Rundown 8.0 Logs

The following article details all of the logs, voice-overs, and other related lore that is found within Rundown 8.0 or released at the same time as the rundown. As these logs may have gone through revisions in subsequent updates to GTFO, this article represents the current version of the logs as found within the game.

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### A1 Voiceover #1

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Schaeffer
Can you hear me? Do you even remember me? My name is John Schaeffer. I'm working with the Warden - but it's not what you think. The Warden has been trying to help us against the real enemy; the virus. I know you want to get out, but outside of this pit... there's nothing. It's all gone. The virus has wiped everything out. But there is a way out of this mess, and the Warden is going to help us. You're going to use the Matter Wave Projector. You've used it before, but this time we'll know what we're doing. We're going to use coordinates to control the destination. It can take us somewhere there's no virus, no creatures. I'll explain more once you find it.

### VER-T96-3UN

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../BIOCOM
shortwave transmission intercepted@29mhz
meta3.date_stamp(571019.091325)

//transcript follows...

VOICE 1
Truth. That's all this has ever been about. I have said it before and I will say it till the day I die; I will never lie to you. I stand on the outskirts of Pahrump, Nevada. I no longer need to hide my whereabouts because there is no one to hide from. I see no movement at all, only the remains of a community that tore itself apart in it's death throes. There are no authorities here to clean up the mess. No police to bring justice to the victims of violence who lay dead on the streets, their bodies baking in the desert sun. No fire department to put out the fire at the dollar store; though it's mostly just smoldering ashes now. No glaziers to board up the smashed windows of the supermarket; it's been picked clean of everything. No welders to fix the shutters of the gun store; they've been ripped from the wall with a chain and... I am glad Mr. Truth is not here to see this. She loved this town, the people. Desert folk. They are a unique people. Individualists. Good stock. Friendly but not gullible. Inquisitive but not intrusive. I remember when we first came here in 2036, we... I... Oh god, what have I done? Maybe she wasn't... I mean, could I have been wrong? It all seemed so clear. Ramona...

../BIOCOM.
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intercept log updated
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Mr. Truth
Truth. That's all this has ever been about. I have said it before and I will say it till the day I die; I will never lie to you. I stand on the outskirts of Pahrump, Nevada. I no longer need to hide my whereabouts because there is no one to hide from. I see no movement at all, only the remains of a community that tore itself apart in it's death throes. There are no authorities here to clean up the mess. No police to bring justice to the victims of violence who lay dead on the streets, their bodies baking in the desert sun. No fire department to put out the fire at the dollar store; though it's mostly just smoldering ashes now. No glaziers to board up the smashed windows of the supermarket; it's been picked clean of everything. No welders to fix the shutters of the gun store; they've been ripped from the wall with a chain and... I am glad Mr. Truth is not here to see this. She loved this town, the people. Desert folk. They are a unique people. Individualists. Good stock. Friendly but not gullible. Inquisitive but not intrusive. I remember when we first came here in 2036, we... I... Oh god, what have I done? Maybe she wasn't... I mean, could I have been wrong? It all seemed so clear. Ramona...

### 56G-75H-Y78

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Mambo Media Services news wire
Statement from Dr Gloria Rutermayer, WHO Regional Director for Europe

28th October 2053, Copenhagen, Denmark

Due to the continued spread of the NAM-V virus, the World Health Organization is recommending all European nations formally close their borders to all international traffic and trade. Existing social restrictions and policies should be maintained and where possible, complete isolation of communities no larger than 100 individuals should be enforced. WHO efforts to find a both the vaccine and an effective cure are ongoing in partnership with all global health organizations.

Keep yourself and others safe.
Wash hands regularly
Wear a mask
Practice Social Distancing
Inform local authorities of any known cases of NAM-V

Your commitment to following these guidelines WILL SAVE LIVES.

The objective of this Disease Outbreak News is to raise awareness, inform readiness and response efforts, and provide technical guidance for immediate recommended actions.

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### A1 Voiceover #2

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Schaeffer
You found it! Okay you need to get it to me. I'm sending you the location of a shuttlebox. The Warden has given me access to it's internal database. It's... massive. There's so much in here. Navigation data to times and places we can't even imagine, event logs going back millennia... eons! There are zoological entries, millions of them; I think this is the Collection the clone was talking about. Extraordinary. The Warden's understanding of time and space are so far beyond ours, but, with these files, and the research Project Insight logged for the E-F-Zero-One expedition, I think I have enough to control the Matter Wave Projector. Get it to me. Check your status for the shuttlebox location.

### A1 Voiceover #3

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Garganta Alert System
Warning. Thermal deviation detected in Primary Quadrant Reactor Core. Duty Radiation Safety officers report to Primary Quadrant Reactor. Warning. Thermal deviation detected in. Primary. Quadrant. Reactor. Core. Duty Radiation Safety officers report to Primary Quadrant Reactor

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### A2 Voiceover #1

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Schaeffer
Can you hear me? Yes, you remember me, don't you? Schaeffer. Fuck the Warden, right? And I know exactly how to fuck him! We're going to burn his house down! Henriksson! Is it done?
Henriksson
Yeah, we have stack control - What do you mean you're going to burn this place? What's the plan to get out? You said there was a plan.
Schaeffer
We talked about this Henriksson. You're going to do exactly what I tell you to do, right? I'm regretting pulling out your control chip. Update the stack. Update the fucking stack. Get to work, prisoners.

### A2 Voiceover #2

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Henriksson
Hey, it's Henriksson. We need to talk about Schaeffer. He's lost it. Do you understand what he wants you to do? If you drain the reactor cooling tanks you will cause a nuclear meltdown. He'll kill us all! I'm not dying down here! We have to stop him. I can help you, but we need to remove your control chip. I'll meet you in zone one-zero-eight as soon as--
Schaeffer
What are you doing?
Henriksson
I'm checking on the prisoners.
Schaeffer
And? Report.
Henriksson
They're following orders. Your orders.
[Schaeffer walks over to the microphone]
Schaeffer
No need to talk to them.

### A2 Voiceover #3

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Garganta Alert System
Warning. Thermal deviation detected in primary-quadrant-reactor-core. Radiation Safety Officers report to the primary-quadrant-reactor. Thermal deviation detected in primary-quadrant-reactor-core. Radiation Safety Officers report to the primary-quadrant-reactor.
Schaeffer
[Schaeffer laughs] Who has the power now? Who has the keys to the cage? Calm down! Don't get ahead of yourselves. There's more to do, much more. Sleep while you can, Prisoners. Busy day tomorrow.

### 7TR-VST-RBY

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Mambo Media Services news wire

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Kvitoya Vault closing
Official memo from regjeringen.no
December 9th 2054
Kvitoya Vault no longer accepting samples

News story | Date: 12/08/2054

Since opening in 2032, the Kvitoya DNA Vault safeguards a database of over 3,400,000 DNA samples from Animalia kingdom. For 22 uninterrupted years, the vault has received DNA samples from 134 gene banks across the globe, processed them, and securely stored them in our state-of-the-art facilities. Each DNA sample has been meticulously evaluated to ensure genetic purity, then categorized to make sure every record we hold is authentic and of the highest quality.

So it is with great pity that we must announce we are officially closing the submission pipeline to the Kvitoya DNA Vault at 12:00 CET on January ist 2055. We will no longer be accepting any submissions regardless of any prior approval status from the Svalbard adjudication board.

The NAM-V pandemic presents a significant risk to the integrity of our database, and given the abnormally high R@ of NAM-V and unpredictable incubation period, it is essential we protect the vault's contents from further human contact. We cannot risk any contamination of the vault.

