From:	ANGLISS BRIAN EDWARD <angliss@****.colorado.edu>
Subject:	Progress Reports
Date:	Tue, 12 Dec 1995 00:37:41 -0700 (MST)

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Are we all here, John?

"I do believe so, ma'am."

Dr. Spin?

(yes, I'm here as well, although I resent...)

Dr. Spin, please. There will be time for that later. What I want now is
a full progress report. Dr, if you'd care to start?

(Very well. Moving out the A-M facility to the Melbourne facility has
placed us several weeks behind. However, the larger and more secure
facility, as well as the proximity to the Melbourne launch and tracking
facilities is easing transportation of the refined plutonium to Perigrine
station. Also, due to access to trained labor as well as an immediately
local industrial base, we can easily hide our operations and acquire
additional refining equipment.)

I'm afraid, Dr, that we will not be ordering additional equipment simply
because this project has already cost us more than we had expected.
Maxim is willing to accept some delays, even of several weeks, if
necessary. How goes the fabrication in Perigrine?

(It is going very well, actually. We're only 2 days away from all the
components being completely fabricated, and an additional day from being
ready to test the device at the testbed. The missile has already been
tested, and we have a sattelite in orbit to monitor the blast and take
the necessary readings. However, once we detonate the device, even this
test version, it will be noticable to the other corporations and nations
with orbital presences in lunar or lagrange orbits.)

I am aware of this, Dr. How soon will we have the materials for a second
device ready?

(2 days, then another week for fabrication. The learning curve is steep
at this point, and this should drop very rapidly.)

I recommend that we wait on the preliminary testing until we have a
second weapon. If the others know of our capability, I want to be able
to hold a smoking gun over thier heads and know that I have at least one
more bullet in the next chamber. I heard that the weapons tests went
well, John.

"Yes, ma'am, they went very well. The cruise missiles performed
perfectly in the CRDD mode and were perfectly able to strike a profiled
and mobile target as well. As ballistics are too dangerous to test, we
used a decleration package on one of the orbital cargo shots and splashed
it in the ocean perfectly on target. In addition, the modified Wildcat
has performed as well as can be expected for an aerospace fighter with a
bomb-bay refit. It has had some problems, but they are being ironed out."

Excellent. And the disinformation regarding S-I and the now abandoned AM
complex?

"It worked very well. SI has gone over the site with a fine toothed comb
and found nothing that we didn't intentionally leave behind. At least,
not that my intelligence has discoverd. They appear to be perfectly
aware that we have the potential for nuclear capability, and the amount
of uncleaned radiation we left behind will indicate that we're much
farther along than we really are. It should make them slightly less
eager to anger Maxim for the near term. Long term, however, it will have
little to no effect."

And Dr. Spin, how goes the work on our other projects?

(The CPU lab downstairs has been ordered 100% isolated from any contact
with the normal Matrix. The virus we have contained is far too dangerous
to risk release right now. Your ex-associate was very skilled in IC and
viral design. It nearly seethes against the constraints we've placed on
it, and it appears to be relatively near intelligence. Certainly
slightly above the level of corporate knowbots, but not yet a true AI. I
must stress, though, that this particular virus is far too dangerous to
allow it freedom or to progress beyond its current status to a true AI.
It would be FAR too dangerous. However, it's code has remarkable
atributes that we have already begun encorporating into our latest IC and
programs.

The biolabs are proceeding well, but slowly. To speed up the experiments
would court disaster, and this goes well for the chemlabs as well.)

I see. Very well, you know your particular projects the best out of all
of us here. Anything further, John?

"No, ma'am."

Excellent. Now, let us move on to our new sales of the Collussus....]<<<<<
-- Maxim Internal Communications Log <00:36:26/12-12-56>