Mambo Media Services news wire Statement from Dr Gloria Rutermayer, WHO Regional Director for Europe 14 March 2053, Copenhagen, Denmark With the NAM-V outbreak in Manchester, England, the World Health Organization is now declaring the NAM-V as a phase 6 global pandemic. The virus is no longer confined to just Mexico and the United States and has spread to a new WHO region. Keep yourself and others safe.

• Wash Hands regularly
  
• Wear a mask
  
• Practice Social Distancing
  
• Inform local authorities of any known cases of NAM-V

Your commitment to following these guidelines WILL SAVE LIVES. The risks of getting NAM-V are substantially higher in inadequately ventilated spaces where infected people spend even short periods of time together in close proximity. The R-Naught of NAM-V is currently at 17, making it one of the most infectious contagions in human history. There is currently no known cure for NAM-V, and treatment options are limited. The WHO are tracing the origins of the virus to learn more about its spread, and are requesting the help of any and all national health agencies. If we can find the earliest cases, we may be able to identify the host that first carried the virus. It is unknown whether the original host was an animal or a plant. As the search for Patient Zero continues, the WHO is reminding all nations that contact tracing is of the utmost importance as soon as any cases of viral infections have been documented: WHETHER CONFIRMED AS NAM-V OR NOT Although the virus has currently only been detected in the United States, Mexico, and the United Kingdom, There is a 90% probability that the virus is present in all continents. //file ends

Opening log file GFR-U-5LL D-Lock Block Cipher alias:int_server.1024_ciph.tier5.kds_ops/DLockwoodA074.flagged From: Andre Piros A134 To: Dean Lockwood A074 Date: April 15th 2054 Subject: Dean, The KDS shipment will be arriving this week. This delivery is to be dispatched immediately to our private vault. They are NOT to be delivered to the usual Hydrostasis holding vault. A Kovac representative will meet you at the vault entrance and take things over from there. These HSUs have been allocated to the Rise Project. They are not to be unpacked or interacted with in any way by anyone other than a Kovac representative with Tier 5 clearance. Please instruct your staff accordingly. Andre Piros

Log E257-014 Date: December 28th 2052 Patient: Employee E257 (Jordy Fontella) Att. Phys: Dr. August Teale B023 //HearSay auto-transcript begins// TEALE I wasn’t expecting to see you today, Jordy. E257 I’ve been thinking– TEALE Is there a problem? E257 No! No, I feel great- - TEALE The Doxepin is working? E257 Yes. Absolutely. I was just thinking that maybe, maybe you could, maybe you could– E257 Slow down Jordy. E257 Right, right. I was thinking maybe there;s something you could give me for the insomnia. Insomnia, that’s right. TEALE You’re not sleeping? E257 No. No, of course not. The noises. Of course I’m not sleeping. Sleeping? TEALE What noises? E257 Machinery. People. The hum. Listen. TEALE I don’t hear anything… E257 Yeah. I can’t sleep. I just… can’t sleep. And headaches. Can give me something for the headaches? TEALE You’re getting headaches? E257 Can I have some water? TEALE Help yourself– E257 What did you say? TEALE I asked about your headaches. E257 What about them? TEALE You said you were getting them. E257 You said you were getting them. E257 Right! Can you give me something for that? TEALE Maybe we should lower the dose on the doxepin– E257 NO! TEALE Okay– E257 Why would you say that? It’s great. It’s definitely helping. I feel much more… me. You understand? TEALE Yes, I think so. E257 I just need something to help me sleep. TEALE Are you waking up during the night, or not sleeping at all? TEALE I don’t know. I don’t remember what happens at night. It’s not sleep. I think it’s ah… what’s the word… TEALE A trance? E257 Yes! Yes exactly. It’s like a trance. TEALE I’ve seen this before. It’s probably a side effect of doxepin, but your dose is very low– E257 I need the Doxepin. TEALE If you think so. E257 I do. TEALE I can prescribe you something to help you sleep. That should clear up the headaches too. Now then– E257 Great, thanks Doc. Okay, see you later. TEALE Are you leaving? E257 Yes. We’re done, right? TEALE You seem eager to leave. E257 I got to get my prescription. Medbay 6 will fill it, right? TEALE Yes. I’ll send it through now– E257 Great. Bye doc, thanks. TEALE Hearsay off. //HearSay auto-transcript ends//

Private encryption//SMC mail server From: Howard Stoke B341 To: Rebecca Stokes B162 Date: June 15th 2054 Subject: Make your move Hey Becks, I just caught sight of a preliminary report on the item they’re calling the Data Block - Artifact 13 of the Hammerstein Collection (yeah, he named it after himself). They tried to conduct a material analysis on it and lost half of their equipment to a “physical anomaly”. The tools didn’t break like the sample they sent me 2 years ago. As I understand it, the lab disintegrated. Or something. Apparently, it’s “gone”. I don’t know what that means, but that, and all this talk about the “fossil”, and the Cretasium 77a discovery makes me think… Insight is the place to be. They’re on the brink of something huge. I’m guessing since they stopped sending me samples there’s no way they don’t trust me for some reason, but I think you’d walk it. My point is this could be what you’ve been waiting for. Hammerstein is taking all the glory at the moment and honestly that asshat can’t tie his own shoelaces. It should be you, and if it wasn’t a boys club at Dreyfus it would be you. You know I’d miss you, but I hate seeing you so frustrated. Get your ass to Garganta and straighten them out. Also, you’d get out of H-Town for the summer so there’s that. It’s going to be hotter than ‘43 this year :( Infinity +1 Howie xxx