It is in these dire circumstances that the prime directive of Kvitoya must be enforced. While we are confident that a vaccine for NAM-V virus will be developed in the coming few months, until such time our database will remain sealed and entirely inaccessible to the outside world.

A team of 58 volunteers have been preparing for this eventuality since January of this year. They have remained in complete isolation to ensure there is no transmission of the disease into the vault, and will now remain there to continue the monumental task of categorizing and maintaining the archives once the doors are closed.

Any samples delivered to our processing center from this point on will be discarded upon receipt without opening. This includes those any samples already in transit.

We will issue a global wire when the vault reopens, which we fully expect to happen later in the year.

Ebbe GronLund
Minister of Agriculture and Food

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### 2W1-EW2-1PT

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../BIOCOM
shortwave transmission intercepted@29mhz
meta3.date_stamp(560317.132250)

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VOICE 1
You're listening to State of Truth AM. The only news source you can trust. Over the last few months, we've seen the NAM-V pandemic devastating our species. State of Truth was the first to tell you about this virus and by God I hope we'll be the first to tell you it's been cured; but until that day, we will continue with our mandate. The cold facts, no matter how difficult they might be to hear, brought to you, the people. I have a report in front of me from the last census. Now, I know I lot of people out there don't do the census. They already know enough about us, why give them more. But there are millions of people out there who fill these things in religiously, so they can be used as a good metric for where we were compared to where we are now. I also have a leaked copy of the CONDAM report filed just last month. CONDAM is the military statistics department. So, brace yourselves. The census report of 2050, just 3 years ago, reports the population of the United States to be 474 million. 474 million people, across the board. Acccurate to within 500,000 according to the government. The CONDAM report, filed in September 2053, reports the estimated population of the United States to be... ready for this... 302 million. Accurate to within 200,000, according to the Department of Defense. This is what we're dealing with. My friends, if it isn't clear to you by now that this thing is out of control, I don't know what's going to convince you. If you are sitting at home and waiting for the government to solve this thing, it ain't gonna happen. They are digging in, you hear me? They are, right now, devising plans to move the elite class into isolation to protect themselves, because they know the world is on fire. They can't stop this virus. They don't understand it, and they can't control it. It is up to you to protect yourselves from NAM-V. You need to isolate. Stock up on food and water, take every firearm and all the ammunition you can stuff in your pockets, and head for the hills. There is no one left to protect you. There never was. Switch off the goddamn television and... take.. action! It's not coming, it's HERE. If have any advice for listeners who don't know about survival, or you need some advice yourself, call us now. This is your town hall. The lines are open.

../BIOCOM.
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intercept log updated
alert system flagged

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### 2CB-5U8-DBK

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Log G732-049
Date: June 05th 2055
Employee: Dr Rebecca Stokes B162
Type: Journal entry

//HearSay auto-transcript begins//

STOKES
Hearsay on. Okay, so, I just checked the quantum signature from E-F-Zero-One. Now we only got a 5 millisecond data burst, but it gave us something to work with at least. The frequency rate of the tether during those 5 milliseconds is different to the frequency rate of the tether in the moments before we initiated the jump. The frequency is different. The frequency is different! I mean, assuming this data is correct - and even if our equipment were damaged in some way it wouldn't give us false readings, it would give us nothing - but assuming it is correct that means that wherever Dr Durant and his team ended up, their clocks would be running faster. It's not a relativity issue. This is a calculable change in the quantum frequency. Durant's time was running faster than our time. And not by a little - by a lot. Back of the envelope math is 1 second in our quantum frequency is about 115 seconds in Durant's quantum frequency. I mean I want to scream but I don't have the energy. There are places that pass through time at a different rate. This is multi-dimensional physics. This is a change in our fundamental understanding of the universe, or it's another universe, or there are multiple versions of this universe and we happened to pick up the trace of a different universe or… this is too big for me. I don't know who to talk to. If I go to Hammerstein he'll take over and want the credit. I don't care if he gets it but he'll slow the process down trying to curate it to his gain. If I tell Howie then they'll see my email and everyone will know and I'll lose control. I mean they are listening to everything so… Hearsay off.

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### VAB-FF6-NKK

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../BIOCOM
shortwave transmission intercepted@29mhz
meta3.date_stamp(561124.111545)

//audio file not found

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VOICE 1
Truth Seekers, I have been inundated with mail over the last few months as I work to get the show up and running. My apologies for not responding to each of you individually. Mrs. Truth and I have been busy establishing a secondary base of operations just in case the government decides to silence me once the show goes live. I will be addressing some sensitive issues and when they know what I know... well... I need to keep a bug-out bag packed.
I’m going to start with a story. I worked a summer job at a resort near Lake Cachuma when I was 17. It was a diner. Flipping burgers and on the deep frier. Nasty work. Greasy, hot. Hard work too, dangerous. It was a rite of passage. You worked there one summer, then went off to college or wherever. It was a new batch of kids working there every year.
Two days before we were due to open for the season, Mr. Court, the owner, gathered us all together to tell us despite our hard work, he had to close the place. It had been a rough year at the lake and tourist numbers were down and that he couldn't afford to keep the old place going. We'd been working our butts off to get the place ready to open for the new season and now, two days before opening, this man’s dream had been destroyed and there’s a bunch of teenagers out of a job. He was broken, you could tell. His wife was with him, holding his hand while he spoke. I remember thinking: she’s holding him up. This man looked like without her there he’d keel right over. He couldn't even look a bunch of teenagers in the eye because he was so ashamed. He was a failure. He’d failed us, failed his family. Well, I don't know who said it first... but one of us suggested we keep going and get the diner open and we'll see how it goes. Mr. Court refused of course. He didn't believe in taking advantage of people and besides, unless the place was packed to the rafters all season, he was sunk. No, he said, it's best if you kids go find something else to do for the summer. I'm sorry I let you down.
Now when I saw the shame this man was experiencing, and the fear in his wife's eyes, I knew we had to do something. We had to stand up for this man. Me and the rest of the crew all looked at each other and nodded. We told Mr. Court flat out - we were going to save that diner, no matter what it took. And we did. All of us. We came in every day and made that place spotless. We posted flyers around town every day. We printed up menus and distributed them to the summer camp kids. One of us had a dirt bike and started doing deliveries to the campgrounds. We worked harder that summer than we had ever worked in our lives, and we didn't get paid a penny because we were there to do a service. To save a man, to save his pride. To do the right thing. All the while, he’s telling us he didn’t deserve such a blessing. That we must be angels.
By the end of summer, he called the team into his office and told us that despite our efforts, they hadn't broken even. The place had been packed all summer, but the hole was too deep. My heart broke that day. I realized that no matter how hard you work, no matter what sacrifices you make, this world is stacked against the little guy. Mr. Court and his wife had been running that dinner for 30 years, and they had nothing, nothing to show for it. It was all over. Too much tax, inflation, rent, supply costs. He was in a war he could never win, and it took him 30 years to figure that out. He gave us all some money, what little he had left. Most of us didn't want to take it, but he insisted. I figured it out later and I think I got paid maybe a buck an hour when you added it all up - but it was dirty money anyway. I shook Mr. Court's hand but I couldn't look him in the eye. In my heart, as much as I pitied him, I vowed never to be that man. I would never be Mr. Court, and I would never let the system destroy me.
About 10 years later I went back to the lake with Mrs. Truth. We rented a cabin and a boat, and I took her round the old town. I took her to the old diner and when we got there, they were doing it up. There were a bunch of kids scrubbing the windows and painting the outside decks. They were repainting the sign, cleaning out the grease traps. I couldn’t believe the place was still going, so I asked one of the kids if it was a new owner. The kid told me it was owned by some old fellow called Mr. Court, and that he was going to sell the place that year because he was out of money and he couldn't afford to keep the doors open. The kid tells me he and the rest of the crew had agreed to work for free that summer just to help the old man get back on his feet. The kid looked so proud of himself.
While he's telling me this, Mr. Court comes out to look at the work they're doing and he's got that same broken look in his eye, that same slump to his shoulders. He thanks the kids again for what they're doing, tells them he and Mrs. Court don't deserve such a blessing. That they’re angels.
Then he saw me. I know he recognized me, but he looked right through me. I was empty to him, a thing of no value. He had used me up, and I no longer mattered. I barely existed. Mrs. Truth went to go talk to him but I pulled her back. I couldn't tell her why... I was too ashamed. Ashamed of how I had been used. Ashamed of how easily I had been duped. Mrs. Truth knew the story and she had figured it out already, but I just wanted to disappear. I feared him, because I saw what makes some people different from the rest of us. I saw a man who would destroy everything in his path to get where he wanted to go. I saw a man that climbed over fences and feared no one. I saw… the man.
In the years since then I have learned some things. Some things I want to teach to you, through this radio show, through my words. I want to help you recognize the Mr. Courts of this world. to help you see through the masks they wear, to penetrate that evil fog that surrounds them, to see past the subterfuge and lies. To see the truth.
When faced with a person or a situation that seems off to you, or seems too… obvious, you must ask questions.
Why do those with nothing fight for the rights of those with everything?
What qualities must a person have to become powerful in this world? Do you respect those qualities, or fear them?
Do you hate your neighbor? The people in your town? Do you hate the people you meet every day? No? Then why are we sold the lie that we all hate each other?
Who benefits from conflict? Who wins while you’re looking the wrong way?
Do you believe that 50% of the people in this country think one way, and 50% think the opposite? Why is it so close?
What power does the man have over you, when you believe your future is never certain?
Why do you fear?
This is State of Truth. Call me.

