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Message no. 1
From: Pete psyscape@**********.com
Subject: SIGA
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 20:10:10 +0100
*****PRIVATE: Director of Operations: SIGA
+++++CC: Personnel Officer, SIGA
+++++BCC: Lt. Jason Lynch, SIGA
>>>>>[Some time back we loaned several agents to you as part of an
intercorporate co-operation exersize. Something has cropped up here and we
require the return of those agents as soon as possible. I apologise for
any inconvenience this may cause you and your organisation and
replacements can be offered by the end of the week.]<<<<<
-- SAC Brion Cummings <08:30:01 / 09-19-61>
Internal Affairs Department
FBI Seattle Headquarters, Seneca Street
Message no. 2
From: Paul J. Adam ShadowTK@********.demon.co.uk
Subject: SIGA
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 23:16:42 +0100
*****PRIVATE: SAC Brion Cummings
>>>>>[You *really* know how to call someone at a bad time.

In the middle of a fucking war with *my own* military, my wife wounded
and maybe dead, and the Federal Bureau of Interpretation drop me a line
about a bunch of guys who *quit* the Bureau in disgust when their boss
got left dangling in the breeze and disappeared by a mysteriously all-
powerful force of Bad Guys who seemed to know *far* too much about
everything we were doing to stop them.

With all due respect, Brion, pony up more data or else drop dead, I got
much bigger problems right now.]<<<<<
-- Lynch <22:40:42/09-20-61>
Message no. 3
From: Paul J. Adam ShadowTK@********.demon.co.uk
Subject: SIGA
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 22:40:01 +0100
*****PRIVATE: SAC Brion Cummings
>>>>>[+++++Generated by AutoReply Daemon v3.2

Domain 'SIGA' is not recognised by this system. Your mail has been
forwarded to a system administrator and will be replied to as soon as
possible.

Possible reasons for this error are:

- You entered an incorrect domain name
- The domain you are attempting to reach is unavailable
- Transient network conditions prevent delivery of your message.

Please be tolerant of these difficulties and we will do our best to help
you resolve them.

Thank you.]<<<<<
-- System Operations Division <22:01:34/09-20-61>
Department of Defense Internal Network

****PRIVATE: SAC Brion Cummings
>>>>>[Uh... how do I say this politely, sir?

The Strategic Intelligence Gathering Agency was disbanded over a year
ago. There's forwarding information and I sent your message on... I
guess whoever's answering their mail will pick it up.

Two of the addresses are bouncing, though, which isn't good. The
third... wait up... just shot you a reply.

Keep me informed, SAC Cummings, and I'll do what we can, but when
outfits like that shut down they tend to scatter.]<<<<<
-- SSgt Alison Leach <22:09:43/09-20-61>
System Operations Division
Department of Defense Internal Network


****PRIVATE: SAC Brion Cummings
>>>>>[Agent Cummings, an unexpected surprise.

I'm a little puzzled at your request; since while I didn't probe into
details, I did attempt to ensure all the staff reporting to me felt that
they had suitable and satisfactory employment available, before they
were released from the SIGA payroll.


I would only say that the members of Achilles who joined us, were under
the impression not that they were 'on loan' but that they had resigned
from the FBI and had formally transferred, and this was the basis on
which we accepted them. It was also the basis upon which they moved on,
after SIGA was dissolved.

I have contact addresses for the personnel involved, which I enclose:
though I warn you, some were significantly disenchanted with the FBI's
activities and operations, and may not be wholly receptive to requests
to return to the fold.

+++++include data: former FBI transfers/contact data.txt


If you need assistance, either in locating your agents or with any other
matters, I'll do what I can, though my means to do so - within the UCAS,
at least - are much reduced. (Outside is another matter, but here
officially we complement each other rather than overlapping)


Are you able to elaborate upon the nature of the problem, SAC
Cummings?]<<<<<
-- D J H Coppinger <22:39:43/09-20-61>
Operations Division
Central Intelligence Agency
Message no. 4
From: Pete psyscape@**********.com
Subject: SIGA
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 00:27:05 +0100
*****PRIVTE: JRW Lynch
>>>>>[Sorry and all that Mr. Lynch, but I am not authorised to "pony
up"
more information. This is a matter of national security and if you
require more information than "we would like our agents back" you'll have
to contact Deputy Director Burnette.]<<<<<
-- SAC Brion Cummings <09:12:11 / 09-21-61>
Internal Affairs Department
FBI Seattle Headquarters, Seneca Street



*****PRIVATE: Jason RW Lynch
>>>>[Jason, please accept my deepest apologies for the incompetence and
poor thought of my staff, one just can't get decent operatives these days.