D-Lock Block Cipher alias:int_server.1024_ciph.tier5.exec_branch/APirosA134.flagged Sender: Marcus Gantus B623 Receiver: Andre Piros A134 Date: July 3rd 2051 Subject: BIOCOM permissions Mr. Piros, Thank you for the security bump. I’m able to move around the facility much easier now. Considering the expected initiation date, I need help. For BIOCOM to perform autonomously it requires unrestricted access to the host infrastructure. We are able to use the temporary location in Hanger 4 while we wait for Deep to be completed, but we cannot function without full access, regardless of where the organics are located. To ensure a successful integration, we need access to: Any software used to manage power generation, regulation, and distribution. Any existing security system, including control over doors, keycode and password access, surveillance systems, and environmental controls. All personnel files (legally I think we can’t execute the Detain and Search module unless we have been given the implicit permission that comes with database access) All communication systems, both internal and external, so that BIOCOM can monitor and limit traffic depending on security conditions. This is the bare minimum. Without it, the imperative’ objectives will include a lot of low-level tasks that are much better suited to automation (terminal access, door management, bioscans etc.) This has been difficult enough with the operation at its current size. Once we are scaled up to full, it will become unmanageable and our operative fail rate will sky rocket. Ideally, BIOCOM would have access to everything at the highest level so teh KSOs can be programmed with a minimal objective stack. I have tried to explain this to Andrew Clinton, but he is reluctant to allow us the access we need. I have told him we can insert back doors if he doesn’t want us to refactor the systems and explained we won’t need any engineering support from him. I have also reiterated that he will have override codes to limit BIOCOM access in case of an emergency. But he won’t budge and is asking a lot of questions that I feel he should not be asking. Can you talk to him to straighten this out? I’ll hold until you reply, Marcus Gantus Lead Engineer, BIOCOM Installation Team

[System] All personnel clear the operations floor. All personnel clear the operations floor [Rebecca Stokes] Settling down everyone. Right, I need final checks from all systems, Telemetry? [Male #1] Online [Rebecca Stokes] Wave Stabilisers? [Male #2] Check [Rebecca Stokes] Temporal Regulators? [Male #3] Good to go [Rebecca Stokes] Quantum Tethering [Male #4] Secured and Locked [Rebecca Stokes] Frequency modulators? [Male #5] Low standard deviation, we are good to go. [Rebecca Stokes] Mission Team [Frank Bishop] BIOCOMMAND, This is security operative Bishop requesting EF01 Clearance Clearance has been granted. EF01 is operational, you may process Dr. Stokes [Rebecca Stokes] Thank you sergeant, Chrono, start the mission clock [Chrono] Clock is running [Rebecca Stokes] Good luck everyone [System] Translocational Jump Sequence, Initiated [Male] The Gate is open! [Male] Matter wave capacitors at 40% [Male] [Unintelligible] is slowing down Doctor should we [Rebecca Stokes] No! No, keep going [Male] Matter wave capacitors at 80% [Rebecca Stokes] Bishop! Keep everyone within this projection radius [Male] Chrono’s stopped, I’m getting no temporal progression [Male] Quantum tether is holding [Male] Matter wave capacitors are primed, ready to discharge [Rebecca Stokes] This is it. Go! …Comms? [Male] Searching [Rebecca Stokes] Telemetry [Male] Nothing [Rebecca Stokes] Did we lose their frequency [Male] I’ve got no signal [Rebecca Stokes] Widen the scope [Male] But if [Rebecca Stokes] Widen the scope [Male] It's on full [Rebecca Stokes] Dammnit! …Comms [Male] Nothing [Rebecca Stokes] ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, Power down! All departments, Briefing room, now!

“No, no no I want separate areas, sample collection needs to be completely isolated from the rest of the gear, and Alice…MASK! This is uhh Dr. Derant (Name spelling pending), EF01 has arrived. This place is, it’s exhilarating. Let me check my notes. So, so far there’s no sign of biology life, though Ben did notice some discoloration on the rocks nearby so he’s starting there. I don’t know how anything could survive here though. There’s no obvious food sources and the soil appears to be barren. Ben and Gustavo were taking readings at different elevations to see if there's a habitation zone. The atmosphere is tolerable, for short periods. I wouldn’t want to spend more than 5 or 6 hours here without protection. The Security Operatives are patrolling the perimeter, gathering all the equipment we sent through over the last few months. So that's the good stuff. Here are the problems. We have no link back to Garganta, nothing, no comms, no telemetry. And the quantum tether didn’t hold as far as I can tell from this end. So, this means either A: We’ve had a catastrophe system failure on our end, unlikely. Or B: something has happened at Garganta, which we have no way of knowing. There is a C, but that would suppose the data from the Hammerstein probe… was falsified which… No I won’t believe that, whatever the reason, we’re alone, for now. We have located the vegetation capsule we sent through 3 days ago, but they didn’t survive the jump, the Capsules must have popped open during transit, the plants have been exposed and withered away to nothing, although the soil in the capsule is bone dry. I prepped these plants myself and when they left my lab they was saturated, and even in this environment the plants should have survived weeks. But they look like they died months, even years ago! Makes me wonder if there's something in this atmosphere we’re not picking up. I have everyone wearing their masks just to be safe. Anyway, chin up James, Dr. Stokes will find a way to reach us, I’m sure of that!"

