My progress so far:
Following the rendezvous beacon signal, I found a derelict freighter in space and was ambushed by a squadron of pirates. Defeating all of them, I got the coordinate of "Voice of Freedom" terminal on Iree, the moon of planet Ansuzu Minor. At the terminal I obtained a ticket which will lead me to another mysterious location in another star system. Before trying to go there, I contacted Apollo. I told him about Artemis and he offered me to work together. Apollo wants me to expand my base and prepare to search for Artemis. (log #10)
I expanded my base with a cylindrical room with 3 terminals(construction, science and weapons). On my way to Aishika-Yok VII station to hire a scientist I came across a freighter under attack. I helped the freighter taking out the pirates. The freighter captain handed me control of the ship. After that, I was contacted by Apollo. He wanted me to collect nanites to buy some upgrades. Before following Apollo's suggestion, I visited an outlaw station in Torganeil system. It's an interesting place with big money opportunities. I'm planning make some money and buy a new starship. (log #11)
I warped to Amurobeo XIX system, where Apollo wanted me to collect Nanites. The target was an abandoned building on planet Kirt XVI.
The terminal in the building contained data log. It was from someone investigating the Sentinels. What are those Sentinels, and how do they appear out of nowhere? It seems that this guy captured a Sentinel drone and cut it open to find answers. Anyway, I collected Nanites and went out to space.
A squadron of Sentinel interceptors ambushed me. They were tougher than usual pirates, but I managed to took them out. I think I'm getting used to space combat. Newly recruited wingman also helps.
I went to the local space station to buy a multi-tool upgrade. Multi-tool consists of weapon, mining laser, and scanner modules, and Nanite is the currency to buy upgrades.
When I left the station, I was contacted by a mysterious entity. It said that I was not alone, and that it knew me and where I was going. Who could it be?
Communication cut short, and Apollo contacted me again. He found a Korvax factory and wanted me to attack it. Korvax entities worship Atlas(the Sentinel's overlord) as deity, so attacking the factory will inevitably provoke the Sentinels. Apollo's plan is to collect and analyze signals those Sentinels generate. Also, there might be some useful information in the factory's data terminal.
The factory was located on planet Kirt XVI which I just visited previously. As soon as I blasted the door open and went inside, the sentinels surrounded the building.
I accessed the terminal inside. It was damaged, so I repaired it and accessed the data log. I got an upgrade module for my exosuit, but there was no information about the Sentinels.
I hid inside the building while the Sentinels were searching the perimeter. After a while the search was finished without finding me, and the Sentinels' alert mode was deactivated.
I got out of the building and ran to my starship. After launching into space, I was contacted by Apollo yet again. He analyzed Sentinel signals and found out that energy streams flowed from monolith to monolith when the Sentinels appeared. The next phase will be investigating those planetary structures.
I visited the Space Anomaly station and shared Apollo's plan with Nada and Polo.
Nada seemed to be concerned while Polo was amused. But Polo believes that whatever we do to strike back against the Sentinels, they will always come and hunt us.
Anyway, I'm going to check out those monoliths.