My deepest apologies on your recent problems. If there is anything that
the Bureau can do just let us know, we still owe you a debt of gratitude
for all the hard work you and your wife put in on our behalf.


However, the matter we have to hand at this time is of considerable
importance. It appears we have a rogue out there and it's imperative that
we track down the agents that joined SIGA following the Achilles fiasco.
Any information that you are able to offer on this matter would be
greatfully received. I can't at this time give you any details but I
assure you that as soon as I know what's going on, you will. This may well
affect you and yours as well.]<<<<<
-- Deputy Director M. Burnette <10:45:11 / 09-21-61>
Special Operations
FBI Seattle Headquarters, Seneca Street



*****PRIVATE: SSgt Alison Leach
>>>>>[Thankyou for your attention, that information is already on file and
it appears that the messages were sent out by accident by an inexperienced
operator. The problem is now under control and you shouldn't see any
further mistakes.]<<<<<
-- SA Sheila O'Connor <10:50:11 / 09-21-61>
Communications Division
Seattle FBI Headquarters, Seneca



*****PRIVATE: DJH Coppinger, CIA
>>>>>[Please accept my apologies for the incompetence of my staff. The
agents we are searching for are ex Achilles operatives, and yes they did
leave our employ for SIGA willingly and with our blessing. I'm afraid
that information here is filed in particular ways and somewhere someone
forgot to flick a switch and cross reference the old information with
current files.


I cannot apologise enough for this mistake as it is quite inexcusable and
rest assured that the agent responsible has been reprimanded.


I do appreciate that the agents concerned were somewhat upset about the
fiasco surrounding Achilles, and that they were not exactly best pleased
with the Bureau at that time. However, a situation has arisen that may
involve one or more of them and I am grateful for the information you have
forwarded as this may save the lives of several; if we can get to them in
time.


I am not able at this time to elaborate on the circumstances or situation
surrounding the requested information. I will of course send any details
to the relevant agencies should our information prove to be sufficiently
important.]<<<<<
-- Deputy Director M. Burnette <11:12:02 / 09-21-61>
Special Operations
FBI Seattle Headquarters, Seneca Street
Message no. 5
From: Paul J. Adam ShadowTK@********.demon.co.uk
Subject: SIGA
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 22:31:44 +0100
*****PRIVATE: Deputy Director M. Burnette, FBI
>>>>>[Director, your apologies are both accepted and unneeded (though
it's possible you and your SAC may have had corrosive responses from
Lieutenant-Colonel Lynch. If so, please forgive the man, he's in an
extremely difficult situation at the moment). Mistakes happen.


I was personally impressed with the calibre and motivation of the
Achilles staff, and retain a certain interest in their welfare. A few
enquiries assembled the following -

+++++include data: >>best available current contact data<<

which may be of some use to you.]<<<<<
-- D J H Coppinger <22:39:43/09-22-61>
Operations Division
Central Intelligence Agency
Message no. 6
From: Paul J. Adam ShadowTK@********.demon.co.uk
Subject: SIGA
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 22:26:15 +0100
*****PRIVATE: SAC Brion Cummings, FBI
>>>>>[Well, then, the Bureau can kiss my ass and drop dead, Brion,
because I'm up to my neck in a *real* problem right now - and until now
I had no way to tell whether your request is administrivia or something
important.

You've just confirmed that it's Bureau bureaucracy. Thanks.]<<<<<
-- Lynch <22:07:43/09-21-61>

*****PRIVATE: Deputy Director Burnette, FBI
>>>>>[Skyfathers, where do you dig up these idiots?

+++++include exchange_to_date

I know, I was rude and nasty, but believe me he caught me at a bad time.

Which reminds me - be *very* wary of any dealings with Brigadier-General
Charles Ernang and his private militia.


