Correspondence (2025 March 04)

Correspondence Chapters 3 & 4
Tuesday, 4 March 2025
==Jaeger MM 2.1==
(Correspondance 3.1)
From: Hyun Zao (hzao@greenbrier.systems) | Sent: Tuesday, March 4, 2025 @ 02:46 NZT (10:46 EST; 14:46 GMT) from Headquarters, Greenbrier Systems, Arlington, Virginia, United States | Encryption: Beta | To: [ALLSTAFF-HACKER]
Subject: Jaeger Mainframe Policies
It been brought to my attention that there is substantial evidence that certain Jaeger mainframes are malfunctioning but require Alpha Level Clearance. Staff are forbidden to move, reset, override, or overwrite these machines by Greenbrier's contract with PPDC Command.
If you really want to take this further up the chain, please contact the remaining members of said organization though I doubt you will get much of an answer.
Regards, Director Hyun Zao
==AN 28.1==
(waking, breakfast; Auckland)
Please see ....
==Jaeger MM 2.2==
(Correspondence 3.1.2)
From: E Delani (edelani@greenbrier.systems) | Sent: Tuesday, March 4, 2025 @ 10:05 NZT (18:05 EST; 22:05 GMT) from Operations, Hacker Valley Facility, West Virginia, United States | Encryption: Beta | To: S Jorgi (sjorgi@greenbrier.systems)
Subject: RE: Jaeger Mainframe Policies
You saw the Director's answer. How far do you want to take this?
Delani
===Jaeger MM 2.3=== 
(Correspondence 3.1.3)
From: S Jorgi (sjorgi@greenbrier.systems) | Sent: Tuesday, March 4, 2025 @ 10:15 NZT (18:15 EST; 22:15 GMT) from Jaeger Mainframe Section, Hacker Valley Facility, West Virginia, United States | Encryption: Beta | To: E Delani (edelani@greenbrier.systems)
Subject: RE: Jaeger Mainframe Policies
As far as you're willing to take it, ma'am. I want to know why we can't override them and what makes those particular 'frames so damned special to the higher-ups of the PPDC.
Jorgi
P.S. Some of the more superstitious techs have sworn that there are spirits residing within the storage units and have set up a shrine in the break-room beneath the mainframes.
===Jaeger MM 2.4=== 
(Correspondence 3.1.4)
From: E Delani (edelani@greenbrier.systems) | Sent: Tuesday, March 4, 2025 @ 11:27 NZT (19:27 EST; 23:27 GMT) Operations, Hacker Valley Facility, West Virginia, United States | Encryption: Beta | To: Marshal Hercules Hansen (M-HHAN_832.84-G@ppdc.mil)
Subject: Jaeger Mainframe Malfunctions [attachment]
Marshal:
We have encountered a number of hardware malfunctions in the mainframes housing the following Jaeger AI backups:
Brawler Yukon, Cherno Alpha, Coyote Tango, Crimson Typhoon, Echo Saber, Gipsy Danger, Lucky Seven, Matador Fury, Puma Real, Romeo Blue, Striker Eureka
A report summarizing these malfunctions is attached.
My technicians recommend and I concur the mainframes be accessed physically to inspect for damage and conduct repairs. If necessary, we would also like to initiate full system resets. Failure to repair the mainframes may result in permanent damage to them, the personnel, and the facility itself.
However, such actions require Alpha Level clearance which I understand only you may grant.
May I have your permission to undertake the actions recommended above?
I await your response.
Delani
==Heart 1.8==
(Correspondence 3.2)
From: Coyote Pentecost-Sevier (BAMFCoyoteTango@gmail) | Sent: Tuesday, March 4, 2025 @ 11:56 NZT (23:56 GMT) from Location data unavailable | Encryption: Alpha | To: Dad (archie@drsg.kiwi)
Subject: RE: Your Heart 
S - I set your Heart up with some YouTube videos for beginner's cooking lessons on his tablet. It's apparently easier than it looks but I wouldn't know. Herc's a pretty good one but ... Well, we've got a lot going on. We're dealing with our grief as best we can. If you need anything, Dad, we're here.
