1 .Hunter's Valley
During the firing of keyhole,
in preperation for the Mora's vessel
of its reactivation, objects drop
out the hole.
Barca, the Mora's guide,
takes action.

2 .Ruk's Bend
Barca makes preparation
to evacuate the farmers
back to the fortress of Ruk.
He is in strong believe,
that they are the Silent
Ones, feared enemy of old,
in a time, when Mora still
ventured
the stars.

3 .The Quarry
The catalyst store at K-78
has fallen to enemy hands,
it is up to Barca to secure
the mining post, and
reengage mining operations;
should he not succeed in this
task, the Mora will never
again lift to the skies.

4 .The Trensh
The enemy has launched
another assault on the Mora.
They threw a meteor on the
nearby harvesting woods.
Where it fell, it left only
a deep crater, it is to
Barca to find in its ashes
a reason of the enemy.
For the victims which fell
in the harvesting woods,
it is very much horrifying,
to think what weapons
we will face tomorrow.
Now though, there is
time to search the ruins.

5 .Crash Site
Out of the meteorite came
a vast collection of
metabolisms, which are
attacking our troops.
Their style of fighting
is very much the same
as the enemies we
already faced.
One thing is changed,
they appear to have
no concerns in utilizing
our technology against
us... unlike the others
we met. Though their
weapons are the same,
their form is not:
this foe changes its
appearance as it wishes.

6 .Arrival
Lucy Mission Log Ezeta-M5
I (tactical advisor),
Cobalt (Alpha-pilot) and
Singleton are joining
in high orbit of Ecosystem 9
for the mission briefing.
Their mission is to deploy
MUM (the fields communication agent)
and find the group,
which where brought here
through a short
wormhole-event
that transpired
some weeks ago.
Their main objective is
to meet officer Redgrave,
and deliver status of
the scouting party.

6 .About Singleton
High Command was very
precise, that I recall our
crews biggest weakness,
Singleton:
His one ever-compiling directive
before everything else in life:
"That Others May Live" is ironically
the most controversial aspect of
his otherwise plane existance.
He is of the paladins, a group
of robots which were designed to
help men in their defending
external threats.
However, one cannot be sure,
what this directive will
in the end turn to.

6-1 .Headwaters
Our shuttle was
destroyed by unknown organisms.
A scan of their bodies showed
signs of human origin.
MUM tells a connection between
the Goo, how we came to call them,
and the old (officially deactivated)
pathfinder program.
This program was a directive or
more precise an ensemble of micro-
organisms if I understand correctly.
  PERSONAL NOTE
  These were used to travel small
  wormholes and scan the universe
  in our time of expansion.
  They were forgotten however,
  as they had a kind of expiry.
I am tasked with defending
MUM from the second alien
threat classified as Beta,
while she gathers information
about the first expedition
and its current status.
We have lost Singleton
when the shuttle exploded.

7 .Wetlands
Behind enemy lines!
Log entry +5 hours:
Singleton lives but his
MUM-node is destroyed. The
destructive power of the
Beta are impressive.
They managed to get a
foothold near our position,
giving me a lot of trouble.
It seems also that their
projectiles are able to
penetrate our armor,
that would not be feasable
without at least some knowledge
of shell-layering...
I wonder, if they might be
space faring too.
The standard battle techniques
employed seem to have almost
no effect on their morale.
They are fierce fighters,
and if we hope to reach
Singleton before its too
late, I better order
our Alpha pilot into battle...
And it seems bad news
is on the way:
Singleton has made quite
the impression at his
landing site, and now
not only the Beta siege
his position, the Goo
are on their too...
Get in that alpha, Cobalt.

8 .Observatory
MUM located Specialist Redgrave's position.
The scout party seems to have been captured
by Beta forces and are held in the river area
west to our position. We detected their main
base, and it seems the MUM-node is still
functional, if we can reactivate it.

