**Order of Æther-Machines** **Expeditionary Archive – Restricted Record**

Entry I – Initial Deployment

The transport vessel Sanctum Iter failed to arrive at the harbor of Letharis within its designated convergence window. No distress signal was recorded. No deviation logged.

Given the vessel’s cargo classification—restricted ætheric artifacts—an immediate recovery expedition was authorized.

Entry II – Discovery

The vessel was located adrift within a collapsed transit corridor, partially embedded in fractured architecture. Structural integrity was compromised, yet portions of the internal sanctum remained intact.

Notably, the ship’s design reflects the Order’s cathedral-architecture doctrine: vaulted corridors, ribbed frameworks, and central sanctification chambers—suggesting that even transport vessels are constructed as ritual spaces, not mere carriers.

No surviving crew were found.