Gangs of Entropia (on going Story)

[Trina Xenophage]

1-6-2043 E.B.N. news flash

In the wake of the attack on Billys spaceship !!!!!!!!!! last week many Calypsonians have come to
the area seeking suvineers, fame, trophies, and even scientific evidence from the attack. Although the entire
area has been severely burned out by that vicious explosion several discoveries have been made. Some of the
more relevant finds have been the mechanical parts that seemed to have grown onto the Atrox before our very
eyes. Those unfortunately have been seized by the Planetary Defense Forces for further study.
However there is one discovery that has not been thought to be a threat and has been let through
the net of security tightly holding the attack site in its grasp. A large green egg has been found several
hundred kilometers from Billy's and has been deemed not anything pertinant to the investigation. The local
explorer who found the egg wishes not to be identified at this time but was quoted to say "Making an omlete
is most certainly out of the question but I am open to sugestions as to what to do with this egg". More on
this story on the evening transmission of E.B.N. news or a station interuption on any breaking news regarding
the now famous Eudorian Egg.


2-6-2043 Ateroid main complex private office 09:00

"Mr. Jacobs, Chancellor Whelper is on the secure line for you". "Thank you Elise you can tranfer the
call to the board room please".

2-6-2043 Asteroid laboratory meeting room. 09:00

Alpha-3 is standing outside the meeting room bored out of his skull waiting to be summoned like the
menial servant this mission dictates him to be. Alpha-5 is bored out of his skull sitting in the tiny
apartment they have been assigned to by MACorp for their employees. He is watching a talk show while waiting
for the nurse to come and change the bandages on the wounds he suffered getting the blood sample from that
Atrox.
Six hundred and eighty four stitches were required during a four and a half hour surgery to
reconstruct the arm that was nearly chewed from his body as payment for the missions success. He is told that
the doctors have used a new proceedure along with the nano technology being researched here to repair his arm.
At best guess they tell him it will be fully functional within the next two weeks or so due to the excelerated
restructuring the nanobots will contribute during that time. Normally the arm would have been lost, or at best
case only usable with computer controlled electro-mechanical prosthetics. This being one of the "Percs" of
working for MACorp research and developement securities and aquisition division.

2-6-2043 Alpha detachment HQ 09:00

As the team assembles for the morning sit rep to get the days assignments Alpha-1 pulls Alpha-4 aside
and asks him if a meeting can be arranged between Alpha team and Doc with our new found friends in Argus some
time before the days end. Alpha-4 heads off to make the arrangements.
Leaving three of the team available for other duties we are informed that a liason from Charlie and
Delta teams will be joining us in Argus to coordinate a larger effort to find and stop what happened at
Billy's from becomming all of Eudoria's fate. Alpha-1 tells us things on the Asteroid have become....
Complicated.. and that our two team mates up there are ging to be staying for longer then initially expected.
News of Alpha-5's injuries have gotten back here leaving us all a little worried and anxious to end this
without suffering any further losses.
Further into the meeting it is brought up that our guys on the asteroid have been able to get us a
bit more information on the teleporting devises currently used up there and of the stronger ones used by
other more authorized players in that game. The intel suggests that the technology is vulnerable to many
outside interferences which may be used to our advantage at a later time. More news on the new mind forces
experiments they are doing would be benificial also but access there is extremely limited at this point in
time.

2-6-2043 Fort Argus Lotek's HQ 18:48

A discussion held during this meeting has revieled the identity of the woman in the bluedress that
bugged Doc. She was the female double agents contact that works for the not yet corrupted investigative
services who are also looking into the happenings in and around Fort Argus. This includes several of the
local officials who have been looking the other way when it comes to the operations of the larger corporations
now rooted in Argus. It is decided that she will be "detained" at some point during the following day by our
friends.

2-6-2043 Alpha detachment HQ Fort Argus 21:30

Alpha two got his nightly transmissions of orders from our leaders. One of the messages contained the
data key needed to open the courier box found on our ship after we had to leave the asteroid. It seems the
company that required the secure delivery does not truely exist and the recieving corporation is only existant
on paper. The delivery address is to one of the vacant houses on the north side of Treasure Island. The package
was lost along with its courier on the way back to the asteroid after a missed delivery.
My assignment was to get that box open and determine what the contents are and what relevence does it
have to what the double agent was working on. Maybe it will hold a key to figuring out what had been used on or
done to those monsters that attacked Billy's. I head off to the storage room in the apartment to retrieve the
box. While on my wy down the hall I pick up part of an audio transmission from within the communications room
where no one seems to be at this particular moment. I run and try to get the recording gear set to that
particular audio stream but only manage to record the last parts. The only thing that made the file was "That
package is of EXTREME importance to the success of the last phase of this project" "It must be aquired very
soon and very quietly" "If they figure out that was part of our experiment then this whole facility could be
lost to them" The only reply was "Yes Mr Jacobs we fully understsand" "Please let the chancellor know we will
not fail".
Not two minutes after I got that downloaded to a file our contact from Bravo surveylance contacted us
and informed Alpha-1 that the package they refer to was that Atrox Egg that was found west of Billys after the
attack. Bravo team has dipatched two members of Delta Team to intercept that aquisition if possible. It was
asked to what level the mission was to be enforced. Alpha-1 told them if we could not aquire the Egg to track
it and whoever takes possession should we not get there in time. I let all this happening return to Alpha-2's
responsabilities and continue on with my duties and the box.

