| From: | "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.demon.co.uk> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Onwards |
| Date: | Fri, 2 Aug 1996 17:10:35 +0100 |
>>>>>[+++++begin transcript
"I am incredibly disappointed, Sarah. Only one possible out of the
entire group, and two of our people down."
Sir, I warned you about the risks. This is an occupational hazard for
these shadowrunners, they're accustomed to their employers trying to
eliminate them. It would have been easier and safer to simply sever all
contact.
"They might still have asked questions."
Damn it, sir! Now we have all those shadowrunners, and all their
contacts, searching for any information they can find on me! CSF are
going to notice all the traces bouncing off the firewall, they'll catch
one and find it's looking for a non-sanctioned userID, trace it back
inside, and we _will_ be caught!
"GINELLI! I will not tolerate-"
Being told you fragged up? Being told you made the wrong call? Sir, we
have a duty to perform here, in difficult conditions, and mistakes
happen. None of us is perfect. We need to work out what we did wrong and
fix it, and make sure it doesn't happen again.
"Yes. Yes, you're right. Very well. Situation?"
Easy killed one of our shooters, the other escaped badly wounded. The
third, the go-between we hired, died when the anchored spell activated.
I don't believe any of the runners were badly hurt, unfortunately.
We instigated immediate damage control. Sir, that bothers me. Last time,
Lynch was cut off and InterPol were after him, so when Hunter killed our
man we could hush it very easily. This time, though, SIGA are not so
constrained.
"We'll handle SIGA as necessary. Wild Rose will end their intrusions and
probing."
I hope you're right, sir. In any case, I believe we should terminate the
Ploughshare account.
"No. We need Shadowland, it's the most secure way we have to communicate
while you're in the field. SIGA don't have the computer power to break
its privacy codes and they are the only threat outside this building.
Inside, there are too many people with too much access."
What about the runners?
"What about them? You persistently overrate these criminals. I admit
they're capable in their field, but if they had the talents you ascribe
to them, they would never be scrabbling a living in the underworld."
....Very well, sir.
"I'll misdirect CSF as necessary. And as for these runners after you,
surely it's obvious? We plant a poorly-encrypted message. Jason Lynch
becomes Ploughshare. The runners will turn on him."
That's an excellent idea, sir.
"Good. See to it. You see, Sergeant? There was no problem after all.
I'll forget your alarm and your words: I understand how these minor
reverses seem so severe when they happen in your face, so to speak. When
do you fly back to Seattle?"
Tomorrow night.
"Good. Well, on with it."
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-- Farmer Log <17:10:32/08-02-57>
