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Message no. 1
From: FROGSPLAT@***.com FROGSPLAT@***.com
Subject: Extraction
Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2000 01:33:03 EST
>>>>>[A client of mine has had a loss of late and has hired me to arrange
for
a retrieval of that loss.
+++++ATTACH: Ariel.pic
[picture of a very attractive young female elf on a Yamaha Rapier,
wearing a black leather jacket with a red anarchy sign sewn on]

He would like his daughter back alive and in one piece. Anyone wanting more
information please contact me.]<<<<<
-- Frogsplat <01:27:48/04-02-61>
Message no. 2
From: Logan Graves logan1@********.net
Subject: Extraction
Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2000 14:04:21 -0400
*****PRIVATE: Frogsplat
>>>>>[Just a friendly tip: if anyone's harboring Ms. Ariel there, they'll
now have a head start. You might want to hold off flashing the pic to the general public,
next time around.

That being said, I might be interested in your job offer, depending on the
specifics.

I always a sucker for lost kids.]<<<<<
-- Ricochet Rita <13:39:40/04-02-61>
Message no. 3
From: FROGSPLAT@***.com FROGSPLAT@***.com
Subject: Extraction
Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2000 14:41:28 EDT
*****PRIVATE: Rita
>>>>>[That would be a problem if she had actually been kidnaped. Rather
she
is a runaway and her father wants her to be returned home. From my
understanding she is beginning to get caught up in more than she can handle
and he just wants her to be safe.]<<<<<
-- Frogsplat <14:02:29/04-02-61>
Message no. 4
From: Ratinac, Rand (NSW) RRatinac@*****.redcross.org.au
Subject: Extraction
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 11:10:56 +1000
***** PRIVATE: Frogsplat
>>>>>[ An extraction?

My team and I can probably help you with that. Send me the data. ]<<<<<
-- Sweet Oblivion <11:11:47/04-03-61>
Message no. 5
From: FROGSPLAT@***.com FROGSPLAT@***.com
Subject: Extraction
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 13:25:10 EDT
***** PRIVATE: Sweet Oblivion
>>>>>[Well to come short and clean on this, the target is the run away
daughter of a client of mine. She joined up with the Ancients and has been
with them for about six months. A few weeks ago my client heard from his own
sources that his daughter was getting mixed up with some pretty heavy drek.
So now he wants her back home alive and safe where he might be able to reason
with her. The pay is good and the money is spendable. Still
interested?]<<<<<
--Frogsplat <12:19:45/04-03-61>
Message no. 6
From: Ratinac, Rand (NSW) RRatinac@*****.redcross.org.au
Subject: Extraction
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 12:27:54 +1000
***** PRIVATE: Frogsplat
>>>>>[ Ah.

I'd like to help you, but that isn't really our thing. Sorry. ]<<<<<
-- Sweet Oblivion <12:31:01/04-05-61>
Message no. 7
From: Logan Graves logan1@********.net
Subject: Extraction
Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 22:54:18 -0400
*****PRIVATE: Frogsplat
>>>>>[Runaway, hunh? Figures. It's never easy, is it? Unwilling
extractions aren't exactly my specialty, but let's have the specifics: suspected
locations, opposing forces, timeframe, payment schedules, etc. Don't hold out on
me.]<<<<<
-- Ricochet Rita <01:14:04/04-04-61>
Message no. 8
From: FROGSPLAT@***.com FROGSPLAT@***.com
Subject: Extraction
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 00:39:55 EDT
*****PRIVATE: Ricochet Rita
>>>>>[Ok here's the down and dirty on it. The target goes by the name of
Ariel. She is 21 years of age and is a member of the Ancients go-gang. She
has been seen of late on the 6th "circle" of Dante's Inferno in Seatle. My
client tells me she can be found there during Saturday evenings. Aside from
that, she can probably be found with various members of the Ancients. That
brings up the next point . . . opposing forces. Ariel and her friends in the
gang will probably not let her go so easily. Expect some resistence from
them. My client also tells me she might be caught up in some corporate play.
Though the risk of running into any corp types is slim, the possibility
exists. Payment for this run goes as such . . . 10,000 nuyen up front with
another 30,000 on delivery of Ariel (alive) at the predetermined location,
which (if you decide to take this job) shall be revealed to you.]<<<<<
--Frogsplat <11:33:23/04-04-61>
Message no. 9
From: Logan Graves logan1@********.net
Subject: Extraction
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 07:00:28 -0400
*****PRIVATE: Frogsplat
>>>>>[Job accepted. Send the delivery locale & the 'damage' deposit.