Anyway, the odds aren't good that we can help, and I'm out in the
boondocks fighting a civil war right now, but Staff-Sergeant Price
(currently seconded to the DIA) might be able to give you some leads,
since she was on intimate terms with Bernie Kreutz last time I heard.

Not much more I can do right now, but the Achilles agents were good
people and if I *can* help, I will.]<<<<<
-- Lynch <22:25:43/09-22-61>
Message no. 7
From: Mark Imbriaco <mark@******.NET>
Subject: SIGA
Date: Fri, 6 Dec 1996 09:49:23 -0500
***** PRIVATE: Lynch
>>>>>[ Where do I sign? <chuckle> Honestly though, if I hadn't been
serious
I wouldn't have wasted your time asking about it. Where do we go from here?

Oh, and there are a few things that you should know. Since that time you
pulled my ass out of the fire, I've had a few mods added. Wired Reflexes,
Smartgun link, some bioware to keep me on my feet .. that sorta thing. I
guess you could say I got a little paranoid since I was so outclassed last
time, and didn't wanna deal with it again. I've been training hard ever
since then, with the odd matrix run here or there to keep up with SOTA,
so I'm pretty well suited to doing Infiltrate/Data-Grab combo jobs now,
as well as the general creative computing.

I'm nowhere near as good as say you or Imp, but I can hold my own now.
]<<<<<
-- Flux <**:**:**/**-**-**>
Message no. 8
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: SIGA
Date: Fri, 6 Dec 1996 20:08:38 +0000
*****PRIVATE: Flux
>>>>>[Okay. Can you make DC by Monday? If not, say when you can and
we'll reschedule. (Get the impression we're keen to have you? <g>)

We need details on the ID you prefer to go by, so we can get you into
Fort Fumble. Once you get here, you'll have a fairly bruising interview
with Coppinger, then if you survive that we'll haul you round the
facilities (such as they are) and you get to meet some of our people. We
don't have a large force, but we're pretty tight-knit: you should fit in
well, but it pays to be sure.

As for the mods and upgrades... welcome to the club <g> You get used to
the world moving in slow motion, trust me. It might come in useful, if
you work in this line you tend to make enemies even faster than
usual.]<<<<<
-- 1Lt J R W Lynch <20:05:42/12-06-57>
Strategic Intelligence Gathering Agency
Message no. 9
From: Jaimie Nicholson <jaimie.nicholson@********.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject: SIGA
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 13:00:59 +1200
>>>>>[I just noticed that SIGA is not only a government agency, but
that it is also the name of a substance in the human body. I guess I must
have seen it before, but I only just made the connection.

sIgA, secretory Immunoglobulin A, has a role in preventing infections of
the urinary tract (I think that it does some other stuff too, but I'd have
to check to be sure).

I suppose comparisons of purulent urethritis to Thunda is highly offensive
to certain anti-meta scum, so I won't draw attention to any.]<<<<<
-- Troglobyte <65:76:12/54-22-09>
Message no. 10
From: Marathon@*******.DEMON.CO.UK
Subject: Re: SIGA
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 23:14:53 +0100
>>>>>[Hey Troglobyte, are you saying that Thunda was worse than a dose
of the clap? And if so, would you like to try this sort of thing in
English so that us lay-men can figure out what you're talking about?

Can't help it sorry. The concept of hypothetical proof that Thunda was
the equivellent of a syphlitic dick, just cracks me up. :)]<<<<<
-- Marathon <23:13:11/4-30-10>
Message no. 11
From: Jaimie Nicholson <jaimie.nicholson@********.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject: Re: SIGA
Date: Fri, 2 May 1997 09:24:52 +1200
>>>>>[Yes. Purulent = causing a discharge of pus. Urethritis =
inflammation of the urethra.]<<<<<
-- Troglobyte <15:23:04/05-01-10>
Message no. 12
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: SIGA
Date: Thu, 1 May 1997 23:16:26 +0100
>>>>>[So not only do we hunt out government corruption and foreign
terrorism, we prevent a case of clap too. Our versatility knows no
bounds.

My, my; thank you for that snippet, Troglobyte. (Did I tell you yet I
like your handle? Witty.)

