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Message no. 1
From: "Meriadoc <Matrix Runner>" <pjmorr@****.NET>
Subject: R.A.I.D.
Date: Mon, 3 Oct 1994 07:08:15 -0500
>>>>>[Whistler, I think that the R.A.I.D. rounds have something a little
stronger than off the shelf raid in them. I am not sure, I have seen them
in use and it is not a pretty sight. My buddy Ax calls them Really Awfull
Insect Destroyers. She is a little strange though. Too many close calls
with insects will do it to you. I guess the next step in our disscussion is
to determine a where and when, right?]<<<<<
--Meriadoc <07:12:94/10-03-55>
Message no. 2
From: Erik S Jameson <esj@***.UUG.ARIZONA.EDU>
Subject: Re: R.A.I.D.
Date: Mon, 3 Oct 1994 12:09:05 -0700
ENCRYPTED
Private: Meriadoc

>>>>>[I suppose that is correct. I am unsure of what the nature of our
discussion would be, but being new in town, I am always willing to meet
new business partners. I would suggest the Dante's Inferno (I believe I
understand the irony, given the current situation). Meet me sometime
this Friday night. The bartender in Heaven will be able to point me out
ot you. Do try to get there early though. The crowds can become
dreadfully large by 21:00...]<<<<<
-the Whistler<12:10:45/3-10-55>
Message no. 3
From: mneideng@****.caltech.edu (Mark L. Neidengard)
Subject: Re: Raid
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 1996 19:13:02 -0700 (PDT)
*****PRIVATE: alias@*******_Impossible
>>>>>[Well, it do look good ol' Mutha Naytcha ain'a'gonna let us down fo'
dis
weeken'..one thing I'm concerned 'bout with usin' aircraft is tha' logistics o'
keepin' 'em hidden. I tell you what. I can get one o' my team in tha area
with a "low-observ'ble" aircraft...that hardware's only for really _special_
occasion's, see...but I think dis qualifies. Lynch, if we'z gonna have
anythin' t'do with tha' UCAS navy, you'd betta let'em know that one o' ours
be comin, with this:
+++++include OTP.auth.pub.encr
Giv that to whatevah folks be on tha nearest AWACS bird, an' they'll at leas'
know we're there fo' tha purpose o' IFF. I don' know if they'd see us anyhow,
but I'z not one t'take chances. The bird'll have AAM's and AGM's, and room
t'stash some stuff if we find we need it. Le'z say we don' wanna put mo' than
a few hundr'd kilos o' stuff inside; my birds ain't norm'lly cargo transports.
Even given this storm an' such I don' wanna get it close t'tha island itself
unless it's needed.

Tha hope is to disable th'residents o' tha island with tha first volley o'
missiles. We follow those up with a blanket o' FAE...nothin' really big,
but enough t' shake out most mines an' sensors on tha surface an' tag anyone
out in tha open. Then we let tha first folks onto shore, wif some assitance
from a couple o' sea-air drones, an' iz' off an' runnin'.

So what we need is a meetin t' hammer out tha final details. I figyah my
scheduez mo' open than you folkses. Care t' suggest a time an' place?
]<<<<<
-- V-12 <11:07:21 / 04-29-57>
Message no. 4
From: shadowtk@********.demon.co.uk (Paul J. Adam)
Subject: Re: Raid
Date: Wed, 01 May 1996 18:01:05 GMT
*****PRIVATE: alias@*******_Impossible
>>>>>[Okay, V-12. Sounds good to me. Our backup air is a private bird,
nothing fancy: just a Mistral, on a private flight. That can lift a dozen
at a push, if we need it.

The island's dead as far as sensors go. Maybe shortrange IR, but the storm
will shut that down. I'd guess they're leaving it low-profile, so that they
can deny all knowlege later. "If it was ours would it have been so lightly
defended?" Long-range air search radars mean significant military backing,
and no way could Aztlan credibly deny knowlege then.

I'd suggest a planning meet at >>encrypted<< to go over
details.]<<<<<
-- Lynch <18:01:21 / 05-01-57>
Message no. 5
From: "Mark A. Imbriaco" <mark@******.net>
Subject: Re: Raid
Date: Thu, 2 May 1996 10:29:04 -0400 (EDT)
*****PRIVATE: alias@*******_Impossible
>>>>>[ Are you gonna want me and some of my people on this one, Lynch, or
are we gonna hit Jose simultaneously? ]<<<<<
-- Tangent <10:28:51/05-02-57>
Message no. 6
From: shadowtk@********.demon.co.uk (Paul J. Adam)
Subject: Re: Raid
Date: Thu, 02 May 1996 21:56:46 GMT
*****PRIVATE: alias@*******_Impossible
>>>>>[I figured a two-team hit for the island. Probably overkill, but
I'd rather be safe than sorry right now. We should be out two days,
three tops, which should mean you can either subcontract or split off
your surveillance specialists to keep Zicky-boy under observation.
We'll take him when we get back.

For Clipperton, I'd like your people to go in on the dock and take the south
end of the camp: we'll go ashore on the north-east, where the rocks are worst,
and distract them while you land right on top. Then, while they try to deal
with you, we close on them. We have three routes out: two air, one by sea
the way we came in. Prisoners we mostly leave on the island, but any
scientists or seniors we subdue and take if possible. Ditto computer
storage units.

Why am I leaving Zicky-boy in the breeze for a couple of days? Partly I want
to make him sweat. Partly, I'm feeling better than I was <g> but I'm still
jumpy and tense and I don't delegate well. A weakness, I know. On the other
hand, Zicahuata's running out of troops, friends, markers and luck.]<<<<<
-- Lynch <22:10:42/05-02-57>

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