ARCHIVE004

The following logs can be found within the `ARCHIVE004` archive on the Santonian website; santonianindustries.com. Many of these logs are duplicates of logs found within each rundown, but are included for completeness.

## Communications

### EBDT\_02BE1.LOG

```
Private encryption//SMC mail server
From: Andrew Clinton B035
To: Gustavo Peres
Date: April 20th 2049
Subject: Your friends at SMC

Hey Gustavo,

Our mutual friend, JD, suggested I reach out to you again with regards to the situation in the Yucatan. If you need to hear from JD himself, I can have him call you. I’m sure he’d be happy to ease your mind if you’re still concerned about our discussions.

To reiterate, the Santonian Mining Company are always ready to lend a hand with any cleanup operations or relief funds that may be needed when disaster strikes. We pride ourselves on being proactive and rapid when responding to such matters, and I hope our donation to several of your personal charity organizations shows we mean business.

With that said, can you offer any further insight as to when SMC will be able to get to the area so we can help? We’re itching to get involved, and though we’re sure you have many people offering aid, none of them have the backing of JD, nor can they offer the kind of financial support that we can offer.

Yours in haste,
Andrew.

```

### EBDT\_04AF9.LOG

```
Private encryption//SMC mail server

From: Andrew Clinton B035

To: Artus Charapon D017

Date: March 03rd 2052

Subject: Hearsay Installation schematic

Artus,

I’ve attached the schematics and installation locations for the Hearsay system. Please ensure that there is enough room in the communication conduits on each level to install the necessary cables for this system (refer to the schematic for details).

The Hearsay schematic and attached papers are for tier 4 clearance only. This is 2 tiers above your current clearance level, so I expect you to handle this with the utmost caution and discretion. You are not to discuss the work or the Hearsay system with anyone on your team. If anyone asks you why you are widening the comms conduits, you are to report them to a tier 4 security advisor immediately.

You do not mention Hearsay, its installation locations, or its purpose to anyone. You are not aware of the Hearsay system, or its purpose. It is a classified SMC security system, and therefore never to be discussed by anyone below tier 4.

I am giving you this information because I see potential in you Artus. Do not let me down.

Andrew Clinton

```

### EBDT\_IHYQ456.LOG

```
D-Lock Block Cipher
alias:int_server.1024_ciph.A074.tier5.a_clinton.flagged

Andrew,
It has come to my attention that some SMC employees are using inappropriate terms to describe the NAM-V virus. There are several terms being used, including:

The Garganta Flu
The Stoop
Stoop Throat
The Pits

It is imperative that the use of these terms is immediately stopped. Connecting the virus to our facility could lead to Public Relations disaster, and also casts a pejorative light on Santonian, Project Insight, and Dreyfus Industries. The use of these terms has already reached Mr. Davies, and we both agree that banning the use of these words within the company is imperative. I have already taken steps to ensure that everyone in Project Insight has been sufficiently trained on the correct nomenclature. You must do the same for your SMC employees.

The correct term for the virus is NAM-V. This is a new virus and we are still investigating the causes, origin, and effects. We cannot for sure say if it originated in the lower levels of Garganta, nor can we conclusively state that it has caused the recent surge in suicide attempts, and we certainly cannot risk any employee carrying these false notions to the outside world.

My team continues to work on decoding the virus, and on developing a vaccine. Your team must start controlling the narrative.

Thank you,

Dean Lockwood

```

### EBDT\_WIOGL56.LOG

```
D-Lock Block Cipher
Sender:          Andrew Clinton B035
Receiver:       SMC.ALL
Date:             December 16th
Subject:         Season’s Greetings/Restrictions

All employees,

From all of corporate at Santonian Mining, we want to wish our employees a very happy holidays, and congratulate you on another stellar year working at the cutting edge of modern ore and mineral extraction!

As a member of the SMC family, your work and dedication play an integral role in our mission of building a better future and a positive, prosperous tomorrow for all mankind.
There have been many challenges this year, and your management team is not blind to the issues facing us over the next few months. It is imperative that each and every employee focuses on their work and pulls together to achieve the common goal. You must make these final few weeks of the year really count. Double down on your hours, commit yourself to ideals that SMC aspires to, and let’s realize our true potential together.

We have launched a task force to investigate reports of a virus spreading among workers at lower depths. While we have found some isolated cases, the outbreak is mostly contained and cases are limited to a small, more vulnerable subset of our workforce. Despite what you may have heard, the situation is very much under control. The vast majority of you should fear no threat from the virus, and indeed will likely be asymptomatic. The NAM-V virus poses no threat to you, or to your health.
Even with such minimal risk, let us assure you that we have the highest quality medical staff on hand to deal with any issues you may face. There is nowhere on earth you can be better taken care of than here with your Santonian family. While the NAM-V virus is still new to us and we have much to learn about it, any claims that the virus can cause depression, self-harm, or any disturbing psychotic episodes are misleading and incorrect. You have nothing to fear from NAM-V. We will defeat it, together.
To that end, you too have a responsibility to help contain the spread. With your dedication to social distancing, mandatory sanitary procedures, and speedy, decisive isolation of victims of this irritating, but ultimately harmless, virus. We have increased our mental care facilities and extended sick leave to those who need it, and will continue to help our family as long as necessary, even if the virus should take them out of commission for a few days here and there. We are ready to help you get back to work quickly, and stronger than ever.

Onwards and downwards!

Andrew Clinton.

