T'leth

Note to all X-Com/S.O.R.E.S.O. officers::

latest report:

Author:Can Terzioğlu,Pilot of Leviathan-Class Submersible "Alparslan"

..."We have reached such a depth that the sole link between the upper world and this ship is the Hyperwave Transmission link,and any loss of contact will probably make me mad.I have steered this craft for hours,yet sinking deeper,deeper into the inkiest of depths,the deepest bowels of Earth,and I am beginning to lose the sense of time and space.The 3D Underwater Radar shows the surroundings of this pit.Strange,amorphic shapes can be detected floating about.I am not sure if they are alive,for they have almost the same temperature of the water around them...

...1 hour later,i saw it.It slowly came into sight,a beacon of light at first,then a gleaming orb amongst the pitch depth.A massive chunk of unidentified metal was waiting in a crater deeper than the conical rift among...wait...if the physical analysis of the pit is real...yes,i must admit now,it must be THE "meteor" who slammed the Earth point-blank and kickstarted the age of mammals.Harbinger of our birth,yet our harbinger of destruction.Oh,the irony...

...I must hurry...This is a scouting mission,and I must leave before the hive like ship awakens.I have scanned the outskirts of its base,its defenses,possible creatures,and the psychic readings.The device's beams penetrated the base,and i noticed three "hardpoints",places with massive garrison and bio-readings.The report is as following:

• The Outskirts:I have noticed Tentaculat vermin ( curse on their souls,i lost 2 best friends,and forced to kill them myself,only to watch more of the Devilish Octopus spring forth from their bodies ),and humanoid shapes armed with the sonic cannons and blaster launchers.

• Catacombs(?):Scan readings are vague.It can be catacombs,or a loading bay,or even a lair.But I see still large,tentacled forms and powerful psychic beings.

• ???:A Spiral shaped room.Tentaculats nested on nooks and crannies above the floor of this Temple of Deep.Horrible sound records echo from the tunnels,yet one of them lingers on in my mind:

"...ph'nglui mglw'nafh s'hwurfu t'leth wagh'nagl fhtagn...ph'nglui mglw'nafh s'hwurfu t'leth wagh'nagl fhtagn...ph'nglui mglw'nafh s'hwurfu t'leth wagh'nagl fhtagn..."

I am slowly getting mad.I had to stun my co-pilot Louis Tiers,a Frenchman,though he was a reliable psi-officer,he began laughing and shouting unintelligible things,though a voice-recorder yielded some sense:

"of a Sleeping One,yet not Dead yet not Alive,fed by the Mongrels of Blasphemies and Slaves,then,"...ph'nglui mglw'nafh s'hwurfu t'leth wagh'nagl fhtagn..." crap again,Atlantis was younger,younger than the StarSeed,the Elder Ones,they lended us our Flesh and their statues,which they brought from the stars...Azathoth...The Heart of Universe..."

I shut the record off and now I am sitting silently as the craft escapes the cold pandemonium below.Louis became mad.I can't believe a psychic assault could fry his mind.Now he is awake,but little aware of what happens,is now chanting sliently:"I was there,I was there..."I have my Gauss Rifle as ready,in case he attacks me.

Maybe I will have to go to hypnotherapy and erase all this.It is disturbing to say the least...