I too like a good mystery. Galnet had a series of news articles regarding the disappearance of Jasmina Halsey.,
http://ed.frank-heinrich.net has the archive for the old Galnet articles, just some notes I'm taking:
13 MAY 3301 – President Halsey Sets Out from Sol: Original flight plan was: Hip 53688, Tinia, Aleumoxii, 78 Ursae Majoris, Dietri, Su, Furuhjelm I-645, Saga, Delphin, Nanomam, Coriccha and Ross 860.
17 MAY 3301 – Federation Accused of Cover-up - Despite pleas for information from the Scientific cross-faction coalition, the Federal Authorities remain tight lipped. According to sources close to Dr. Arcanonn and his team, Halsey's government have refused to even acknowledge that Federation ships have been transporting the artefacts (Thargoid Sensor) through populated space, despite mounting evidence.
26 MAY 3301 – Federal State of Emergency: Winters Declared Acting President - She was supposed to be heading to Zudov Terminal from 78 Ursae Majoris I think (38 hours overdue). “Two days ago, Navy Command received word that the President would be taking an unscheduled detour to Azaleach. Her reasons as to why remain classified.”, “12 hours ago, following entry into hyperspace, Spaceflight One went dark. All attempts by the President’s security team to trace the vessel have met with failure.”
27 MAY 3301 – Shades of the Antares Incident - “While we don’t know what caused this incident – yet – we do know that Starship One’s engines experienced an unexpected surge of power just seconds before making its last jump.”
27 MAY 3301 – Federal Search Efforts Continue - Eyewitness account “I’ve never seen anything like it. One minute everything was fine. Pre-jump checks? Normal. Engine power? Normal. Our drives were slaved to Starship One, as is normal. The entry to hyperspace seemed normal at first, but then there was a terrible shock wave and our ship started tumbling. We exited hyperspace uncontrolled and in deep space – something I’ve never seen before.
14 JUN 3301 – For Some, President Halsey's Disappearance Is Not "Case Closed" - Zachary Hudson seemed awfully convinced of sabotage until he became the President
26 FEB 3302 – Galactic News: Former Federal President Found
04 APR 3302 – Galactic News: Halsey Talks to the Media - A reporter from the Alliance Tribune asked President Halsey what it was like to drift through space for so long: "It was wonderful. Amazing. I saw the universe, and our galaxy within it, as I'd never seen it before, and I felt the presence of the real caretakers of our galaxy. The paradox of their existence – tiny yet gargantuan, fleeting yet eternal. They spoke to me as I drifted in the void. It was amazing. I must share their message."
28 APR 3302 – Community Goal: Jasmina Halsey Appeals for Exploration Data - "They are out there. I have seen them. We must put aside our petty differences and work together to establish contact. There is so much we could learn from them." - Halsey
20 MAY 3302 – Removed, not official Galnet News
21 MAY 3302 – Removed, not official Galnet News
20 SEP 3302 – Galactic News: Halsey Shares Her Vision - In a public address at Gotham Park in the Alioth system, Halsey described the nature of her vision:
"I saw a place of extraordinary beauty. A paradise. It was truly wonderful.", "This was no dream – it was a glimpse of something very real.", "We must find this place. It could be our future."
25 MAY 3305 – Ship Thief Linked to Halsey’s Visions - “Romero’s dream journal entries were very similar to Jasmina Halsey’s visions after the Starship One incident three years ago. Was this lowly grease monkey in touch with the same ‘caretakers of our galaxy’ that Halsey claims spoke to her?” “Sure, it could be coincidence. Maybe even a shared psychological disorder. But it seems possible that Halsey and Romero were telepathically contacted by the same incorporeal intelligence.”
“You can see why they might want to talk to a Federal president. But a starport technician? What’s so special about Romero? If he’s telling the truth then who knows how many more ordinary people have heard these summons from ‘bodiless voices’ over the years?”
31 May 3305 - Ship Thief Mystery remains unsolved - Commander Bjorn Lennox, the owner of the stolen ship, commented: “Obviously I’m not happy about losing my Diamondback Explorer, and I’ve had to fight for the station’s insurance to cover my losses. Still, part of me wonders if my ship was stolen for a reason… It was fitted for exploration with a high jump range, and it sounds like this guy was heading somewhere really far away.”
“They said Romero was delusional, right? Well, maybe he was just invited to a place that most people can’t understand. I guess we’ll never know.”
Halsey had a thargoid sensor on her ship. She decided to detour to Azaleach. Why Azaleach?
A group tried to sabotage Jacques station's FSD to recreate the mis-jump. Why not use a smaller ship? Is there a correlation between ship/FSD size and the ability to cause the "mis-jump"? Jacques station and its owner have some interesting history.
Romero was a starport tech, probably knew a thing or two about FSD's. Maybe he is heading to Jacques to fix the FSD?
I don't typically follow the general narrative, but the whole Raxxla thing has drawn me in. There is a lot to speculate about, the story is going somewhere,
*edit - removed Freelance reports as they are not official and should not be considered.