But I resent you comparing Thunda to purulent urethritis. Gonhorrrea is
almost self-inflicted, readily preventable and reasonably easily cured:
it's a relatively minor disease just trying to survive. Thunda was none
of those: he was a psychotic who used the anti-meta cause as a mask. He
enjoyed killing helpless victims, he didn't care who died.

Pity he got so upset when he faced capable foes.]<<<<<
-- Lilith <23:15:46/05-01-58>
Message no. 13
From: Jaimie Nicholson <jaimie.nicholson@********.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject: Re: SIGA
Date: Sat, 3 May 1997 12:45:39 +1200
>>>>>[Thanks Lil. (You know, it's hard to find a sig that hasn't been
used somewhere in one of those interminable shadowland posts about
everything from matrix hardware to the Star... sometimes I think they're
all made by the one person, someone who has nothing better to do.)

And as to Thunda being harder to cure than Gonorrhoea, you might have seen
something in some of the medical literature about the new Bangkok strain of
what they're calling the multiply-resistant Gonococcus... not only has it
developedd resistance to most current antibiotics, this Bangkok strain is
supposedly awakened and magic resistant, so none of the current variety of
anti-bacterial spells will get rid of it either. Easy cure? No way.

Personally, I blame the breakdown of society for the whole thing. The
"drugs will always be able to fix it!" mentality has fragged us big
time.]<<<<<
-- Troglobyte <18:38:45/05-02-58>
Message no. 14
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: SIGA
Date: Sun, 4 May 1997 00:25:30 +0100
>>>>>[Troglobyte, I knew there'd be more good reasons I forsook my wild
past to settle down to an approximation of fidelity with Jason :)

Incurable clap. Wonderful, just what the world needed. Quinn still has
shares in the London International Group: nothing like barrier methods
to keep VD at bay, if abstinence or good behaviour's too painful.

The "drugs will fix it" mentality's been around for a century, and
everything from cancer to HIV to VITAS to the Bangkok gunge has
disproved it. Wonder what's next?]<<<<<
-- Lilith <00:25:18/05-04-58>
Message no. 15
From: Jaimie Nicholson <jaimie.nicholson@********.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject: Re: SIGA
Date: Sun, 4 May 1997 11:55:59 +1200
>>>>>[It depends what materials they use to make the "barrier
methods"...
but enough of this obsessive pessimism. I remember when the study of
microbiological genetics made me see good possibilities... now it's all
gamma-anthrax and antibiotic resistance.]<<<<<
-- Troglobyte <17:56:25/05-03-58>
Message no. 16
From: Justin Fang <justinf@****.CALTECH.EDU>
Subject: Re: SIGA
Date: Sat, 3 May 1997 21:22:22 -0700
>>>>>[It gets worse. There are similarily nasty strains of tuberculosis
starting to appear, I've heard. "Barrier methods" won't help much against
that, unless you wear bacteria-proof breathing gear all the time. And
there's nothing theoretically preventing another influenza pandemic. Makes
you want to seal yourself into a clean room, doesn't it? It's not all gloom
and doom, though. There's promising work being done on tailored
bacteriophages to attack disease-causing bacteria. (Of course, someone
could make one of those viruses to attack benefical or commercially valuable
bacteria...) Some of the various immune-system-boosting treatments and
enhancements are supposed to be quite effective, if you can afford one. And
smallpox is still dead.]<<<<<
-- Fisher <21:07:17 EDT/05-03-58>
Message no. 17
From: Mike Goldberg <michael.goldberg@*******.COM>
Subject: Re[2]: SIGA
Date: Sat, 3 May 1997 23:01:05 MST
>>>>>[ Thank you, Fisher. You've given me a marvelous idea.
]<<<<<
-- Pestilence <06:07:00/04-MAY-58>
Message no. 18
From: Jaimie Nicholson <jaimie.nicholson@********.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject: Re: SIGA
Date: Mon, 5 May 1997 10:08:32 +1200
>>>>>[Yeah, it's always "if you can afford...", and some corp
with an
eye on the bottom line is out there making treatments instead of cures,
because a treatment can be sold more than once.]<<<<<
-- Troglobyte <15:58:12/05-04-58>
Message no. 19
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: SIGA
Date: Sun, 4 May 1997 23:36:54 +0100
>>>>>[Smallpox is dead, Fisher?

