nada thinks Atlas is some kind of a deceptive liar. I'm not sure what to make of it. Anyway, I suspect the sentinels are after Artemis. She's a traveler, like myself.
There are two primary paths before me. First, I could contact that "Apollo" guy and talk about what happened to Artemis. Second, I could visit something called Atlas Interface which might give me some information about Atlas. Additionally, there also are secondary missions which could help me get more useful devices and upgrades.
I'm going to check the rendezvous beacon first, which I previously obtained from a wrecked starship. Then I'll try to contact Apollo.