```

### EBDT\_WLVY548.LOG

```
D-Lock Block Cipher
Sender: Janson Davies
Receiver: Anders Johanson
Date: July 22nd 2050
Subject: Re: Services offered

Interesting. I’ll be in touch.

J.

```

## Other logs

### EBDT\_01BE1.LOG

```
Mambo Media Services news wire
//Translation complete//
A Fractured History
Las Noticias Central, Science Desk
June 3rd 2050

As the cleanup continues after the devastating Merida quake, a team of scientists from the Instituto Geológico are trying to figure out when the Merida faultline appeared, and if the seismic shift was a sign of things to come, or a forgotten history.

Their research has not been limited to the Yucatan. In their quest for answers they have sought archeological societies as far north as the Texas Independence and as far south as Honduras. The answers they were seeking turned up at the Lamanai Archaeological Project in Belize. The team uncovered ancient Mayan records of several earthquakes in the region, with the most recent one being in the mid-13th century.

Researchers at the Lamanai Project studied scores of tablet inscriptions from their extensive library and discovered reference to a series of catastrophic population declines that occurred in the Yucatan between 800 and 1300 CE. Until the Merida quake, these population fluctuations were assumed to be related to the frequent outbreaks of disease in the region.

Now, with the context of the newly discovered fault line it seems like the ancient Mayan scribes were giving us more information than we knew. While disease is still almost certainly the reason for the massive drop in Mayan population during the 9th century, the cause of the disease is now much clearer. Earthquakes.

Earthquakes are not a major cause of casualties in the ancient world. Structures were too small and the population were too widely dispersed to inflict mass casualties even from the most powerful of quakes. It is the famine and disease, and the hardship which follows that claims the greatest number of lives. There have been many earth–

[Encryption checksum mismatch. Contact your IT administrator]

```

### EBDT\_ALKN234.LOG

```
Analyst Report
Reported by: Boris Stanovich C066 (Report Analyst, Medical Dept.)
Date of Report: December 12th 2052
Report: #SAMD-C043-07

Report Summary
This report details the most recent employee health statistics at both Garganta and the SMC controlled coastal sectors.

An alarming increase in the suicide rate has been noticed during the second half of 2052. While depression and psychological issues are to be expected with a work force spending extended periods of time underground, the numbers reveal a steady rise in psycho-pharmaceutical use. The upward trend began in April 2052, and surged dramatically throughout the year.

At the time of writing this report, 34.7% of the SMC workforce based within Garganta have reported psychological disturbances. Our medical teams are dealing with this as best we can, but a more focused psychological evaluation of all employees is merited. We have suggested regular “day-breaks” for all employees to allow them to recuperate at one of the coastal camps, and are waiting for approval. Although pharmaceutical remedy may ease the suffering of those afflicted with depression, the method is a stop gap. Exposure to natural sunlight and open space is the only long-term solution recommended by the medical staff.

Accompanying the mental health concerns, the physical health of the workforce has declined recently. Reports of malaise, lethargy, and exhaustion account for a total of 8,350 man hours lost. The productivity rate of those not reporting sick has also declined, with multiple reports of “daydreaming” and “wandering” employees, particularly with the lower level construction teams. This condition has been coined the “Garganta Flu” though as yet, we have not discovered any physical cause for this influenza-like condition.

It is recommended that we move from a 3-shift workforce to a 4-shift workforce. The additional 2 hours for each can then be used for mandatory sunlight exposure and a physician approved exercise regimen.

Boris Stanovich C066

```

### EBDT\_WG8T66.LOG

```
24x neonatal HS units

12x cases N-33S_endocrine_stimulator

12x cases gambogic amide ampules

4x catalyzer chambers

16x Synthetic NGF protein clusters

Delivery Confirmation:: B-522 Xavier Lightfoot

Note: Goods received by KDS representative #00118-G at Zone 45 Area B checkpoint as per instructions.