3-6-2043 05:18

It was getting to be that time of night where you cant focus fully on what you are doing but are not
yet totally drained or bored enough to lose interest in what you are working on so I headed out to the kitchen
area to grab some coffee and to step outside to assess the coming day. Through the night I had managed to open
the package without setting off the security devises used on those currier boxes and retrieve the contents. It
was probably NOT the best of my ideas but I had gone ahead and loaded the unmarked mindforce chip the box held
into my own neural implant. At first I was not sure if there was an incompatability between the two devises or
if the chip was somehow damaged. My implant seemed to get very warm even thru my skins surface near the area
it was inserted in the base of my skull. It almost seemed that the chip itself had added power to the implant
that now held it. I accessed the subprocessor thru the optical H.U.D. that is standard on all implants. The
only new directory was named "Mythos". Seeing this was going to be easy to decipher with no further security
imbedded I navigated and opened the directory which immediately expanded into five sub directories all having
ancient Greek and Norse mythological names. Thor, Loki, Hermes, Thanatos, and Orion were the names for the
directories. Having no further instructions or obvious paths to follow I started at the top directory and tried
opening each in that order. "Thor" was locked and required an encrypted security key to open per the screen
that expanded upon accessing that subdirectory. "Loki" denied access requiring me to add a second chip to
initiate the operating system.
"Hermes" went directly to a three dimentional spacial mapping system with input areas for what was
labeld the X,Y,Z coordinate system need for navigation and a required power field. It also had a H.u.d. overlay
that showed current coordinates, available power, maximum AND minimum distances able to be used along with a
ping command. Obviously I enabled the ping, what was going to happen I wake up a few days later with a bad
headache and a hole burned through my neck?. All that happened was exactly what it sounded like, an expanding
sphere radiated 1.5 km from where it showed me to be out to 68.7km before the ring changed color and went
another 46km further before fading out. A few calculations flashed down a scrolling window on the lower left
of the H.U.D. and the results gave me power rateings avialable at present, power usage for minmum distance,
maximum distance currently available and power consumtion for a maximum possible transport. The cursor now
flashed in the X coordinate box waiting to be filled in. I was almost positive that this chip was not a multi-
functional devise as this was tried many years ago and found to be to unstable to combine useage of various
chip combinations. I thought about it and remembered I still had my teleport chip loaded in my implant. The
only thing was that my chip and skill levels only allowed me safe teleportation within 1.6km from point of
origin. This had to be an amplifier of sorts was the only viable answer. I will experiment more at a later
time after I dig through the other subdirectories I have yet to explore.

[Trina Xenophage]

3-6-2043 12:00

Doc sat in the warehouse all dressed up in a very finely crafted Zero Legend buisness suit nervously
waiting the next phase of todays mission. He could hear all the work being completed on the far side of this
warehouse. The local gangs that had helped him before were now quickly building an office space complete with
communications and surveylance systems built in. Doc was staying as far from the dust and dirt as he could
yet still be ready the moment the target appears in the square.
The look outs have been posted in their usual spots so no one is the wiser. It has been reported that
the man in the red armor has not shown up yet this morning like he usually does. The sadly obvious government
employees in the oldschool suits and wired communications gear are back in the square and doing what they
always do.



Astriod hangar area 12:00

Alpha-3 straps into the seat of the private spaceship of Jon Jacobs setting the stainless steel
briefcase chained to his arm on the floor next to him. On the ship with him is Simone Deborg' and two other
hired guns that were to be back up secrity for this mission. A meeting had been arranged between Ms Deborg'
and the glory seeker that was fortunate to have found the Atrox Queens Egg. Judging by the added security
on this mission Alpha-3 is not sure if "Fortunate" will be the optimum word to describe this unknowing
stranger. Luckily Alpha-5 was able to send details in a coded message to be passed on to our Teams waiting
on the planet to assist as needed.


Alpha HQ Fort Argus

After a few hours nap following the morning sit rep I got back to work on the new MF chip I have been
working on. I had not told the Team any findings other then I was able to load the chip after circumventing
the security devises on the courier box it was in. Earlier at breakfast I had a short spark of usable thought
about the chip. I was repicturing in my head the display and the error messsages I recieved when I tried to
access Loki. It had told me a second chip was required. Looking back I remember that I already had an old
style Teleport chip locked into the tool for use and that allowed Hermes to boot up and load correctly.
Thinking this thru more as I began to fully wake up, I realised the new implant wanted a second tp chip
inserted to boot up Loki.
I grabbed my coffee and headed to the nearest aucton house that had storage facilities and retrieved
the two matching lesser teleport chips I had there. One I had bought months ago before I looted the minor one
that I am currntly using from an attacker gen 04 out near akmuul, and the other I had removed from the broken
implant of someone who no longer "Needed" the chip. A quick repair of my inserter tool and back to HQ I went.


13:38 Warehouse near Argus square.