9 .Mago's Path
After we freed Redgrave from his prison
sentence, our forces got surrounded.
The Beta has launched a counter
offensive against our primary MUM-node,
they've remained unseen long enough,
that I have no hopes in defeating their
force. - 5 hours later -
Their leader Barca has given me a clear
indication, that he wants to speak...
so I and Singleton are trying to decipher
their language attributes.
The fight with them is on halt for now.
And if our conversation develops, I've
given Cobalt full access to the tactical
display, MUM is currently giving him
a tour. - evening, next day -
I have learned quite a lot from these
warriors. Barca has told us some
stories of their journey through space
and how they are ever preparing for
an unknown enemy they call the silent
ones. They are a tribe of the Mora
and lack a social infrastructure, it
is not uncommon for them to take
up arms, even when they only farm crops
the other day. Time presses, and I fear,
the Goo are advancing as we speak.
Singleton has brought up my concerns
and he told them of the origin of
the Goo and their capability to
disassemble and gather in another
space entirely. He also
specified our own knowledge of
Keyholes as they call it.
Barca, their tribesman, did not seem
very happy of our relation with the
Goo, though he said that they were
too strong and they would not
stand long alone, they reminded him
very much of the silent ones, he
was told of about in the past.
We must however prepare a defence,
the Goo have attacked the mountain
villages, they try to get to higher
ground, not only endangering the
Mora who live up there, but also
everything around, it seems they
have constructed some kind of
artillery, with which they shoot
far and high. Whatever happens,
Barca will gather the remaining
forces he has to set up perimiter
around the montain entrances....
whereas I, Cobalt and MUM will
fortify their position until either
they don't climb anymore or we
are dead. If they get a hold of the
montains, we will have no chance
at holding them back.

10 .Gathering
The mountain hills are secure,
Barca's forces have hold their ground,
and the turrets are being recharched.
The Goo retreats, and I rejoyce
together with my three friends
Cobalt, Redgrave and Barca...
Singleton seems to be in conversation
with MUM, wonder what he is up to.
- 10 hours later - Singleton has
given me intel on their movement
and it seems the Goo have depleted
all catalyst miles around to construct
a powerful army. They are headed for
the outer capital city.
It stores the gathered catalyst for the
Mora, a star ship they've hidden in
their fortress of Ruk behind the capital.
Singleton thinks, that Barca should
fuel the Mora and his people should
go on, find a new star.
The people of Mora however as well
as their Barca think, that we are noble
by protecting their lives and they will
gladly join us doing us the same favor.
To be honest... I would've never thought
to ever meet an alien, because since
menkind ventured the stars they did not
find any... but seeing their pride remembers
me of our own old ways, back when we
were without artificial lights... when our
ancestors viewed in their stubborness the
stars, gladly taking everything they've been
given, accepting the way of this world
without notice or any claim or proof.
I think their plan sounds good, the Goo
are launching every single signature
they have and if we activate the catalyst
while they gather around it in their
blind hunger, they will burn in it.
Self-destruct of the device however
is a holy right, and only manual
activation is allowed said Barca.
He wanted to go, but the people need
him more than my people need me;
he accepted my offering and declared
me their pheonix. I, a tactical advisor,
and a quarter of their body mass,
obtained the highest title they have
to offer. I am glad to have such
companions. Cobalt is sad,
but I think I will record MUM a
little present for him... not
that I care for my position
anymore, so a little unappropriate
recording is of no concern to me
and MUM views it as my last
wish, it is a tradition in our
military that a last wish is to
be taken strictly, no matter
its awkwardness.

10-1 .Terminal Event
Cobalt has joined forces with me
inside the city. We are heading
towards the central command tower.
Hostile contacts rain on our position,
and we are kinda stuck at the moment.
Barca has the task to bombard the
catalyst stores, so that the Goo is
mostly distracted... I hope this works.
Singleton has taken a small troop
and is heading towards the fortress of
Ruk, to establish a perimiter there.
Should I fall here, Cobalt will gather
his forces at the fortress to make a
last stand there. Lucy says: over and out. -

11 .Afterglow
I am perplexed to say that I, Lucy,
tactical advisor in the mission on
ecosystem 9, return to make entries
in MUM... the situation is messy,
and it is hard to explain everything
in details here: please view entry
Ezeta-M5-9521 for the summary
MUM made. The Goo were destroyed
by the explosion of Mora Capital.
It left a big crater... I have tasked
Cobalt with scanning the crater.
Singleton destroyed himself
instead by activating the catalyst,
I was barely able after short
communication with him to
evacuate. Barca is not pleased.
I feel that I have failed his people,
by not personally getting there.
I will make it right... Iguess.
They say, that a pheonix if
not by the fall in battle, is
not a pheonix, and if they fail
in calling me something I am indeed not,
that they, the Mora, will certainly fall as whole...
I would not want something like that to happen.