Mambo Media Services news wire Science Weekly Tuesday June 21st, 2044 Lance Overmars, ESA Correspondent, Kourou Spaceport **ESA To Pull Hydrostasis Funding** Yesterday, the European Space Agency dropped a bomb on Kovac Defensive Services. They are severing ties and pulling all funding from the military contractor giants. They aren’t cutting back. There is no measured disentanglement over the next few years. The ESA is out. Now. This is almost certainly due to the papers that InfoLeak revealed last week. The revelation that Hydrostasis severely affects the long-term memory is bad for Kovac. The fact that they knew about it before Red Alpha and didn’t tell the ESA is worse. Kovac is in the middle of a public relations nightmare, and the ESA want nothing to do with it. While there is no evidence (yet) that the use of Hydrostasis had anything to do with the failure of the Red Alpha mission, there are still several questions left to be answered. The investigation into the crash landing on Mars lays the blame on “human error”, citing security concerns as the reason a more detailed explanation will not be forthcoming. There is data available for the public to review - but there are no black box recordings from on board Red Alpha in the hours leading up to its uncontrolled descent through the martian atmosphere. Whatever the crew said or did remains under tight scrutiny, and it is natural to assume they would suppress any revelations that may damage their reputation. What is known for sure is that the crew successfully woke from Hydrostasis 72 hours before the scheduled Martian descent. There was no indication of any issues with the ship, and the automated guidance system had put them exactly where they needed to be. We know that the ship was had the internal temperature of 23 Celsius, as expected. We know that the water electrolysis system was working and producing oxygen in precise quantities. We even know what time the interior lighting system was simulating - 08:00 UTC to be precise. We know atmospheric filtering showed exactly the right amount of carbon dioxide present in the cabin, suggesting that all six of the crew were up and moving around the ship within a few hours. What we don’t know is why Red Alpha went from mission normal to mission critical by 14:00 UTC that same day. First the ship drifted from its programmed orbit, something that could only happen if the navigation system failed, or by human intervention. Next, the communication relays stopped sending telemetry to Kourou, again either by catastrophic failure, or someone pulled the plug. At 11:57 UTC, the primary propulsion engines were ignited, and the ship started it’s final, fatal journey. There, the knowledge of anyone outside of the ESA ends. Which is why the revelation that Hydrostasis causes long-term memory damage may offer some insight into the problems on board Red Alpha on the day of //file ends.

Private encryption//UMS mail server From: Gustavo Peres To: Andrew Clinton B035 Date: April 30th 2049 Subject: Attachment: evac-rep-stats_apr2049 Mr. Clinton B035, I’m forwarding you a report from the Secretario de Seguridad regarding the evacuations in Yucatan. As I have previously asserted, we ARE moving people, but it will take some time. I appreciate the relationship we have and wish to continue our mutually beneficial arrangement, but you will have to be patient. There are millions of people to organize, and the area is under intense scrutiny from not only my government, but the United States as well. Due to the aid we have received from the US, they have boots on the ground in Merida and are well informed of which agencies are involved in the cleanup process. Having your people there will only confuse matters and potentially spoil our agenda. Once we are no longer under the microscope and there are only MY people working the problem, I will begin planting the seeds further up the chain. For now, know that the area is being cleared and when the time is right, you will be the first to know. I suggest you prepare the bid documentation now, so the acceptance process is not encumbered by needless bureaucracy. I have no control over that side of things. Also, thank you for your contact at KDS. I will be calling him soon to see if we can arrange additional help with the evacuation procedure. Yours in earnest, Gustavo

Private encryption//UMS mail server From: Andrew Clinton B035 To: Janson Davies A001 Date: September 03rd 2049 Subject: Mr. Davies, I wanted to confirm that we have indeed found what we’re looking for. There’s a sediment layer running from dig site 10F (near Chicxulub) out to a few kilometers off the coast (we’re calling it La Vena internally). The vein looks rich, and the scans confirm there’s a huge deposit at the end. Our engineers ran the numbers on it and if the scan data was correct, we’re looking at a mass that’s 1.5 - 2k miles wide, and up to 4k down. Our scans can’t penetrate all the way through the mass - it’s too dense. We’ll have to dig to get accurate data. If the density is consistent, we could be looking at upwards of 4,000 tons. A conservative estimate puts that at 300 billion at today’s Iridium price. We have a plan to reach it, though the structure will probably send the Greens into a frenzy, so we may need some PR help with that? Anyway, I’ll send you the blueprints of Garganta later this week - we’re just putting the final touches on it. Back to it, Andrew.

D-Lock Block Cipher Sender: Anders Johanson Receiver: Janson Davies Date: July 21st 2050 Subject: Janson, Thank you for agreeing to use this platform for our communications. You understand the scrutiny we’re under with the UN investigations, so D-Lock is essential for us. They have access to all our lower tier comms. Rest assured this channel is secure, so we can talk freely. I wanted to offer our services to you for the SMC operation in Yucatan. As you know, we offer not just military support to protect your physical assets, but also high-level data protection. Considering how delicate the situation is in Mexico, I feel that Kovac is the perfect partner for you. We can keep your competitors out, and keep your confidential data in. Currently, your endeavors are fully exposed. For example, after minimal work on our end, I know that the internal name of the facility is Garganta. I also know that your arrangement with Gustavo Peres is turning sour, and you may need to remove him from the picture (we can help with that). I also know about the 3500 bodies found near Chicxulub, where they were burned, and we have the medical reports on their cause of death. As I write this, I am looking at the construction cost so far, the private toxicology reports on your injured workers, and on the “unusual discoveries” you have made so far. I know a lot, and it took me less than half a day to find this information. Please understand this is not extortion. You know me well enough to understand that is not how I work. I am telling you this because your secrets are not secure. Your activities can be easily discovered by any agency willing to do the legwork. You need to fix that. We have worked together successfully in the past. Let’s renew that relationship Anders

D-Lock Block Cipher alias:int_server.1024_ciph.tier5.high_core/AJohansonsA029.flagged Sender: Dean Lockwood A074 Receiver: Anders Johanson A029 Date: March 19th 2051 Subject: This needs to go up the chain. Thanks for the info - we’ll get back to you Dean ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ D-Lock Block Cipher alias:int_server.1024_ciph.tier5.med_core/DLockwoodA074.flagged Dean, Mr. Piros has advised me of your request for more Kovac involvement in future expeditions. The current approach to operative debriefing, situation training, and resource management will not scale well for your proposed usage. However, we do have a command system that will fit your needs. BIOCOM. Managing operations through BIOCOM would ensure full coverage for all future expeditions, coordinate additional stationed security posts throughout the facility, and provide round the clock protection or surveillance for all POIs within the theatre of operations (currently Garganta itself and the red zone on the peninsula). BIOCOM is a DI that will take control of resource tracking, supply management, objective specific training, operative briefing, and rapid response deployment. That’s the pitch done. The long and the short of it is BIOCOM handles things better than any human can. It doesn’t sleep, doesn’t make bad decisions based on compassion, and unlike human COs, has a 100% success rate for all fifteen of its deployments (if you need to know more, we’ll have to do some paperwork). It still requires human oversight to handle some of the more sensitive ethical considerations, but even that can be pre-programmed to fit your ruleset. It would take a few months to transition over. We should start now. Anders Johanson

