*Automated Spooler*-20/??-

Begin entry: 2006.07.25

And then from the black abyss appeared
a glimmer of golden ray
and the wondrous weapon so long sought
was found that glorious day:
The twenty-fifth of July
as they reckon time on Earth;
but on Calypso it may be known
as the day of the "bot hunter"'s birth.

End entry: 2006.07.25

I see that this is the last entry in the secret log, so I will explain why it has finally been revealed and bring the story up to date.

First, I will relate one more strange and sad bit of irony in the history of my experience with the robots. Shortly after I acquired the weapon from him, HunterZ was somehow taken over by bots and later disappeared from Calypso. Extensive inquiry and investigation has failed to resolve the nature of the robots' mind control process, and I am constantly watchful for others who have suffered the same fate so that they can be stopped before they do any harm.

The imperial seizure of the RT technology was the undoing of my former corp. When the 'Net carried us news last month that it had been formally dissolved, I decided that the danger was past and the need for keeping a low profile gone — that it was time for the story to be known — and entered the code to begin distributing my secret log.

The past two years have been harder even than I expected. Countless hours of drilling have honed my skills, but all kinds of setbacks have delayed my progress. Even now, I am far short of mastering the weapons and skills at my disposal, and my funds have been dwindling. I have decided to step it up, seeking additional funding for my training by taking on more dangerous game.

Improvement is coming, little by little. Soon, we will take the fight to the robots.