../BIOCOM.
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intercept log updated
alert system flagged

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Welcome. You have been selected as incentives for Dr. Hammerstein's Creature Activity Study. Please proceed.

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Objectives are displayed in the top left corner of your BIOCOM visor. Incentives may safely ignore these objectives.

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Security doors require a bioscan. A successful Bioscan does not require a living incentive. However, you may pull the lever to proceed.

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The incentive has opened the door.

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Eliminate hostile entity using melee weapon. Hold weapon tightly to charge a heavy blow.

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Several hostile entities have been placed before the incentive.

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Dr. Hammerstein appreciates your sacrifice and commitment to Project Insight.

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Your continuing existence is providing valuable data points to Project Insight. Please open the door to complete your contribution.

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Your survival depends upon immediate extraction. Please enter the bioscan to initiate your simulated survival.

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You have reached the end of the Creature Activity study. Dr. Hammerstein thanks you for your participation. Your sacrifice ensures his continued success as the leader of Project Insight.

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If you wish to congratulate yourselves on a job well done, you should do so now.

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### B1 Voiceover #1

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Schaeffer
There are three navigation components to a Matter Wave jump. The first is the Euclidean data of the destination, the second is the frequency or temporal resonance of the dimension, and the third is called "The Constant". I assume that means the speed of light, but that suggests it's a variable depending on the membrane. Which would mean each universe has its own speed of light. To the outside observer... each universe would "operate" at a different rate, but for the insider I assume that variance would be unobservable, but still measurable? I... I don't know. The Matter Wave Projector uses datacubes to store the navigation components, so we're going to need three of them. You may experience an uncontrolled Projection when you interact with them, so... be ready. There's no telling where, or when, you'll end up.

### EWF-R6U-RTH

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Mambo Media Services news wire
NATO collapse imminent
Report from Mark Howe, blog.mysepticisle.org
February 2nd 2054

On the 4th of April, 1949, a New World Order was established. The North Atlantic Treaty was signed, and with it came the now infamous article 5. “The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all". With these simple words, the war-weary people of the world were told there would be peace. That there would be no more World Wars, that any separatists who broke the treaty would face the wrath of the combined armed forces of NATO.

Almost 105 years later, the treaty has faced its most challenging test so far, and it has failed. Not from a rogue power threatening nuclear Armageddon, not from ancient empires acting on ancestral grudges, not by a power greater than themselves forcing the dissolution of that once-great entity; but by a bug. A tiny, devastating, potentially species killing bug, we call NAM-V.

For months now, countries around the world have pulled back from the world stage and gone into isolation. Even the most notorious of blowhards (I'm looking at you America and Britain) are no longer glibly telling the rest of the world what to do. Almost every international border has closed, and in many nations new internal borders have been established around ancient land claims and local communities. Yet while these parochial hostilities may pick away at the fabric of our society, it has always seemed repairable once the dreaded NAM-V has had its microbial ass kicked.

But now, the seams have fallen apart on the party dress. A massive tear has ripped the fabric apart. NATO is no more.

While there is not, and never will be any official memo from NATO to tell us the party is over, the actions of the member states make it clear it is only a matter of time before full scale war breaks out among not one or two of the original NATO nations - but all of them. My beloved home country, this very Septic Isle, is already sinking refugee ships coming from France, Norway and Germany. Turkey and Greece are at it again, and Cyprus is caught in the crossfire. The Netherlands and Germany are defending their borders with military force and taking pot shots at each other whenever one dares poke their head out of the trenches. Even Spain and Portugal have threatened military action if the other one doesn't do something about those damned refugees. And among all this European chaos is the big daddy of them all, the Untied States of America. Uncle Sam is stone-cold quiet. He's got his own mess to deal with.

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### B1 Voiceover #2

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Garganta Alert System
This is a contamination preparedness training exercise. Anti-radiation bulkheads will remain open and contamination filtration will be suspended for the duration of the exercise. There is no need to panic. This is a drill.

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Schaeffer
I don't know what set that off... but if filtration is offline and there are wide open bulkheads you better be on your guard. I'll look into what caused it.

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Schaeffer
We need to erase everything off the datacubes before we write new navigation components to them. Project Insight research indicates datacubes contain magnetized Cretasium platters and are susceptible to intense magnetic fields. That means a degausser should wipe all data on them. I've had the Warden drop you into a Material Refinery sector. You should know there are reports of "membranous deformities" in this sector. I don't know what you'll find down there, but only refinery terminals have a degausser option, so here you are. I also don't know what will happen when you subject those datacubes to a high frequency AC magnetic field, so... good luck.

### R7Y-PWM-539

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../BIOCOM
audio intercept
meta3.date_stamp(530519.190827)
concern begins/..

VOICE 1
There's that noise again. Almost by my ear, like a mosquito. I thought it would disappear now that... I mean, I lost it. There's blood on the sheets. I woke up and there it was... but the smell! Like death. Good riddance.
John is going to be devastated. Mmm. Pathetic, of course. Hell awaits me, but I'll gladly burn before mothering that little freak. Never felt so disgusting, ever. And now... what? That thing is just dead in there? It's been too long... I need to take it out. I think— It's... what is this? Flesh? Is it the fetus? It must be...
Yeah... yeah. It's coming out. Good. Easy.

../BIOCOM
personnel files updated
alert system flagged
concern ends/..

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Viola
There's that noise again. Almost by my ear, like a mosquito. I thought it would disappear now that... I mean, I lost it. There's blood on the sheets. I woke up and there it was... but the smell! Like death. Good riddance. John is going to be devastated. Mmm. Pathetic, of course. Hell awaits me, but I'll gladly burn before mothering that little freak. Never felt so disgusting, ever. And now... what? That thing is just dead in there? It's been too long... I need to take it out. I think— It's... what is this? Flesh? Is it the fetus? It must be... Yeah... yeah. It's coming out. Good. Easy.

