Federal investigators were shocked yesterday when they broke into the apartment of Specialist Engineer Lei Lan on Mars High. Ms Lei’s family had informed the authorities after she had not contacted them for her weekly holo-call three weeks in a row, and the Federal Security Service were called in when Ms Lei’s employment record revealed that she had recently been part of the team working under Sean Richards investigating the disappearance of Starship One.
A body was found on the site, and the Federal Security Service have released a brief statement: “The body of a female in her thirties was discovered at the property, and removed after official recording. Preliminary forensics indicate that the individual was subjected to an invasive Pavonis ear grub, concealed beneath the hair at the back of the skull. We cannot yet confirm the identity of the individual.”
Pavonis ear grubs are infamous for their ability to burrow into flesh and parasitise higher brain functions, occasionally used by the slave traders that plague the Federation fringe systems.
Cmdr Stateira "Starcloak" Eleshenar
Regulus Observer | Interstellar Press
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