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[[File:Omega Grid 1.png|right|thumb|300px|An Omega Grid beacon orbiting HIP 209 B 2 c]] | [[File:Omega Grid 1.png|right|thumb|300px|An Omega Grid beacon orbiting HIP 209 B 2 c]] | ||
'''Omega Grid''' is an advanced communications system created and exclusively utilised by the [[Imperial Intelligence Service]] to coordinate its operations. It is a covert "dark-comms network" that is designed to prevent detection and interception by other parties. Until 3308, Omega Grid's existence was classified and known only to some members of Imperial Intelligence and the [[Imperial Internal Security Service]].<ref name="Whistleblower Link">[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/61bc637894472648ce1e0203 GalNet: Whistleblower Reveals Imperial Link to NMLA]</ref> | '''Omega Grid''' is an advanced communications system created and exclusively utilised by the [[Imperial Intelligence Service]] to coordinate its operations. It is a covert "dark-comms network" that is designed to prevent detection and interception by other parties. Until 3308, Omega Grid's existence was classified and officially known only to some members of Imperial Intelligence and the [[Imperial Internal Security Service]].<ref name="Whistleblower Link">[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/61bc637894472648ce1e0203 GalNet: Whistleblower Reveals Imperial Link to NMLA]</ref> | ||
Captain [[Saskia Landau]], a member of IISS and co-leader of the [[Affiliated Counter-Terrorism unit]], revealed Omega Grid to the public on January 4, 3308 after recognizing certain similarities to the dark-comms network that had been used by the [[Neo-Marlinist Liberation Army]] to carry out its terror attacks between 3306 and 3307. Landau asserted that a member of Imperial Intelligence may have given the NMLA access to Omega Grid.<ref name="Whistleblower Link" /> [[Senator]] [[Karl Nerva]] and several of his colleagues refuted Landau's claims on January 7. Nerva denied Omega Grid existed and insisted Imperial Intelligence could not be opened to an investigation due to the need for it to operate in strict secrecy.<ref name="Intelligence Denies">[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/61d87063b2c1d9324e172402 GalNet: Imperial Intelligence Denies NMLA Connection]</ref> ACT continued digging, and by February 1, 3308, it had become convinced that a modified version of Omega Grid software had been given to the NMLA. Inspector [[Mara Klatt]] revealed that ACT was developing a method of detecting the NMLA's dark-comms network based on Captain Landau's knowledge of Omega Grid.<ref name="ACT Defies">[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/61f92e4dfcc3f73bc25b59dc GalNet: ACT Defies Imperial Decree]</ref> ACT tested its method on February 3 and triangulated | Captain [[Saskia Landau]], a member of IISS and co-leader of the [[Affiliated Counter-Terrorism unit]], revealed Omega Grid to the public on January 4, 3308 after recognizing certain similarities to the dark-comms network that had been used by the [[Neo-Marlinist Liberation Army]] to carry out its terror attacks between 3306 and 3307. Landau asserted that a member of Imperial Intelligence may have given the NMLA access to Omega Grid.<ref name="Whistleblower Link" /> [[Senator]] [[Karl Nerva]] and several of his colleagues refuted Landau's claims on January 7. Nerva denied Omega Grid existed and insisted Imperial Intelligence could not be opened to an investigation due to the need for it to operate in strict secrecy.<ref name="Intelligence Denies">[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/61d87063b2c1d9324e172402 GalNet: Imperial Intelligence Denies NMLA Connection]</ref> ACT continued digging, and by February 1, 3308, it had become convinced that a modified version of Omega Grid software had been given to the NMLA. Inspector [[Mara Klatt]] revealed that ACT was developing a method of detecting the NMLA's dark-comms network based on Captain Landau's knowledge of Omega Grid.<ref name="ACT Defies">[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/61f92e4dfcc3f73bc25b59dc GalNet: ACT Defies Imperial Decree]</ref> ACT tested its method on February 3 and triangulated the first in a series of four Omega Grid [[Listening post|beacons]] in HIP 290.<ref name="Crack Network">[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/61fbf222bc946221076daa5b GalNet: Help Needed to Crack the NMLA's Network]</ref> Decrypted correspondence from the beacons exposed the existance of a conspiracy against the [[Imperial Family]] orchestrated by the [[Lords of Restoration]]. | ||
== Beacon locations == | == Beacon locations == | ||