BEGIN WEEK LOG COMPILATION . . . COMPLETE BEGIN WEEK LOG EDITING . . . . . COMPLETE BEGIN WEEK LOG VIEWING . . . . . WORKING LOG VIEW BEGINS --------------- ***** Private: Irish >>>>>[ The man that I received it from knows that I bought it to sell to someone that I knew was ok. A few people know that he had it and sold it to me, but they are all friends of ours, many of them you have met. Less know that I sold it to you, it really wasn't that important. Other than that, there maybe a few people besides our group of people who know about it, but the trail would stop there, it would very improbably that they know who he sold it too.]<<<<< -- Spirit >>>>>[ Whats wrong with the coffee? I just haven't had time to make a new batch up, it not like its eating the spoons or anything, well atleast not the metal ones, I did dip in a plastic one and it started to deform a bit.]<<<<< -- Erika <16:30:37/12-13-55> NOT TO: Humanis Operatives, UCAS Employees >>>>>[Hmm. Sometimes, I must admit, Dragonfly is right. You must understand that this is not frequently true, however, tonight's little demonstration of what collective reasoning can achieve does vindicate him. Allow me to explain, for the benefit of all. Over the weekend, the black car disappeared. This gave me no end of satisfaction, convinced as I was that I could safely go back to examining an ancient Coptic text of which I had recently been sent a facimile. Naturally, Dragonfly's rather overactive scanning quickly picked up on the van down the road. Even I had to agree that the sat-link dish was a giveaway, even if their thermal masking did cover the majority of the IR bleed. So I went to the meet at the Underground. <12.5 Mp deleted from mail queue>]<<<<< -- Damselfly (02:19:52 / 12-13-55) *****NOT TO:HUmanis Operatives, UCAS Employees >>>>>[Sorry to cut her short, but she rambles, and she misses the good parts anyway. The line is that I took her with. We hooked with Kovak after a call to his doss. Then we waited for that Jolly Roger character and his troll buddy. Didn't show for an hour, so we revised the plan for limited firepower, then went to stake out the van. Wasn't in my spot (covering Damselfly's hoop) for about six seconds before this torqued-up ork in a tux & top hat comes sauntering up. He starts talking magick-jive to Damselfly, all about watchers and water elementals, then turns and starts walking down the street, real cool and cocky, singing some song about a psychotic rabbit and an elf shaman. Damselfly looks really tired all of a sudden, and I start to wonder what happened, get my FN-HAR locked & loaded. So then the front end of the van collapses; I hear a Panther going off about a block back. I'm thinking it's time to get to the bike when I turn and see folks piling out of the van like it's gonna blow. Then the Panther again and the tanks fireball; Kovak's got two of the former passengers popped in the kneecaps while I'm still drawing a bead. That fraggin' ork's still walkin' down the middle of the street like nobody's business. Then something seems to click, and he whirls about twice as fast as my eyes see, somethin' shiny in his hand, and somebody's head rolls off while he's poppin' caps at the rest of 'em. I mean quick. The bodies start to topple just as a troll rolls up on a bike, tosses a limp body across his lap, and roars off. I've finally got a bead on someone who isn't already crumpled, right, and then that headless Joe gets up and starts walking over toward the others, still pumping blood out his neck. Needless to say, I lost my shot *and* my lunch. Those other folks -- there were two still standing of the half-dozen from the van -- they weren't looking real comfortable either. And then the ork lets loose. I mean, he doesn't start shooting or anything, he just starts hollering. Like "Who the frag are you people?" and all that, while this headless thing keeps shambling over. And they don't answer, so he cuts them down. Then he wanders off down the street, singin' that song again. The corpse collapses, finally, and Kovak comes out of the alley across the road, his eyes wide as mine. Damselfly's passed out -- don't know exactly what she did (still don't get all that sorcery stuff), but she did it hard. And so me and Kovak, we kick those two he'd hobbled around a bit, find out that they're UCAS Intel of all things, trying to keep us from spilling the fraggin' beans about the drek down in Anna. They'd lost enough blood I figured I'd leave 'em to the mercy of DocWagon, so I hopped on the bike & came home. So anybody got any ideas on *THIS?