+++++include BancoCarrib account

It looks like I'll need a day or three's leeway on the actual drop-off. 'Daddy'
shouldn't mind if the extra intel means the difference in simply returning her
and returning her _unharmed_.]<<<<<
-- Ricochet Rita <06:37:28/04-05-61>
Message no. 10
From: FROGSPLAT@***.com FROGSPLAT@***.com
Subject: Extraction
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 12:29:53 EDT
*****PRIVATE: Ricochet Rita
>>>>>[When you have her, take Ariel to 240 SE Shoreland Dr (in Bellevue).
There is a little cafe called Tom's Coffee and Bagels. Look for a couple of
elven men dressed nicely. They'll have your other payment on hand to give to
you. My client does not mind the extra time as long as she is brought in
safe. Now to the part you like . . .

+++++Deposit to BancoCarrib account 10000 nuyen

Please report to me when the job is done (for my own records). Thank
you.]<<<<<
--Frogsplat <11:23:53/04-05-61>
Message no. 11
From: Logan Graves logan1@********.net
Subject: Extraction
Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2000 01:02:15 -0400
>>>>>[GO-GANG's ANTICS CLOSE HALF OF MORROW BRIDGE
+++++begin news article
--Seattle--
Lone Star's Seattle Division closed all westbound lanes of the Lacey V. Morrow
Memorial Bridge this evening, following a series of gang-related accidents which
brought the late night commuter traffic to a standstill.

+++++include video feed
[The bridge's deck is littered with the remains of at least eighteen motorcycles
and their riders. All are dressed in black and green leathers, clearly marking
them as members of the Ancients go-gang. Wrecked and crumpled automobiles
complete the scene, with their owners milling about angrily. Behind them,
traffic is backed up all the way to Council Island. A dozen Lone Star paddy
wagons, which have arrived from the bridge's Seattle side, are vainly trying to
restore a semblance of order.]

Witnesses reported that at approximately 10:35 pm, nearly two dozen motorcycles
entered the northern section of the bridge at a very high rate of speed--riding
against the flow of traffic, where upon they began to unseat and slam into each
other and into oncoming commuters. There were conflicting reports that one of
the cycles actually made it safely out the other side of the bridge.

+++++include caption: "Sergeant W. Klein, Lone Star Security Services"
"This is a bloody mess," sighs the weary looking officer. "It's going to
take
*hours* to sort it all out."

"No, we don't know what it was about," Klein says to an off-camera question.
"We think it might have been some sort of bizarre initiation ritual or maybe
nothing more than a 'poker run'. We do know that these gang members were
spotted outside Dante's Inferno, just prior to their storming the bridge."

An estimated 30 commuter vehicles were damaged during the incident. But so far
the only reported injuries are from members of the motorcycle gang.

[The camera pans away from Klein and focuses in on an angry youth in similar
gang colors.]

+++++include caption: "Ancients' spokesman, Talse Greenthorne"
"There's no such thing as a %&@*$ing Poker Run," protests Greenthorne, as he
is
hustled into an awaiting Black Mariah.

All traffic to and from downtown Seattle is being rerouted through the eastbound
section of the bridge, until further notice.
+++++end article]<<<<<
-- InstaNewsFeed <11:05:54/04-08-61>
Message no. 12
From: Logan Graves logan1@********.net
Subject: Extraction
Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2000 02:25:25 -0400
*****PRIVATE: Frogsplat
>>>>>[Ariel was delivered safely as agreed, earlier this evening. As I
arrived at the drop-off point, I wasn't sure if they would be there to collect her or not,
but everything went as planned.

