Audio Logs (P. Kyle)

## Audio Logs, May 8th - May 30th, 2137

### "The PFTRI?" -

> *"I was aware that one of the patrols went out today, couple day expedition as usual, but this time it got violent. I was aware that our local missions sent into the region were not taken kindly, but we figured with time, we could develop good relations with the local populous. This wasn't the case. As I received my most recent report, we were not only denied our share of influence in the region due to lacking personalities or a sight of mistrust, no. We were laughed at because we've looked like fools since we set foot in the region. Since we've entered Cleveland, we're looked at as if we're lab-rats, and as such, we figured everyone there were possibly just regulars, unfamiliar to our presence, I mean- the place might as well be one big bar. Couldn't be farther from the truth. Apparently, the area, for as long as we can tell, even the entire town itself-, is property of a "PFTRI", while rather vague, they nonetheless hold a semblance of power in that region. We've encountered situations of this nature before, but not entities as big as this "PFTRI', we'll have to look into this some more."*
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### "Daily Draft" -

> *"I planned to write this as a starter to my day, a daily draft just like any other, but I can't deny how things have escalated highly out of proportion, things have gone from just occasional fights and violence all the way to death, we've lost one of our most experienced scribes, someone whose been with us for over 20 years, and this isn't just a loss, this has hit the archivists hard, productivity has hit a bare minimum. People are losing faith in even trying to reach out past the FOB, and I figure the FOB won't last much longer either. I feel a fool making myself look like a fool, but I'm far from one. I know this, because Blake hasn't gotten off my back since the founding of it. I suppose this could be considered treason, but I need a reason to get closer to the Lake. WE need a reason. The Heads have a great respect for me, but even I can't keep them occupied for so long. Blake's been attempting reason with them, and to be frank, I didn't expect the FOB to last for so long, but either its destruction or furthering of it works for me. As long as we can keep these expeditions up, I WILL find out who these people are killing our people. Such violence is not given for no reason, and we for certain aren't violent people."*
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### "What Happened Here?" -

> *"I decided to join one of the primary expeditions following my last logging, as such, I expected something, but not what I found. I've been places, many places, all over the country in fact. Nevada, Colorado, Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, and that's just scratching the surface. Most of my life has been traveling, expeditions from settlement to settlement are grueling, you view so many biomes of this earth, Immaculate summers of beauty and emptiness- all the way down to bloody subzero temperatures. When I've seen things- I've seen things. I've felt the radiation induced heat, I've felt the subzero and fallout soaked snow. But never in my life have I ever seen a place like Lake Erie. While Ohio has never been hospitable, since my childhood, I've become acquainted to the snow, I've adapted to it, but something about Lake Erie is different. In-hospitable even. Its truly a wasteland. A metropolis coated in the shadow of death and soot of snow. I now see the hesitation expeditionaries before me have felt. I do question what has happened here, there feels of such a deep and connected history that I just can't see- it's right in front of me, but feels so far away from me."*
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## Audio Logs, November 1st - November 29th, 2137

### "Bad News" -

> *"I've received Blake's report. Not good. Never is. The Heads have started to crackdown harder than before, and I really mean harder than before. They've been investigating my personal administration, gone so far as refusing requests to check on some of our allied settlements, I suspect they're picking up on the FOB or something else, and they'll find out one way or another. I never intended for this to be so low-key, in-fact I intended to represent it to the Heads a long time ago, but recent activities are worrying them. I'm for certain they realize how minor we are in the bigger picture."*
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### "Treason" -

> *"I've seen treason. I truly have, and in any case, I am a traitor, but something in this equation just doesn't add up. Losing contact with our allied settlements should have never happened. It was easy to pass it off as it off as blizzard conditions, but our inner network shouldn't have- no, it WOULDN'T have gone down due to the conditions. All of our transmission and server stations are underground. Within Odessa. Nobody other than the heads and a selected few have access to those rooms. The only we could have lost connection had to have been espionage. A rather bold claim with little to no evidence, but my word is my bond, and my bond is worth a lot around these parts. I've already spoken to Ray, and none of the logs state that any has been in or out of these rooms recently other than primary inspections and maintenance. But something was off. Something regarding our network was off, occasional security messages that are sent out usually at every hour of the day were now being shifted to an hour and one minute. This wouldn't happen due to AI error. Regardless of our size, we have some of the most resilient and intelligent people on this side of the states, and something like that would never slip by. The only way that would have slipped by, something that small yet noticeable- someone is a rat. Not sure who, but someone. And someone who knew what they were doing."*
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### "Terminal Bastards" -