*]<<<<< -- Dragonfly <02:37:12 / 12-13-55> >>>>>[Aardvark, you can count me in when you go again, mate. All this data-crunching just isn't my style and now I'm so jittery I can see raindrops in a hurricane. Jasmine, I'm not really sure that Katherine is still alive. I had a mage friend of mine do a ritual search for her through the doll and pictures and it came up negative. He said either she's dead or the doll wasn't a good enough connection. You know, it really doesn't matter who's behind it all if she or any other children are dead 'cause I'm gonna bring the world down around their ears. And speaking of children, I'm sorry to all involved about the delay in getting the full list of orks. I had to do some personal footwork to get the rest of the names and I needed my decker to help sort and organize all the data I've received in the last couple weeks. Here's the list of all the orks who lived on Whidbey Island with their relations and ages. +++++ Download Orks.List I also found out, rather belatedly, that it looks like the survivors went to Fort Worden and that currently some serious drek is going down there. Aardvark just proved that to be true. I think we're going to need a detailed description of the fort's defenses from Aardvark before we go in again. I've got the feeling we're going to be penetrating pretty deep this time and I don't want to be caught with my pants down. Not that we couldn't handle it, I would just rather this be seamless and quiet. Maybe I should ask for world peace while I'm at it.]<<<<< -- Backlash <22:55:21/12-13-55> *****Private: Fenris >>>>>[ I've finially finished cracking those files you wanted, I almost lost one to the scramble, I'll be around with them in half an hour ]<<<<< -- Courier <23:04:27/12-13-55> *****Private: Basilisk >>>>>[ I'm very impressed, good work, I'm about to fill in the boss, so your pay should be deposited within the next half hour. ]<<<<< -- Fenris <23:51:29/12-13-55> *****Private: Duncan >>>>>[ Well Duncan I have your report, Mr. Gillian is very good, he even had Shadowfox convinced he was yakuza, and why not, the only thing I have linking him to Tir Nan Og is that message, even though several pay-offs have been made to him, I believe, from Tir Nan Og confirmation is not possible. Thankfully the source of that tip is impeachable, otherwise even I'd doubt it. The information gathered in the infiltration leads me to believe that Star Finncial is a front for a smuggling operation for the Whispering Nights Yakuza clan. Unfortunately I still have not determined the Og's interest in the operation, I mean if it's just a revenue raiser there isn't any need for the level of security that has been employed, the one strange thing though is the plans obtained by Basilisk, they show an elevator in one of the 'grey' areas that I had, there's no elevator shaft above it, so it has to go down, but, according to thier own plans the basement doesn't extend underneath, in fact it appears to be an elevator that cannot move, very strange. ]<<<<< -- Fenris <00:06:19/12-14-55> *****Private: Fenris >>>>>[ That's what you know, now, what do you think? ]<<<<< -- Duncan <00:08:42/12-14-55> *****Private: Duncan >>>>>[ I think that elevator leads exactly where we wanna go!!! The smuggling operation is a double front, for, I don't know what??? ]<<<<< -- Fenris <00:10:32/12-14-55> >>>>>[ Very good job!!! ]<<<<< +++++Download NY 50K Fenris.account +++++Download NY 50K Basilisk.account +++++Download NY 50K Scarlet.Fire.account -- System Error *****Private: Fenris >>>>>[ I think that you should go in and see where that elevator goes, after things have cooled down of course... ]<<<<< -- Duncan <00:12:03/12-14-55> *****PRIVATE: Scourge >>>>>[I apologize for any actions that offended anyone. Hope Kor gets better quick. From what I heard from Freddy and Jonesy, Jonesy spent the whole week- end scared drekless. Thanks for letting me in on the run.]