Eight Ball's Chapters

#### ACT IV

During 1991, Vincent Duran was secretly instructed by **China South Industries Group Corporation Limited (SORINCO**) to gather corporate information from Aberdeen-based Lewis & Clark, specifically regarding the Shiva-class supercomputer, a complex AI set that functioned as the main cybersecurity and data archiving systems for Lewis & Clark. Nonetheless, several spyware malwares were eventually detected by informatic engineer, Kenneth Neill, which eventually actived a Surya-class Defense Firewall.

By the time of the incursion, an emergency meeting was summoned by Golden Conclave and consequently corporate lawyer Veronica Albion was assigned to monitor the situation, prompting her to instruct **Kenneth Neill** to find the author of the cyberstrike, which was later proved to be Duran himself as the sole protagonist of this event.

## Chapter VII "Phobos" (1994)

#### ACT I

As previously arranged with Mikolaj Karol, Leon Albion's team composed by Jerry McDowell and Cain and Abel Thomas were tasked to steal 10,000 ectasy pills from a Tridente Pharmaceutical Company's storage faciliy located in Longinus' outskirts. Due to a technical malfunction with the alarm jamming system prepared in order to disable the Facily's security platform, the alarm was triggered without warning to the team and the Metropolitan Police was called upon, which eventually encircled the perimeter. Leon succesfuly escaped alongside his team before police arrival, nonetheless failed to retrieve the merchandise.

As the operation failed to be executed properly, Mikolaj Karol forced Leon Albion to provide him with 66,000 pounds in order to compensate his failure, as it was previously accorded by both parties. Karol gave only 48 hours for the payment in two batches, which prompted Leon to go into hidding in order to prepare to escape Longinus permantenly.

#### ACT II

With the assistance of Jerry McDowell, Leon was able to hide within Centauro Bar's secret underground installations, which served as a secured place for three days, until he was informed by McDowell that Karol's deadline ended and Helen Hayward was targeted for murder if the payment failed to be delivered in six hours. As Leon secretly escaped the compound stealing McDowell's Honda in order to save Helen, McDowell was captured by incoming Polish mobsters sent by Karol.

#### ACT III

Early in the morning, Miguel Peñaloza was contacted by Leon Albion that he alongside Helen were targeted for murder by Mikolaj Karol for a failed payment, therefore he was instructed to pick up Helen as soon as possible and drive her far way to Longinus' outskirts to a secret location provided by Leon in order to protect her. As both Miguel and Helen escaped Longinus early morning, Leon rushed to retrieve his father’s old L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle with two fully loaded magazines and a Browning HP 9mm for self-defense purporses, managing to succesfully recover them from his house until Polish mobsters arrived.

As Jerry McDowell was tortured by Mikolaj Karol in order to provide Leon's whereabouts, McDowell confessed that he fraimed Albion in order to permanently control Leon's team and nullify his leadership and favouritism, which he managed to do so by disabling the alarm jamming system with a hardware malfunction beforehand. Regardless, it was finally revealed by Mikolaj, that the entire operation was planned in order to access to Helen Hayward, which was the daughter of the Member of the Parliament, Leland Hayward.

It was widely believed by McDowell, that Mikolaj introduced Leon's team to the Polish Mafia for the sole reason of killing Helen Hayward due to his secret connection with her father, Leland Hayward, during his respective political campaign for Prime Minister which Karol initially financed stealthily just a few months ago. Regardless, it was believed by Karol that a possible assasination of Helen will certainly punish Leland for his failed attempt to diverge campaign funds to a foreign personal bank account instead of his political campaign; furthermore, forcing Leland to reconsider future political desitions and to eventually resign to his own political campaign for the upcoming **United Kingdom General Election**.

Due to the **Triangle Accord** pacted with David Ballion on behalf of Veronica Albion and Leland Hayward, Mikolaj reveals that Leon Albion was never meant to be violently touched nor be killed

## Chapter VIII "Deimos" (1994)

#### ACT I

Thomas Langley was sent as an special envoy to the United States for Lewis & Clark in order to lobby and eventually negociate with Republican Senator Paul McDagget and Democratic Senator Helen Aylwin

#### ACT II

Seiko Junyo secretly reunited with David Ballion in order to secure Karl Lorenz as Managing Partner after **Fritz Lorenz'** death, which was being forged beforehand in order to prevent Irma Lorenz to take power on her own of Lorenz LLP. It was widely believed by Seiko Junyo that Irma Lorenz's emotional insecurities and inmature personality will eventually provoke an international corporate conflict with Lewis & Clark LLP for corporate hegemony over Continental Europe, which consequently, will lead Europe to a long-term financial crisis.

During the meeting, Seiko Junyo was instructed by David Ballion to provide the main access codes to Lorenz' mainframe and to its **Argonaut-class supercomputer** in order to record Irma Lorenz' long-range strategies and financial measures. Nonetheless, Vincent Duran wired and secretly monitored the meeting.

#### ACT III

Veronica Albion ordered a private investigation via Dino Buzzati for May Dove Lexington's psychiatric report, which was acquired by bribery to

De Bankole's only child was diagnosed with Leukemia

#### ACT IV

With Fritz Lorentz' deceased by 1994, Irma assumed total control of her family law-firm by being appointed Managing Partner, clearing the way for a potential conflict with Lewis & Clark which prompted her for swift strategies and long-range planning. As rival Scottish lawyer Veronica Albion achieved her own success by controling Golden Conclave, Lewis & Clark LLP's corporate dominance over Europe started to increase by reaching a mutual accord with Atlanda-based law firm **Nexus LLP;**consequently, increasing Lorenz' corporate ambitions against Albion even further.

