Eden Escher

Dr. Eden Escher (MS-24310) was an archeologist. She went Mondite for the first time back in her University days, mostly as a form of intellectual protest as she thought that within the rigid structure of the Reticulum any form of scientific pursuit is the manacled slave of bureaucracy and economics.

The day she saw the sensor data of the Ambassadoria she knew that she had to come to Daedalus.

She was part of the specialists of the Kasenko who reached the moon. She was grateful and excited but soon she begun feeling uneasy surrounded with Mondite zealots.

After an officers' meeting, she was pulled into a discussion with Commander Wilm concerning Mondite politics to which she never paid close attention, and she went ballistic. She did not approve the imprisonment and mutilation of all those who disagree with them. They responded by saying that she is better with people after they've been dead a few thousand years.

Escher asked K.C. Caynan for a proper memorial service for Wilm.

When the base of Mount Sion was completed, Dr. Escher led the second team and began preliminary archeological work, discovering the mouth of the alien necropolis.

Eventually she uncovered a sealed chamber in immaculate condition which may be the key to the entire complex, which they dubbed the Temple, with a vast amount of writing on the walls of this chamber and an immense bas relief in the center of it which probably conceals an entrance into the heart of the complex. The next day they moved the heavy equipment into the new chamber.

Numerous attempts were made to move or bypass the statue. Attempts have completely burned out the motor of the portable winch. Then they tried to dislodge the statue with the smaller mechanized digging tools. It did not even budge. After a week of failure to dislodge the statue from the floor they tried drilling a small tunnel underneath it. Both efforts failed and Escher cancelled further attempts to avoid damaging artwork and script.

Later she thought that storage units are a bit flimsy and for fragile artifacts and Caynan told her that it was possible to clear some space on the lower levels. Since the lower levels seal themselves for security reasons in a time of crisis Caynan told her that anything she would want to take in an emergency evacuation should be kept in a more accessible area. Some time later Caynan told her that Durrell Zane had requested security clearance to the lower levels and asked her opinion.

Drogg caused damage to the base and the Mondites ordered evacuation. The blast doors were closed and many archeologists, including Escher, did not make it to the ships in time, and were trapped. cateogyr:scientists