D-Lock Block Cipher alias:int_server.1024_ciph.tier5.exec_branch/APirosA134.flagged From: Marcus Gantus B623 To: Andre Piros A134 Date: January 4th 2052 Subject: Mr. Piros, At 11:30 last night, we officially switched on BIOCOM. We have been smoke testing every system all night and have a 100% pass rate. It is not yet hooked up to the actual pods (I’m guessing Mr. Johanson will want to be present for that) but we gave it 200 virtuals to play with, and it delivered full objective stacks to each one with no problems. It also administered PRDMs to any VOs whose files indicated skill deficiencies, both explicit and implicit. We cross checked every decision BIOCOM made, and we agreed with it every time. BIOCOM is installed. I need to grab a few hours’ sleep but will be back on site by mid-afternoon. Ping me if you need me earlier. My assistant has orders to wake me if you call. DONE! Marcus

Analyst Report Reported by: Boris Stanovich C066 (Report Analyst, Medical Dept.) Date of Report: March 18th 2052 Report: #QRTC-B520-02 Report Summary Following the discovery of the area detailed in report #G06-A3-181, concerns were raised regarding the quarantine protocols exercised by the research team during the collection of artifacts from the area. This report outlines the issues and suggested practices following that incident. Although there was no reason to suspect any biological or viral threat in quadrant 18, the SMC Operations Manual clearly states that any “unexpected volumes” or “uncharted regions” are to be evaluated under Hazard Level 3 Quarantine restrictions (yellow tag). Namely: Hazmat suits are to be worn at all times in the Uncharted Volume (UV) if it has not been evaluated by BioHaz. (section 12b paragraph 1) Where possible, hermetic seals should surround the UV and be locked with Tier 4 access codes. (section 18a paragraph 3) Any items retrieved from a UV must be appropriately bagged and sealed to prevent contamination (section 23a paragraph 2). During the incident detailed in report #G06-A3-181, no such measures were taken. Researchers from the Material Spectroscopy Laboratories entered the area without suitable protection, and no seals were placed to protect the area from further contamination from access tunnel AT06. The lack of care taken when collecting the samples either compromised the integrity of the collected items or risked contamination the entire facility with any pathogens found at the site. Although the artifacts were bagged and sealed, at the point of their quarantine, the UV had already been compromised. 2 researchers from the team reported minor flu-like symptoms in the weeks following the incident. While these symptoms appear to be unrelated to the lack of care taken during the collection procedure, it must be assumed that the team contaminated the site to some degree. Standard DNA analysis of the artifact has been compromised, and any biological material found on the artifacts or in the UV must be regarded with suspicion. Any biological data extracted from the area is therefore useless. It is recommended that the research team be stripped of their Tier 4 clearance privilege, and that in the future all UV surveys require not only BioHaz clearance, but also approval from the SMC Operations board. The board should also consider forming a separate department or entity to handle all investigation of such anomalies. Having a dedicated team will not only ensure correct protocols are followed but will also offer deeper insight into any such discoveries.

“HearSay On, This is doctor Rebecca Stokes, I’ve just arrived from Houston and have joined Project Insight as the new Analysis Overseer. I’m going to be working my way through the Hammerstein Collection, item by item over the next few weeks. Okay, let's start with artifact 7 of the collection. The Matter Wave Projector, The team have coated the artifact in a silicon resin to prevent further accidents. The two employees who first discovered the object, disappeared, as soon as they touched it. We know this because there were two witnesses to the event. C067 and C085, there's a note on their personnel file that say “Kovac is dealing with them” unquote. I’m not going to think about what that means. I think a good start is to interface the Matter Wave Projector with a variety of objects. That will establish a base criteria of the circumstances under which the artifact self initiates, the distances it operates in, the effect of different materials on it and so on I hope it will give me a basic understand of the process… event? I don’t know what to call it. If i can gather material samples of the artifact without setting the thing off, I’ll send them to Howie to see, uh, Dr Howard Stokes to see what this thing is made of Right, Time to get to work.”

“HearSay on. This is Dr. Stokes, I uhhhh, I have some thoughts on artifacts 13, 14 and 17. I’m referring to these items as the Data Blocks. My theory is that the blocks hold digital data of some description, we haven’t found a way to access that data yet but I have James (Dr. James Derant) working on an interface. The blocks share design aesthetics with the Matter Wave Project, as far as I can tell they are constructed of similar materials, Dr Hammerstein disagrees but he always does, so…useless. I’m confident the blocks are supposed to attach to the Matter Wave Projector, unfortunately the workers who discovered these artifacts also disappeared, the fact that they can't be found anywhere in Garganta and that BIOCOM has no trace of their BioSigs anywhere is remarkable. I’m trying not to speculate too much but they went…somewhere! We’re looking into the possibility that the behaviour of the artifact may be inhibited or regulated in some manner by Creatsium 77a. It has been found in large quantities throughout the Fossil and is the only material that does not disappear when introduced to the…Hello? Hello?? Dr. Hammerstein? Umm…where was I? I was recording.”

