This crashed, derelict ship has been thoroughly looted and left to rot on the surface of this backwater planet for a long time.
However, one peculiar thing remained untouched: the flight recorder of the ship, which in itself is a simple piece of electronics but very toughly integrated into the core of the ship beyond tight maintenance tunnels, therefore making it not worth the effort and resources to scavenge...unless someone could find good use of the information stored on it.

Nirsial obtained information about this device from a scavenger in a town not very far away, however, it seems that bastard didn't just sell the informatin to one party.
There is some discussion to be had with that individual, after getting rid of these drones and their commander...