Word has come that the man in the red armor has been seen after he arrived at the Argus Telepad a few
minutes ago. It strangely seems that within a minute of his arrival our Lady friend soon appeared in the
square leaveing one of the shops with several bags as tho she has already had a busy day of shopping done.
Time for Doc to make contact. He went out the far side entrance of the warehouse so not to be viewed
by anyone at the square. As he approached the edge of the building he paused to light a small cigar near the
corner of the building so he could do a quick assessment of where all the players in this charade were. He
wanted to be sure he was not spotted immediately by anyone playing this game.
As usual the man in red armor took a position leaning on one of the planter walls in the square, only
today he did something different. He removed his helmet which immediately spurred interest from the crowd. A
rising wave of sound came as Everyone in the square instantly started telling each other who had graced them
this day with one of his rare public appearences away from his private island. Several of the younger members
of the population gathered enough courage to approach the man to ask for autographs and "screenies" (pictures
for us old folk) Some were even brave enough to reach out to shake hands or to touch the legondary armor so
rarely seen in public.
Doc took this as his cue to approach the woman who had bugged him before to lure her away from the
crowded square and out from the watchfull eyes that are always there. Being the suave and to the point man
Doc approached the lady immediatly reaching for her hand giving it a quik subtle kiss while stuffing his
identification tag in her hand and sitting down as though this was a planned meeting between old friends or
new lovers. Doc leaned twords her across the table and suggested after she read the tag that they descretely
leave the area and head to the shops near the old warehouse. If she agreed to that he would fill her in more
as they walked away from the crowd. He then set the bug she used on him in front of her, only it was inside
a ring box like he was proposing or something.


Corinth Hangar north west of Hadesheim 14:30

The two "security gaurds are dismissed to check the hangar and surrounding area. Ms Deborg' tells
Alpha-3 to remain on the ship with her for a moment. Once the goons and the pilot have left she informs
Alpha-3 that the case he is carrying is holding a large sum of Peds. That money will be used to aquire a
VERY rare and EXTREMELY delicate Atrox egg. Once the money has been removed he is to clean the inside of the
case with a special disinfectant then to treat the case with the instant foam only in the lower half of the
case before the egg is placed in there. After the egg is placed into the case he was to close the lid and
seal it again with the new lock mechanisim that is in the small gear bag she now hands him. Once it is sealed
he is to finish filling the case with the foam through the one way valve on the top edge. At NO point before
this was the case to be moved. The last thing would be to plug the large weapon cell into the power converter
and plug that into the cases climate control system.
Once that deal is complete she informs him... ANYONE NOT her including the two security goons and the
ships pilot that get within ten meters of that case are to be shot immediately. No warning NO quarter. They
have been instructed on what to do and where to be and are fully aware of the consiquenses should they not
follow within strict accordance.
The pilot peeks in the cabin and relays the area is secure they can move to the hangar and into the
awaiting vehicle. Alpha-3 thinks to himself.. "Vehicle" these were outlawed long ago for security reasons.
They only come out during special historical celebrations of major events in Calypso's history. Today is NOT
one of them.


Alpha HQ 14:30

After stopping for a quick lunch break near the square I made it back to the apartment and immediately
got back to working on what I thought would wake up another part of this devise in my head. I removed the
Minor teleport chip from my implant and inserted the two lesser ones. I immediately got an error message
stating two of the same chips could not be used. After I cleared that error Loki automaticly booted and
configured the two chips including balancing the decay equally between the two. It then asked to confirm
this configuration and restart Loki. I gave it permissions and almost instantly Loki came back and the H.U.D.
flashed the message "Start evasion mode Scenerio 4 now?" not knowing what that was I canceled the action and
waited to see what happened next.
A welcome to Locally Operated Kineticly Implemeted telportation series III screen popped up and gave
several new menus to choose from. I highlighted the expand menus selection and many submenus tabbed from each
main menu selection. Options ranged from setup and power usage, to balancing and matching new chips, to evasion
and escape parameters, oh and of course a "Ping" option. The "ping" option was harmless last time I used it so
it only seemed obvious to start there. The bad part was I did not pay attention to which menu it fell under.
As soon as I activaterd the ping there was an instantanious flash of light inside my head so to speak and a
feeling like riding on a roller coaster began only much more intense. Once the blinding light was gone and
the feeling of movement began to subside I found myself outside of the apartment and half way down the street
with the message stating maximum heat exchange reached flashing in the H.U.D. just as I felt the area where
the implant was get really hot for a few seconds. By the time I felt that the H.U.D. changed and asked what
to do next.
Quickly retracing what I did I now saw that the "Ping" command fell under the evasion and escape menu.
At the bottom of the menu was a new tab "history" I opened that and all the information for the last three
teleports was there in graphical form three dimentionly. It showed I had made four jumps in the course of
five seconds it also included tactical data regarding solid structures, any people or animals in the general
vacinity and statistical information available for upload to another sysytem. I also saw that "Ping" stands
for Programmed Instantanious Navigational Gate array. It seems I now have the proverbial "get the hell out of
dodge" chip.
Enough work for the day. I decided to do something else since there is a slight disorientation factor
that comes with useing that mode of teleporting. Not to mention the walk back home.