C - Zher's right. Most of our pilots are gone now and those that do remain will be protected as fiercely as we can manage. The remaining living pilots have offered to Drift with those of us who no longerhave a bond to ease some of our heartache, as metaphorical as that particular phrase might be. Herc's evidence that two Jaegers can share a bond with one person.
B - Cat was actually considering emailing several former J-Techs that she knew but if you've got another contact, Dad, then I think we'll use him. Romeo and I have been corresponding with a few Japanese engineers and a small robotics company in Thailand. Do you think it'll help any for Cat to know about them?
All our love, S, C & B
==Athene 28.2==
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==Cold 1.1 (LSS)==
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==So Long 1.1 (LSS)==
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==Cold 1.2 (LSS)==
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==Jaeger MM 2.5.1==
(Correspondance 3.3)
From: Herc Hansen (hdhansen@lavanet.org) | Sent: Tuesday, March 4, 2025 @ 15:49 NZT (03:49 GMT) from Location data unavailable | Encryption: Alpha | To: H Gottlieb (h.gottlieb@mfe.nz)
Subject: FW: Jaeger Mainframe Malfunctions | [attachment]
That everybody?
This is them being touchy? 
Hansen
===Jaeger MM 2.5.2===
(Correspondence 3.3.2)
From: H Gottlieb (h.gottlieb@mfe.nz) | Sent: Tuesday, March 4, 2025 @ 15:53 NZT (03:53 GMT) from New Zealand Environmental Research Station, Puanga-Rua, Waikato, New Zealand | Encryption: Alpha | To: Marshal Hercules Hansen (hdhansen@lavanet.org) 
Subject: FW: Jaeger Mainframe Malfunctions
Yes, sir. That is the entire family. I believe the problems reported are the direct result of their actions.
Gottlieb
===Jaeger MM 2.5.3===
(Correspondence 3.3.3)
From: Herc Hansen (hdhansen@lavanet.org) | Sent: Tuesday, March 4, 2025 @ 15:55 NZT (03:55 GMT) from Location data unavailable | Encryption: Alpha | To: H Gottlieb (h.gottlieb@mfe.nz)
Subject: FW: Jaeger Mainframe Malfunctions
Remind them to behave. I'll talk to mine.
Hansen
===Jaeger MM 2.5.4===
(Correspondance 3.3.4)
From: H Gottlieb (h.gottlieb@mfe.nz) | Sent: Tuesday, March 4, 2025 @ 15:56 NZT (03:56 GMT) from New Zealand Environmental Research Station, Puanga-Rua, Waikato, New Zealand | Encryption: Alpha | To: Marshal Hercules Hansen (hdhansen@lavanet.org)
Subject: FW: Jaeger Mainframe Malfunctions 
Yes, sir. I will do my best.
Gottlieb
===Jaeger MM 2.5.5=== 
(Correspondence 3.3.5)
From: H Gottlieb (archie@drsg.kiwi) | Sent: Tuesday, March 4, 2025 @ 15:59 NZT (03:59 GMT) from New Zealand Environmental Research Station, Puanga-Rua, Waikato, New Zealand | Encryption: Alpha | To: [REMOTE]
Subject: FW: Jaeger Mainframe Malfunctions 
Everyone,
Your behavior at the secure storage facility is raising concerns among the staff there.
Marshal Hansen and I will do our best to protect you, but, please, be careful.
Warmest regards, H Gottlieb
===Jaeger MM 2.5.6=== 
(Correspondence 3.3.6)
From: Marshal Hercules Hansen (M-HHAN_832.84-G@ppdc.mil) | Sent: Tuesday, March 4, 2025 @ 16:00 NZT (00:00 EST; 04:00 GMT) from Location data unavailable | Encryption: Beta | To: E Delani (edelani@greenbrier.systems)
Subject: RE: Jaeger Mainframe Malfunctions
Respectfully, no, you may not have clearance to move, reset, overwrite, or otherwise disturb those mainframes, as your company clearly agreed to do in their contract with the PPDC.
