Sunbeam

The Sunbeam was a passing cargo ship captained by Avery Quinn that picked up the distress signal sent by the Aurora. It's significantly smaller than the Aurora, seating only six people. It's worth mentioning that the crew is probably not associated with Alterra Corporation but the ship itself is Alterra design due to the symbol on the bottom.

The Player will start receiving transmission from Avery on board the Sunbeam via the Communications Relay some time after the Player has started exploring the planet. The ship alerts the player to its imminent arrival, until it gives a forty-minute warning of its eventual landing on the Mountain Island. It will give the Player a Signal with the landing coordinates.

The Sunbeam's Failed Rescue
The Sunbeam had planned to land on the Mountain Island to rescue the Player. However, before it was able to land, the Quarantine Enforcement Platform activates, weaponizing itself and shooting the Sunbeam down, as it did with the Aurora. As the Sunbeam is quite a bit smaller than the Aurora, which was relatively intact albeit heavily damaged with a massive amount of debris left behind, the Sunbeam is completely obliterated, its crew members are dead, and its debris rains down afterwards. No wreck of the Sunbeam can be found on the map.

The player cannot save the Sunbeam, even if they manage to disable the Quarantine Enforcement Platform before it arrives.

Audio
When the countdown for the Sunbeam's arrival ends, the Player will receive one of 2 messages, depending on their location:

Version 1
If the Player is present at Mountain Island when the Sunbeam arrives, they will receive this message from their PDA:

Version 2
If the Player is not present at Mountain Island during the arrival of the Sunbeam, they will receive this message from their PDA instead:

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Trivia

 * The Sunbeam destruction event is able to be viewed by typing 'precursorgunaim' into the console.
 * The original dialogue that played when the player was not present at Mountain Island describes the Sunbeam as a "Bulldog Class" vessel.