Mission to Mureht

Mission
When Drapehs' team landed on Mureht, Comeidan said he was picking up strange readings from an underground position a few clicks from the drop zone. They headed there in the Okam, encountering several Hteg Armatures on the way and a heavily armed gatehouse with several turrets. Drapehs lead the team around the turrets and launched an attack from behind to clear the way. Finally they reached a narrow valley and had to continue on foot.

Reaching the entrance to an underground dig site, a Hteg Hopper left on guard was their only warning. A dropship flew overhead, dropping several hoppers and Hteg Shock Troopers, and another Armature. After a pitched battle, Drapehs' squad destroyed the Hteg and headed underground.

They took elevators to the bottom of the dig site, encountering Hteg patrols and discovering that several barrier curtains had been set up, blocking off the tunnels. After one elevator broke down, they found Arail I'nost behind one of the fields, trapped in some sort of energy bubble, an ancient Rakatan defence that she triggered by accident. She warned them to be careful: she set off the defences intending to protect herself from the Hteg. They are all over the dig site, and there was a Nagork who seemed to be leading them.

Drapehs hacked a heavy mining laser to bore a hole through the walls, allowing the squad to reach Arail and turn the defences off. Arail asked why the Hteg were hunting her - the squad began explaining about Suiretra's hunt for the Conduit, but a rumbling noise cut the conversation short. The mining laser had destabilised the ruins and they were beginning to collapse. Drapehs called Comedian for an evac and they took the elevator up to the surface.

Once they reached the top, the squad was confronted by a Nagork battlemaster and his Hteg. He demanded that Drapehs hand Arail over. Drapehs didn't like this idea and the squad took him out. But by now the whole ruin was raining debris down on them. Drapehs' team and Arail raced through the dig site, dodging falling rocks and collapsing walls, reaching the surface just in time where the Bespin was waiting for them.

Aftermath
During the debrief, Arail was shocked by Comedian's flippant attitude toward their near-death encounter. Under questioning, she explained that she knew very little about the Conduit, her area of expertise being the Rakatan extinction, and while she knew the Conduit was somehow involved, she had no other information to offer. Arail told Drapehs that according to her findings, the Rakatans were not the first galactic civilization to suddenly vanish, but that there was a cycle of extinction that continued for millions of years. Arail dedicated her life to discovering the truth behind this cycle and the fate of the Rakatans. She was fascinated by Drapehs' vision, the description of the Rakatan Beacon and the Scythes, but her ordeal exhausted her and she needed to rest.

Afterwards, Drapehs spoke to the Council, who weren't thrilled that a major Rakatan ruin was destroyed. They also warned the commander to be careful of Arail. She might have helped them but she was still Matriarch Aizeneb's daughter.