Hyford's Cache
Template:ShipIndividualInfobox Hyford's Cache refers to a Type-9 Heavy shipwreck on planet 5 e a in the Colonia system. The unmarked ship belonged to Commander Hyford, who fled to Colonia from the Core Systems in early 3303 to escape a secretive paramilitary unit called Black Flight that wanted him dead. Hyford scuttled his ship and sealed a time-locked message inside before going into hiding. The shipwreck was traced via Listening Posts and discovered by independent pilots in May 3303, but security protocols that Hyford set up prevented its data core from being properly downloaded until July 29, 3307, when it released a short notice indicating a timer would expire on August 26, 3307. On that date, Hyford's last message was revealed and directed readers to HIP 26176, where a secret Project Seraph facility called Oaken Point was discovered in addition to the first in a chain of Listening Posts that led to HIP 22460.
Logs
Listening Posts
| Log No. | System | Log Text |
|---|---|---|
| 1/3 | Wasat | ...Anomalous signal detected...
Signal matches at listening post. Neche What do you mean you mean you've lost him! I thought you said you had them. Your orders are to track this guy and make sure he doesn't talk to anyone about the operation. Now get out there and find him. If I don't hear reports that Commander Hyford has been killed in a unfortunate accident in the next 24 hours, then consider yourself a dead man. ...Signal Lost... |
| 2/3 | Neche | ...Anomalous signal detected...
Signal matches at listening post. Colonia This is Commander Hyford. To any independent pilots or security forces please help. I'm being tracked by mercs, they're trying to kill me. Please help me. I've manage to loose them for now, they seem to be tracking my comms and ship transponder so I've had to hack this listening post to get a message out. I don't know why they are after me. Must be something to do with that last shipment. A private military complex out in the Pleiades. Not Fed or Imperial. I was told not to ask questions, just get the job done and that's what I did. I didn't know it was going to put a target on my back. I'm heading for Colonia. I know a place I can hide out there on one of the far moons 5 e a. Please send help. ...Signal Lost... |
| 3/3 | Colonia | ...Anomalous signal detected...
No Matching Signals. This is Commander Hyford and I fear this might be my last I log entry. so far I've been able hide from them, but I don't know how much longer I can go undetected. I should never have left that message for help. They must have tracked me using the it somehow. Well if this is it I'm not going quietly. There is a data cache at the following co-ordlnates Lat:39.1472 Long:29.2425. It contains all my ships log and data scans. This is some kind of private military outfit, they operate outside the realm of the usual powers. I don't know who they answer to but the chain goes up pretty high. They are monitoring for alien encounters and tech. People are going missing. They are taking them and running experiments. That's what I was delivering. Escape pods full of people. I'm sorry for my part in this. It was a job that's all. Oh god help me... I'm out of time. ...Signal Lost... |
Hyford's Cache (timer start)
| Log No. | Log Text |
|---|---|
| 1/1 | HYFO167T-A Data Bank
*INITIATING* |
Hyford's Cache (timer end)
| Log No. | Log Text |
|---|---|
| 1/1 | HYFO167T-A Data Bank
*TIMER COMPLETE: REBOOTING* Welcome back, Commander. You have one inbox message pending: I don't know what's going to be left by the time you get this. Had to stop them from intercepting the message. But please: go to the HIP 26176 system and find that complex. For the sake of the ones taken there by scum like me. Someone has to remember them and ensure it never happens again. |
Notes
- Hyford's Cache was bugged when it was added to Elite Dangerous in 2017, and was missing a Ship Data Core for players to scan. This issue was finally rectified with Update 6 for Elite Dangerous: Odyssey on July 29, 2021, which added a scannable Ship Data Core that contained the "Hyford's Cache" message.[1]