Warehouse office 15:00

After all the introductions were done and a brief who is playing what roll in this scenerio chat Doc
asks the lady agent what her involvement in the goings on around Fort Argus are. She states the standard I
cant tell you anything speech and wants to know more of who Doc's friends are as there are a few in her
department that have been inquiring about their doings as well.
Impaitent as a five year old the street gangs leader takes offense to this game and the fact that his
people are on a "watched" status for an undetrmined reason at this moment. He begins to get loud and aggitated
twords the agent who manages to sit quietly back, watching and assessing the man now nose to nose yelling in
her face. In one swift move she sticks her thumb in his mouth pressing his tongue down hard while squeezing
with her other fingers. A quick twist of her wrist spins the man over on his back stretched across the table.
Calmly she leans back into his face suggesting he not treat her that way as she IS a trained professional with
legal permissions from the government to exercise whatever she feels necessary to complete her mission. Right
now he was interfering with that and she was not happy.
Of course Every one of the gang immediately pulled out some sort of weapon and tried to make clear
that what she was doing was not benificial to her health and well being. Her only response was to ask if it
were necessary she remove their leaders face to prove she takes her job VERY seriously. Doc steps in and gets
between the gang and the agent and reaches down to her hand to get her to release the leader. He states clearly
that the toughest kid on the block routine is not helping him get what he needs as his mission is far more
important then either the gangs persuit of government downfall or the agents need to know everyones buisness.
Being put on a second shelf like that both the Agent and the Gang kind of stepped back to inquire what
Doc had that was so much more important then what they wanted.

[Trina Xenophage]

3-6-2043 17:30

Alpha-1, Alpha-4, and myself walk into the warehouse meeting room where Doc, the gangs leader, and the
lady agent are already seated at a table discussing the minor dealings around Argus and filling in blank areas
as to what the complete picture is. It seems there are several layers of issues happening around Argus each
holding its own signifcance in the future of Argus. None of them releating to the future of the human race on
Calypso.
Introductions were short and sweet, no time for pleasantries there was important buisiness at hand. Doc
filled us in that the lady agent was in fact our dead double agents handler. She was under the impression the
double agent was working on a political coup to gain power in Fort Argus. That all went south with the
shooting in the office complex that we had witnessed. Alpha-1 gave Doc the nod to fill the handler in on what
we knew. The handler informes us she was waiting on a package from the double agent and more information
regarding the alliance that contracted the coup back here in Argus. MACorp, Jan Whelper, and Mr Jacobs were
all brought up in the conversations, but each faction here had different reasons tieing them all together.
There was surveylance video from all three factions at the meeting regarding the players and it was
all beginning to fall into place as one big story. A timeline was established and video documentation matched
to what was stretched out over time with most of the gaps in information being filled in by one side or the
other. Now that a complete picture has been established of the past it was time for them to logicly descipher
the future that MACorp and partners in space were building for Calypso and its inhabitants.

4-6-2043 08:00 East Hadesheim inside the old exchange building.

The report came over the radio that the area was secure and the client was approaching with only one
other with him. It was asked what course of action should be taken. Ms DeBorg' stated to stick with plans for
the complete deal as no harm must come to the Egg. As the two men appraoched the door one of the security told
them to hold position as they were to be checked for weapons or detection and tracking equipment before
entering to complete the deal.
Cleared to enter the two men causiously entered the exchange to make their mark on history. As they
passed the threshold and into the main hall the second man pressed the little button embedded in his jacket
lapel activating the signal predetermined to bring the news team transport within range to cover the story AND
to ensure the two walked away still breathing and a touch more rich and famous.
As short introductions were made the sound of small hovercraft arriving outside could be heard. Before
anything could be said or done the radio came alive with a message there were media personel comming out of the
woodwork with cameras and lights and huge microphones all shouting questions long before they even made it
through the doorway into the hall.
Quickly realising nothing could be done Ms DeBorg' immediatly played to the press completeing the
buisness transaction for the Egg as professionally and expediantly as possible. After a quick exchange she
informed the media that she would not answer questions and that she did not want to take away from the new
now famous and rich hunter beeming for his moment in the spotlight. Directing the news people to the
hunter and friend Ms DeBorg' grabed Alpha-3 by the arm and made haste for the vehicle awaiting them just
outside the rear entrance to the exchange.

4-6-2043 09:00 Alpha HQ Argus

Alpha-2 had been monitoring radio traffic on all local bands and coordinating teams to converge on the
drop area for the Egg but had been too late in aquiring a location. Finding out only after a news broadcast he
switched from a tactical aquisition of the Egg to full out search to intercept prior to its leaving Calypso for
the security on the asteroid.
All local and private hangars were a buzz with media trying to find the where abouts and the
destination the Egg was headed for. An interview of the buyer of the Egg would surely net the reporter a jump
in stature not to mention possibly promotion to a network anchor position if only for a short time.
An incomming transmition from Delta teams surveylance crew stated they now had an unauthorised vehicle
being tracked by satelite headed north west twords the Corinth hangars. The closest team was Charlie companies
training squad out on an extended navigation trac twenty five kilometers southwest of Corinth hangars. To have
that squad intercept meant a swift march thru the edge of the ice banks across the marshes and into Corinth.
That means a training detail would have to treck thru an area infested with big Aramax, sporadic Neconnu, and
worst of all the larger Atrox that roamed the plains between the ice banks and the beach ares near Corinth. IF
they managed to avoid all that this team of newer recruits would have to plan and execute a tactical mission
to recover the Egg while avoiding any type of media coverage or other unknown threats not researched prior.
After a quick consult with Billy and Alpha-1 on a secure channel it was determined to let the Egg go
to the asteroid as we still have Alpha-3, and -5 in deep cover up there. Alpha-2 was also told to make plans
to send Doc and myself back to the asteroid as investors interested in aquiring this now famous Egg from Mr.J
"ND" Jacobs himself.

