Thread: Stars Fallen - An IID Casefile [Mr. M & Jaijin]

Interstellar Intelligence Directive Mission Briefing RK-349-J-278-P-886-M-767-A Six months ago, a previously-unrecorded human-species colony was detected in System 447-Gamma-16. The colony, called Helios by its citizens note this makes the 67th Helios in the history of the Pax Interstellar could have resulted from any of five colony ships lost in that vicinity between approximately twenty and two hundred years ago. The origin of the colony is not as important as evaluating its condition with the ultimate goal of bringing it into the Pax. Investigation is accelerated due to the presence of apamanthic ore in the mountainous area outside of the main Helios settlement, which is useful for weapon and stardrive purposes. Orbital observation and remote sensors revealed a great degree of social regression, even compared to 200 years ago. Gender dimorphism is highly exaggerated, social and political power structure is entirely weighted toward the male gender, leaving females powerless. A central colony authority provided dictatorial control over technology and expansion of the colony, with the result that conditions are almost pre-technological through most of the settled area, with high technology kept strictly for the colony authorities. Discontent is rife, but is harshly controlled by the colony police force. Infiltration agent Jeffer Cadmus was inserted via stealth drop pod six weeks ago. Cadmus made contact with a group of traders that is discontented with colony authorities, the MacFannish clan actual Scottish heritage is highly doubtful. Under I.I. permissions, he offered a reasonable exclusive deal on technological trade goods to the traders in exchange for assistance infiltrating the power structure. Cadmus assumed the local name Jeffincott deCadum, following practice of pseudonyms being reasonably close to real names. Two weeks ago, Cadmus failed to send a coded report burst to the orbital monitor. Satellite imagery is unable to locate him. Remote viewers are unable to get far enough into the city center to mount an effective search. The clear choice is to send an agent in to locate him, and if rescue is impossible, to obtain the most recent data he had acquired. Field personnel within reasonable distance from Helios 67 are limited. Due to the primitive and restrictive social system on the planet, a male operative is recommended, if one is available. However, the importance of the apamanthic ore is such that a female operative, properly briefed, is acceptable if time does not permit a suitable male operative to make the drop. There's more, of course, said Field Director Tommas after he'd let her read the briefing overview. Several pages of what little we've been able to find out, all from Cadmus's reports. You'll have time to read it all on your flight from here to Helios 67. The biggest thing I want you to notice is females have no power down there. That's going to be your biggest challenge. The gray-haired man leaned forward slowly. Anti-aging treatments worked wonders, but time eventually caught up with everyone, and he was still years away from qualifying for a deep-regeneration treatment, so he put up with the elderly body's occasional aches and pains and did his best at the desk job he now had. He looked at the woman sitting in the other chair, and shook his head he remembered when he'd been in the prime of his life like her, or like Cadmus. Back when he'd be the one hopping in the drop pod. Honestly, I was worried enough about that, I almost volunteered to go myself, but medical forced me not to. He shook his head. They're going to implant you with a comm unit before you go in case Cadmus' problem is just faulty equipment, you won't have the same difficulty. It'll bluetooth into your usual stealth gear, but it only charges up enough for one burst transmission a day, so be wary. You're familiar with delicate situations like this the government structure doesn't allow for us to just drop in there and be liberators, but we want to establish some sort of relations in order to get the ore. The Helians aren't prepared for an enlightened social structure like ours, and they'd reject us out of hand if we tried to force it on them, but they'll need to accept it if they're ever going to join the Pax. It's tricky, I know. So I want you to just focus on the immediate get down there, get to Cadmus, get the data, get away. Got it?