"HearSay on, This is Dr Stokes, this afternoon, we detected a power surge in the translocation chamber, we investigated and discovered that the team had returned. Well at least one of them did, one of the security detail. Uhhh Bishop maybe? Yes Bishop yes. We didn’t see the return but the Matter Wave Projector was on the mounting platform and the KSO was just standing there. He did eventually speak and he wouldn’t tell us what happened. I don’t know if he didn’t remember or he had been ordered not to tell us, but in the middle of questioning him, a man named Piros turned up an..and led him away, just took him away. I mean, it’s good that we have the artifact back and we’ll scrape together whatever data we can from it, but the only eye witness we have has disappeared into that mysterious Kovac area, and no one here seems to have any idea what they do down there! I have so many fixed feelings! Relief that the device has been returned. Distraught that we lost people. I’m angry that the information is being deliberately withheld from me! And I’m so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED LAST WEEK!... I understand so little about the Fossil or these artifacts.My best guess, is that whoever constructed the Fossil found a way to harness the effects of the Matter Wave Projector and maybe, maybe they used it as a propulsion system, or something, or… I dunno what I'm doing. I have been here almost a full year and I am no closer to solving this. Much as I found Dr. Hammerstein difficult to work with, I am missing his input right now. I think I may be depressed…And ahh.. a little lost. I’m going to schedule some time with Dr. Teale"

“HearSay on. So, I figured out a way, ahh not me, I mean one of my team, Nolan was it? Uhh Nolan figured out a test we could run on the Artifacts that might help us understand… I CAN HEAR YOU OUT THERE! I TOLD YOU I DON’T WANT TO BE DISTURBED! HELLO!? We initiated a jump to the Matter Wave Projector, but with the different configuration of the Data Blocks. They’re navigation Blocks. I don’t know how we can figure out where they go to, without actually going there ourselves but at least we know. Well… the silicon resin does temporarily block the jump effect so that has helped, it decays pretty quickly as the Creatsium eats through it, but it means we can actually touch the artifacts at least. I haven’t written to Howie in weeks. I know they read our mail and I’m worried i’ll say something that’ll piss off those Kovac nazi’s so… I’m just keeping him away from this cancer. This place is hell. I wanna go home.”

\\ROOT\RETURN NAVDATA PERSONEL_ALL Fetching NavData Fetching… NavData located. Reading… Reading BioSigs… Matching KDS Database… —---------------------------------- BioSig scrub: DC01T30725 / DC01O23534 / DC01F11465 / DC01G00004 Current: Zone_47 Area A History: Zone_43 Area B Zone_43 Area C Zone_47 Area A Zone_47 Area D —---------------------------------- BioSig scrub: DC02O20312 / DC02T30076 / DC02G00009 / DC02F10058 Current: Zone_23 Area B History: Zone_21 Area B Zone_21 Area D Zone_21 Area B Zone_21 Area A Zone_23 Area B —---------------------------------- BioSig scrub: DC03F13012 / DC03T38821 / DC03G00014 / DC03O22944 Current: Zone_30 Area D History: Zone_30 Area C Zone_30 Area D File too long. Output paused

D-Lock Block Cipher Sender: Janson Davies Receiver: Anders Johanson Date: May 10th, 2052 Subject: Anders, The board at Santonian have decided that the offer is acceptable. Santonian will allocate a further 30,000 sqm of space for KDS Deep. This is in addition to the existing area you have allocated for Legion storage and the Biocom Installation. Kovac will have exclusive administration of the area. No Santonian employees will enter the area without express permission from Kovac. Exceptions will be made for select individuals, to be outlined in the full contract. I would personally be interested in a brief tour of the new location and an informal meeting to further discuss the RISE project, but that would be as a personal favour to me and would not influence any agreement between yourselves and Santonian. In exchange for this new accommodation, Kovac will expand security duties both in the Garganta facility, and throughout the exclusion zone surrounding Chicxulub. Kovac will provide escort teams to all Santonian mining crews as they continue to excavate and expand Garganta and will provide military support for Project Insight explorations into the Fossil. As always, I am merely a broker in this agreement. The Santonian Mining Company is a self-managed organization. Dreyfus Industries have never, and still do not dictate policy or direction to the Santonian Mining Company, we merely offer advice when requested. The board at Santonian make the decisions and are responsible for any policies enacted by the company. J.

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D-Lock Block Cipher alias:int_server.1024_ciph.tier5.med_core/RSullivanB197.flagged From: Dean Lockwood A074 To: Ronnie Sullivan B197 Date: Feb 13th 2053 Subject: Roonie, I have authorized the changes you requested, and three sectors have been allocated as triage centers for any employees showing signs of exposure. Isolation of the subjects is essential. With these resources now available to you, I expect more detailed analysis of the subjects in the future. We need to know what is causing the physical abnormalities. Is the spinal deformation permanent, and can the subjects continue to work? You also need to address the negative culture that is developing out of this. I have heard the term “stoopers” used to describe the subjects. This cannot continue. It incites fear and opposition. Address your teams, Ronnie. This term is no longer acceptable in the Project Insight Lexicon. You also need to stamp out use of the word “parasite” for any staff below tier 5 To prevent any further dissent, I suggest you remove any personnel showing signs of insubordination. Your Kovac handler has been informed of the situation and is available to deal with any troublemakers. You have my full support, as long as the work continues.

