ARDA III

Another Eclipse Phase theoretical scenario.

Players are asked to investigate a report of an O'Neil Cylinder in Neptune's atmosphere before it breaks up.  Naturally the colony is in terrible shape being in a planetary atmosphere and high gravity and what would normally be an idyllic open setting is instead a ghost town flooded with contents of a gas giant.  Thematic here would somewhat shamelessly pull from Event Horizon (also location but Uranus would probably be fine or the theoretical Planet X) ala blue clouds and ominous lighting.  Eventually the players will determine this was a research station named Arda III.  They might be able to figure out that Arda is actually an acronym for Advanced Research & Development Association.  Rumors of this group turn up that two things they were working on pre-Fall were faster than light travel and advanced AI research, oh and they had two other two other colonies (you could have more if you wanted to extend things but ARDA I & ARDA II are fairly obvious here).  It's fairly obvious that there was TITAN outbreak on ARDA III but no trace of its origin.  There is some indication that the someone/body/thing intended it end up roughly where it is and despite its condition it looks like the station is actually not in imminent danger on its own for destruction.

What do the players do?

What about the other ARDA stations?

Could this TITAN be behind the Pandora Gates or did it just want to get itself closer to access one?

Is ARDA still around now?