<<<<< -- Tunnel-Rat (15:18:35 GMT / 12-14-55) *****PRIVATE: Dragonfly and Friends >>>>>[I've talked with a few of my contacts and they have told me that there is NO UCAS governmental actions being taken in Anna. Those people you talked to might be members of a group called "Fist Of Five". Of course my contacts could be filling me with drek; but these are people who have been straight with me in the past. Notify me of any Fist Of Five activity down there, I've had run-ins with them in the past. As for Anna, itself, well...From the info I got Anna has seceded from the UCAS and has applied for annexation by the CAS. The CAS legislature is deliberating on accepting. The secession, itself, has not been accepted by the UCAS nor the international community. The military is not doing anything there because of The happenings in Chicago and Boston. Should those places settle down then watch for a large military operation.]<<<<< --Buzz (The one the only...Human Bee in the Matrix) >>>>>[God save me. Hey, is anyone in the market for a "new" multi-purpose toxin? It keeps you awake for hours, disolves most no hardened or ballistic plastics (things like spoons and data chips), eats away your intestines, and does interesting things to normal skin. If so, let me know and I'll send you a batch of my kids coffee. Gaurenteed to kill any form of small plant life (flowers, fungus, maybe small bushes -- who knows?) or your money back.]<<<<< -- Irish <9:35:20/14-12-55> >>>>>[That wasnt very nice. At least you didnt have to make it yourself. You should be greatful that she loves you enough to try to kill you with her coffee. +++++ Include Metallic-Laughter Its probably better than the stuff they leave out for us over here. But I doubt that you have a food machine that has coupons for Gracies in it. With all the other perks we get there its worth having to deal with the nasty coffee the the old man makes. What's with you old farts, anyway? Did they have taste back in the "olden days"? He keeps going on and on about how 'when he was a kid this and when he was a kid that'. What a bunch of drek for brain old farts. ]<<<<< -- Trixie <16:45:38 / 12-14-55> Head of software developement Industrial Sound and Magic *****PRIVATE: Dragonfly, Damselfly >>>>>[Greetings. Thanks for the fun Monday night. First Damselfly, if Dragonfly wants to fight someone let him. It does a team no good when members are fighting about what is going on. Second, Dragonfly, since I'm still unclear on what happened to us Monday I say we do some scouting around town.]<<<<< -- Kovak (17:04:32 GMT / 12-14-55) >>>>>[Irish, sir, I would be willing to teach your daughter the ways of tea making via ancient methods. I would, also, be honored to be able to meet you and your daughter. Should you ever be in the Tir, look me up.]<<<<< --Dr. Veggie Table (12:40:30 EST/12:14:55) >>>>>[ Well, 'vark, I don't think we're going to be able to do this one quitely. It'll probably call for a whole drekload of ordanance if we're going to extract all of the orks being held there. I do agree with ya, though... we're going to need some recon before we get into this one. ]<<<<< -- Tiny < 16:41:14/12-14-55 > >>>>>[ Backlash, nice to have you in. I feel the same way you do. Someone has to pay for this. We just have to find out who this someone is, than we can start to hack him. As for the fort's defences, the most obvious are on the pictures I assume you have by now. The rest will be a surprise, or our Matrix team has to find a way into the fort's systems. I have searched a while, but I didn't find the fort in the Matrix. Maybe someone else can. Anyway, a friendly advice for the ones who want to come along for a second visit to the fort: bring along Ultrasound, coz I'll be using a lot of smoke. This will protect the Orks too. The last thing we need is guards shooting at Orks. Remember, we might be dealing with people who don't loke Orks... ]<<<<< , -- Aardvark (18:45:13/12-14-55) >>>>>[ Well, mr. Irish, I think we can use some of that in our next run. Please send a sample to >>> Encrypted <<<. Hey, Basilisk, this seems to match the whateveryacallittoxin Tiny got infected with. I think you should see if the toxins match. And I think we should test the new multi-purpose toxin on Tiny. If I remind correctly, he just volunteered a while agoo. Imagine this: Tiny nearly died when touching some Ork coffee. Oh yeah, life can be fun...]