As advised, the archaeologists head to the ferry terminal to see the Harrassed Coordinator. Things are proceeding smoothly when the sharpshooter gets a call.
Come in, Naboka, says the base camp commander. There's a little bit of a situation in the base camp next to the railgun. What kind of situation, says the sharpshooter. The kind where something from the Dark Planet is approaching the chain. Base camp isn't sure what to do.
Does it look dangerous? Well, that's a tricky one. All bets seem to be off here in the Medium. What they do know is that it looks more or less like a mydian, it's creepy as hell, and it's completely ignoring the archaeologists.
The sharpshooter tells em to observe and report. They don't want to make any more enemies than they have to here. And do a divination to see if there's anything about it in the codex.