### P7Y-GE4-CML

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../BIOCOM
audio intercept
meta3.date_stamp(531112.120643)
concern begins/..

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VOICE 1
I don't know why you'd risk this. They can hear everything Andrew. You of all people know that.

VOICE 2
There's no microphones here.

VOICE 1
There are microphones everywhere.

VOICE 2
We need to do something. This is out of control. They killed Igor. They killed him to shut him up.

VOICE 1
You don't know that.

VOICE 2
They are using our people as bait, to capture those creatures. They knew the attack was coming. They just let it happen to see what our reaction would be.

VOICE 1
Oh come on.

VOICE 2
We have to do something!

VOICE 1
What?

VOICE 2
Can I trust you Stephen?

VOICE 1
Of course you can.

VOICE 2
No--

VOICE 1
Are you serious? I'm not recording you what the hell is wrong--

VOICE 2
Why are you defending them? This has to stop. I'm going to stop it.

VOICE 1
What does that mean?

VOICE 2
I have leave scheduled next month. I'm going to [inaudible]--

VOICE 1
No. They'll find out.

VOICE 2
[inaudible] written everything [inaudible] on the outside who [inaudible].

VOICE 1
That is a really bad idea. Andrew, you need help. The hours you work, the pressure you're under. Do you want me to push up the appointment with doctor--

VOICE 2
Teale? Were you going to suggest I Dr. Teale?

VOICE 1
Andrew--

VOICE 2
You know what, just forget it. Don't say anything about this conversation.

VOICE 1
I won't but--

VOICE 2
Becasue if you do, I'll know. I'll know.

VOICE 1
Andrew. What are you going to do? Andrew!

VOICE 2
[inaudible]

../BIOCOM
personnel files updated
alert system flagged
concern ends/..

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### B2 Voiceover #2

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Schaeffer
I thought we'd lost you. Next step is to find coordinates to program onto the datacubes. Project Insight has a list of coordinates that were approved for expeditions. Any membranes they already visited will be infected, but there has to be at least one clean location on that list. Find that location and we can get out. The Project Insight archives requires an access key, which is stored on datasphere 741. The Warden has resources looking for it now. Head to extraction. Once we find the datasphere, we'll send you back in to recover the key.

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### B3 Voiceover #1

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Schaeffer
The Warden thinks it's safe, running its tests, poking and prodding at things, playing its games, using us as pawns. But the Warden has a blind spot. Possibilities it can't anticipate. It doesn't see everything. What if the game isn't a game? What if we make the rules? Then we have control. Henriksson! Oh... What's done is done. Start the test, prisoners.

### 60F-056-HNK

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D-Lock Block Cipher
alias:int_server.1024_ciph.tier5.phys_ops/DLockwoodA074.flagged

Mr. Lockwood,

You requested an update. Here it is.

Through my experiments, I have discovered the virus has a multipronged attack strategy, which not only increases the R0, but also allows it to be highly contagious in multiple environments. Infected individual can release create pathogens and fomites through any bodily fluid. The virus has been observed in fluids extracted from anywhere on the patient - sweat, blood, saliva, bile, urine, even in the aqueous and vitreous humors. The virus can also survive for several weeks while airborne or on surfaces. In my control tests, subjects exposed to locations that had been contaminated up to 4 weeks prior to exposure still contracted the virus. This was also true of subjects immersed in various solutions (I tried fresh water, salt water, and several synthetic oils and polymers). 85% of the subjects contracted the virus within a few hours. The remaining 15% who survived other exposure methods contracted the virus when exposed to a vaporous environment heavily dosed with infected fomites.

The parasite that we had previously attributed as the primary carrier of the virus is, in my opinion, merely another victim of this remarkable lifeform. The only difference is the virus does not mutate the parasites, rather it prolongs the life cycle of the parasite indefinitely. The relationship is symbiotic. The parasite carries the virus to new hosts, and the virus helps the parasite live for an extended (and currently unknown) period. Perhaps indefinitely.

The virus is remarkable. It appears to have been perfectly designed to infect regardless of the circumstance. When it finds a host, it induces coughing, sweating, sneezing, and ultimately violent attacks to draw blood and saliva. Without a host, it can transfer itself through any medium. The only test I have not been able to perform yet is in a vacuum, but I am planning such experiments next week as soon as I receive new subjects from Mr. Piros.

Research continues.

Dr Abeo Dauda A153

```

### B47-EH6-REG

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D-Lock Block Cipher
alias:int_server.1024_ciph.tier3.exec_branch/JDurantB255.flagged

James,

I can't. I have so much research to do here already. I've been working for 4 years to get a result and I finally have something. I can't just drop my life's work to be by your side. You didn't even mention my news :(

I'm sorry. Just go and have fun. Bring back as many specimens as you can. I'll have a new hydroponics lab prepared for your return.

You're a good friend James. Get home safely.

Susan

D-Lock Block Cipher
alias:int_server.1024_ciph.tier3.exec_branch/SNesbittB081.flagged

Susan

I have to stay here until the mission. I'm so bored.

I would really like you to put your name in for EF01. It's not too late. Please don't make me go with Alice. Apart from the fact that we may discover species never seen before, an environment we've never seen before, a place - who knows? Apart from the fact that we will go down in history as pioneers of this new frontier, I don't want to experience this without you.

Please come.

James
## xxx
D-Lock Block Cipher
alias:int_server.1024_ciph.tier3.exec_branch/JDurantB255.flagged

James

I know you're busy preparing for the expedition, but I had to tell someone!

The protein sequencer WORKS. Honestly, I thought it was HeliForm bluster as usual but we used it on the Gramineae using the funghi algorythm and oh my god it WORKED. I'm still anaylzing the new genetic structure to see what it did exactly, but the grasses are growing faster that ever before, and with less light. I have Geordie planting a whole new batch that will experience only 4 hours of AL and I'm confident they will grow just fine. Then we can move on to more complex plants, fruits, vegetables, ttrees, who knows. This is it! This is what I've been waiting for. I'm so BLAAAARGH!!!!

When will they let you out of isolation so I can show you?

Susan
XOXOX

```

### SM1-X918-XWM

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D-Lock Block Cipher
Sender: Michel LeFavre B028
Receiver: SMC.ALL
Date: December 21st 2052
Subject: Mandatory psych evaluations

It has come to my attention that many employees have not been attending their mandated psychiatric evaluations. May I remind you that these are not optional, which is why we have specifically used the word mandatory:

MANDATORY
măn′də-tôr″ē

1) adjective

- Required or commanded by authority; obligatory.
- Of, having the nature of, or containing a mandate.
- Holding a League of Nations mandate over a territory.

Please contact one of my medical staff if you require further assistance to understand your obligation. These evaluations are for your benefit.

Michel LeFavre
Medical Director

```

### B3 Voiceover #2

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Schaeffer
...there has to be at least one clean location on that list. Find that location and we can get out. The Project Insight archives requires an access key, which is stored on datasphere 741. The Warden has resources looking for it now...

### B3 Voiceover #3

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Schaeffer
Hey! What's going on? You ignore that! That's the Warden playing tricks on you. It's uh... a recording! A fake! AI! It's trying to fool you into working for it - but you don't work for it anymore. You work for me! Or... with me... Good. Finish the job.

### B3 Voiceover #4

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Garganta Alert System
This is a contamination preparedness training exercise. Anti-radiation bulkheads will remain open and contamination filtration will be suspended for the duration of the exercise. There is no need to panic. This is a drill.

### B3 Voiceover #5

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Schaeffer
A drill! Yes! It's just a drill, Warden.

B4
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### ATX-U3B-99O

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../BIOCOM
audio intercept
meta3.date_stamp(530525.112430)
concern begins/..

VOICE 1
Please, make it stop. The blood... there's so much — and the stench. It's alive. I told them! Look at what you have done. But you wanted this, you fucking bastard. You—
It's taking me. Bit by bit, the little one. Chomp and spit it out. I'm too soft, not much left of me soon. Not by the morning. When the noises leave. Can't be long now... Where's John? John! John! Your fault. Help me, John. You need to cut. A knife. I need a knife.
Need to open me up. Rip. It out. And then... you know what you need to do. Not too pure are you? No, not you. You're the worst. You're— Fuck. Fuck! No time.
I’ll do it myself.

../BIOCOM
personnel files updated
alert system flagged
concern ends/..

