Jorus Q. Merrill
I'm a Vima-da-Boda, honey
Found this floating in a bright nebula at the near edge of Companion Cresh.
The core artifact, the squared-off hourglass, is as long as my forearm. The surrounding hoop is almost large enough to squeeze through, or would be if I could remove it from around the hourglass. Almost a dozen lesser pieces hold static positions relative to the hourglass and the hoop.
This is ancient and deeply alien technology. I and others don't know what its purpose is. It has an unusually obvious sensor signature, the opposite of a stealth field, or I'd never have spotted it on the scopes.
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