ENTRY 02D – GALLENTE SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE NOTES

>>> FILE LOAD: ENTRY 02D – GALLENTE SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE NOTES

>>> SOURCE: INTERNAL SESSION RECORD // COMMITTEE: OUTER RIM SURVEY FUNDING BOARD

>>> TRANSCRIPT DATE: YC125.311 // ACCESS LEVEL: MODERATE (SANITIZED)

------------------------------------------------------------

SESSION TYPE: CLOSED — NO PRESS ACCESS PERMITTED

CHAIR: SENATOR LORAS DELKAI (SYNECLINE CENTRAL DISTRICT)

MEMBERS PRESENT:

 - SEN. AYLEN RIENNE (INTAKI PREFECTURE)

 - SEN. HALBRIN VORE (VILLORE SYSTEM)

 - OBSERVER SLOT FILLED BY: OFFICE OF INTERSTELLAR INTEL (OII)

TOPIC: Emergency funding reallocation request (Scope asset ORIGINFALL)

------------------------------------------------------------

[BEGIN EXCERPT – SEGMENT A2]

RIENNE: With respect, Chair, I’d like the floor.

DELKAI: Proceed, Senator Rienne.

RIENNE: The preliminary telemetry from the ORIGINFALL scout vessel matches no known energy profile. It’s been compared to pre-collapse Jovian signatures and something older—possibly Terran. I have here—[PAUSE]—a nonpublic Scope brief suggesting the scorched planet in the New Eden system may not be a colony. It may be Earth.

[~8 SECONDS SILENCE]

VORE: …Come again?

RIENNE: Earth. *The* Earth. The cradle. Our cradle. The very reason the EVE Gate ever existed.

VORE: You're aware we’re under review for budget excesses, correct?

DELKAI: Let’s not jump into mythology. The Gate is a dead zone. It pulses, it radiates, it kills anything dumb enough to get close. People project meaning onto it—doesn’t make it real.

RIENNE: So we ignore the data?

DELKAI: We acknowledge the data. And we direct it to Concord’s archaeological survey team for evaluation in 18 months. Budget cycle permitting.

RIENNE: She’s risking her life out there. At least fund analysis.

VORE: We have capsuleers risking their lives every day. That doesn’t make every pirate relic a civilization-defining find. Let it go.

DELKAI: Motion to table the discussion?

[UNANIMOUS APPROVAL]

[END SEGMENT A2]

------------------------------------------------------------

ANNOTATION:

Original Scope briefing referred to in this session was **never entered into Senate records**.

Senator Rienne’s minority report was sealed under "Internal Use Only" by Concord 7 days later.

>>> RELATED ENTRY CROSSLINK: ORIGINFALL-04 INITIATION TIMESTAMP (SEE: 02A)

------------------------------------------------------------

FILE END