AIM Hires Klaue (Audio File Set)

**AIM Hires Klaue** is a collectible Audio File Intelligence series released as part of the War for Wakanda Operation. It consists of five files.

## Files

### Executive Brief on Vibranium

There's very little Vibranium in the scientific community upon which we can test our hypothesis, but the trace amounts we acquired on the black market show incredible promise. This galactic metal absorbs all kinds of kinetic energy and can repurpose it into other forms, including the physical. While terrigen was our ticket to financial stability, Vibranium gives us the competitive edge we need in pursuing more… other-worldly ventures.

I have seen Captain America’s shield ‘in action,’ so to speak, and anecdotally can confirm that Vibranium is as magical as it seems. The only way to find enough to create replicatable studies, however, is by getting it from the remote African nation where a meteor crashed landed thousands of years ago full of the impossible metal.

I attempted to broach an agreement between Wakanda and AIM after the Avengers were disbanded and got nowhere. I even considered waking the good Captain from stasis to use him as a bargaining chip, but the risks at the time were too great. With his ‘revival,’ he may still be our ticket inside.

M

### To: Monica | From: V

M,

You are aware how damn hard it was for me to get you the little bit of Vibranium I did, right? Literally every piece that isn't making up Captain Capitalist's shield is stolen from someone else. Ask me for uranium-238 and I got you, but breaking into the most secure nation in the world is way above my pay grade.

You want someone that crazy, you're looking at Ulysses Klaue. Dude's a physicist that's spent years trying to create artificial Vibranium. Clearly hasn't worked out for him. But if there's anyone who wants back into Wakanda and will sacrifice everything to do it, that's that guy.

I can't exactly recommend him, though. He freaks me out on a good day, and Klaue does not have a lot of those. But you worked with George Tarleton, so the devil you know and all that.

Don't tell him I sent you.

### To: Dr. Rappacini From: Ulysses Klaue

Dr. Rappacini,

I read your proposal and I must admit I’m disappointed. The mighty Advanced Idea Mechanics, sneaking into Wakanda under cover of night and sneaking out without being caught? Where's the drama in that? The show of force?

The only way you're getting the Vibranium you need is to leave the Black Panther and his cult members quaking in their boots. You have the men, you have the tech. All you need now is me.

Full-scale invasion. Don't you want to control all of the Vibranium on Earth? Why would you ever let a competitor have some of their own (unless, of course, they paid a pretty penny)?

You get me the army. I’ll get you the Vibranium.

Sincerely,

Klaue

### To: Ulysses Klaue From: Dr. Rappacini

Klaue,

You can have your army, but there is a condition.

Wakanda is a country that has withstood invasion for thousands of years. They have been able to experiment on Vibranium uninterrupted for generations. The metal alone is useless without that knowledge. Otherwise AIM will always be behind Wakanda in technological prowess, and you know we can't have that.

That may mean taking some of their scientists hostage rather than disposing of whomever gets in your way. I've heard that hasn't been your forte in the past. Is that going to be a problem?

M

### Returning to Wakanda

I'm not worried. The Rappacini woman is a means to an end. Any amount of Vibranium I let her have she’ll be thankful for. But the rest, father? Ah, the rest will be ours.

I keep the nugget you gave me in my pocket so I remember its weight. The blood it took to get back to me.

Those idiots at the university … stopping my funding because my progress was only incremental. Incremental! As if all of science progressed in leaps. But we knew, didn't we, father? We knew to be patient.

And now I've cracked it. A way to get past a Vibranium shield, using the very sonic energy that blasted country relies upon. I'll be inside every system before they even know I've arrived.

Did I need the army? No. But will it be beautiful to watch the joy fall from every Wakandan face as they meet their new master? I will bathe in it.

Revenge is sweet. Complete destruction is sweeter.

No, I'm not worried at all.