Hansen
==So Long 1.2 (LSS)==
Please see ....
==Jaeger MM 2.6==
(Correspondence 3.3.7)
From: E Delani (edelani@greenbrier.systems) | Sent: Tuesday, March 4, 2025 @ 16:09 NZT (00:09 EST; 04:09 GMT) Operations, Hacker Valley Facility, West Virginia, United States | Encryption: Beta | To: Marshal Hercules Hansen (M-HHAN_832.84-G@ppdc.mil)
Subject: RE: Jaeger Mainframe Malfunctions 
Marshal:
Can I ask why you will not give us clearance?
Delani
===Jaeger MM 2.6.2=== 
(Correspondence 3.3.8)
From: Marshal Hercules Hansen (M-HHAN_832.84-G@ppdc.mil) | Sent: Tuesday, March 4, 2025 @ 17:00 NZT (01:00 EST; 05:00 GMT) from Location data unavailable | Encryption: Beta | To: E Delani (edelani@greenbrier.systems)
Subject: RE: Jaeger Mainframe Malfunctions
No, you can't.
Hansen
===Jaeger MM 2.6.3=== 
(Correspondence 3.3.9)
From: E Delani (edelani@greenbrier.systems) | Sent: Tuesday, March 4, 2025 @ 17:13 NZT (01:13 EST; 05:13 GMT) from Operations, Hacker Valley Facility, West Virginia, United States | Encryption: Beta | To: S Jorgi (sjorgi@greenbrier.systems)
Subject: FW: Jaeger Mainframe Malfunctions
That went well.
Delani
==Heart 1.9==
(Edited: Correspondence 4.1)
From: H Gottlieb (archie@drsg.kiwi) | Sent: Tuesday, March 4, 2025 @ 17:41 NZT (05:41 GMT) from New Zealand Environmental Research Station; Puanga-Rua, Waikato, New Zealand | Encryption: Alpha | To: Coyote Pentecost-Sevier (BAMFCoyoteTango@gmail); Gabriell Archibald (angelwings@internode); Cornelius Nemoy (yukoncornelius@lavanet)
Subject: RE: Your Heart 
Thank you for the videos. We may attempt to follow one in preparing dinner this evening.
I trust Doctor Lightcap's assessment of potential collaborators. If she is confident in the skills of the J-Techs, we should trust to her judgement. I would certainly pass along to her your exchanges with the engineers and companies you have contacted. The more information Doctor Lightcap has at her disposal, the greater the likelihood of her success.
My contact is Doctor Rada Gebremichael (rada.gebremichael(at)tu-berlin.de). As I remarked earlier, he may not have a design useful to you ready for prototyping, but his early work was quite promising and would seem well-suited to your needs.
That is quite a generous offer on the part of the pilots. I stand in awe of their ability and willingness to open their minds to others. I shudder to think of the horrors one sharing a bond with me would encounter in my mind.
I am here for all of you as well. I am no more than a text or email away at any time.
Warmest regards, H Gottlieb
==AN 28.3==
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==Cold 1.3==
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==Bond 1.1==
(Correspondence 4.2)
From: Gabriell Archibald (angelwings@internode) | Sent: Tuesday, March 4, 2025 @ 13:17 NZT (01:17 GMT) from Location data unavailable | Encryption: Alpha | To: Dad (archie@drsg.kiwi)
Subject: Bond with you
I've been chosen as our spokesJaeger because the response required had many of us upset.
No matter what you may think, old man, we'd bond with you in a heartbeat. We don't care that you are what you are; we love you regardless, even if you do not think that our affections are yours to have. If anything, you'd need a bond with us because then we could show you just how much we care. Don't you ever tell us again that you shouldn't bond with us or that the experience would not be as rewarding as it is with our remaining pilots. You share a slight bond with your Heart and he's yet to run anywhere but straight into your arms. In this, I believe we are all the same when it comes to you.