As Irma Lorenz started to increase her control and administrative power over the firm due to her father's illness and inability to cope with Lorenz, she managed to succesfully convince the entire Lorenz' clientele and associates to share the eventual profit from a potential legal conflict with Lewis & Clark LLP and even to share the financial benefits from an inminent victory.

It was widely believed by Irma Lorenz that the complete inability of Lewis & Clark LLP's corporate dominance over Continental Europe will eventually leave Lorenz LLP as the sole and exclusive dominant party over extensive European legal and financial fields, furthermore by asborbing Lewis & Clark's' former clientele and associates to their own and eventually increasing even further Lorenz' international connections.

## Chapter IX "Uroborous" (1994)

#### ACT I

* As Irma Lorenz assumed the highest position as Managing Partner of Lorenz LLP, Nicholas De Bankolé summoned an emergency meeting at David Ballion's request in order to de-escalate and eventualy resolve an inminent corporate conflict between Lewis & Clark LLP and Lorenz LLP. With the summoning of the Triumvirate's leaders, De Bankolé's proposal was to share **Albatross Aerospace'**s VF-7 multi-role fighters assembly line with contracts forwarded to Lorenz LLP in case of international costumers. With Thomas Langley's connections to the American Senate, both Democratic Senator Helen Aylwin and Republican Senator Paul McDagget were

* Veronica Albion reached an accord with Vincent Duran in order to access the **Lorica Segmentata Complex,** including the disability of **CSIRT's** Defense Screen Firewalls in order to access and control Golden Conclave's mainframe by accesing 3 of 4 AIs Neural Networks (Ceres, Juno, Pallas and Vesta). In exchange of Vincent Duran's technical assistance and services, Albion must provide the identity of ***XplOiT QuEeN*** to Duran and the exact location of Dino Buzzati**,** plus one (Vesta) of the 4 AI Neural Networks was to be left to be controlled by the Saṃsāra Circle.

#### ACT II

* With Nicholas De Bankolé assigned as CEO of Nexus LLP's Board of Directors, **Irma Lorenz** secretly orchestated an internal conflict within **Nexus LLP**, which consequently lead to a short-lengh but rather decisive power struggle between De Bankolé and his second-in-command, Clarence Jones. During the struggle, De Bankolé was removed by Nexus' Board of Directors and Jones was appointed instead, bringing to an end the recent **Lewis & Clark - Nexus Mutual Accord.**
* As Irma Lorenz secured Nexus LLP's new leadership as an strategic ally, Irma forced and blackmailed Jones to bring Nexus to the fore against Veronica Albion's new corporate hegemony, bringing both Lorenz-Nexus law-firms to a full-scale corporate war against Lewis & Clark.
* David Ballion was summoned for an emergency meeting by the Saṃsāra Circle in order to be interrogated regarding Lorenz vs Lewis & Clark forecoming corporate war. Additionally, Toribio Ugarte's location was requested by Vincent Duran as well of Kenneth Neil in exchange for Tobias Austen's protection during his respective investigations, which was strongly requested by Veronica Albion herself.

#### ACT III

As Veronica Albion became paranoid by indirectly triggering the suicide of accountant May Dove Lexington in order to gain complete access the **Lorica Segmentata Complex,** she ordered a coordinated cyber stryke against both Golden Conclave's mainframe and its Shiva-class supercomputer.

With the technical assistance of Vincent Duran, Albion managed to operate synchronously at least one **Argonaut-class supercomputer** from rival law-firm **Lorenz** based in Switzerland and three Shiva-class supercomputers from **Alpha**, **Beta** and **Gamma** L&C's branches in order to disable **CSIRT's** Defense Screen Firewalls. During the attack, the **Surya-class Defense Firewall** was actived blocking all external access to the **Lorica Segmentata Complex.**

During the eight-hour coordinated attack, both **Type-Caracala and T'ype-Tiberius Firewalls** were disabled by**Lorenz's** **Argonaut-class supercomputer,** being the **Type-Caligula** left operative until it was eventually disabled by another coordinated barrage from at least two Shiva-class supercomputers from L&C Alpha Branch and L&C Beta Branch.

With both May Dove Lexington and **Kenneth Neill** killed**,** Veronica Albion managed to control 3/4 of Golden Conclave's mainframe (Ceres, Juno and Pallas) and the **Lorica Segmentata Complex.**

#### ACT IV

* Leon Albion commited a failed suicede attemp by hanging due to the sudden death of girlfriend **Claire Miller**, which was triggered by an uncontrolled drug consumption in order to avoid his current reality. We was hospitalized in Royal Cornhill Psychiatric Hospital and was supervised by David Ballion by orders of Veronica Albion, which pay a visit later on that week.
* During Tobias Austen's investigation into the Saṃsāra Circle's ruins located , the Virgo's Chamber was finally found through the Moth's Scrolls that the Organization was created by Emperor Tiberious as an Imperial Advisory Council during his reign.
* Nicholas De Bankole was diagnosed with Leukemia and was shortly hospitalized via