A Forgotten Fear

[Lord Iezkon]

Report from Sith Sarias (Only Kaer and of course Lords and Ahandra can access this report).

The operation to secure the cave is succesful, the numbers of sithspawn within the cave as well as a significant number of their found eggsacks were destroyed to the flames and collasping cavewalls. The cave system was flooded partially with my bioweapon, so it should have prevented mass escapes further into the depths of the system

However, I would not count this initiative to see these creations purged in their entirety as fully successful. I sensed over a hundred initially, and even as we carved those numbers down significantly alongside their offspring, there is still the matter that there were more sithspawn within the caves than initiatially anticipated. Especially as I sensed more numbers further into the cave system. The main factors for our hindrance to reach further inside was the re-apperance of the humanoid sithspawn I captured alive a long time ago - the one currently in your care. It managed to stand up against significant trauma from Sith Tarati, and while it was disposed of, it came at a cost after a fragmentation grenade damaged both he and the sithspawn, and a misplaced flashbang grenade also saw the team blinded partially. Not enough to cause much damage to our progress or hinder my own efforts, but it gave the sithspawn a brief momemt of time where they could advance further".

The cave was sealed up on multiple points and we suffered no loses while they lost a significant amount. I managed to make some observations I will note below, and suggestions for the next steps to take, however I am skeptical if this will be the last we see of them. There is the possibility of the humanoid female having been the Mother - the limited light and rapid movements and swarms of darklings made it hard to confirm if it was identical to the one we have captured. ".

Observations

• Reproduction is done through eggsacks, though so far only darklings were observed within
  
• Bodies of dead imperials were offered up for the newly hatching young
  
• A measure of communication through verbal production of a 'song', resounded through the cave. (Indicating sentience to a point, even in the darklings)
  
• The humanoid Sithspawn did not attack the darklings - thus the blind hostily observed in our specimen is to be brought into question.
  
• The darklings displayed the usual behavior reacting to light, indicating they have not mutated past their structural weaknesses and my current report on them stands true still.
  

Steps to consider next

• Scouting of the surrounding cliff sides and jungles of where the last entrance was sealed shut, and marking areas to be observed should they create or find another opening.
  
• Monitoring the surrounding areas at night remotely, should they be venturing outside to hunt in their active night phase.
  
• Re-evaluating autopsies to look for reproductive organs in the darklings (males) and the captured humanoid sithspawn (whom by all accounts appear to only be female).
  
• Harvesting the unknown venom from the humanoid sithspawn - its current effects and lethalty is unknown, creation of an antitode or at least its properties are understood by the time of our potential next encounter. We will have to ensure the humanoid is not damaged beyond healing however - it is more vital now than ever.