Log E105-009 Date: January 16th 2053 Patient: Employee E105 (Edgar Soweta) Att. Phys: Dr. August Teale B023 //HearSay auto-transcipt begins// TEALE Describe to me what you saw. E105 You mean what was there. TEALE Is there a difference? E105 You make it sound like I hallucinated the whole thing. TEALE I didin’t mean to– E105 I’m not a nutcase Teale TEALE I know that. Please. Describe the creature to me. E105 It was… in the shadows, but not physically there. Like it appeared from the shadows. TEALE So it was hiding in the dark? E105 No. No, it came from the dark. Do you understand? TEALE No. E105 I mean it wasn’t there, and then it appeared. It came from the dark. TEALE Like it materialized– E105 Exactly! It materialized in the dark. From a different dimension or something. TEALE A different dimension? E105 Or something. ♥♥♥♥, I don’t know. TEALE You know that’s not possible, don’t you Edgar E105 Then why did it happen? TEALE Perhaps you misinterpreted what happened. E105 Listen to me Teale. It was there, whether you want to believe it or not. You want me to walk out of here right now? TEALE No, please. I’m listening. E105 Yeah… well… just don’t even go there– TEALE Okay. Tell me what happened. You said it chased you? E105 Yeah. We were spraying the drift in Quad 21– TEALE That’s a deep shaft. E105 Yeah. It’s down there. So I’m running the Gunite hose with Werner– TEALE Now Werner didn’t see these creatures, correct? E105 She stayed back to prep the Gunite. That’s why she didn’t see anything. TEALE Of course not. Go on. E105 I’m walking the drift down towards the end, laying out the hose, and it’s dark, right? We haven’t sent Sparks down there yet because the drift is new and we have to finish spraying before they run cable. TEALE Go on. E105 The light ends about 25 meters from where the end of the tunnel. So I turned my headlamp on, but it’s not seeing too deep because there’s still bug dust from the blast. Then I hear this sound - like a popping sound or… a clap of air, like a seal closing. THWAP! TEALE Yes. E105 I start looking around in the dark and I see it. This creature. Just standing there, staring at me. Breathing real hard. It was sort of human, but it’s head was hung low, like it broke its neck or something. Its legs were strong, muscular, but the arms were skinny and bent. It looked like two different bodies put together… and it’s looking right at me, panting. TEALE What did you do? E105 I ran. What do you think I did? TEALE Did it chase you? E105 Yes. I started yelling. Werner heard me and shone her flashlight down the tunnel TEALE But she didn’t see anything? E105 No, it disappeared. I don’t know - just stopped chasing me. TEALE Did you ever find it? E105 I’m not going back there. Send someone else down that tunnel. ♥♥♥♥ that. TEALE Is it possible it was human? Someone playing a joke on you? E105 Are you ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ kidding me? TEALE I’m trying to understand what you saw– E105 Look, that’s a closed tunnel, you understand? It’s a dead end. They haven’t finished blasting it. There’s no way to get down there other than walking right by me and Werner, and nothing, no one, walked past us. That thing was already there, in the dark. That’s what that sound was. It like… teleported or something. TEALE Teleported. E105 This is a waste of my time. TEALE No. I’m trying to understand– E105 I’m leaving. You want to know anything else, check the report. I’m done talking to you. TEALE HearSay off. //HearSay auto-transcript ends//

D-Lock Block Cipher alias:int_server.1024_ciph.tier5.kds_ops/AClintonB035.flagged From: Andre Piros A134 To: Andrew Clinton B035 Date: August 3rd 2053 Subject: Mr. Clinton, As I mentioned in our original discussion (I have attached the Hearsay recording for your review), the Santonian employee contract is very clear on the punishment for entering restricted areas. Kovac Defensive Services have a comprehensive contract with both the Santonian Mining Company and the Mexican government that allows Kovac to establish martial law and “administrate punitive consequence” over any person within the exclusion zone. This is not just a company contract, it is national law. All workers at Garganta and the surrounding area agree to these regulations when they sign their contract. Andre Piros // attachment not found —-------------------------------- D-Lock Block Cipher alias:int_server.1024_ciph.tier5.kds_ops/AClintonB035.flagged|APirosA134.flagged Andrew, I’m so sorry for your loss. That sounds terrible. I did not know Igor Rostok C122 personally, but I have heard good things about him. I am sure the Santonian family will mourn his loss greatly. I am forwarding this message to Andre. He deals with all security issues within Garganta. As you know I am merely an advisor to Santonian Industries. I have nothing to do with company policy or procedure. I can only say that I condone the use of excessive force in any circumstance, and I hope Santonian and Kovac can come to some amicable resolution to this issue. J. —------------------------ D-Lock Block Cipher alias:int_server.1024_ciph.tier5.kds_ops/JDaviesA001.flagged Mr Davies, On July 28th, Igor Rostok C122, a Generalist Engineers, was shot and killed by a KSO for “entering a restricted area”. That is the full extent of the information Kovac have given to me. They killed a Santonian employee, and all that I know is that he was “entering a restricted area”. Andre Piros won’t give me any more information. I don’t know who to turn to. One of our employees has been killed for walking into the wrong area, and no one here seems to give a ♥♥♥♥. I knew Igor personally, and he was a company man through and through. The fact that he could ever been seen as a threat by Kovac is nonsense, and in what world is it okay to execute a person on the spot for trespassing? As I write that I realize how ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ insane it is. I don’t know what to do here Mr. Davies. I need help. Kovac are out of control. I can handle the Project Insight restrictions to a point, and understand the need for security, but this has gone too far. Andrew Clinton B035

Mambo Media Services search query Keywords: earthquake, 2049, aftershocks, frequency, Merida 15,345,210 results returned. Filtered by relevance: “Aftershocks from Merida quake exhibit unusual pattern” - WorldNews Agency 4/27/49 Quotation forthcoming “The Disturbing Truth behind the Merida Quakes?” - Buzzwords 4/31/49 You don’t have to look far to find a conspiracy theory these days. It’s natural for us to paranormalize (we’re copyrighting that word so don’t even think about it) every unexplainable mystery. However, some things do just seem a little too odd, even for the skeptical mind. Take, for example, the Merida earthquake. Look at the image below. It’s a chart of the time, strength, and frequency of the aftershocks. Notice anything unusual in those numbers? How about if we told you those numbers just happen to match the GPS coordinates for Chi… “Coincidence, or contrived? Merida aftershocks leave seismologists guessing” - The Watchdog 5/2/49 Quotation forthcoming “It’s All In The Numbers” - Our Earth magazine 5/15/49 Quotation forthcoming

CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT BETWEEN: Santonian Strategic Investments Company (hereafter referred to as the Employer) And Frank Bishop (hereafter referred to as the Employee) WHEREBY IT IS AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

1. This contract is not subject to the Revised Conditions of Employment Act of 2014 or any subsequent amendments.
   
   
2. The Employer undertakes to hire the Employee as a **network technician** with the period of the contract being from **05/18/2017** to **06/01/2020**
   
   
3. The first month of the Employee’s contract of employment shall be a probation period. The Employer may terminate the contract with immediate effect should the employee not perform satisfactorily.
   