This is for your confirmation:

+++++include: delivery.vid
[A grainy image forms, suggesting a lower-grade cyber recording device.
Although the it's in color, everything has an odd grayish tint to it. In the
lower right corner, a retinal clock reads, 22:54:23.]

The perspective is from the front of a motorcycle, which slowly rolls through a
sleepy up-scale community, eventually coming to a stop in front of an all-night
cafe.

The camera pans, as the viewer glances up at the storefront of "Tom's Coffee and
Bagels."

+++++Signal interrupted

[When the feed resumes, the scene is the same and the image is still grainy, but
the colors are noticeably more vivid.]

The viewer places a heavy smoke-black helmet over one of the handlebars. Then
she looks down, while removing a fabric restraint from a pair of arms and
unclasps them from about her waist.

Stepping off the bike, she carefully picks up her passenger and carries the
still girl into the cafe.

As she enters, two large men rise from a table near the center. Their
expressions aren't friendly.

"Relax, gentlemen," says the viewer as she approaches. Her accent sounds
vaguely oriental. "She is merely unconscious. The effect will wear off in an
hour."

The two meet her announcement with uncertain looks.

"If you like," she offers, "we can all wait here, until she wakes up."

The man on the left speaks for the first time, "that won't be necessary. Her
father is more than eager to be reunited."

The man on the right picks up on his partner's cue, bows slightly to the camera,
and produces a credstick from within his jacket.

"Thank you," he says, "we are in your debt."

Within short order, the stick is exchanged for the girl. Then the viewer turns
back towards the cafe's door and heads out into the night beyond.

+++++end video

It has been a pleasure doing business with you.]<<<<<
-- Ricochet Rita <01:14:04/04-09-61>
Message no. 13
From: "James L. Bobolia" <James.L.Bobolia@*********.EDU>
Subject: Extraction
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1993 13:36:09 EST
##ENCRYPT:EXTRACTIONFAILURE
>>>>>[Sorry Red, have been unable to locate Lightspeed. We've found him
once
but he relocated before a trace was able to be run.

No information has come up other than he has ties to Agrigen. Will keep you
informed as new data arrives.]<<<<<
-- Brodo <10:41:08/11-15-54>
Message no. 14
From: Dean Esam <twist@******.EDU.AU>
Subject: Extraction
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 1994 17:53:39 +1000
*****PRIVATE: Speed, Dancer
>>>>>[ Hmm, the boat-plane sounds fine, actually it's a great idea, the
only sub I was able to get a line on was meltdown hot. Now if you leave
it moored in an isolated spot, I should be able to arrange for some
appropriately placed SCUBA tanks, I've been notified that they already
have a decoy boat, for the authorities to blow up. I still dont like it
though, too open to a double cross. Dancer, make sure that the primary's
dont find out how, they just need to know it's gonna happen... By the
way, something that worries me, what about the legislation, I mean, _why_
did you guys go to the trouble of stealing a piece of legislation, is
that what you're using to 'mail the government into letting you leave? If
that's the case, tell me, 'cause it's certain that they will try to burn
ya's ]<<<<<
-- Courier <00:49:52/07-25-55>

*****PRIVATE: Courier
>>>>>[ I've been authorised to let you know this much, although it's
gonna be a bugger to destroy the record of this message... They didn't
steal the bill, they were hired to destroy it! ]<<<<<
-- Dancer <01:15:00/07-25-55>
Message no. 15
From: The Powerhouse <P.C.Steele@*********.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: Extraction
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 1994 23:37:12 +0100
*****PRIVATE Courier, Dancer
>>>>>[ Well I don't know anything about this bill 'cept what you guys told
me.
Anyway PH has forwarded the nuyen and I can be in the South Pacific tommorow
if you need me, as to PH well I think he's still interested in helping his
old chummers out but is finding current commitments difficult to get away from.