4-6-2043 13:40 Alpha HQ Argus

After finding out that ALL transportation to the asteroid has been booked solid for the next three
days I decided to continue research on the implant. I had enquired about us taking our own ship but was
informed the hull identification numers were on a watched list by several government and private agencies now
after the exsodus we made the day of the test in dome four. All the better as I was not much for undercover
spy vs spy work. Id rather face what was needed head on and either complete the mission or deal with what ever
circumstances arose in its failure.
Back to the implant. Having worked thru both Hermes and Loki sections of the chip and for the better
part becomming proficiant in its use it was time to back track to Thor. Going by the logical patterning within
this devise conecting with aincient methos I thought it out and determined Thor was regarding thunder or
ligtning. Taking thunder and lightning further I tied in Thanato's in the use of lighting as well. First
deduction ruled out thunder and made me focus on lightning more. Lightning is massive amounts of electricity
in a focused release. The old style nerve blasts were electricly based and were in an accepted standard for
Mind force use. I decided to retrieve my old nerve blast chip from storage and see what else I could produce
using this new implant.
I took a quick run to storage and got very excited again and decided to go to the warehouse as I could
not wait to load the nerve blast chip in anticipation of what could unfold. I was no sooner through the door
when I began removing the two teleport chips I was working with earlier. Practicly throwing them into a case
and grabbing the nerve blast chip to load into the insertion tool I started to notice it was strangely quiet
for a large warehouse specificly one I was just in a few hours ago. Someone should have been here if only to
monitor the new communications gear we had just set up this past week. I did not have any weapons with me so
I went ahead and loaded the Nerve chip so I would at least have one shot if I needed to defend myself. Again
the implant got warm and an error message appeared. I cleared the error fast knowing a new operational system
would automaticly boot and set up the chip.
I was correct as I now had access to the Thor section of the chips programming menu. Not knowing what
if anything was wrong or if I was not safe I did a self made crash course on what Thor was and how it operated.
The menu system was the same from the other sections along with directory formatting so finding the information
within this structure was easy. I ran a short diagnostic on the chip which gave me the list of capabilities the
chips new structure could do. It also gave me an optmization tool which I understoood would "condition" the
chip to enhance its performance through the new implant. If I was correct the new setup boosted the chips power
from fifty thousand megajoules to over one million at double its normal range. It also gave the option to add
and optimize a second matching chip prior to booting Thanatos's electro harmonic oscilating pulse emitter. I
opted to stay within Thor tabbed to the firing sequence menu and precharged the chip in anticipation of the
need to use it.
Ready to at least protect myself I went into by the book mode for a tacical situation inside where
there could possibly be mulitiple threats. I used the personal com we all carried and alerted Alpha-2 who did
a fast screen of communication here at this facility to find unauthorized computer access in the main com room.
He advised to hold positon and wait for further orders while he contacted Alpha-1 and Delta team who were on a
recon just outside of Argus an hour ago.

4-6-2043 Asteriod hidden lab

As Alpha-3 rounded the corner carrying the Case holding the Egg he saw that at least twenty five
people had gathered for the arrival of his team and the Egg. Alpha-5 was there and saw Alpha-3 long before
anyone else had been quiet enough to realise they had entered the room. Quick glances between the two was all
that was needed to fill each other in on what each had learned and what to do regarding that information.
Jan Whelper, Jon Jacobs, Ms DeBorg',and the complete legal staff from Tamburos, Sinclair and Westinghouse LLP
were there for the arrival of the newly aquired Egg. Many of the isolated scientists working on the project
were also there as several initial proceedures need to be done immediatly to the Egg to ensure its viability
for the project.
Alpha-3 was instructed to bring the case to a sealed chamber where he was to seperate himself from
the case and then punch in the security code to unlock it. Playing nervous and dumb as expected he did the
oposite of what was instructed. He punched the security code to unlock the case first but used the incorrect
code on the first try. Another look to Alpha-5 and he knew to proceed as ordered. Stating his nervousness and
appologising profusely he unlocked the cuff conecting him to the case. He then punched in the correct code,
tilted the case lid and removed the security devise from it and stepped away as the door closed. The case
was spun around on the revolving pedistal into a clean room to be disinfected and cleaned prior to any of the
scientists handling it or the Egg.

