[ WP ] Despite being peaceful , humans are universally feared through out the galaxy as harbingers of death . They are hosts to the most dangerous diseases and bacteria ever discovered . Average number of fatalities from a single human exposure is ~8,000 with some exceptions . Avoid at all costs .

Dearest Norion, 
 
 This is my first report since arrival on Earth as an Observer. I am already comfortably embedded in a large city in one of the largest trading nations in the Northern Hemisphere. I have, since my arrival, been completely free from human contamination due to careful maintenance of my flesh suit in the manner you advised. My human employment involves recording financial transactions undertaken by large trading organizations. I specialize in mining companies - a sector well known to our species! 
 
 As you would expect, knowledge of mining is rudimentary here, focused on surface extraction of a small number of minerals and fossil fuels - albeit their applications are surprisingly varied. Humanity has of course had sporadic help from agents from other systems embedded as Accelerators and Evolvers. This includes advanced fluid pressure technology, provided by Keplernians, which facilitated Hydraulic Fracturing ( which Humans call'fracking' ). 
 
 Broad gains have been made in nuclear fusion technology, not least in part due to Edon, the Accelerator known as Oppenheimer to humans. As with other worlds at a similar stage of primary species evolution, the main applications of atomic fusion are the creation electrical energy to drive industrial automation. Fusion Fueled Travel and especially Off-World Fusion Fueled Travel remain undiscovered. I assume, this must in part must be the work of Decelerators and Devolvers as this next step is relatively straightforward. 
 
 On the matter of other systems, I am surprised by the variety of non-earth species operating here. In my own city, in just three weeks I have met two Alderbaranians and a Kitalphene. Gileseans, Kapteynian and Keplernians, are of course already abundant and are active in the city in a variety of embedded roles - as you well know! Most are busy in their assignments but some, as we already know, have adopted inappropriate Human habits although I have not yet seen evidence at first hand. 
 
 Human progress since the Great Resettlement of f-2311V has been remarkable, not least the population explosion from c. 2000 individuals to c. 8bn today. 
 
 Human repopulation, whilst impressive remains tempered by ongoing regressive conflict resolution strategies and of course disease. That said, Observers I have already had the good fortune to meet, believe a Post Conflict society could emerge quickly from free and clean energy production at some point in the next 100 earth years ( 4 Yarns ). 
 
 My view is Post Conflict may approach even faster, given the huge yearning for peace and general weariness of war present among almost all human populations - a desire that appears to have accelerated in recent decades, based on initial observations. 
 
 Their historic slow progress towards Post Conflict remains one of the key paradoxes of the species; so much effort channelled into military development ( when conflict is avoidable ) yet physical deterioration and disease, which is unavoidable remains a peripheral concern ( at least in terms of resource allocation ). 
 
 Remi, a Gilesean Observer I met on day 4, suggested humans may be the first species to achieve Clean Free Energy and Post Conflict before Mean Orion's Arm Lifespans are achieved. This would surely be one of the more unusual events in our Galactic history! 
 
 In summary then Norion, progress is satisfactory, in line with plans and humans remain a Type IV civilization with Type III expected slightly ahead of forecasts. I will endeavor to send regular updates on our urgent mission here. 
 
 I must, however, now draw your attention to a number of matters that greatly concern me. 
 
 The first is news of a highly disturbing nature. An Observer informs me a foreign operator has been spotted in a smaller earth city in a developing nation in the lower hemisphere. To clarify Norion, by'foreign' I mean not of our Galaxy. News of this appears to be spreading fast among embedded agents. 
 
 I'm sure you will agree, if verified, this has the potential to be a matter of utmost galactic significance. We have no knowledge of extra-Galatic life, or even evidence of its existence. I therefore fully understand that on our home-world this news could be taken as an existential threat to our existence and suggest we keep this matter undisclosed until I source additional evidence and verify personally. 
 
 Sources tell me the entity was fully embedded, clearly non-human and can not be identified by any known Galactic Acknowledgment Protocols. The city where the sighting occurred is a coastal society of great historic importance to humans. The entity has taken human female form and repeatedly fails to identified herself when given the opportunity. Why? Who sent her? What does she want? How did she get here? Is she one of many? Are more on their way? We do not know. 
 
 My plan is to travel to this city to find out more. I suspect a great many other Observers will do the same which should ease my passage and the embed procedure. 
 
 My initial thoughts on this issue are around the great efforts Star Systems have expended to achieve Galactic Peace which have been well documented. How can we be sure non-Galactic operators have the same peaceful motives as us, as we have no established lines of communication outside our own Galaxy? We know the great cost of sending Observers to earth, the increasing difficulty of arrival and departure, the ever present threat of exposure which could end our mission and of course the threat of flesh-suit failure which would lead to viral and bacterial contamination, lowering our survival chances significantly, so how did this entity make the journey? Is it here to expose us? Are we about to make first contact with an Andromedan? My mind spins as I contemplate endless possibilities, motives and outcomes and their implication for our mission. 
 
 The second news I bring is no less concerning. Terrestrial weather systems here are changing fast, a result of human atmospheric alterations. The Human Technology Ark, hidden since the Great Resettlement, is now partially uncovered during summer months. Yes, Norion this means some hardware and a portion of UFG Drive machinery is visible for few short weeks each summer. Thankfully the most important technology remains hidden. However, we must make plans to relocate the most sensitive artifacts as soon as we are able. I have included the co-ordinates below. I fear it will only be a short time before some human stumbles upon this treasure which would have immense implications for Earth and of course the galaxy. 
 
 There remains much to do here not least finding news of the missing Kitalphene Decelerators, my original mission. I will report again on arrival at my new city. My hope at this early stage is that we can avoid a tragedy regarding the foreign entity and the Technology Ark remains undiscovered. My greatest fear Norion, is events transpire against me, and I become stranded here... or worse. 
 
 Location of Human Technology Ark: 
 Coordinates 60°55′N 101°57′E 