<<<<< -- Aardvark (18:52:13/12-14-55) >>>>>[I think that we need to look over the pictures 'vark got. Then, we can determine a plan. However, I haven't heard from Shields yet, or Dark Angel to find out what information they got. Actually, that's not true. Sheidls did leave a message saying that he had something "valuable". He also said the security at 'Raku was lax compared to usual. Which is odd.]<<<<< -- Jasmine < 10:00:00/12-14-55 > >>>>>[ Har, har. Real funny, chummer.. I'm laughin. ]<<<<< -- Tiny < 18:48:14/12-14-55 > >>>>>[If you need help, Irish, just call. I'll be around if you need me.]<<<<< -- Foxey Roxey <14:14:30/12-14-55> >>>>>[Hey, that sounds like my recipe. Does she put instant soykaf in after brewing the espresso, or does she just use equal proportions of grounds and water? I ask, because the first recipe is considerably less effective against bacteria, but great for those 20+ hour drives...]<<<<< -- Damselfly (13:45:52 / 12-14-55) >>>>>[I agree that it would be nice to scout around town for a while. After all, the Lincoln tomb, the phallus of the Prairie, and several even-less-official tourist attractions are in the area. However, the fireburnt van, the dead bodies, and rumors of an overdressed ork are making my main HQ a bit noisy these days. I made a preliminary observation run on Anna last night. The system is warm, but the most notable thing about it was the IC on the LTG. I was not liking that much at all, as you might imagine. I've been talking with Damselfly, who, apart from requiring I forward the coffee recipe , has no significant objections to picking up shop and moving somewhere southward. As Carbondale seemed good to Jolly Roger, I'll just trail along and see where the bodies fall for a little while. But if you do want to stay in town, try talking to Aleister Tice at <>, as he was looking into that heavy ordinance for me. If he can deliver, I'll pass word on you will pick up, and he'll just add it to my account. See you in Carbondale?]<<<<< -- Dragonfly (14:02:45 / 12-14-55) >>>>>[Frau Jasmine, i have finished analyzing the Whidbey Island samples. Here is my report. I am making it public because i think it important for everyone to see. The protein is very much like a prion in form, and mostly in activity, but is being slightly different. For this reason, i will calling it a protein fragment instead, and i will explaining the differences later. For now i am only saying that this is very good that it is different. First i want to tell the vector: how it is coming into the victim. I am calling it the Ork Encephalopathy protein fragment (pfOE after now). In the sample, pfOE was together with an iron based heme-like compound. This makes it come into the blood, like hemoglobin. There was also attached an iodine based part which makes it come through the skin quickly. The best way to come into the body is being breathed, but normal skin contact also works. I am thinking it can also be swallowed, in water or food, but i can not test this now. With the iron and iodine part, it will not dissolve in water, but these parts are not needed if it is to be putting in water. With out them it should dissolving in water. Now how it is working. A prion is a protein that is occuring naturally in the body. The disease causing form is EXACTLY the same as the normal form, but is folded up different. The different folding makes it act differently, making the disease, and disease-form prions make normal prions change shape into disease form. This is bad because it is impossible to make antibodies because the body thinks the bad prion is supposed to be there (it looks the same as the normally folded prion). pfOE works similar, because it is making a normal protein change shape into a not normal form. However, it is not itself natural to the body, so we can making an antibody. What is happening is that the pfOE is entering the body, and finds a normal protein in the nervous system. I am thinking that this target protein is unique to Orks. I know it is not in Humans, but i am not yet testing other metahumans. Anyway, pfOE finds an Ork brain protein. It then is binding to the protein and making it fold around in a new way. pfOE breaks off and finds another protein to change. The changed protein has a very bad effect on the nervous system. Maybe it has an important function and gets inactive, or maybe it get