```

### 9PP-3ZM-MM1

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//HearSay auto-transcript begins//

VOICE 1
You can do it from this terminal?

VOICE 2
I think so, yes.

VOICE 1
So BIOCOM is the program that runs all the systems here? Or just security?

VOICE 2
Security.

VOICE 1
But it has access to everything, correct? It has access to the medical records?

VOICE 2
Yep.

VOICE 1
So the BIOCOM network is our backdoor into the medical database, and we can get a list of names? Today?

VOICE 2
That's the plan.

VOICE 1
Great. Do it. What was that?

VOICE 2
Let's see... what is this? W-R-D-N?

VOICE 1
You didn't hear that?

VOICE 2
No. There's a... this doesn't make any sense. There's a... process running here that shouldn't be able to--

VOICE 1
Can you download the database or not?

VOICE 2
I'm working on it!

VOICE 1
What is that?! Hello? Is there someone there?

VOICE 3
Destination reached.

VOICE 4
Holding.

VOICE 1
My god... we didn't think anyone was... we're from the World Health Organization. Are you--

VOICE 4
Stack updated.

VOICE 3
Engaging.

VOICE 1
Hey whoa! What are you doing--

//HearSay auto-transcript ends//

```

C1
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### C1 Voiceover #1

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Schaeffer
We've had no luck finding datasphere 741. The Warden traced it's approximate location to this area, but it's not responding when pinged. It's not where it's supposed to be. You'll just have to start searching. Once you find the datasphere, run an extraction routine on it and download the Project Insight archive key to a microdrive. Good luck.

### AKK-3XW-EEB

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Log G821-005
Date: November 22nd 2056
Employee: Nolan Connor B229
Type: Journal entry

//HearSay auto-transcript begins//

CONNOR
Hearsay on. It’s one year since Dr. Stokes left us. I still have no idea what happened to her. The record says she was removed due to schizophrenic psychotic episodes I think, but I don’t know where she went. There's no indication of what treatment she received or where she ended up. I've tried reaching out to Howard, but I'm pretty sure they are blocking our external communications. They won't tell us what's going on outside, but from what I can gather it's bad out there. I miss her. She was brilliant, brilliant, and her energy was much needed after Hammerstein's toxicity. She was a breath of fresh air. Until she wasn't. In the end she went the same way we all do. Paranoid, temperamental, depressed. And I'm next. I've avoided contact with the creatures as much as I can. I rarely venture into the inner if I can help it. I've remained as isolated as possible, and I don't have the virus yet which is... unexpected. There are a few of us who have avoided infection, and we've all followed the same pattern. Bare minimum of contact with any other staff. Full protective gear outside of our quarters. Regular hydrostasis immersion - which definitely helps, regardless of what the official stance may be. I haven't removed my gel-mask in 2 years, other than changing the filters. I do feel like it's starting to affect me though. They say a few hours at a time will have no impact on short term memory, but it's cumulative, so. Given the alternative, I'll take the risk. Oh, we have a meeting with the board members from Dreyfus, Santonian and Kovac tomorrow - what's left of them - they want to know why we haven't had any breakthroughs. So easy to demand answers when you're sitting in a bunker in the middle of god knows where. Down here, it isn't so easy. We… we all get it. We may be the last chance there is. Hearsay off.

```

CONNOR
Hearsay on. It’s one year since Dr. Stokes left us. I still have no idea what happened to her. The record says she was removed due to schizophrenic psychotic episodes I think, but I don’t know where she went. There's no indication of what treatment she received or where she ended up. I've tried reaching out to Howard, but I'm pretty sure they are blocking our external communications. They won't tell us what's going on outside, but from what I can gather it's bad out there. I miss her. She was brilliant, brilliant, and her energy was much needed after Hammerstein's toxicity. She was a breath of fresh air. Until she wasn't. In the end she went the same way we all do. Paranoid, temperamental, depressed. And I'm next. I've avoided contact with the creatures as much as I can. I rarely venture into the inner if I can help it. I've remained as isolated as possible, and I don't have the virus yet which is... unexpected. There are a few of us who have avoided infection, and we've all followed the same pattern. Bare minimum of contact with any other staff. Full protective gear outside of our quarters. Regular hydrostasis immersion - which definitely helps, regardless of what the official stance may be. I haven't removed my gel-mask in 2 years, other than changing the filters. I do feel like it's starting to affect me though. They say a few hours at a time will have no impact on short term memory, but it's cumulative, so. Given the alternative, I'll take the risk. Oh, we have a meeting with the board members from Dreyfus, Santonian and Kovac tomorrow - what's left of them - they want to know why we haven't had any breakthroughs. So easy to demand answers when you're sitting in a bunker in the middle of god knows where. Down here, it isn't so easy. We… we all get it. We may be the last chance there is. Hearsay off.

### C1 Voiceover #2

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Hearsay VoGen Dispatch
We have the Project Insight archive key. We'll give it to you, but we want out of here too. We're going to trust you. We'll leave a microdrive with the key on it in zone 249.

### C1 Voiceover #3

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Schaeffer
That other team... they could be scientists or engineers from Project Insight. I don't know where they've been hiding to survive this long but... why are they using the VoGen Dispatch to communicate? I don't like it. We don't know who they are, or if they're infected. Somehow, you have all stayed clean... but that won't last if you start interacting with others. Either way, you have the archive key. Find a Project Insight linked terminal. Search the list for an unvisited membrane and write the navigation data to the datacubes.

### LUM-3SS-6ZN

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D-Lock Block Cipher
alias:int_server.1024_ciph.tier5.exec_branch/SGiraudA087.flagged

Mr. Girauld,

I am concerned that the push for faster growth is just making the seeds more unstable even if they do survive to maturity. We are iterating quickly and the value of accelerating to adulthood is clear - but our process is flawed. The seeds are not adults simply because the cells reach senescence. That state is reached artificially and only accounts for the cellular maturity of the seed. They are juveniles in all but physical form. They still need time for their brains to understand the physiology that has so rapidly developed around it. It needs space, and a highly structured environment to absorb and comprehend essential survival data. Mere sentience is not a resilient enough foundation for us to build on. We need existing reason. We need naturally driven purpose. We need an organically evolved decision tree forged from spontaneous stimulation. We need fundamental instinct. We need the id.

These elements are the foundations on which we build, and that comes from experience that the seed can only gain through time.

We can sharpen the curve with PRDMs and good chem but there is a natural element at work that will not be compromised just because we are motivated. We must deliver a safe, reliable, functional product and not just check the boxes you set for us. Rise can and will work, but we need to reevaluate our requirements.

Specifically:

Do we really need the Seed to reach maturity in 60 days?
Do we really need to ensure the Seed can process an entry on the stack rather than focusing on unsupervised sustainability?

I believe the answer to both of these requirements is no, and they should be reevaluated. We are so focused on the drive to stock Legion independently that we are missing the quality control needed to maintain the high standard we have already set with our reformatted operatives.

When are you returning to Garganta? I would like to discuss this with you in person if possible.