   
4. In the event of the Employee not performing as expected during probation period, the Employee understands that payment may be withheld indefinitely pending board review
   
   
5. (Editors note, Dot point 5 is absent in the original Terminal log)
   
   
6. The Employee acknowledges that they may be asked to perform “additional tasks” over and above the primary tasks for which they are employed. Refusal to perform “additional tasks” will be considered a breach of contract, and any compensation due to the employee may be withheld indefinitely pending review.
   
   
7. The Employee agrees to terminate any existing employment contract with any other Employer immediately.
   
8. Any intellectual property created after this agreement shall be considered property of the Employer.
   
   
9. Any litigation proceedings resulting from the Employers appropriation of the Employees intellectual property, whether before or after this agreement, will be financed and accounted for solely by the Employee
   
   
10. No additional remuneration will be provided for any work conducted by the Employee, either as part of their employment duties outlined in this agreement, or as private enterprise conducted after this agreement is in effect.
    
    
11. For the purpose of this agreement, “Confidential Information” shall include all information or material that has or could have commercial value or other utility in the business in which the Employer is engaged.
    
    
12. The Employee shall hold and maintain any Confidential Information in strictest confidence for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Employer. Should a breach of this non-disclosure agreement occur, the Employee acknowledges the right of the Employer to restriction all travel by the Employee until the matter is resolved pending board review
    
    
13. The Employee acknowledges that a breach of this non-disclosure agreement grants the Employer the right to temporarily detain the Employee at an undisclosed location indefinitely pending board review.

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D-Lock Block Cipher alias:int_server.1024_ciph.tier5.med_core/sec_A_all.flagged From: Andre PirosA134 To: all@A001.A99 Date: Oct 2nd 2053 Subject: I have redacted classified information from the Dr. Hammerstein report regarding the exploration of the fossil. This verison of the report can be declassified for standard B tier clearance and above. The report follows. Andre Piros A134 —------------------------- This is the report of Dr. Gallus Hammerstein, lead researcher and co-founder of Project Insight. I have authorized expeditions into the following zones of the fossil:

• [redacted]
  
• [redacted]

These locations are collectively known as “the Inner”. This area has a separate classification due to evidence of geologic compacting and sedimentary settling. This implies an ancient impact or explosion. You may read my report titled [redacted] for further information on those findings. Having pinpointed the location of several chambers in zones [redacted] and [redacted], I have approved a comprehensive mapping and exploration of those zones. I am certain these chambers are not the result of natural geologic processes. An initial report, by one of my staff (not me) suggested they were lava tunnels. I have rejected that conclusion as there is no evidence of volcanic activity in this area and the chambers are too symmetrical to have been formed by any natural mechanism. I believe we are looking at evidence of [redacted]. I am confident that the chambers were being constructed by [redacted], though, as yet we do not know how or why they were made. Certainly, a great mystery for me to tackle. I have ordered any objects found within the Inner to remain in situ for the time being. It is my responsibility to establish protocols for all future explorations, so we will start as if we were freshman archeologists, shifting soil for the first time. We will organize and classify first, then once more is known we shall consider excavation , removal, and transportation. As I believe any artifacts we find will be [redacted], we will need to stay alert to the possibility of [redacted]. We have established a new catalogue for this work. My staff suggested we call it the Hammerstein Collection. It seems as good a choice as any. The following reports offer further insight into this enigma:

• [redacted]
  
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Dr. Gallus Hammerstein Project Insight Lead Researcher & Co-founder.

D-Lock Block Cipher Sender: Dean Lockwood A074 Receiver: AMC.ALL Date: November 14th 2053 Subject: Changes I will be serving as the Project Manager for Santonian Mining Company until a suitable replacement can be found. The tragic loss of Andrew has affected us all deeply, but we must carry on regardless. That is what he would have wanted. I will attempt to make myself available to you as much as possible but would appreciate patience as we make changes in response to the tragic events of October 13th We will be adjusting security procedures to make sure we are not caught off guard in the future, including restricting access to some areas. This is for your own safety. The energy surge created multiple blast tunnels to the surface. These tunnels are dangerous and unpredictable, so we will be sealing them off while inspections and repairs are conducted. Should you find a shaft that has not been surveyed, make sure you inform a Project Insight coordinator so the area can be secured and sealed off. We will be installing additional security doors throughout Garganta to isolate and contain any future events. There may be some teething problems getting access to certains areas as we integrate the new system, so bear with us. If you need access to a restricted area, contact a security officer. Do NOT, under any circumstances, enter a restricted area without clearance. I cannot stress this enough. A memorial service for Andrew will be held once social interaction limitations have been relaxed. We are following the recommended WHO guidelines to combat NAM-V even here in Garganta, the safest place you could be right now. As a reminder, we should all do our bit:

• Keep yourself and others safe:
  
• Wash hands regularly (20 seconds using anti-bacterial soap or bleach)
  
• Practice Social Distancing (6 -10 feet whenever possible)
  
• Inform medical staff of any unreported cases of NAM-V within the facility

In response to multiple complaints about wearing masks, we are not mandating their use. If you elect not to wear a mask, please exercise common sense (cover your mouth when you cough or sneeze, keep a reasonable distance etc.) Your choice in this matter will be recorded in your personnel file. Dean Lockwood Acting Project Manager