> *"I've always been known to keep my temper at a minimum, in even the most intensive situations, I can be a kitty on grooming day. But today was different. I personally looked over all prior reports, and something Blake just happened to forget was the fact that a group of individuals from Terminal arrived to the FOB, and while this would be fine in hindsight, the problem was, he said there were exactly five individuals. three males, two females. I was required to pass through on my way to Lake Erie- there was exactly 14 Terminal residents there. 10 prior registered residents- and 4 newly registered residents. See where I'm getting with this? Out of the 4, one of the females was missing. And me being me, I was oh most definitely suspicious thinking back on it, and even more concerned, because at this point, if they were the cause of these outages-- they would have cost the lives of innumerable people who counted on us, people who are now dead or worse. I will be personally visiting the FOB this coming Sunday. Something isn't right."*
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### "Ghost Town Gunfight" -

> "*Felt like a scene from a movie- a whiff of joy and a sniff of blood. Upon my arrival, not only did things immediately go wrong, but I currently can barely use my arm, and to be frank- it hurts like hell. Things escalated quickly, as soon as we pulled out Terminal residents for interrogation, we noticed the fifth woman not present before was now present, immediately I called a red flag, but they caught on quicker than I figured, it escalated from a simple line-up-to-interrogation to a gunfight real quick, the tramp pulled a firearm and blew a chunk out of me. Not before also blowing the brains out of one a Recon Officer, this clearly proved that this was not only planned, but it was clearly them who had some involvement with the recent discrepancies. By the end of it all, our losses were fairly minimal, but the Terminal residents who happened to not be shot dead, were sent packing on sight, our dead were buried and most of the camp was gone. This isn't going to blow over well with the Heads, but something inside makes me wonder- is there blood on my hands?"*
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### "How Far We Fall" -

> *"They caught on quick, as soon as I arrived, I was detained. I was also informed that the rest of my administration was detained as well, but I know better than most that it goes past simple questioning. I was accused of the massacre of several 'innocent' Terminal residents. Even with my findings of clear espionage, they used my mishandling of the FOB as a whole against me to prove my guilt. Suppose they want to keep relations with Terminal, even after all the things that have gone down. Can't say I blame them, its not like we're an almighty fighting force, we haven't seen our heyday for a while now, none of our settlements besides Terminal have actually had a fighting force over a hundred or so people in years. The majority of our settlements population is that of settlers, fighters are either retired or just tired in general. Keeping me in here is a bad look, I'll give it a couple days and I'll be scott-free, but I know the rest of those who served under me won't be so lucky. Makes me laugh. Probably the shortest lived elder in the history of C.O.I.R! Ha!"*
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### "Death Sentence" -

> *"I always liked to think I knew it all, growing up in this system, I was most obvious of its strengths and flaws, I am apart of the system, but at the end of the day, I was not the first deposed elder, and I've read of things like this before. But never did I expect this. Most assuming, I figured they'd just let me off, keep relations cool with Terminal and strip me of my titles, maybe I'd be lucky enough to see an official position again- but no. As soon as I met with the jailer, I assumed he was taking me off to meet with the Heads, maybe even some of their subordinates. You could understand my surprise when they took me outside in subzero temperatures, blindfolded me and told me to stand still. Now, I get the mistrust, and I understand their frustration, but I don't think for once in my life have I been so- angry, so blinded by anger, I think it was a moment where all I saw was red, because I knew what was happening, they were gonna kill me and use me to keep good relations with Terminal. I never figured that after giving my entire life, dedicated to Odessa, no- dedicated to the C.O.I.R itself, that'd at the first sight of trouble, they'd resort to cowardice and sacrifice me at the stake. It makes me laugh a little thinking about it, I cursed at every bastard there, bet half the town could hear me. Well- atleast until Kent took off the blindfold, I sort of graced his presence, I don't think I was ever happier in a moment than when I was at that moment. Besides my sweltering anger, I was just about ready to drop on my knees and thank him, as far as I could tell, Kent had taken a last moment opportunity to save my life- no. It didn't take me too long to realize what was really happening, it was true, Kent had saved my life, albeit, in a rather unexpected fashion. It was a mock execution, the moment of realization was granted when Kent looked at me, I couldn't put my finger on it at the time, but then I thought about it, it was a look of- I don't know.. disappointment? Yeah. Disappointment, that's it. One last favor for the road."*
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