11-1 .Awakening
Lucy here, I injected myself with activator bots...
I can't sleep this night, I am consulting together
with MUM and Cobalt and of course our newest
official crew member Redgrave, the tactical situation
at hand... There seems to be enemy movement out
there, MUM says that the catalysts, which where
thought to be depleted, have reactivated.
And if that were no bad news: we detected
Goo in their vicinity.
So, by destroying the capital guarding Ruk, we've
made sure to give them their newest brooding
grounds. Inside the crater there seems to be
activity, and we couldn't destroy it... the Goo
still live, their armor could withstand a blast
more powerful than even our fiercest weapons
eject. I worry, the people here are now stranded,
with nowhere to run... we will fight the last battle
at gates of Ruk. I came to request in that night
the construction of a second Alpha.
It was a request I made in private with MUM,
it is nothing the others should know...
I guess, they will, when the time is right.

11-2 .Civil War
I came to see in astonishment something I
would have never thought possible, an even
more bewildering sight, then the time I saw
with my own eyes two alien races.
The Goo had turned against themselves,
and are now fighting each other.
We don't dare to disturb it though, not
sending any probes or material, that could
get swolled... and recycled.
- Later - I saw the creation of the biggest
thing... out of it came horrific amounts of
Goo... no matter if it was crawling, or
walking, or jumping or climbing... and even
the formless mess took form in arms and
something like roots, with which it attacked
it's opponent... though it seemed more
like the struggling against something
to which it had no answer... because
this morning, no Goo had eliminated the
other, it was just this back and forth of
desintigration and absorbtion and
retreat. Though, if I may believe what our
tactical display says, they had two sides
and an almost wonderful understanding
of the workings of battle field planning.
They sent some form of cavelere, just to
loose it in the other mess, and for it to
form again and be sent back.
* Singleton line run 1 complete.

12 .Shallows
MUM has brought up very bad news.
The database was accessed by the signature
Singleton, which was believed to be destroyed.
The two sides of Goo are not fighting anymore,
and the culmination of both sides, an army
even bigger than the one we drew into capital,
is now on its move to the energy reserves
which feed our batteries...
The dull strategy stands in contrast to the
battle I witnessed earlier... they seem not
very fond to play with us their ultimate
game of death.
Not only that, I don't think they want to
drain us of our energy, if they indeed
use our signature Singleton, they should
know that our drones do not require
constant refreshing to function properly.
We have no choice, but to send all drones,
missiles and turrets on that ground...
I will not let the Goo build a
energy weapon there without
them suffering for it!
Cobalt is in his Alpha and tries to rescue
as many remaining Mora out there as he can...
I and Redgrave discuss our strategies,
Barca tries to be helpful, but
he is inexperienced although much intrigued
by our means of field combat. They call
our drones and transmit-technology lazy...
Well... I think they are right.
  IMPORTANT
  MUM said that the Goo is enhancing her
  network... and because the signature got
  deleted only after her first contact, she is
  not sure if all things are all right...
  Its horrifying to think what could
  be amiss with her now...

13 .Grotto
It is quiet...
  PERSONAL LOG
  I played some rounds of chess with the gentlemen.
  Redgrave defeats me easily, and Cobalt is losing
  but he does it because I am "pretty"...
  And Barca is making dumb moves, he says that
  his people never indulged in surreal combat.
  I wanted to remind him more than once, that
  it is not combat but a game. Until MUM told me,
  that his folk is lacking the word game...
  I don't know what to say...
- the morning sun greets - newly formed Goo
is massing at the communications relay.
Beta Commander Naiko is guarding that position...
They seem to ignore the commando units and
the guns... and the vehicles they suck up, are
left standing in their wake for the pilots to exit.
I wonder, why they got so pacifist...
It must be Singleton.

14 .Hand of Ruk
  PERSONAL LOG
  I had a nightmare that last night, I
  feel responsible for
  this people. And I
  hope that I may be
  of service to them...
Singleton has made contact through
the relay down there...
He did not say anything, except that
his one line was now fully complete.
The little creatures had helped him
gain an immense understanding
since the time he layed in the pit,
with that twisting body of touch.
It first tried to control him,
then he said, it surrendered,
and then as it lay underneath
his heavy and clobbered spirit,
he felt as it dropped through.
Each layer it assembled,
and when it came to that one,
it did it too without much notice.
He was intruiged, as if it was
merely following instinct.
He needed a constructor, so
it played him a neat constructor.
And then he fell apart,
and as he fell, the line vanished,
until nothing was left, and then
the line appeared again but
not anymore within him,
but outside of him.
And he took the line and
made it his necklace, and
when he did make it his necklace
the burdon came again, much bigger,
but now he did not fear the line anymore,
it was a welcome sight. - Now -
Singleton has moved his troops up position,
I must prepare, and I will thank him later
for this damn distraction of his...

