| From: | mneideng@****.caltech.edu (Mark L. Neidengard) |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Repairs complete |
| Date: | Sat, 23 Dec 1995 19:20:27 -0800 |
+++++engage SigmoidHelix-4.1
>>>>>[Greetings, my friend. I'm sure you'll pardon the extra delay over my
normal period; due to the unusual nature of the damage, my team wanted to make
sure that nothing was left overlooked in your equipment. Aside from repairs,
most of the upgrades involve sensors and electronics this time. Among other
things, I'm sure you'll appreciate the better transducers in the audio pickup
systems and in the ultrasound units. There is also a very nice firmware
upgrade for the <ENCRYPTED> which should improve latency by about 10%. I did
install a slight modification to the ammunition feed for the "Fragrach" unit to
keep up with the latest field bug reports, as well as some minor tweaks to the
shock-absorption system. You'll find a summary, as usual, with the gear.
As far as the paranormal front is concerned, the results were quite
interesting. The "wraith" didn't leave any physical residue on the equipment,
but the supernatural traces were quite extensive. And basically unknown in
the "literature". Just the raw strength of the psychic residue is as strong
as some of the stuff from Easter Island, and believe me, neither I or any of
my associates are eager to have anything to do with _that_ place again. My
"magical consultant" was actually quite frightened, though she went through
with the analysis anyway, a regrettable thing. The patterns of the residue are
also highly complex, and will probably make good fodder for analysis for some
time to come. Purely from a physical standpoint, the thing had enough brute
strength to _rip_ through the Lambdinate armor on the van without breaking a
nail, to say nothing of the drones. That sort of strength is difficult to
muster even with a machine press, much less with an anthropomorphic limb. The
thing is stronger by far than any animal, or any powered suit for that matter.
If those gouges it left are any indication, I think I can say with substantial
confidence that a _tank_'s armor wouldn't stop it.
If the thing was physical during the conflict, my magical consultant tells me
that it would need a way to get into any of the Lonestar vehicles physically
to have any influence there, and would at the very least need line-of-sight to
sow any dissention among the crowd. The best guess is that it wandered around
in some non-corporeal mist form (like the vampire is supposed to be able to
do). If that's the case, then Lonestar almost surely wanked with their
Enviroseal stuff. I keep telling people that filtration isn't enough, but
they don't seem to believe me. At any rate. My advice is: _please_ don't
fuck with this stuff ever again. There can't be very many things on this
level of power hanging around our world (or else people would have found
them), but only one is enough to totally ruin all of our lives. And we had
two, by the appearance of recent events...I wouldn't want to see you or your
crew incur any unavoidable expense or injury because of shit of this magnitude.
I'm not certain at all whether the corporate mage corps, or even the military
ones, could deal with a threat like this...
Well. At least the riots have calmed down and the relief efforts are underway.
I have to feel somewhat sorry for all those people out in the precipitation
with all their worldly possessions blown to hell, but at least they _will_
have a Christmas of some sort. Anyway, Merry Christmas in advance to you
guys, and enjoy the goodies. Come to pick them up at the same location
at <OTP#!*&@&!@> hours. I'll probably already be gone by then, but that's
just how it goes. Keep in touch.]<<<<<
+++++disengage SigmoidHelix
-- AlexandriaN <18:45:58 / 12-23-56>
