Ancient Treasures

We have several research outposts in various w-space systems. It's one of those things that nobody discusses but everybody knows about anyway. They've recovered bits of ancient technology which seems to have unusual properties... well, compared to what we're used to seeing, at least. We're hoping these might be a clue to the Sleepers' technology... but it could easily be remnants of a scrapyard, for all we know. Take these samples over to the lab at <destination>, so we can figure out what we've got"

Corporate W-Space Exploration

Capsuleers aren't the only people to explore the systems accessible via wormholes. Every corporation wants to be the first to make the Next Big Discovery, and then market the developments from researching it. Most corporations will categorically deny that this is what they're doing, creating an atmosphere of both paranoia and plausible deniability if their explorations turn up nothing of value.