Don't hold your breath. I made sure my immunisations cover it anyway.

What scares me is if devil rats, or at least their fleas, become
carriers for _pasteurella pestis_, the good old bubonic plague,
everyone's favourite. Sure, those of us with medical cover will live
through it. What's the death toll in the Barrens going to be like?

Those areas are ripe for an epidemic: we've been lucky so far. Mind you,
we managed to spend over a century without having to write "cholera" or
"diptheria" on many death certificates: I'm not convinced the mortality
rates we see today constitute progress.]<<<<<
-- Lilith <23:36:40/05-04-58>
Message no. 20
From: Michael Broadwater <mbroadwa@*******.GLENAYRE.COM>
Subject: Re: SIGA
Date: Mon, 5 May 1997 09:44:41 -0500
>>>>>[Unfortunately, Lilith, the plague wouldn't be a bad thing. It's part
of the natural cycle to cut down the population. It's not a good way to
go, but it's a day at the beach compared to starving to death.]<<<<<
-- Blade <07:41:40/05-05-58>
Message no. 21
From: Lupo <lupo@*******.NETHEAD.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: SIGA
Date: Mon, 5 May 1997 18:06:46 +0100
>>>>>[Aw c'mon guys! How dangerous can a little bacteria be? I mean how
hard can it be to get shots and stuff...?]<<<<<
-- Lupo <18:04:52/05-05-58>
Message no. 22
From: Brion Wauters <stu502@****.COCO.CC.AZ.US>
Subject: Re: SIGA
Date: Mon, 5 May 1997 14:38:34 -0700
>>>>{It depends on the type of bacteria, Lupo. Take the old Black Death, for
example. That was actually _three_ different plauges all hitting at once. There was
everyone's favorite the Bubonic wich killed in about a month, was contagious after about
Then there's the disease the Luopu-Garou have. Have you heard of anyone
coming up with a cure, or even a _treatment_, for that one? I
haven't.]<<<<<
-- Irish <14:42:35/05-05-58>
Message no. 23
From: Lupo <lupo@*******.NETHEAD.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: SIGA
Date: Mon, 5 May 1997 23:13:03 +0100
>>>>>[Black Death? I was sure we had a cure for that... And Lycanthropy...
Well, you could try magic. And as for the treatment, try good old silver bullets... (Sorry
to any lycanthropes out there)]<<<<<
-- Lupo <23:12:43/05-05-58>
Message no. 24
From: Jaimie Nicholson <jaimie.nicholson@********.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject: Re: SIGA
Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 10:26:50 +1200
>>>>>[When you don't even know where your next meal is coming from, Lupo,
it can be pretty damn hard to find the money to get shots. Some of which
are worthless anyway, due to random antigenic variation, or any other of a
number of virulence factors.]<<<<<
-- Troglobyte <16:24:26/05-05-58>
Message no. 25
From: Jaimie Nicholson <jaimie.nicholson@********.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject: Re: SIGA
Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 10:34:14 +1200
>>>>>[I don't know where you live, Lupo, but in my town there aren't many
mages who'll cure the homeless for free. And them as are here and willing
can't do more than five or six per day.]<<<<<
-- Troglobyte <16:31:28/05-05-58>
Message no. 26
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: SIGA
Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 00:16:13 +0100
>>>>>[Blade, you disappoint me.

The plague is a _terrible_ thing, to the people it kills. Especially the
SINless without medical insurance who are wide open to it and who will
be the majority of the victims.

And starving to death? If you won't eat devil rat, you aren't hungry
enough. Been there. Done that. Glad I won't have to do it again. But
there's no shortage of devil rats in the Barrens.

It's amazing how good a well-cooked devil rat tastes if you're hungry
enough.]<<<<<
-- Lilith <00:14:32/05-06-58>
Message no. 27
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: SIGA
Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 01:02:46 +0100
>>>>>[How hard can it be to get a shot? If you're a Fed, no problem,
it's in your terms of employment.

If you've got money you buy it.

If you don't have money and you don't have insurance then you pray you
get the shot before the disease gets you. And your prayer probably isn't
answered.