[Trina Xenophage]

4-6-2043 shortly after 17:00 Argus Warehouse

It had taken over two hours to get a response team to the warehouse. By then I had done a complete
recon of the facility and determined what the situation was. There was only one person in the warehouse that
was not authorised to be there. Several of the employees that were authorized were locked in a storage room
inside the com room. Alpha-2 ensured me that all outside transmission both in and out going were blocked and
old recorded transmissions were being looped into the com room to make it seem as tho it was still active and
access was not restricted.
As soon as the team arrived I informed them of the situation and who was in the communications control
room. That person was the man in the P.O.E. armor we have been watching on our daily activities in Fort Argus.
His name is Zachurm Emegen the new owner of a land area known as Treasure Island almost dead center of
Amethera, Calypso's second continent to be discovered and habitated. The question was, what is his involvement
in the happenings way out here in Argus, and why has he infiltrated our communications room.
Not knowing how well he was armed or what his purpose was here it was decided that the com room be
surrounded and a low level nerve agent be released in that room after which power would be cut to the lighting
system. When everyone was in place the order was given to release the nerve agent. The man in the red armor
slumped over in the chair like a drunk uncle at a wedding reception. The lights went out and the team moved
in to secure the now sleeping intruder.


5-6-2043 Asteroid Lab shortly after midnight

By now most of the celebration was finished and most of the non working guests had gone. Only three
scientists remained to follow through with the testing of the Egg. Alpha-3 was relieved of duty but had stayed
along with Alpha-5 as interested parties to what was going on. Both were allowed to stay due to their
involvement with the tests and aquisition of the Egg itself. Ms. DeBorg' would come back to the lab hourly for
a report on what progress was made. Elise, Mr. Jacob's personnal assistant stayed as well and was in constant
contact with him.
Shortly after three a.m. the scientists cleared the Egg as a viable entity for the program. It was
determined the project should go on as soon as possible. The Ok was given to proceed with the first phase and
introduction of the nano bots was completed after the Egg was submitted to an ionization process designed to
slow the metabolism and growth developement inside the Egg. An order was given to set the Egg up in a sealed
container to help slow that process and call it an incubator. It was then to be set in the main hall where
every patron to the asteroid had a chance to view it. The media leak would work in the experiments favor so
with it being publicly accessable there would be less chance of problems and prying eyes then if they kept it
hidden away. With the slowed metabolism and developement that Egg could potentially NOT hatch until the
following year. By then all the excitement and media attention would die down and the experiment could continue
after an announcement that the Egg just wouldnt hatch no matter what the scientists did. It would fade to an
exciting moment in history and no one would do more then say "Gee, I wonder what ever happened to that Egg?"


5-6-2043 Secure facility under Billys Spaceship !!!!!!!!!! 03:48

Delta team had taken charge of Zachurm Emegen A.K.A. "Deathifier" and transported him to the facility
where Billy and the remaining members of Bravo team were based. Billy was more then happy that this had come
to pass as he was quite bored living under ground just monitoring communications and coordinating operations
of the four teams now involved and active in this growing scenerio.
It was determined to bring Deathifier there because he had a relationship with Billy shortly after the
robot wars had chased us to Calypso. His father had served with Billy back on Earth and in the initial securing
of Port Atlantis and Twin Peaks early in our migration here. If anyone could determine his involvement Billy
would since he was as close to family that Zachurm had on Calypso. But that would have to wait as the effects
of that nerve agent however mild took several hours to wear off with memory loss as a side effect taking up to
three days to clear at times.

5-6-2043 Fort Argus

Having one more day before heading to the asteroid I spoke with Alpha-1 and was able to go to Fort Fury
for the time left before departure. I wanted to test this new chip implant using Thor but determined indoor
testing was not a good idea. There were rumors that Gangs of Feffoids had been massing and attacking Fort Fury
on a regular basis and a call had been put out by the towns officials for available hunters to come and help
thin out the population before they organize well enough to over run the small settlement.
I determined that would be a very good way to learn Thor under real life conditions and to kind of
stress test the implants abilities. A quick check of the auction at Fury before I was off for the hunt
revieled a matching nerve blast chip with a good starting price. I added twenty ped to the active bid and hoped
for the best for its aquisition. It would be nice to have a matched set to run Thanatos after a complete
testing of Thor. I routed through my storage and dug out the five thousand units of Force Nexus I had mined
over the weeks prior to getting involved with saving the world. Starting to get excited over a hunt with a
new weapon I decided to buy the Vibrant Sweat needed to mix with the Nexus to make more Mind Essence used
to power the implant and associated chips. Several new arrivals were in the town square trying to sell the
small amounts of sweat they had managed to collect after learning how that is done. I approached a few standing
in the same general area and offered to buy what they were selling slightly higher then they were asking to
help them get a start on Calypso. BIG BIG mistake! NEVER say in public you will do this. I was immediately
swarmed by new arrivals trying to sell their wares. Most were polite and paitent several had pushed ahead
through the small crowd to gain position and two were flat out rude jumping in line and interupting everything
I was trying to do. I made it a point to buy from the few that my original offer was extended to along with
a few of the less aggresive of the crowd. I had come up with almost three and a half thousand sweat which was
probably more then enough to experiment with. I bought another one and a half thousand at slightly less then
what I originally offered just to thin the crowd out a little bit as it was approaching mob proportions. How
did so many newcommers get this far out in the frontier and NOT be prepared as they should especially with the
attacks that have been happening here. Ill bet some profiteer is escorting them here under big promises of
wealth and prosperity then dumping them here after payment.
I converted the sweat I aquired along with the Force Nexus I had into a nice stockpile of useable
Mind Essence. After a brief tutorial on what it was and how it was used for some of the new arrivals who
had stayed around to chat after I was done with buying sweat it was time for the hunt.
I had hunted Feffoid out here long ago in hopes to get rich from selling the weapons and materials
they tend to horde. As you see, my involvment with Billy and Alpha Team proves I was not successful in that
endeavor as the rich people rarely if ever leave the comforts of the asteroid with all the fanfare and parties
and clubs. I did not bother taking armor for this trip as I knew the area well and there was not much threat
of major injury fighting what lived around the edges of Fort Fury. Most likely this new implant has boosted
the nerve blast chip enough that it will take one or two shots from it to drop most anything out here. I
decided west and a little north would be a good place to start as the hills not far from the Fort made a nice
area for feffoids to gather and trade amongst themselves. This also was a place that was fairly well hunted
and usually there were fellow hunters who could aid me if needed through out the hunt. In fact I can almost
garantee several followers once I use this implant becuase any change in technology here ALWAYS gathers great
interest. It is most certain that I will get many offers to buy this new equipment and probably a few will be
more then tempting offers.

