Some People Call Yall Space Cowboys

The one talking looks at the three of you and to one of the members with him, he motions with his arm and the individual canters off on his odd riding device that seems to make soft air popping sounds giving you all a wide berth. The angle at which they lean over while they drive make you wonder if his legs work or if you'll see him amazing flip off his ride. He yokes back from behind you a bit and them gets off cocking his head one way looking at the tracks then out in various directions. They hope back on and whizz past again meeting with the rest making some hand gestures. You're not really sure about the second hand opinion since they're covered in a body suit with a face shield besides their mishappen braids wildly coming out they top and back of their head behind a mask you're not really even sure if they're male or female. The odd beads and skulls some of which you're not sure what they're from adorn their hair braids.

The one who was talking finally speaks up, "To explain I need to tell you, I can't explain, some think the Outer Rim, it is the end of existence in space, it is the border, between what lies Beyond and what most know, that what is beyond is much unknown. What you see if from the Beyond. I have not see such things before, we know not of what it is, we can tell you be be on guard because whatever it is from the Beyond, we know, it is always to be considered... Dangerous."

Getting back onsite takes less time since you know where you're going to the surprise and respect of the workers you all seem fine with no teeth marks. Asking to see the body has you looking at the body of the former worker in a tube that's vacuumed and floating in zero gravity. There's an obvious cause of death being the large 3 to 5 centimeter holes on one side of his chest, arm and face that seem pretty deep.

Slim's seen people dead upclose, he's even the reason some of them died. Inspecting the body he figures a few things out. While he and most people would think the holes were the cause of death via these bullet holes, the angle is was too low to the ground to be someone shooting up at him unless they were partially buried and you all didn't see signs of that at the place the body was found. With no defensive wounds you figure he was caught off guard and by surprise possibly curious about something lead to a sudden and abrupt end. The thing that makes Slim frown the most is the wounds don't have and exit and he can't find any material left in them, they're not straight either. Whatever made the wounds it wasn't a normal physical ammunition or even something energy based since the wounds inside the body curved almost like something burrowed into him... since the holes could be seen it that meant whatever did it burrowed back out with over 15% of his mass taken or possibly eaten.

As the three of you go out looking for the site supervisor you notice a lot more people than you'd expect running or riding on the side of a few small land vehicles away from the processing areas. All the workers seem to be looking opposite the direction they're running. You see someone in the lead swerve in front of you a dune buggy coming to an abrupt stop kicking up dirt and sand before someone jumps out trying to run inside, the person in the passenger seat holding their head as blood gushes from a wound there, their other arm with lacerations all over it hanging limp at his side as he grimaces in pain.

"Move! Move! Move! I need to get the med kit!" the driver yammers trying to run past you all.