Now onto lighter news. Dr. Lightcap contacted your Dr. Gebremichael and they're working hard on bringing the designs to life. The J-Techs, robotics company and the engineers did a vid-con with her while Brawler mediated in text.
I hope the recipes were good and that your smoke-alarm wasn't tested as thoroughly as you thought.
With love, Soldier Jaegers
==JME 3.1==
(Correspondence 4.3)
From: S Jorgi (sjorgi@greenbrier.systems) | Sent: Tuesday, March 4, 2025 @ 13:23 NZT; (01:23 GMT; 21:23 EST) from Jaeger Mainframe Section, Hacker Valley Facility, West Virginia, United States | Encryption: Beta | To: E Delani (edelani@greenbrier.systems) | CC: H Zao (hzao@greenbrier.systems)
Subject: Extraordinary Jaeger Mainframe Activity
You said to contact you if anything was out of the ordinary, ma'am.
The aforementioned Jaeger mainframes were on the fritz for the last two hours (resource consumption through the roof, spitting sparks--the usual). They've settled down, finally, except for the Crimson Typhoon backup. 
Any attempts to override or reset the systems were met with an Administrative Level Alpha Block.
I think the higher-ups are hiding something big.
HMT Jorgi
==Bond 1.2==
(Correspondence 4.4)
From: H Gottlieb (archie@drsg.kiwi) | Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2025 @ 17:50 NZT (5:50 GMT) from New Zealand Environmental Research Station, Puanga-Rua, Waikato, New Zealand | Encryption: Alpha | To: [REMOTE]
Subject: RE: Bond with you
Everyone,
I am moved and humbled by your words. I truly don't know what to do in response to your kindness.
I fear, however, I may have betrayed your trust in me. I relaxed my guard while reading your last message and Doctor Geiszler read a portion of it. He may now be suspicious as to your nature. I will do my best to put his mind at ease.
Apologetically yours, H Gottlieb
===Bond 1.3=== 
(Correspondance 4.4.2)
From: Gabriell Archibald (angelwings@internode) | Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2025 @ 18:10 NZT (06:10 GMT) from Location data unavailable | Encryption: Alpha | To: Dad (archie@drsg.kiwi)
Subject: RE: Bond with you
S - It's our pleasure to tell you we love you, old man. Eh. I wouldn't worry too much about your Heart pokin' his nose where it isn't supposed to go. We can handle him.
C - Perhaps you should tell him the truth. Maybe he'll sit still for longer than five seconds purely from the shock but even I doubt that.
Speaking of moving, the rest of us were wondering if you would accept a delivered gift? For you and your Heart, of course, but mostly for you. Ah. I have just the thing.
Much Love, S & C
Order # 236975: Observatory Class Telescope | Payment: -- Via card | Order Placed: March 4th, 2025 | Delivery Date: June 12th, 2025
Message: To our beloved mentor and Father, we hope this enhances the view of your already beautiful universe. With love from all of us.
===Bond 1.4===
(Correspondence 4.4.3)
From: H Gottlieb (archie@drsg.kiwi) | Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2025 @ 18:31 NZT (06:31 GMT) from New Zealand Environmental Research Station, Puanga-Rua, Waikato, New Zealand | Encryption: Alpha | To: Coyote Pentecost-Sevier (BAMFCoyoteTango@gmail); Gabriell Archibald (angelwings@internode)
Subject: RE: Gifts
While I trust Doctor Geiszler with many things, including dangerous chemicals and open flames, I do not fully trust him with secrets such as this. I prefer to keep him ignorant on this matter as long as possible. Unfortunately, a revelation may now be inevitable.
I am flattered by your offer, but I would be more comfortable if you spent your earnings on something more worthy. Perhaps donations to charities focused on health, education, or environmental restoration would be appropriate choices?
Warmest regards, H Gottlieb
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