14 .Battle of Ruk Report.
MUM log Ezeta-M5-232:
Date x05-2.4, Startime o 4:2-4,3
Battle Field Overview.
Lucy was quite surprised to see that
the Alpha she requested was a little modified.
Her plan was as pheonix of Mora to storm into
the enemy bulk and activate the catalyst tank,
so that after her holy task was complete,
the Mora would fire away the enemy.
I told Cobalt Ezeta-M5-833991 of the plan,
after she requested that Alpha from me.
He thought
it unnecessary, that I ask, but if she was
willing to something like that, he wanted
to do it too. I had to persuade him not to,
he were the last commanding officer,
so he asked me a favor...
The Alpha was painted with the colors
of pheonix, and its eyes were of golden
glimmer. I have her crying face, if any
one wished to access my local hard drive.
The Goo mass politely in front of her,
awaiting her move. The pheonix moves.
The jet engine gets activated, boosts
the thing through the mass. We lose
contact with pheonix, after a moment
the activation beacon responds, the
bomb had been activated.
And as the seconds pass, I wonder
if it was a false alarm...
I informed Cobalt and Redgrave
about it. They seem quite perplexed.
After a minute of wating, nothing
happened... and then after another
the Mora began shooting...
30 minutes would pass, and no
Goo would go forward, after
another 30 the Mora stopped.
The bulk mass of Goo half
a mile away began climbing
on itself, and after it reached
a staggering height, it released
a small flame at its top, and then
it loosened its grip with the ground,
it got all bally and climbed like
a weather balloon the sky,
when the goo mass was a perfect
round ball, and 1 meter above the
ground, one could see a hard shell
at the bottom. I detected ultra
black materials... and then it let
loose the balloon, and the balloon
climbed the sky. And as it climbed
it changed its form into a great
red pheonix, as its contents were
expunged. I remember the change of
material structure, because of the changing
light reflections it provided for my cameras.
And as it climbed higher, and higher, it
smoldered to ashes, like a pheonix,
it went away into nothing again,
just plain air.
I got the signal of pheonix again,
the hull is fully intact, and the
pilot is unharmed, even though
she is asleep.
In short: MUM has survived
the first wave of Goo!

15 .Cobalt here.
- an hour later and - they
just ran over us, as if we were some
kind of dolls. And weirdest thing, they
were not that many... they were just
absorbing our blasts, converting them
into their energy and then using that
energy to drop more Goo, that would
flee to the back lines.
But the Mora where proud nontheless,
they would just punctuate these beasts
with that great volley of bullets...
Excuse me, for I had no interest in
that useless ammunition loss, maybe I was
just happy to see, that Lucy was alive.
Though, she failed in some regard to
be that pheonix, or maybe not... I don't
know nothing anymore...

16 .Herald to Silence
Hi, my name is Lucy again,
the Mora have given me their
blessing and they gave me my
original name back, because
I am reborn.
I am glad, that they see it this way.
They suffered no casualties
in the battle at Ruk, and at the
communications array since
the battle between Goo.
For the first time in my life though,
under constant vitamine supply,
I feel pain, numb and drained.
MUM has found a goo infestation
in my body. In a dream, Singleton
came to me and said that his
husk shall from now on wander
with me, for I have much to
teach him... I wonder what he thinks...
But that aside, he gives aid in
revenging the Mora, should they
ever fall by humans pride.
  APPENDUM
  Don't ask me,
  what he thinks
  falling means...
  or pride...
More-so
he shall install a satelite net
around the planet, so that any human
nearing it, will be informed of
a so called agreement he makes
on behalf of himself as paladin knight.
He showed me the fealing, of how
the pheonix exploded into the net...
well, it didn't feal unnormal...
Now he plans to build the
Herald to Silence,
for his vast forces will gather near it,
super-compress, and fly into the void.
There they will not be anymore, so that
they bless their never found gods,
so Singleton believes...
A priest robot...
Yeha.
.
Actually, MUM and me both learned
a lot from the Mora and we will remain here
with them, helping them through the year.
I think, I stay. MUM said so too.