D-Lock Block Cipher alias:int_server.1024_ciph.tier5.kds_ops/DLockwoodA074.flagged From: Andre PirosA134 To: Dean Lockwood A074 Date: Oct April 16th 2054 Subject: Re: Re: Shipment Dean, Thank you for the correction. I have spoken to coordinator Harriet Lorde and made the necessary arrangements. If you haven’t been informed, I assume you don’t need to know. I suggest you speak to Anders if you have questions. Andre —-------------------------------- D-Lock Block Cipher alias:int_server.1024_ciph.tier5.kds_ops/APirosA134.flagged Why are you sending this to me? Is this the kind of crap Clinton used to deal with? Contact your area coordinator. That’s why we have them. Also, what the hell is the Rise Project? Dean Lockwood —------------------------------- D-Lock Block Cipher alias:int_server.1024_ciph.tier5.kds_ops/DLockwoodA074.flagged Dean, The KDS shipment will be arriving this week. This delivery is to be dispatched immediately to our private vault. They are NOT to be delivered to the usual Hydrostasis holding vault. A Kovac representative will meet you at the vault entrance and take things over from there. These HSUs have been allocated to the Rise Project. They are not to be unpacked or interacted with in any way by anyone other than a Kovac representative with Tier 5 clearance. Please instruct your staff accordingly. Andre Piros

D-Lock Block Cipher alias:int_server.1024_ciph.tier5.kds_ops/MGantusB623.flagged From: Angela Klein A106 To: Marcus Gantus B623 Date: May 4th 2054 Subject: Re: Odd log entries - please review Marcus, We have seen similar issues with operatives making statements that seem to come out of nowhere, but that’s usually related to some outside stimulus or a poorly structured objective module. Please send me the ID of the operative so I can offline them and research. As for the other issue - maybe the schematics it had were corrupted and it thought the closest was a waypoint? I doubt if we need to worry about it. Angela. —-------------------------- D-Lock Block Cipher alias:int_server.1024_ciph.tier5.kds_ops/AKleinA106.flagged Ms. Klein, I’ve been going through the BIOCOM logs from last month (March-April 2054). I do this every so often to confirm that objective stacking and prioritization is functioning as expected. It’s usually all fine except for the odd hiccup if an operative has an unexpected action to a PRDM or a temperature dropped in their pod or something - meaning it’s invariably an outside issue and not Biocom related. But last month we had two issues with the objective stack which seem to come directly from BIOCOM. These are two separate operatives of different generations, using different boosters, on two unrelated missions. The first issue I noticed was the operative was ordered to escort a group of environment techs through a restricted zone, surveil them as they cleared some blockage in a vent, then escort them out of the restricted zone. The operative completed the first four entries on the objective stack, but then added a new objective to the stack. It went to a storage closet, unlocked the door, waited for 6 minutes inside the closet, then returned to the environment tech and continued with the original stack. It didn’t take anything from the closest, didn’t speak to anyone, and didn’t initiate any combat. It’s very weird. I don’t know where the new objective came from, or how it slotted in to the stack so easily - but only BIOCOM can do this. It’s almost as if someone was testing me to see if we’d notice. I’d appreciate it if you told me if this was a test of some kind. I don’t want to burn hours on something like this if it was contrived. The second issue is likely more related to you. An operative told the scientist they were guarding that Project Insight “you must stop”. The scientist asked the KSO to repeat the statement, but the KSO ignored him and resumed its patrol.

D-Lock Block Cipher alias:int_server.1024_ciph.tier5.med_core/RStokesB162.flagged Dr Stokes, Here’s the second message. I’m sorry :/ Nolan Connor

"This is Dr. James Derant, this may be my last entry from EF01. Only myself, Alice, and all the security officers are still alive, and I'm fairly sure that our survival is not their primary objective. They are protecting the data first, then us. Bishop keeps moving us but the creatures, always find us. In even the pitch black that can locate us with ease. They took Peterson yesterday while we were resting in a cave. They must have been watching us all along. We had the entrance guarded and a rock wall to our backs but they still just…plucked him out of the middle of us. It’s possible that they’re using hunting strategies or… at least they work together to…to… We are going to die here, that much is clear. We’ve lost the quantum tether to Garganta and despite scanning the entire frequency range, there's no signal. Control must be searching for us from their end but whelp, we don’t fully understand the Matter Wave Projector. Damn fools. I have pleaded with Bishop to return to the landing zone because maybe there the original tether frequency will still work. He refuses, he just repeats his objective, explore and cover as much ground as possible and wait, until control establishes a matter wave for our return. Clearly that's not gonna happen. But you can’t talk to them, you can’t talk to any of them. They’re robots."

../BIOCOM Shortwave transmission intercepted@27mhz meta3.date_stamp(570420.114318) //transcript follows… UNIDENTIFIED MALE This is [inaudible] Sakura broadcasting from Geneva on behalf of the World Health Organization we are broadcasting on short [inaudible] radio [inaudible] every day the World Health Organization recommends all people remain isolated until further notice there is still no treatment for the nam vee [inaudible] currently no vaccination [inaudible] misinformation and misdiagnosis [inaudible] there is no naturally occurring immunity from nam vee due [inaudible] the world health [inaudible] has authorized an [inaudible] to find the origins of the virus it is believe to be located in the yucatan peninsula possibly near the [inaudible] access to a radio transmission device please contact us [inaudible] frequence at any time this station is monitored twenty [inaudible] will reach the peninsula in the three days [inaudible] staff do not have access to food or water and will be there exclusively to search for the origins of [inaudible] however representatives will have details of all operational evac centers and can provide details on the location [inaudible] will repeat on the hour every hour this is the world [inaudible] ../BIOCOM. .. transcript ends// Intercept log updated Alert system flagged