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In June of 1880,  the crew of the exploratory ship, the HMS Aspen discovered a massive, seemingly man-made structure protruding from the ocean some 300 miles east of Argentina in the South Atlantic. On closer inspection, it appeared comprised of a material that baffled the learned men aboard. Eventually they gained access to the structure, and quickly realised that it was some form of craft. Within the cavernous vessel, they discovered a multitude of baffling architecture, and machinery that defied logic - floating platforms of solid metal, tools whose purpose remained opaque. Fearful that the craft was unstable, they collected a number of specimens, and a great many drawings and daguerreotypes were produced to record their findings. Ambrose Landry, a biologist, collected an oddly geometric fragment, he would call ‘The Ambrosian Shard’ - this 9 inch by 5 inch crystalline fragment was seen to have mutagenic affect on living tissue, and was quickly stored away from the crew. Upon return to England, living specimens were deliberately exposed to the shard, the results of which were catastrophic. Despite months of analysis, little was gleaned from study of the shard, and it was soon ascertained that lead could block the anomalous affects. It was then obtained by Merrylin, through unscrupulous means, as part of his ever expanding collection of geological samples with radioactive qualities that appeared to fall into a category separate from that of the known spectrum of particle radiation.