super-active, i am not yet knowing this. THe symptoms from Tiny were high fevers, losing motor control, and irregular heart rate and breathing. Because of this, i am thinking it affects the sympathetic nerves, and in bad cases, the victim just can not breath and the heart is stopping. The good news is that pfOE is not natural to the body, and so i can make a vaccine against it. I think i am having now an inactive form that i can give to someone to make immune, but i still need to test it. If ANYONE (must be an Ork) will volunteer, i can almost guarantee not bad effects. At most, you will be sick for one week. I know this because Tiny had no vaccine and he is OK now. The test person will be exposed to less than Tiny had and should have no bad effects. Frau Jasmine, maybe we can be offer some money to the person to volunteering? It is very important. Aardvark, i could have using a sample of that coffee during the data crunching. Too late now.]<<<<< -- Basilisk <20:51:37 GMT/14.Dec.55> >>>>>[We be offer some...AAAUGHH, Basilisk, now you've got me doing it. Sorry, I read your messages, and I start thinking in French or German. It's a personal problem, really. Anyway, my employer is willing to cover the expenses to hire a guinea-pi...test ork for the vaccine. Any orks out there who want to make a few extra Nuyen, but are willing to be sick for a day or two, let us know. there should be very little risk involved. Ask Tiny, he was sick, but got better. We will expose the test subject to roughly the same amount of toxin. Obviously, someone with a toxin filter for their bloodstream is probably not eligible. Basilisk, is this right?]<<<<< -- Jasmine < 13:20:35/12-14-55 > >>>>>[Watch who your calling old, you little wipersnaper! But seriously, this cofee is _bad_ I sent a batch out to a lab to be analized, and the report came back "We're sorry, your camel has been dead for over a month"]<<<<< -- Irish <17:04:11/14-12-55> >>>>>[Yea, me in the Tir. They'll take one look at my passport and throw me in jail.]<<<<< -- Irish <17:06:40/14-12-55> >>>>>[ Its 10Y per 10 ounces, and your responsible for seeing that it doesn't mutate into a sentient life form. If you want, I'll toss in two doses of my personal antidote for free ( a _realy_ stiff drink). Tell me how it works out OK? If this stuff is as bad as I think it is, I'm going to see if I can sell it to a security firm. Anybody interested?]<<<<< -- Irish <17:25:20/14-12-55> ***** Private: Foxey Roxey >>>>[Thanks, but I plan on pulling a fade for a few weeks. That should get the heat off me for awhile. Oh, yea. You want to buy some coffee?]<<<<< -- Irish <17:27:20/14-12-55> >>>>>[You mean there's a recipe for this stuff!!!!???!!]<<<<< -- Irish <17:30/10/14-12-55> >>>>>[ Hey dad, can we go!! Just one hit is all I want. +++ Background noise of a head (Dwarven?) slamming into wall - repeatedly It was just a thought. Maybe if he came to Seattle +++ Background noise - Moan.. "Why me?" Sorry Doc Vegtable Brain, dad says the Tir might not like him.]<<<<< -- Erika <18:13:29/12-14-55> >>>>>['ey ev'ryone ou' ther. I wanna wish ya all a very merry holiday season. Hope ev'rythin' is goin' grea fer ya.]<<<<< -- STREETWOLF(Fire is an Elf's Best Friend)<20:13:55/12-14-55> >>>>>[SW what did you just have done to yourself? I heard you went to the clinic... Oh my what did they do to you. You look like.....oh wow that is so cool]<<<<< -- Colice Brightstar<20:15:15/12-14-55> >>>>>[Ya like em Hon. I jus' had em done. To ev'ryone tha' is wonderin' I jus' ha' fangs implanted. Tha' costume par'y convin'ed me ta 'ave 'em done.]<<<<< -- STREETWOLF(Fire is an Elf's Best Friend)<20:16:10/12-14-55> >>>>>[Heh, them some nice pictures, mate. Ever considered quitting your day job and becoming a photographer? Sarcasm aside, this place actually looks fairly average. If those are standard corp sec guards, then it's just the numbers that'll cause us problems. What colors me curious is are there any elite forces there and if so, what type are they? Also important is the extent of the magical support the opposition has. Jasmine, we definitely need an astral recon of that area before we go in. If you want Ultrasound you got it. My M22A2 is specifically equipped with it. Yippi-kiya motherfragger.]<<<<< -- Backlash <20:26:13/12-14-55> >>>>>[Christopher?]<<<<< -- Jackie