| From: | shadowtk@********.demon.co.uk (Paul J. Adam) |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Comms Out? |
| Date: | Fri, 05 Apr 1996 14:42:37 GMT |
>>>>>[Major, my apologies for the abrupt cessation of communications. We
appear
to have been compromised more thoroughly than I expected... As far as we can
gather, the relay station has been attacked and we have lost our link for
Project Manchu. One possibility is that the encryption in a Manchu chip was
defeated during analysis: that would suggest a corporate attack. The
alternative would be signals intelligence, which would implicate the UCAS at
least as the directing agency. Finally, it might simply have been Lynch, since
the residence was traceable to the late Major Cuellar.
For your information, though, Phase Three has been judged a complete success.
Although the nature of the chips can be expected to be compromised, there are
other, similar systems which produce the same apparent effect of crude
conditioning - the `Nuke' intrusion countermeasure, for instance - and we
believe our work will be assumed to be only a development of that.
Phase Four has also proved to be successful: the information gathered by your
operation has been most invaluable, and led to the Manchu conditioning being
successfully implanted by only the boosted signals of a standard BTL chip,
without the need for the high-level neural stresses generated by the
interrogation routine. Unfortunately, even high-intensity subject matter does
not allow the Manchu imprinting to take place via ASIST playback of normal
levels: that was, however, never considered likely.
Your immediate orders are to cut off supplies of the Phase III chips and report
in. I assume the ambush you set was unsuccessful? ]<<<<<
-- Colonel Tepanohoutec <14:01:42/04-05-57>
Aztlan Intelligence Service
*****PRIVATE: Colonel Tepanohoutec
>>>>>[The Denver hit could not have been Lynch, sir: he was involved in the
death of the "Muffin Man" and his associates at that time. I am concerned at
the effects the loss of the contact number will have on current and future
Manchu subjects, though, since they will be unable to discharge the compulsion.
This may draw further unwanted attention to our operations.
Our ambush for Lynch appears to have failed: luckily without incident. I
believe, with hindsight, I placed too much bait in the trap, and he became
suspicious. The InterPol team sent were impressive in their professionalism:
Walsh and I most particularly enjoyed "interviewing" the female agent they
wished to place as a dancer. The club was not compromised, and the cost
involved was small.
I have identified a suitable group for the field-test of Phase V: Corporal
Ramirez was most invaluable in this matter, and I have field-promoted her to
Sergeant as a result. She is now in a position to supply a relatively immobile
and close-knit community of approximately fifty sufficiently affluent BTL-using
individuals whenever the merchandise is ready: a group of students at the
University of Washington. We will be in a position to observe the results
effectively.
+++++include file: student.BTL.tastes
These are the most popular subjects among this group: Ramirez has also flagged
those which are currently hard to obtain in the area. Note that several of the
students eschew sexual material, forming a useful control group.]<<<<<
-- Major Zicahuata <14:32:51/04-05-57>
Aztlan Intelligence Service
*****PRIVATE: Major Zicahuata
>>>>>[Excellent work, Major. However, avoid the temptation to antagonise
InterPol. Satisfying as it may be, the current pleasing state of affairs -
Special Branch bent completely to our will - is expensive and transient. Do
not give Commander Drake any more reason to turn on us than absolutely
necessary.
Two shipments are en route to you: one will come by the normal route, and a
duplicate consignment as follows:
+++++include file: flightplan.txt
We are concerned at the possibility that our Denver supply route may have been
compromised with the loss of first Cuellar, then the relay station.]<<<<<
-- Colonel Tepanohoutec <15:02:51/04-05-57>
Aztlan Intelligence Service
