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| status = Deceased
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| died = October 31, 3111
| gender = Female
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| allegiance = Independent
| occupation = Geologist
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'''Professor Penelope Carver''' was an [[independent]] geologist who headed her own freelance survey team in the 3100s. She died on October 31, 3111 after fleeing from the [[Adamastor]] in a [[Sidewinder MkI]] in the HIP 69200 system. A [[Thargoid]] object aboard the Adamastor that was causing severe malfunctions likely interfered with the Sidewinder after it launched, resulting in Carver losing control and crashing into the surface of HIP 69200 1 B.

== History ==
=== Final expedition ===
Carver's last employer was [[Azimuth Biochemicals]], which contracted her team for an expedition to the [[Coalsack Nebula]] in 3111. There, on the third planet of the Musca Dark Region PJ-P b6-1 system, the team established a base camp, [[Geological Survey 23B]] on October 13, 3111, and subsequently discovered evidence of [[Thargoid|advanced alien]] activity. When Azimuth received news of this development, it rerouted the [[megaship]] [[Adamastor]], which had already embarked on a mission to an undisclosed location, to Geological Survey 23B in order to retrieve Carver's team and their samples, and transport them to a secure facility.<ref name="Geological Survey 23B">[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/the-stones.557446/page-2#post-8770066 Frontier Forums: "The Stones", post #24]</ref><ref name="Crashed Sidewinder">[https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/jkbz2p/crashed_sidewinder_in_system_hip_69200_logs/ r/EliteDangerous: Crashed Sidewinder in system HIP 69200. Logs linked to the "Ghost ship"]</ref>

The Adamastor never completed its new assignment. After arriving at Geological Survey 23B on October 30 and extracting Carver, two of her team members, and the samples, the Adamastor departed prematurely since alien phenomena began appearing over the ground site and fighting broke out as [[Pharmasapien]] sleeper agents tried to take control. By October 31, one alien object brought aboard that had been recovered a from a [[Alien Crash Site|crashed]] [[Thargoid Interceptor|alien ship]] was inducing crippling malfunctions in the Adamastor's systems, including its [[hyperdrive]] and security system. As another group of Pharmasapien infiltrators took the opportunity to attempt to seize the ship, instigating a firefight, Professor Carver feared for her life and stole a [[Sidewinder MkI]] to escape, abandoning the remaining members of her team. Despite this, Carver did not survive, as her Sidewinder failed and crashed into the surface of HIP 69200 1 B.<ref name="Crashed Sidewinder" />

The data collected by Carver's expedition and stored aboard the Adamastor was recovered by the [[Alliance]] after the Adamastor completed its long, sublight return trip to Chukchan on October 29, 3306. An Allied expedition to colonise the Coalsack Nebula in order to exploit its Thargoid Barnacles for [[Meta-Alloys]] was launched on November 12, paving the way for the construction of the region's first starports.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/5fad30af5a969760ae1f0575 GalNet: Alliance Launches Coalsack Nebula Campaign]</ref><ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/5fb3df3febf97257d65b75e6 GalNet: Coalsack Nebula Campaign Completes Initial Stages]</ref><ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/5fbf96fc99b5ca022a45f285 GalNet: Alliance Consolidates Presence in Coalsack Nebula]</ref>

=== Carver's survey team ===
Identified members of Professor Carver's survey team include:<ref name="Geological Survey 23B" /><ref name="Crashed Sidewinder" />

*Dr. Dominic Murphy - Stranded and likely killed near the Thargoid Barnacle on Musca Dark Region PJ-P b6-1 3.
*O'Keefe - Last reported aboard the Adamastor.
*Sheng - Last reported aboard the Adamastor.
*Taylor - Stranded and killed at Geological Survey 23B.
*Kumalo - Stranded and killed at Geological Survey 23B.
*Mahmood - Stranded and killed at Geological Survey 23B.

== Timeline ==
10 MAR 3307
*[[Erik Gunnarson]] and [[Francesca Wolfe]], two detectives from the [[Wallglass Investigations Agency]], examine the background of the [[Adamastor]] [[megaship]].<br/>Gunnarson: "When Wolfe and I started this project, we knew this case would come first. We're both protégés of [[Benjamin Chester]], creator of the Wallglass Archive. He retired years ago, but that old spark kicked in when a 'ghost ship' turned up on his doorstep! The Adamastor is a 200 year old derelict that drifted into the Chukchan system on autopilot. It's still there, with the [[Alliance Salvage Guild]] poking through its guts. Chester investigated its owners, a super-secretive company called [[Azimuth Biochemicals]]. We don't know what they were searching for, but what they found was possibly the first recorded [[Thargoid]] encounter. I've since tracked down evidence that the Adamastor had a sister ship – the [[Hesperus]] – which in 3113 was sent to… somewhere! Neither ship returned, but we only know what happened on the Adamastor mission. Of course, Wolfe had to go see that with her own eyes."<br/>Wolfe: "Musca Dark Region PJ-P b6-1 is a busy system nowadays, but was unexplored when Professor Carver's survey team were there. Listening to their logs from two centuries ago while examining the [[Geological Survey 23B|research base]] was chilling… ghost voices from a ghost ship. There was evidence of blast scars, but I've seen enough battlefields to know what exchanged gunfire looks like. Azimuth's mercenaries weren't just firing at Thargoids, but at someone who shot back with laser rifles. Gunnarson tells me Azimuth was swallowed up by a rival called [[Pharmasapien]]. Did they infiltrate the Adamastor and try to take over? Or did the thing that Carver captured drive everyone insane? This is a seriously cold case, even for us. But maybe one day, more tantalising clues will emerge. And that’s what we live for."<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/6048c2093f1eb018c339555a GalNet: Galactic Mysteries: The Adamastor]</ref>

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Crashed Sidewinder Penelope Carver.png|The wreck of Penelope Carver's Sidewinder on the surface of HIP 69200 1 B
</gallery>

== References ==
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[[ru:Пенелопа Карвер]]

Penelope Carver - Revision history

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