Poverty sucks, Lupo.]<<<<<
-- Lynch <01:02:34/05-06-58>
Message no. 28
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: SIGA
Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 00:59:56 +0100
>>>>>[Lupo, some of us _like_ being shapeshifters.

Silver bullets? Overrated. But they _do_ hurt. And I'll take that out of
the hide of anyone foolish enough to use them on me.

The world has Changed. Get used to it. Cure shapeshifters? You might as
well try to 'cure' Elves or Trolls. We are what we have always
been.]<<<<<
-- Lilith <00:59:38/05-06-58>
Message no. 29
From: "Mark A. Imbriaco" <mark@******.NET>
Subject: Re: SIGA
Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 10:51:14 -0400
>>>>>[ Lilith is right on that score. Silver bullets are a damned
nuisance,
and anyone attempting to use them on a shapeshifter does so at his own peril.
It's not likely to kill right away, but it will definitely get my attention
and piss me off. ]<<<<<
-- Griffyn <10:51:23/05-06-57>
Message no. 30
From: Michael Broadwater <mbroadwa@*******.GLENAYRE.COM>
Subject: Re: SIGA
Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 10:19:30 -0500
>>>>>[I don't know about you Lilith, but a piece of meat that came from a
diseased, awakened, dangerous rat doesn't sound all that healthy to me.
And it's not, this is devil rat we're talking about.

And how long can you live on devil rat? And what do you do about water?
Your solution is your problem.]<<<<<
-- Blade <08:16:16/05-06-58>

Private to: The Mighty Quinn
>>>>>[What's up, buttercup?]<<<<<
-- Blade <08:17:17/05-06-58>
Message no. 31
From: Lupo <lupo@*******.NETHEAD.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: SIGA
Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 18:38:42 +0100
>>>>>[Silver bullets not killing straight away? What about silver bullets
from a Vindicator? Okay... Disease I've managed to keep away from. Unfortunately I haven't
kept away from being starving and up to my waist in muddy water. That's what happens when
you're the only survivor of a team that's supposedly been wiped... Been there and been
back with my hide intact. I don't want to go down from some nasty little bugs... Mages not
curing for free? Last Snake shaman I knew did. Ya need more of those kinda
guys.]<<<<<
-- Lupo <18:33:25/05-06-58>
Message no. 32
From: Lupo <lupo@*******.NETHEAD.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: SIGA
Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 18:41:51 +0100
>>>>>[Sorry about that last one. I didn't mean that I personally would use
the vindicator. I've got nothing against shifters, I was just giving some friendly advice
to shifters and non-shifters alike.]<<<<<
-- Lupo <18:41:32/05-06-58>
Message no. 33
From: Jeffrey Mach <mach@****.CALTECH.EDU>
Subject: Re: SIGA
Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 11:21:36 -0700
>>>>>[Heh. And I remember back when somebody joked to me about Vampires
(from the sound of it the joke was pre-Awakening):

"Shove a stake in your heart, chop off your head, and incinerate you, and
let's see how well you do?!?"

No offence to the HMHVV infected.]<<<<<
-- NewzJunkie <11:20:47/05-06-58 PDT>
Message no. 34
From: Mike Goldberg <michael.goldberg@*******.COM>
Subject: Re[2]: SIGA
Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 12:34:05 MST
>>>>>[ "No offense to the HMHVV infected." Sheesh. If they took
offense
to it, an apology wouldn't help you.

Still, that almost reads as bad to me as saying, "No offense to those
elves" or "No offense to those pesky humans."

I mean really, how much different is being "infected" with HMHVV than being
an elf, an human, a troll, an ork, or a dwarf? Its just another scientific
explanation for why there aren't only humans. So what. If I tell an
Italian joke about a restaurant down on the lower east side, I don't
apologize to Italians everywhere.

Why the distinction? I've met ghouls. They are really no different from
you or me. They just have to live with the cards they are dealt with, and
that includes a lot of prejudice. You know what I'm saying? ]<<<<<
-- Trapper <19:29:42/05-06-58>
Message no. 35
From: Jaimie Nicholson <jaimie.nicholson@********.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject: Re: SIGA
Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 12:15:36 +1200
>>>>>[My mom used to cook me devil rat. She died of what I now think
was a hydatid cyst... the moral of the story is that Blade is right...
don't eat Devil Rat (even if you do manage to stop it eating you).