Drop me a line when you want me to move in. ]<<<<<
-Speed (11:36:49/7.25.55)
Message no. 16
From: Kjell Sawyer <sawyer@***.NO>
Subject: Extraction
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 1995 07:12:51 +0200
***** Private: Dashira
>>>>>[Affirmative. The extraction went smooth - I am now of the hook.
TNX.]<<<<<
-- Genocide <06:56:34/08-APR-56>

***** Private: Sinhead
>>>>>[Affirmative.]<<<<<
-- Genocide <06:57:34/08-APR-56>
Message no. 17
From: Sinhead <Ellen_Saethre@******.EDU>
Subject: Re: extraction
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 1995 00:41:09 +0000
***** Private: Genocide
>>>>>[You can be such an ass.]<<<<<
-- Sinhead <07:39:59/08-APR-56>
Message no. 18
From: Oscar Rodriguez <U09549@*****.UIC.EDU>
Subject: extraction
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 15:03:31 CST
>>>>>[Personnel needed for an extraction mission. Interested parties
should contact me privately. Discretion is a must.]<<<<<
-- Bellevue <15:05:36/04-01-58>
Message no. 19
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: extraction
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 00:49:17 +0100
*****PRIVATE: Bellevue
>>>>>[Extractions present little difficulty, and discretion is a way of
life for me.

I look forward to more details.]<<<<<
-- Mr Gone <00:40:42/04-02-58>
Message no. 20
From: matb <mbreton@**.NETCOM.COM>
Subject: Re: extraction
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 00:46:28 -0800
PRIVATE: Bellevue
>>>>>[Provide details and I'll provide you with your
extractee(s).]<<<<<
-- Push <23:44:40/04-01-58>
Message no. 21
From: stephen wolfe <twowolfe@*******.NET>
Subject: Re: extraction
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 1997 09:30:08 -0800
Paul J. Adam wrote:
>
> *****PRIVATE: Bellevue
> >>>>>[If you need a decker to cover your back let me
know.]<<<<<
> -- Wildthing <00:17:42/04-03-58>
Message no. 22
From: Oscar Rodriguez <U09549@*****.UIC.EDU>
Subject: extraction
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 14:19:34 CST
***** PRIVATE: Mr. Gone, Wildthing, Push
>>>>>[You're objective would be to retrieve a "patient" being
transferred
from a military hospital to a psychiatric hospital. Minimal security is
expected during the transfer and I wish for there to be no casualties.
I will insure safe transport into Portland from Seattle.

If you are still interested meet me at 15:00 tomorrow at <encrypted>.
The private room is reserved in my name.]<<<<<
-- Bellevue <14:19:33/04-02-58>

***** PRIVATE: Spectre
>>>>>[I hate to interrupt your vacation but I have need of you.
I plan on retreiving Stone. I've learned that his condition is
improving. They have made plans to transfer him to a psychiatric
hospital in Portland. It took them eight months to "help" him
with physical complications. I have no intention of letting him
rot in a psych hospital for who knows how long.

Goddam hypocritical elves. If it had been an elf soldier he would
have been out of the hospital in a quarter of the time. Hell, they
wouldn't even let me see the boy during that time.

The meet is set for tomorrow at 15:00 at <encrypted>. I'll be using
the boat fund to finance this deal. I'll ask Miho to have your usual
drink waiting for you.]<<<<<
-- Bellevue <14:29:04/04-02-58>

***** PRIVATE: Bellevue
>>>>>[Watch the elf talk. Hrmph, only three of us left. Retirement
won't be much fun if it's only the two of us. So I guess using the
boat fund would be ok.

