Cards on the table: I dislike this article and what I think it stands for. It's not all bad: the image and idea are good, and the writing is presentable, with some minor hiccups that I'd describe more as conscious choices I disagree with than signs of lacking effort. However, the description passes without any real hooks, and the rest is hijacked by… the group of interest.
To be kind, I would say the author expected the GOI connection to turn out more engaging than it is. Cynically, I might think the author was uninterested in making the article engaging because it was written to fill a quota. Either way, I was disappointed. The remainder of the article doesn't say anything new about the object, but it does crosslink every other Cetace's Kin article that existed at the time.
The final monologue only mentions the RPC itself in 2 sentences and is otherwise a call to action for the Authority to focus more on Cetace's Kin. Not exactly subtle with the messaging. When their hook is, "We know little about them, other than their obsession with whales and the fact we don't know a lot else," can you blame me for not being totally on board?
This article is not shamefully bad, but the anarchic twisting of lore and general lack of intrigue make it one I'd rather steer away from.
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