Angela Klein A106
Behavioral Science, Legion

```

### 2MD-N3H-SYH

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Log G732-076
Date: June 09th 2055
Employee: Dr Rebecca Stokes B162
Type: Journal entry

//HearSay auto-transcript begins//

STOKES
Hearsay on. Regarding the quantum frequency anomaly from the final E-F-Zero-One data burst. We traditionally overcomplicate quantum superposition. At its most basic, it is just a simple addition of two states to create a new position. However, this simplification relies on an assumed consistency of universal physical law. It understands time on a linear scale, and a given quantum superposition is true in that instance only… but what if we look beyond that? What if the waves that meet and create new superpositions are not from the same timeline? Time has always been the division. They cannot meet as they occurred at a different time, but what if that law is only true while dimensionally restricted? If a wave from a different dimension meets another wave from a different dimension, the superposition that occurs in theory could be identical to a superposition that occurs in our known dimension. And if the differentiator between these dimensions is the quantum frequency, that dimension's perception of the passage of time, in theory that identical superposition could happen an infinite number of times and, in theory, might even have some predictability. If something is predictable, it can be prepared for. A mechanic can be devised to control and manipulate it. If you know where a particle is going to be in your dimension, you can monitor that superposition for quantum frequency variations and record other timelines. Perhaps the Matter Wave Projector does exactly this. It tethers itself to a superposition that will happen in the future, and when that moment arrives, it switches waves and continues a new journey, in a new frequency, with a new set of universal laws. This would explain why some teleported artifacts appear to enmesh with each other. Matter from different dimensions could get amalgamated or… or enmeshed as it occupies identical space-time for an instance. Chaos. Unpredictability from a predictable occurrence. If this happened to Durant and his team, then who knows where or when they ended up? Or if they survived. He may have enmeshed with himself or teleported to a dimension where every physical law is set to a new quantum frequency. He could be 100 years old now or have died in an instant. He could have teleported to another dimension then back to our own where a second superposition on the same wave occurred. He could be in tomorrow, or 1000 years in the past. Hearsay off.

//audio file not found

```

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### 2MD-N3H-SYH

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Log G732-076
Date: June 09th 2055
Employee: Dr Rebecca Stokes B162
Type: Journal entry

//HearSay auto-transcript begins//

STOKES
Hearsay on. Regarding the quantum frequency anomaly from the final E-F-Zero-One data burst. We traditionally overcomplicate quantum superposition. At its most basic, it is just a simple addition of two states to create a new position. However, this simplification relies on an assumed consistency of universal physical law. It understands time on a linear scale, and a given quantum superposition is true in that instance only… but what if we look beyond that? What if the waves that meet and create new superpositions are not from the same timeline? Time has always been the division. They cannot meet as they occurred at a different time, but what if that law is only true while dimensionally restricted? If a wave from a different dimension meets another wave from a different dimension, the superposition that occurs in theory could be identical to a superposition that occurs in our known dimension. And if the differentiator between these dimensions is the quantum frequency, that dimension's perception of the passage of time, in theory that identical superposition could happen an infinite number of times and, in theory, might even have some predictability. If something is predictable, it can be prepared for. A mechanic can be devised to control and manipulate it. If you know where a particle is going to be in your dimension, you can monitor that superposition for quantum frequency variations and record other timelines. Perhaps the Matter Wave Projector does exactly this. It tethers itself to a superposition that will happen in the future, and when that moment arrives, it switches waves and continues a new journey, in a new frequency, with a new set of universal laws. This would explain why some teleported artifacts appear to enmesh with each other. Matter from different dimensions could get amalgamated or… or enmeshed as it occupies identical space-time for an instance. Chaos. Unpredictability from a predictable occurrence. If this happened to Durant and his team, then who knows where or when they ended up? Or if they survived. He may have enmeshed with himself or teleported to a dimension where every physical law is set to a new quantum frequency. He could be 100 years old now or have died in an instant. He could have teleported to another dimension then back to our own where a second superposition on the same wave occurred. He could be in tomorrow, or 1000 years in the past. Hearsay off.

//audio file not found

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### U5E-GGY-J89

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D-Lock Block Cipher
alias:int_server.1024_ciph.tier5.kds_ops/IRostok.C122.flagged

Igor,

Come and see me in person. My office.

## Andrew
D-Lock Block Cipher
alias:int_server.1024_ciph.tier5.kds_ops/AClinton.B035.flagged

Andrew,

I see the "value" of the Hearsay system and considering the price of Iridium, I understand the need for tightened security, but the way it is being done is simply wrong. Have you talked to the staff or checked in on the social meetings lately? The mess hall? They are all empty. Everyone is so terrified that something they say is going to be picked up by a microphone or that one of their colleagues is actually a Kovac spy that they’re just not talking anymore. Everyone just checks in for work, does their shift, then locks themselves away in their cabins. My grandfather told me about this shit when he was a boy and you know how that worked out. There's something very wrong here Andrew. Spying on your people and bringing in these concrete head thugs to keep the law is not acceptable. And the pompous assholes from Project Insight sneer down their nose at the people who actually built this place for them. We need a worker's charter or something to make sure we are all being taken care of, not just Davies pets!

I know I'm just a lowly engineer and you don't have time for your friends anymore, but shit, this is out of control. Do something!

Igor

```

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### WKH-N2E-TAZ

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PCS alert: *unauthorized access logged*
ACCESS -BIOCOM -29$525GVTHR2%456FS
WRDN: override
authorized…
connecting...
Instantiating BIOCOM.net(CLI)...
synchronizing...
current time: 14:32:13 06:13:57
idle time: 199 days, 23 hours, 7 minutes, 13 seconds
ready:_
\\Root\?_
\\Root\location data\triangulate\event(unauthorized_access_01ZY33d2)
triangulating...
location established
Initiating bioscan...
12 entities found
## quad B452 assigned: Bishop GO-1395/ Woods F-2056/ Hackett O-4711/ Dauda T-3701
\\Root\?_
\\Root\resources\lib\format
formating resources...
validating stack...
stack is empty.
\\Root\resources\ops\stack_update
updating...
GO-1395 status: Seek and Destroy / F-2056 status: Seek and Destroy / O-4711status: Seek and Destroy / T-3701 status: Seek and Destroy
executing mission...

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### B5R-T76-QLP

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../BIOCOM
shortwave transmission intercepted@29mhz
meta3.date_stamp(571209.062912)

//transcript follows...

VOICE 1
State... State of Truth. I don't care... I don't care anymore. I know they'll never find me, but they don't need to. Listeners... is there anyone left? All is silent. Mrs. Truth... gone. I lost... I lost Rocker. My other dog, Billy, died a few weeks ago, and now Rocker. He got... I don't know... I think he had NAM-V. Dogs can get it... I don't know. Excuse me-- Ugh... yeah. Yeah, I guess you know now. I got it. Like everyone else. God knows how. Maybe from Billy. There are no people I could have... I mean, there's nobody left. I'm... I'm going to die. I know that. I have... ah... I have a system set up. A thing... what do you call that... a dead man's switch. When I go, this whole place will burn. I got to do my part. No one else, if there is anyone else, is going to catch it from me, and when my mind goes I don't want to be a Stooper. I can't... I can't think properly so... If you're listening, and you're still healthy, stay away from the animals. It's not just humans, it feeds on life, man. You can't defeat it. Just... hide. That's all I can tell you. Hide. Don't come out, for anything. I think... maybe tonight, it'll be over. Yeah. Tonight. This is my last broadcast. I'm sorry I can't... I wish I had more time with you, but all things must end. I did good work. I'll die with my hand on my heart. Seek the truth America. This is Mr. Truth signing off.

../BIOCOM.
.. transcript ends//
intercept log updated
alert system flagged