Count me in. Boat drinks.]<<<<<
-- Spectre <15:07:49/04-02-58>
Message no. 23
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: extraction
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 23:37:03 +0100
*****PRIVATE: Bellevue
>>>>>[I'll be there.]<<<<<
-- Mr Gone <23:36:48/04-02-58>
Message no. 24
From: stephen wolfe <twowolfe@*******.NET>
Subject: Re: extraction
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 1997 14:41:08 -0800
*****PRIVATE: Bellevue
>>>>>[See you when I get there. I will bring my Toys]<<<<<
-- WildThing <6:36:48/04-03-58>
Message no. 25
From: Jaimie Nicholson <jaimie.nicholson@********.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject: Re: extraction
Date: Sat, 5 Apr 1997 17:32:05 +1200
>>>>>[Discretion is a must, Bellevue? There's a change. Most Johnson's like
us to advertise a little.]<<<<<
-- Squatter <21:44:36/04-04-58>
Message no. 26
From: matb <mbreton@**.NETCOM.COM>
Subject: Re: extraction
Date: Sat, 5 Apr 1997 22:24:24 -0800
*****PRIVATE: Bellevue
>>>>>[I'll be there.]<<<<<
-- Push <11:21:05/04-05-58.
Message no. 27
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Extraction
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 23:26:08 +0000
*****PRIVATE: SAC C. D'Arkan, SASIC T. Johnson
>>>>>[Enough talk: we scored some action, and it was muy bueno. Not as
good as we'd hoped, but a better outcome than we expected.

Titan was an easy catch, and a tough nut. "Unresponsive to conventional
interrogation technique" would sum it up nicely. Torture doesn't work
too well, so we didn't bother, just yelled for backup, got a forensic
mage in and pillaged his mind but good. Technically illegal, but I don't
think that's too much of a problem at this time and for this case. He's
in custody, so due process can take its course.


Guess what? Haze bought a shedload of flechette 5.7mm and a portable
broadcast rig from Titan barely a week ago. Even the lot number for the
ammo fits.

We got his home address, too. Barrens, of course, and we figured we
could be less obtrusive than a strike team: make up for numbers with
surprise and speed. Footage is in the file, as ever, but it's not of
great interest.

Haze wasn't home, but we definitely got the right place. How do we know?
Because somebody else was. Brittany Feniway, age fourteen, kidnapped off
the Auburn bus and kept as Haze's in-house entertainment since then.

He's been gone forty-eight hours, he left her food for a fortnight and a
collar round her neck that he told her was a bomb, set to go off if she
made too much noise or used the phone or tried to leave. My guess is he
wasn't bored with her yet: when he was, he'd kill her or sell her.

She's in the state you'd expect, for a fourteen-year-old girl who was
stuck in a bloodbath siege, watched some psycho kill thirty people, then
raped by that same psycho a dozen times or so over the course of a
couple of days, before he left her in a dirty squat in the Barrens with
what she thought was a bomb around her neck. Physically, not hurt, but
mentally? Not my field. Lilith says she'll be all right... eventually.
We're bringing her in as soon as the forensic team let us get away.


Anyway, Haze is our shooter from Auburn. We and Forensics had trouble
outside, that neighbourhood doesn't like the law. One guy had already
half-fried himself trying to get into the Interceptor, and we almost had
to shoot our way out to get past a mob outside. I'd guess staking out
his home is a loser, he'll get waved off long before he's in sight of
any usable stakeout.


Downside, with hindsight if we'd waited we might have got him. Or our
stakeout might have got blown, and we could have heard him kill his
prisoner in stereophonic audio. Or we could have sat outside for weeks,
while he got waved off by the locals and the Feniway girl starved to
death inside. I'm not sure we did the best thing, but it could have been
lots worse.

On the plus side, we've got a solid description, confirmation that we're
after the right guy, and the beginnings of a lead.

Brittany doesn't know what happened to the other three girls, except
it's likely the same as her but more so - more men, fewer girls. My
guess for that sort of party would be they killed the girls when they'd
had enough, but we're not going to give up hope yet. Haze referred to
his men by number throughout, no clues. That was as hard as I wanted to
push her right then.

I want the sonofabitch dead. I'm not diverting too much time to it, yet.
But between you and I, when I find him this is a live bullet arrest (to
coin a Drake phrase). I don't like sharing air with this guy. We try to
get him alive so we can take his brain apart a cell at a time, is all,
but I'll see him dead before I see him free.]<<<<<
-- 1Lt J R W Lynch <23:25:43/02-05-59>
Strategic Intelligence Gathering Agency


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Message no. 28
From: Avenger <Avenger@*******.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: Extraction
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 01:15:11 +0000
*****PRIVATE: 1lt J R W Lynch
>>>>>[Achilles sanction Lynch.


