// [ARCHIVED LOG: CLASSIFIED – ECHO-3 REPAIR BAY / GRID 07X-DELTA]
// ACCESS LEVEL: RESTRICTED – EYES ONLY
// ENTRY #0452-A // DATE: ██/██/████
// SUBJECT TAG: UNREGISTERED SIMULACRUM PRESENCE – DESIGNATION UNKNOWN
// AUTHOR: EngTech C. Varin

Begin Audio Transcript:

“We thought it was a glitch in the asset management system. Missing parts, drained batteries, rogue firmware pings. You know, the usual scrapyard weirdness. But the cameras don’t lie, and they sure as hell don’t hallucinate.

Around 0300, unit E9-17 flagged unauthorized access in Bay 4. I went to check it out myself. I saw it standing there, like a shadow caught in static. Simulacrum frame, humanoid, but the plating was scorched black and its left arm was... wrong. Wrapped in what looked like shredded pilot cloth—ragged and ancient, like something dragged out of a war that never ended.

It didn’t move like a normal Sim. It moved like it remembered being human.

It looked right at me. And then it vanished. No heat signature, no trace on the scanners. Just gone.

We found an old Vanguard data chip jammed into the terminal this morning. All corrupted.

Is this some kind of old IMC ghost protocol? Or worse—remnant tech gone rogue? Either way… I'm putting in for reassignment.”

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IMC INTERNAL DOCUMENT – CLASSIFIED ACCESS ONLY
DIVISION: Arkwave Anomaly Monitoring & Containment
NODE: [NEURAL-CORE: ARK-CASCADE MONITOR 7-F]
TIMESTAMP: 30 YRS + 112 CYCLES POST-TYPHON EVENT
RECORD ID: 𝘈𝘙𝘒-Σ/██-𝘎𝘍𝘗

FILE DESIGNATION:
ANOMALY PROFILE – “GHOST FROM THE PAST”
THREAT LEVEL: HIGH – OBSERVATION ONLY
ARKWAVE CLASSIFICATION: POST-RESONANCE ECHOFORM (PR-E4)

SUMMARY:
Anomaly designated "Ghost From the Past" (GFP) is a persistent post-Typhon echoform phenomenon first catalogued by Arkwave Node 3-B during a signal drift analysis across retired Militia warzones. Initial contact was dismissed as post-battlefield trauma artifacts and residual Simulacrum ghost signatures. This designation has since been upgraded following 14 independent visual confirmations, 6 combat interference events, and 1 unrecoverable blacksite loss.

Entity appears in the form of a humanoid Simulacrum chassis wrapped in deteriorated Militia-era pilot cloth, bearing mechanical degradation consistent with pre-collapse Vanguard tech. IFF pings null. No visible weaponry exchange. Interferes with mechanical systems, disables automated defenses without damage, and appears to “read” battlefields without visible data feeds.

RELEVANT FIELD NOTES:
Behavior:
GFP moves through active and post-combat environments without engaging or acknowledging surrounding personnel. Not hostile unless provoked. Entity does not respond to commands.
Occasionally kneels beside fallen soldiers. Has been observed touching helmets, tags, and recording equipment. Devices found later are often wiped, altered, or subtly reprogrammed.

Tactical Implications:
Multiple command units report unexplained shutdowns or preservation of personnel shortly before enemy breakthroughs — possibly intentional tactical manipulation. No confirmed allegiance to IMC or Remnant Militia.

Temporal Signature:
Ark-pulse signature consistent with residual echoes from TYPHON-PRIME (primary Ark detonation event). Radiation telemetry shows that GFP exists partially outside linear time, phasing in/out of sensor fields irregularly.
May be a temporal loop entity — OR Ark-altered Simulacrum experiencing recursive identity collapse.

FILE EXCERPT – LEVEL 7 STRATEGIC CORE (REDACTED):
“Designated Echoform shows signs of pre-detonation combat awareness. Moves like it’s been here before. Possibly trapped within its own causality stream.

Simulacrum base profile traces back to SRS REDHAND-03 — presumed destroyed, memory-core deleted.

System doesn’t forget what the Ark touched.

This thing isn’t surviving.
It’s reliving.”

CONTAINMENT PROTOCOL:
DO NOT ENGAGE. Field units are to tag all encounters with [𝘈𝘙𝘒-Σ/██-𝘎𝘍𝘗] for review. Blacksite Reclaimer teams may recover tech from engagement zones, but any direct contact with the anomaly is restricted to approved Arkwave Observers.

If entity is seen observing IMC troops, personnel are to maintain line-of-sight, but avoid interaction. Proximity below 10m is strongly discouraged.

CURRENT STATUS:
Still active. Confirmed visual: Fringe of [Grid 47-G – former Militia holdout]. Estimated time of appearance: T+30:14:12 post local battle. Logged no fewer than 9 complete combat zone walkthroughs. No known origin point. No known destination.

RECOMMENDATION:
Upgrade to Anomalous Tactical Entity – Priority Red. Begin recursive Simulacrum memory matrix matching for recovered tags. Cross-reference with Redhand-03 collapse logs.