5-6-2043 Mid day news broadcast E.B.N

Breaking news has been released from the Asteroid. Owner Jon "ND" Jacobs is the person who has bought
the Atrox Queens Egg and has now put it on exibit in his private club on the asteroid. In a very short
interview Mr Jacobs stated he has put the Egg on display for free and will not be charging anything for the
public to see this new piece of Calypsonian history. He would not disclose the amount paid to aquire the Egg
but stated the investment into the phenominon will most certainly be a great investment in his asteroid as
many people who would normally not be found up there will come if only to say they saw the Egg. Buisnesses
on the asteroid should benefit from this as well because most people will not waste the trip and cost to get
there and not SEE the whole facility. Hopefully this will attract more inhabitants of Calypso to return here
more frequently to see and use more of the asteroids many attractions and features. Who knows maybe even
invest in apartments up here for vacations or even move here permanatly.

5-6-2043 13:30 west of Fort Fury

It was not long before I came across a lone Feffoid wandering across the open plain headed straight
for the Hills I concluded would be the best place to hunt. A quick check of the H.U.D. told me the chip was
charged and the Feffoid was already in range and was locked in by the tracking software. It was hard to tell
the maturity of this particular Feffoid due to the extended range on the chip. Its range was twenty five
meters longer then the range of my Justifier MK II and not having a scope to look thru I just could not tell.
After a deep breath and a look around for cover should the attack fail I activated the chip. I felt
implant get warm again as the air around me gathered the charge of static from the are I was standing in. In
a few milliseconds the chip was charged and had fired in the direction of the Feffoid. A blinding ball of
energy was released and it traced a path directly to the Feffoid. I knew it was a hit because the ball
intensified near the are the Feffiod was grew extremely bright in a flash and the compression from its
discharge actually hurt my ears. It took a few seconds for my eyes to focus again to recharge the chip before
doing anything else. I used the Thors tracing feature to aquire the Fefoid for the next shot. I got a no
target selected error and relised the Feffoid had literaly went up in smoke.
Even more excited then before I ran to the spot where the ball of energy had discharged confirming
exact location by the charred ground and the thin layer of primative glass on the ground. There was nothing
left other then the charred ground and a blob of metal embedded in the ground. After chipping the glass and
dirt off the molten blob I determined it to be a chunk of melted gazzurdite that the Feff must have been
carrying to make trade with others in the area.
I thought to myself that this is not a productive way to hunt if everything was going to be
disintegrated into a melted mess. After looking through the program a little further I found a section for
the automated controls of the chip. It seems that a minor power sacrifice along with a slower firing rate
could let the system calculate mass and distance factors and have it adjust power needed for maximim damage
yet not total distruction of the target. It also seems this can now be used on elecrical componants to disable
not destroy working systems. In other words hunt robots but leave the electronics intact and salvageable.
On to the next target.

[Trina Xenophage]

6-6-2043 Fort Fury Early morning.

After an hour or so out in the woods picking off the odd Feffoid that were wandering about I decided
it was time to head back to prepare for my flight later on. The new chip preformed flawlessly. I had only
missed when testing the extreme range of the chip un aided by computer targeting. When the Tracking software
was used it seemed impossible to miss. I only managed to disintegrate three more in the course of the test
but over all was VERY impressed with its capabilities. I only wish I had the time to test it on a few Bots.

6-6-2043 12:00 hours Billys hiden complex.