We get him alive, we burn his mind out of his sick little skull until
we've got everything we can use. Then he goes in front of a court, and
they sentence the scag to a life term in front of an executioner. He
walks from the court, he gets five feet down the steps, until a
concerned citizen blows his head off.


He will not return to the streets. There are certain things we _can_ do
when it comes to toxic infection. You burn out the disease and
disinfect the area.

Page 13, Paragraph 4.
... any steps necessary using any reasonable force to ensure protection
of the general public. Reaction to criminal intent is now to take the
maximum form necessary to secure that safety. In cases of inhuman
cruelty and violence against the people, or law enforcement officers,
extreme prejudice is sanctioned.


Seems pretty clear to me. Some people are simply born to die. Seneca
are on his case as well. There are agents out there who want this scag,
who want him to suffer like his victims. You're not alone, but we want
him as an example, held up in front of his peers and made an example of.
If we fail in that, we fail to deliver the message. The message that
this will _not_ be tolerated.]<<<<<
-- SAC. C D'Arkan <01:09:32/02-06-59>
FBI, Achilles Project
Fort Lewis, Seattle
Message no. 29
From: winter@******.med.harvard.edu
Subject: Extraction
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 1996 20:10:29 -0400
*****Private: Mother Goose
>>>>>[Initiate Greasysausage v2.4
greasysausage implemented

Mother Goose, Elvis has left the building.

Penetration was achived via satellite holding Tidy Diaper Co.

Vehicle as yet unrecovered. Last reported location: drop-off lot 37q.
Interrogation reveals vehicle removed from lot 37q for routine
refeuling on schedule by Fuel Management Officer Brown. Include
footage of theft:

+++++:[Guy taking Diaper truck]

Upon further investigation, Brown recovered at Easy Rest Coffin Motel.

+++++:[Still of guy mummified in duct tape]

Brown is currently being "debriefed".

Vehicle next recorded by traffic monitor #6786896.

+++++:[Still of Diaper truck on city street]

Note vehicle suspention further compressed. Computer analysis
indicates an additional 3.1 passengers (margin of error +/- .3).

Vehicle entered the Toad Tech Complex at 19:32:59. Reports conflict
with current data. Reports indicate ShootFirst personel entering
parking complex at this time, not Tidy Diaper. The use of magic has
been independantly confirmed at this time. Magical illusions were
responsible for this discrepancy. Garage cameras confirm reports.
Include camera footage:

+++++:[ShootFirst van entering well-lit underground garage]

Employees of shootFirst log in at 19:45:32. Request for additional
security traced to Dr. Velandia's office. Dr. Velandia is currently
being "debriefed". Employees disapear en route between security and
Dr. Velandia's office. suspect data tampering in records. Secrure
records from data dump reveal group's appearance at Von Filgere's lab.
Entry is maade into this area via means unknown at this time.

Interior cameras begin to loop at 20:13:49.

At 20:17:32 Fire alarm systems engage. Main Power is deactivated,
emergency backup power engages. All building security called to room
1324.

At 20:29:43 backup security called to room SL467.

At 20:42:23 Dr. Von Filgere's Subject recorded leaving building with
security personnel. Include video footage of same.

+++++:[Same ShootFirst van as before. Engine running. A short man in
a security uniform hold the firedoor open for a thickly built Elf who
runs forward and tugs the cargo door open. Short man leaps into the
van. A small Ork child is brutally man-handled out of the firedoor
and into the Security Van by a muscular Ork Male. Van smoothly
accelerates to 20 kph. Van leaves garage.]

Suspect professional shadow-op team hired by Frog Co. to extract key
experimental subject. Recomend maximum reprisals and recovery of
Subject.

Awaiting further orders.

Logoff Greasysausage v2.4
greasysausage disengaged]<<<<<

-- Grim <20:06:42/08-07-57>

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