```

## Audio logs

### EBDT\_HW8459.AUD

* Transcript
* Audio

Dr. Teale
How are things going?
Jordy Fontella
(coughing) I wanna go home.
Dr. Teale
You want to quit?
Jordy Fontella
(stuttering) I just want to go home. When do they give us leave?
Dr. Teale
You still have 3 months left on your service contract.
Jordy Fontella
I need a break. I need to feel sun.
Dr. Teale
I can give you a topsite pass for a few hours, if you think that would help.
Jordy Fontella
Yeah, but… then I’d just have to come back down here!
Dr. Teale
It’s a secure facility, Jordie. You signed the contract.
Jordy Fontella
I know, I know, I know!
Dr. Teale
(clearing throat) We commit ourselves to the work; Once the project is done, we can all go home.
Jordy Fontella
(laughing, then groaning) This... place… (stuttering) it gets inside you, ya know?
Dr. Teale
You don’t like it here?
Jordy Fontella
No. Do you?
Dr. Teale
We’re not talking about me.
Jordy Fontella
Don’t you feel it?
Dr. Teale
Feel what?
Jordy Fontella
There’s something. It’s menacing, depressing. It’s so dark here!
Dr. Teale
We’re underground Jordie!
Jordy Fontella
Oh come on, you know I don’t mean that. Oh… And the smell…
Dr. Teale
Hmm yes, it takes some getting used to. It is very damp.
Jordy Fontella
It’s not… damp. It’s decay. It smells like death! We’re surrounded by it!
Dr. Teale
These are very dark thoughts.
Jordy Fontella
I know. I know. Can't you- ... Can you recommend leave for me?
Dr. Teale
It’s not that simple.
Jordy Fontella
(groans)
Dr. Teale
I don’t have that power, Jordie.
Jordy Fontella
So?(stuttering) So what? I just have to stay here when I don’t want to?! It feels like a prison!
Dr. Teale
You see Garganta as your prison?
Jordy Fontella
OUR prison. You’re in here too.
Dr. Teale
I’m going to start you on a course of doxin.
Jordy Fontella
No! No, (stuttering) I don’t like taking pills, I just have feelings.
Dr. Teale
(clearing throat) Don’t even worry Jordie, you’ll barely feel them. They’ll just take the edge off, I promise you. They’ll help.
Jordy Fontella
(groaning) You promise?
Dr. Teale
You can trust me, Jordie. I’m here to help. Hearsay, off.

### SCHFR003.AUD

* Transcript
* Audio

Schaeffer
Brother, brother I hear you! I hear you opening doors, I hear the screams of the Snatchers as they attack you! I hear the gunfire echoing through the darkness. I know you're working for them, but... but I have a better plan for us, if we- if we work for each other, you help me, I help you, we help each other, right? (distant monster groaning, Schaeffer breathing, and running away, monster follows in chase)

### SQ4512\_Y.AUD

* Transcript
* Audio

Schaeffer
 On! Hearsay, on! (stuttering) It's not working! Damn… why isn’t it working? Stupid thing… Come on… (stuttering) Did I do this before? I don’t... I don’t remember… I don’t remember. Come on... think, think think! No, not here. Deeper. I have to go... deeper. (stuttering) Yeah that was it.. I go deeper. I find the hearsay. I leave the message. Yes, that was it. I remember now. I leave the message. But not here. Deeper. Deeper…

### SQ4513\_Y.AUD

* Transcript
* Audio

Schaeffer
 This is... my name is Schaeffer. That's- (laughing) That's all I know. (stuttering) I don't remember. (grunting) Focus... Yeah, I know. Yes I know! It's okay. They can't hear me down here. FUCK THEM! (laughing) FUCK THE WARDEN! (laughing) (clearing throat) Call me Schaeffer. I don't know who you are, or if it will ever be heard. I don't know. I'm not going back up. They'll be looking for me, the Warden. I must- maybe they think I'm dead! What if they've come for me? What if I'm giving myself away here? What if I- Listen... I was in a group, there were four of us. They're all gone. But I think there are others. Maybe you, if you're hearing this. Maybe, you came after us! Or, before. Or, I don't know. I don't know! But there are signs. I've seen signs. There are others here, I know it. There's blood, fresh blood. The air, it smells different. Something ALIVE was here. Maybe they can help me! Yeah, that's it! But how do I trust them? They... have... to... prove themselves! Yes, yes! They have to go deeper. They have to get me... something... yes... YES! They have to get me something. Not here though. They have to go deeper. Go Deeper. I'll be waiting.