And all these people burbling about silver bullets... how smart is it to
tell the world you're a shapeshifter? Pretty damn not, IMHO. We know you're
different with a capital D, more different than even the Japanacorp scum
who hunt my brothers for sport.]<<<<<
-- Troglobyte <17:51:10/05-06-58>
Message no. 36
From: "Mark A. Imbriaco" <mark@******.NET>
Subject: Re: SIGA
Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 10:43:27 -0400
>>>>>[ Actually, Troglobyte, it is common knowledge that there are a
handful
of shapeshifters who frequent Shadowland. I can think of two off the top of
my head that have not been the least bit secretive about it. At least not
for quite some time. ]<<<<<
-- Flux <**:**:**/**-**-**>
Message no. 37
From: Brion Wauters <stu502@****.COCO.CC.AZ.US>
Subject: Re: SIGA
Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 13:20:07 -0700
>>>>>[We might have cures for the Bubonic and Phneumatic plauges, but I
doubt they
ever devised one for the third plauge that made up the Black Death. It
was some
_really_ nasty bugger (name started with an "S" I think) that was 100%
fatal
within a day, and instantly contagious. How do you develope a cure for
that?

As for the Loup-Garou, they're not lycanthropes according to Patterson.
I don't
know how much faith I'd put in the Prof's information, but if you can
become
Loup-Garou by simply touching one _alive-or-dead_ that I doubt its
lycanthropy.
Actually, my Street-Doc has this hare-brained theory that the Loup-Garou
are
actually infected with a mutated version of HMHVV.]<<<<<
-- Irish <13:24:05/07-05-58>
Message no. 38
From: Justin Fang <justinf@****.CALTECH.EDU>
Subject: Re: SIGA
Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 15:50:03 -0700
>>>>>[Irish, the word you are looking for is "septicemic." Modern
medicine
can actually cure septicemic plague, if the victim is taken to a hospital
*quickly*. The same bacteria (Yersinia pestis) causes all three, and is
vulnerable to antibiotics (human infections are rare enough that the
bacteria hasn't developed resistance...yet.) And while it is highly
contagious, proper hygiene will prevent its spread.]<<<<<
-- Fisher <15:33:24/05-07-58>
Message no. 39
From: Jaimie Nicholson <jaimie.nicholson@********.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject: Re: SIGA
Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 11:43:25 +1200
>>>>>[Yeah, Flux, but it's got to have changed the way people reacted to
them.

And that thing about the Loup-Garou... I don't buy that it's HMHVV... if
you can transmit by touch but not by air, then I doubt that it could be any
sort of virus... they aren't found on the skin of those they infect unless
they get sneezed out there, and couldn't get through the skin of the
touched person anyway (unless he/she licked him/herself later). Given the
rumoured 100% touch:infection ratio, it being a virus doesn't seem likely.

It could be a bacterial species that can live on the skin (there are a
large number like this), and that becomes pathogenic when and if it fights
it's way inside the host (not unlike many of the skin's normal microflora,
e.g. _Staphlococcus_aureus_). This doesn't seem all that likely though
either, it's hard to introduce a new organism to an existing microflora.

I haven't had any experience with Loup-Garou infection though, so I'm
limited to hypothesising, and in a wild manner, at that. For all I know,
it's an astral organism that attaches to the victim's aura, and you get
transmission when the auras of victim and new victim meet.]<<<<<
-- Troglobyte <17:26:47/05-07-58>
Message no. 40
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: SIGA
Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 00:18:07 +0100
*****PRIVATE: Blade
>>>>>[Hiya, Matt, still busy out of town. Be back... sometime. I've got
into some real weirdness here. Bunch of guys who make _me_ look sane and
normal, all alternating trying to kill each other with saving each
other's butts and revealing all sorts of mysterious past history.

Great fun, even if it's confusing the hell out of me.

Haven't forgotten you. See you soon, I hope.