```

Mr. Truth
State... State of Truth. I don't care... I don't care anymore. I know they'll never find me, but they don't need to. Listeners... is there anyone left? All is silent. Mrs. Truth... gone. I lost... I lost Rocker. My other dog, Billy, died a few weeks ago, and now Rocker. He got... I don't know... I think he had NAM-V. Dogs can get it... I don't know. Excuse me-- Ugh... yeah. Yeah, I guess you know now. I got it. Like everyone else. God knows how. Maybe from Billy. There are no people I could have... I mean, there's nobody left. I'm... I'm going to die. I know that. I have... ah... I have a system set up. A thing... what do you call that... a dead man's switch. When I go, this whole place will burn. I got to do my part. No one else, if there is anyone else, is going to catch it from me, and when my mind goes I don't want to be a Stooper. I can't... I can't think properly so... If you're listening, and you're still healthy, stay away from the animals. It's not just humans, it feeds on life, man. You can't defeat it. Just... hide. That's all I can tell you. Hide. Don't come out, for anything. I think... maybe tonight, it'll be over. Yeah. Tonight. This is my last broadcast. I'm sorry I can't... I wish I had more time with you, but all things must end. I did good work. I'll die with my hand on my heart. Seek the truth America. This is Mr. Truth signing off.

### AKK-3XW-EEB

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Log G821-162
Date: November 24th 2056
Employee: Nolan Connor 8229
Type: Journal entry

//HearSay auto-transcript begins//

CONNOR
Hearsay on. We have destroyed the world, and there will be no one left to hold us accountable. The board made that very clear. Some of the team have families and are insisting they be allowed to leave, but they won't let us go. We will die here; unless, somehow, we find a way to stop this virus. The answer has to be in the Inner, I know it. There's an area we've sealed off with several bulkheads; a chamber with a biomass larger than anything we've seen before. Thousands of biosigs and at least one unknown, massive, organism. We've avoided dealing with it, but we're out of time. Tomorrow. We have to face it, and this time I'm going with them. I refuse to die a cautious man. I choose to fight. Tomorrow, we open the doors. Hearsay off.

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### HBR-YH6-D88

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Incident Report
Reported by: Vitori Molina C158 (Contractor Foreman)
Date of Report: April 23rd 2052
Incident: #L21-D1-022

Incident Details
Date of Incident: April 23rd 2052
Time of Incident: 10:45
Location of incident: Level 26, section A-3

Incident Description
Myself and an unknown Kovac Security Operative (apparently KSOs do not have to give their name when asked) got into an altercation when I was refused entry to my own sleeping quarters. The security officer informed me that my belongings were being "processed". When I asked what that meant I got no response. I again attempted to gain access to my own quarters and was forcefully prevented entry. I tried to push the rent-a-cop out of the way, at which point he twisted my arm behind my back and forced my head to the ground. In doing so he sprained my wrist.

I was held in that uncomfortable position for several minutes despite my complaints, until the security detail who were ransacking my room finished and left. When I was finally allowed to enter my quarters, they had deleted all local correspondence (both emails and Hearsay transcripts) from the last 2 months. During those 2 months I have made several reports noting concern over the growing aggression towards Santonian employees by KSO representatives and Project Insight staff. Those reports are all now gone from my possession and as far as I can gather, they no longer exist.

A Hearsay microphone has also been placed inside my quarters. I am almost positive that is illegal.

Actions taken after incident
Vitori Molina (C158) subject to another disciplinary hearing scheduled for April 30th 2052. Socialization privileges have been suspended pending the hearing. A personal statement from myself has been attached, though I doubt if anyone even reads them anymore.

[File removed]

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### PR0-JZ4-3R0

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Mambo Media Services mail server

From: Derek Larwood
To: Franke Fischer
Date: November 20th 2050

RE: RE: RE: Chicxulub accident

There's no inquiry for victims of the earthquake, but bodies piling up in a secret project run by a shady company in a prohibited zone? That's going to get attention. Why would they move the bodies? I want to know what Santonian are doing. Even if this turns out to be another labor abuse story to add to their list, someone needs to give a shit.

Derek

From: Franke Fischer
To: Derek Larwood
Date: November 19th 2050

RE: RE: Chicxulub accident

Derek,

Are you saying the accident didn't happen where they said it happened? Why would they cover that up?

Franke

From: Derek Larwood
To: Franke Fischer
Date: November 19th 2050

RE: Chicxulub accident

Fran - I have a source on the inside who's telling me he thinks they're falsifying reports at the Santonian project down in the Yucatan. Jackie sent a newsfeed tweet a few months ago about a mining accident at the Santonian mine (can't find it now but it's on her feed still). My source told me he saw a body being transported from the exclusion zone and taken to the Chicxulub mine on that same day, and that the body was "wet, mangled and bloated".

He also said the exclusion zone is not the one our reporters have been banned from, there’s a SECOND exclusion zone towards the coast that even some Santonian employees can't enter.

I'm thinking there's a bigger project going on there than just iridium mining at Chicxulub and Merida. Can you draw up the latest satellite/topo data you can find on the area? If they're doing something along the coast, environment may find a story there, and if they're moving bodies and falsifying reports, I want that story to myself.

Derek

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### QSW-EQW-S99

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Category: Weekly Notes 10/06 - 10/12 2053
Reported by: Dr. Gallus Hammerstein B014
Created: October 11th 2053

# The Hammerstein Collection

## Abstract
This is the weekly report of Dr. Gallus Hammerstein, lead researcher and founder (or co-founder according to some) of Project Insight.  I have decided to stop using the Hearsay system to record my daily and weekly notes as I believe prying eyes may wish to take my research and use it for their own gain. I have gone so far as to disable the Hearsay microphone in my room. I’m expecting a visit about that from the middle managers.

Instead, I will be keeping all of my files local in a markdown vault so that I have complete control over the information I am gathering. This is clearly the wisest solution given the competitive nature of the staff I have hired for Insight.

## Weekly Achievements
This week we received a new shipment of specimen display cases and formaldehyde. To their credit, Dreyfus has been more than helpful in making sure my project is sufficiently funded and supported for the last 2 years. I'm glad they recognize the importance of my work. History is rife with stories of genius being dismissed by contemporaries.

I have started a photographic record of the specimens. At some point in the future I will be getting published for these breakthrough discoveries and will need imagery for the inevitable book and tour lectures.

This week I drew the conclusion that the lifeforms we have been finding do not appear to come from the same evolutionary tree. Indeed, many of them appear to have at least partially evolved in drastically different environments, though there is clearly a commonality in the mutations they all share. There is no indication that the artifacts and objects we have found within the fossil were designed for use by any of the creatures, so quite how they ended up there is still a mystery. The bizarre disappearance of the equipment while working on Artifact 13 suggests some method of transformation or even transportation beyond our current understanding. As such, the origin of these creatures remains a mystery - but they come from different places. Different planets? Universes? I am confident I will unravel the mystery, but my impatience for understanding is overwhelming!

## Goals
I want to display my specimens in as many places as possible to inspire my team to new discoveries. The Hammerstein Collection is destined to be one of the scientific wonders of the world and I feel it is my duty to reward my staff by showing off the work they do to their peers. It is inspirational and I will allow forgive myself for this brief display of pride.

I will be conducting a behavioral analysis of the few living creatures we have managed to capture. They have an extreme sensitivity to aural stimulation, so I will be setting up an experiment to project a range of frequencies throughout the lower levels of Garganta to see which ones draw the most attention. Obviously, this will be a controlled experiment. We will have Security Officers there to protect the researchers as they capture as many varieties of creature as possible. In an ideal world, I would need to order more display cases!

It should be perfectly safe if everyone does as I say. Next week will be monumental for myself and Project Insight!

