2017-09-05 Solaris AAR: Golem Sado Assault

AFTER ACTION REPORT (AAR) SOLARIAN SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND (SOLSOC) Prepared by Seraphita Authorized for release to Gebler Special Exploratory Group (SEG) (Clearance-confirmed contractors included)

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SCENE LOG:	Sado Masochism
LOCATION:	Greater Aveh Desert
PARTICIPANTS:	Capt. Yugh, Fr. El. Seraphita, 2LT Van Houten, 2LT Voss, Kent Hauch
DESCRIPTION:	(Left blank; Command note: engage and terminate the Golem Sado)
PRE-EVENT SUMMARY:	(Left blank)
EVENT SUMMARY:	What probably counts as an AAR somewhere in the world has be filed by Seraphita. Rather than documentation and written accounts of the encounter, a series of doodles are joined together somewhat orderly: <A doodle of Grandgrowl chasing a ball in the desert> <A doodle of Vierge surrounded by magical sparkles> <Several sketches of Kahm, Loren and Kent's Gears, seemingly for practice.> <All five of these Gears posed together like the Ginyu Force.> <A few doodles of Golem Sado itself, including numerous battle shots where it shows off DARKNESS and various lasers. Darkness is repeatedly qualified as very :( :( :(.> <A final drawing of Kahm's Gear holding up a big, weird crystal.>
RECOMMENDED ACTION:	R&D has followed the report with proper documentation on the scraps that were collected from the battlesite, and per Kahm's orders will be focusing on the strange crystal in hopes of understanding its properties.
COMMENTS:	Every participant has had a little gold star sticker added to their dossier. No one's sure how that happened. Or if it means anything. Update (2017-10-01) from Captain Yugh: I wanted to inform that our battle with Golem Sado some weeks ago has finally borne fruit. Firstly, the golem has not been sighted again since our engagement, which is good news for the troops at the front. Well done there. Secondly, our R&D team has analyzed the parts of Sado we recovered and made some interesting discoveries. The crystalline structures it had inside seem to be an ancient technology that matches what we know of Barbados. There is still much we don't know, but the crystals seem to leverage sorcery to power the golem in some way that is analogous to fuel. Barbados has been shown to react to this, and with some more work they're confident they can not only get the weapon online, but repair it if necessary. In other words, the next time an enemy tried to field a golem against us, we'll be prepared to answer in kind. Keep up the good work.