And if the alternative's starvation, devil rat well broiled over a
garbage fire is a pretty good option. At least it'll give you the
strength to go hunt something more wholesome. I wouldn't recommend it
without plenty of Tabasco, though.]<<<<<
-- The Mighty Quinn <00:17:05-08-58>
Message no. 41
From: "Mark A. Imbriaco" <mark@******.NET>
Subject: Re: SIGA
Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 10:03:13 -0400
>>>>>[ Perhaps it has changed the reaction that they recieve, Troglobyte.
Unfortunately there are too many people who can't seem to get it into their
heads that the fact that just because someone may be an elf, ork, troll, or
anything else it doesn't inherently make someone bad. That you have to work
for. ]<<<<<
-- Flux <**:**:**/**-**-**>
Message no. 42
From: "Mark A. Imbriaco" <mark.imbriaco@*****.COM>
Subject: SIGA ..
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 00:06:51 -0400
***** INTERNAL: SIGAnet
>>>>>[ To: D J H Coppinger

I have to ask, David. What are the intentions of SIGA in regards to
Mitchell? He's a good soldier, and I'd hate to see him get screwed over
just because that son-of-a-bitch Von Drexler was pulling his strings
beyond his control. ]<<<<<
-- Zachary Turner <00:00:07/08-06-59>
Field Agent
Strategic Intelligence Gathering Agency

***** PRIVATE: Mitchell
>>>>>[ Be careful out there, shipmate. If you end up in Seattle, I've got
a couple of caches of gear that you might find useful -- I don't need them
at the moment, and besides, I've got more. At >>encrypted<< you'll find a
Manhunter with a hundred rounds of APDS and some Hydrashok for the more
easily targets. It's not registered to me and isn't traceable. There are
a few other odds and ends in there and a few certified credsticks totalling
about $15k. There's a similar cache at >>encrypted<<.

I'm trying to find out exactly what the hell is going on -- until then,
just hang loose and stay low. I hope you'll trust me enough to accept my
help on this -- you'll need it. The shadows aren't like what you're used
to and shooting straight won't always save your ass. ]<<<<<
-- Imp <00:13:31/08-06-59>
Message no. 43
From: "Paul J. Adam" <Shadowtk@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: SIGA ..
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 13:14:31 +0100
*****INTERNAL: SIGANet
>>>>>[TO: Cdr Zachary Turner

Zach, Mitchell's position is... sensitive.

He believes he escaped from Aztlan. He didn't, he was captured on the
beach. The satellite data suggested he could have broken contact and
gotten away, but he circled back to try to help his team and was caught.

The Doctor's faction did a thorough and subtle conditioning job on him
and a less complex number on three other survivors, who were killed in
that piece of theatre in Austin when he came across. Mitchell's a
puppet, he's just on long and loose strings.

He's also the last senior agent the Doctor's got in the UCAS, and thus a
baited hook for us to troll with.

I can't guarantee his safety, Zach, but once he's either led us to the
Doctor or obviously been abandoned then we'll bring him in. The
conditioning can be broken, we've had practice, and he's too useful to
waste.]<<<<<
-- D J H Coppinger <13:14:21/08-06-59>
Director
Strategic Intelligence Gathering Agency
Message no. 44
From: "Paul J. Adam" <Shadowtk@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: SIGA ..
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 23:55:05 +0100
*****PRIVATE: Imp
>>>>>[Thanks, buddy. Owe you for this.

I hit the ground running. Shouldn't need to raid your caches, I figured
that Easy wouldn't turn me in _too_ fast if I cried on her shoulder. She
fixed me up with some firepower, and I've had money and IDs on hand ever
since I started pulling black ops: never know when your friendly
neighbourhood Congressional subcommittee might turn on you after you've
outlived your usefulness, quite apart from the occasional need to avoid
foreign enemies.

Got some work underway, too. Nothing fancy, just an extension of what I
was doing while I was backing up Lone Star. It pays decent money, the
risks aren't too bad and the ROEs are a lot looser than when I had a
badge. Not what I signed up for, but a man's gotta eat: longer I can
stretch the clean credit, the better.

What the hell do I do longer-term? I'm open to ideas right now, Zach.
Anything you can find out, I'd appreciate. Don't get your butt bitten
off on my account, though, I got too few friends left to lose any more.
What the hell, if all else fails I'll hit the shadows full-time. Got
some marketable skills, and for sure nobody would ever expect me to
voluntarily go there.

Ah, hell, rambling. Save that for the diary.]<<<<<
-- Mitchell <23:54:32/08-06-59>

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