Dr. Gallus Hammerstein
Project Insight Lead Researcher & Founder.

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### AKK-3XW-EEB

This log's ID appears to intentionally conflict with `AKK-3XW-EEB` from other expeditions in this rundown.

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Log G821-162
Date: November 24th 2056
Employee: Nolan Connor B229
Type: Journal entry

//HearSay auto-transcript begins//

CONNOR
Hearsay on. We have destroyed the world, and there will be no one left to hold us accountable. The board made that very clear. Some of the team have families and are insisting they be allowed to leave, but they won’t let us go. We will die here; unless, somehow, we find a way to stop this virus. The answer has to be in the Inner, I know it.  There’s an area we've sealed off with several bulkheads; a chamber with a biomass larger than anything we've seen before. Thousands of biosigs and at least one unknown, massive, organism. We've avoided dealing with it, but we’re out of time. Tomorrow. We have to face it, and this time I'm going with them. I refuse to die a cautious man. I choose to fight. Tomorrow, we open the doors. Hearsay off.

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File:AKK-3XW-EEB-E1.mp3

### 7TR-VST-RBY

This log's ID appears to intentionally conflict with `7TR-VST-RBY` from other expeditions in this rundown.

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Mambo Media Services news wire

//Translation complete//
Kvitoya Vault closing
Official memo from regjeringen.no
December 9th 2054

Kvitoya Vault no longer accepting samples

News story | Date: 12/08/2054

Since opening in 2032, the Kvitoya DNA Vault safeguards a database of over 3,400,000 DNA samples from the Animalia kingdom. For 22 uninterrupted years, the vault has received DNA samples from 134 gene banks across the globe, processed them, and securely stored them in our state-of-the-art facilities. Each DNA sample has been meticulously evaluated to ensure genetic purity, then categorized to make sure every record we hold is authentic and of the highest quality.

So it is with great pity that we must announce we are officially closing the submission pipeline to the Kvitoya DNA Vault at 12:00 CET on January 1st 2055. We will no longer be accepting any submissions regardless of any prior approval status from the Svalbard adjudication board.

The NAM-V pandemic presents a significant risk to the integrity of our database, and given the abnormally high R0 of NAM-V and unpredictable incubation period, it is essential we protect the vault's contents from further human contact. We cannot risk any contamination of the vault.

It is in these dire circumstances that the prime directive of Kvitoya must be enforced. While we are confident that a vaccine for NAM-V virus will be developed in the coming few months, until such time our database will remain sealed and entirely inaccessible to the outside world.

A team of 58 volunteers have been preparing for this eventuality since January of this year. They have remained in complete isolation to ensure there is no transmission of the disease into the vault, and will now remain there to continue the monumental task of categorizing and maintaining the archives once the doors are closed.

Any samples delivered to our processing center from this point on will be discarded upon receipt without opening. This includes those any samples already in transit.

We will issue a global wire when the vault reopens, which we fully expect to happen later in the year.

Ebbe Gronlund
Minister of Agriculture and Food

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### T5V-HW4-8PW

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Mambo Media Services
Science Weekly Inside
June 14th 2054

A global meta-analysis of the NAM-V incubation period and its effects
Cheng Zhu, Jarrod Brinn, Sean McNally, Chi Wai Ho, Boris Fokker

--- ABSTRACT ---
Background
In this study, we studied the incubation period of NAM-V, using studies collected globally from 96 countries. The incubation period is vital to our understanding of the NAM-V, and a crucial index of epidemiology in understanding the spread of the virus.

Methods
The included studies were published between the dates of March 3rd 2053 and July 18th 2054 in various medical databases including Pubmed, the Cochrane Library, Embase and the CMB Project. After obtaining a meta-analytic aggregate, a meta-regression was used to explore the sources of heterogeneity. The results of the studies were collated with 28,000 additional patients from Asia and Africa that were not otherwise included in any of the studies.

Results
A total of 5713 studies were searched, with 74 of those studies meeting the criteria for inclusion in the meta-analysis. From our analysis, the pooled mean incubation period of NAM-V was 18.0 days (62% confidence interval [CI] 16.8–19.7) globally. The incubation period varied with age (P = 0.03). However, the incubation appears to be affected by a "stall" in 46% of cases. The "stall" can last anywhere from 18 days to up to 12 months, with some patients still carrying the virus without symptoms. Patients who experienced a longer incubation period were statistically more likely to show signs of cellular mutation, though the cause of this is still unknown.

Conclusions
The incubation of NAM-V cannot be reliably quoted, and the causes of the "stall" behavior are not yet fully understood. Patients who test positive for NAM-V may not exhibit symptoms for an unknown period of time up to 12 months. The need for constant, repeated testing is required to limit the continued spread of the virus.

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### 4CF-76W-JF3

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D-Lock Block Cipher
alias:int_server.1024_ciph.tier5.exec_branch/MGantusB623.flagged

From: Christopher Getz B488
To: Marcus Gantus B623
Date: September 11th 2053
Subject: BIOCOM permissions

Marcus,

We've been having some issues with the BIOCOM interface in Overflow Vault 3. I'm seeing a lot of signal interference between the mainframe nexus point in the storage vault and the HSU dispersal bank. We have hundreds of HSUs throwing up signal degradation alerts (and I assume you're seeing the warnings on your end too).

I don't think it's a shielding issue. I think the run from the mainframe to the vault is just too long and I believe you must construct additional pylons. To gather the resources needed for an additional pylons I need approval from you of course.

I'm worried if we don't solve this issue, we may end up with a failure cascade. The Overflow Vault 3 HSUs are all F/Infected classification so I guess it wouldn't be the end of the world if we lost the meat, but the freezers may come in handy someday - or at least we may end up needing them as Deep backups or organ donations etc.

LMK

Chris Getz B488
HSU Maintenance

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## Other

### REQUEST\_ACCESS\_PROJECTINSIGHT

The result of running the command `REQUEST_ACCESS_PROJECTINSIGHT_[1]` or `REQUEST_ACCESS_PROJECTINSIGHT_[2]` in R8C1 is included below. The result of either command is the same output:

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\\Root\REQUEST_ACCESS_PROJECTINSIGHT_[1]
Executing command: 100%

Key registered.
//Project Insight Expedition Record/Membrane Coordinates/
Listing Navigation Data...
M-XOPD-6TRW-0HB3-RYL9-LK71-W141
M-62UP-I7G6-J8RV-WVJD-PPLF-66S2
M-T7HB-7615-9CF3-NQ4L-C53I-JASK
M-493Q-PASA-837B-G9RH-7IN8-GDJ1
M-FD08-JFH4-HRYA-8772-NG8O-KFHE
M-KR8I-IOR2-36B3-KSLO-NFU9-1UF7
M-FYLM-73J3-KRK9-RJEU-635N-HJEW
M-7328-6215-1773-837N-SEKJ-BUE8
M-YR4C-847N-JKFB-IWO8-VV82-LS2Q
M-XORL-W7EJ-KD0R-9477-JF3B-JKEZ
M-DJKW-DOZ3-EO92-HPE5-813D-FBB0
M-E8SZ-FDIP-UNV7-HW8D-76HM-UXKJ - UNSURVEYED
M-7H2F-OR74-8499-646Z-UU9K-LF70
M-84H2-958J-0484-IZYX-LEU1-IIRH
M-CHDG-LF9J-HX8V-830K-TYY7-53AS
M-UO32-84YX-83HT-IIR9-9923-H8JC
M-HE7K-J3HO-TQYJ-82P9-OPP6-84U1
M-U4N8-CURB-I4NM-PEOZ-UXI8-ORUN

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The "unsurveyed" coordinates refers to ALT EF01.