Billy had swung by the mess hall and grabbed food for both himself and his charge. Almost before he
got into the room Zachurm had started to greet him as if he had not seen him in many years. As he set the food
onto a mobile table next to the bed Billy greeted him back and asked how he was feeling. Zachurm hesitated a
second or so and replied he still was not sure. He also calmly asked where he was and how it came that he was
here with Billy now.
Billy took a deep breath and started out with his usual "Well". He had decided when he heard who the
man in the red armor was that he would not hold anything back from him. Billys first response was to ask
what Zachurm remembers to this point and he would fill in the blanks. Zachurm remembered up to the point of
being in Argus when he was swarmed by the crowd and asked for autographs. Billy picked up a slight hesitation
told him point blank that was not all. "Why were you in that office?" "What was your reason to be hacking
through someones security syatems?" "Thats not your normal persuit of something fun to do"
Zachurm knew there was not much he could keep from Billy nor could he flat out lie because the bond
between them was real, just like being a family member. He told Billy flat out he was looking for the woman
double agent. She was supposed to meet him in Argus over a week ago with information and a package that
contained new technology that realy should not be out in the general public. He also told Billy that after
his father had passed he had left the Planetary Defence Forces to seek a more meaningful job then just soldier.
He said he had scored high enough and had many recomendations from his superiors to move into the special
forces within the PDF. During that transitional period he had been head hunted by Defense Departments Bureau
of Planetary Affairs. He went through many more months of intense training to lead a very covert and special
"Black Opps" type mission. He did not realise however that he would be the sole member in this operation.


6-6-2043 Asteroid Labratory Office

Elise called a meeting to get the next phase of the testing moving as to not lose time during the
incubation of the Egg. At this meeting were the five lead scientists, Elise, Alpha-3 and Alpha-5, Ms DeBorg',
and of course the Lawyers. Elise gave a quick overview on what has been done and what is necessary in the
future to complete the task on schedule.
The Science team was to continue with the experiments in dome four refining the aggression and
repellant formula's that have been started and tested to date. The Legal team was to continue with patant
rights, property aquisition, and any further matters concerning the media and what will and will not be
released to the public. Ms. DeBorg' will facilitate and coordinate all matters planet side now to clean up
the media mess the video from Billy's has created and play that out to benifit the program.
The security team headed up and coordinated now by Alpha-5 will move planet side to tie up the
loose ends down there that could possibly become a problem down the road. The main focus is to find the
people that survived the dome 4 experiment and make them disappear, second is to recover the MF equipment
that was taken from the R&D departments security storage facility.
Finally Elise will coordinate with Deathifier to finalise the use of his out back area for breeding
and genetic enhancements of Calypsos creatures for future use as live stock to feed the growing population.


6-6-2043 Mr. Jacobs private office

In a private meeting between Jacobs and Jan Whelper with unidentified personnel somewhere in
deep space passed the Asteroid orbititting Calypso, the following conversation was intercepted over
secure scrambbled satelite repeaters hacked by Billys Team. Although the video feed of the transmition
was coded in a way they could not unscramble the audio feed was perfectly descrambled and could not
be more clear. The following is the transcript of the conversation.

Mr. Jacobs: "Good evening gentlemen" "This meeting has been called to work out the final plans for the
conversion of Calypso as a main jump point to further aquire more distant and profitable reaches of space"
"Mr Whelper is here with me to provide answers regarding the securing of Calypso and to answer any
questions regarding containment of projects that have leaked to the public"

Unknown 1: "I must say before this meeting starts that we are happy to see progress beyond initial
expectations of our original plans." "However we are also GREATLY disappointed with security and secreacy
of the over all operations specificly regarding your Asteroid Mr. Jacobs." "When we included you into
our project you assured us the complete lack of exposure that keeping your asteroid as a viable buisness
would be to us." "It seems that is not entirely possible for you to be able to do."

Unknown 2: "We are most unhappy with the lack of security you have provided even though the underground
facilities on your property are the perfect place for us to go on with our studies and protocalls for the
over all plans." "This buisness with the Egg out in the publics view is not the type of conditions we
were expecting to be working under."

Jan Whelper: "Gentlemen understand the overall picture of what that Egg means and holds for Calypso in the
public's eyes." "At some point word of its finding would have hit the press regardless of how well we
control it to date." "You are well awarte of the pirate media transmissions that are popping up all over
Calypsonian intranet" "Mr. Jacobs disposition of the Egg is pure genious!" "Hiding such an important item
out in the open like that not only dispells some of the conspiracy theories evolving down there, but
also takes the asteroid from its scrutiny involving such conspiracies"

Unknown 2: "Regardless of what Mr. Jacobs determines as necessary any further changes or even the
slightest of deviations from our scheduled plans WILL be communicated to us PRIOR to any changes and we
will make the decissions over practicality and impact for the project" "For the lack of security we will
be sending our own specialist to clean up and over see ALL matters regarding the project"

Mr. Jacobs: "There is no need for further security or yet another person to slow the project even further
here." "My people have found the leak and have silenced the flow of information outside our orginization."
"My security team is heading to Calypso within the hour to persue the lost items that the agent we found had
stolen and sent to the planet" "In fact one of my allies on Calypso has infiltrated and hacked a secure
facility there and has gained much information on those disrupting our operations planet side." "Adding
a strange face into the security pile would only set it back many many months and could force our advasaries
into hiding for a time which will all but stop the project from being completed."

Unknown 1: "O.k. Mr. Jacobs." "We will further trust you to regain control of your assets." "Understand this,
as another failure on your part will no longer be tolerated." "Be sure your team is most trusted and very
efficiant and effective in their ways." "If Calypso is not secure and back under your control we WILL be
replacing you and your people with ones we know can and will handle our interests in a more secure and
professioanl manor."

Un known 2: "Now, give us the report on the standings regarding further space exploration concerning the
general public"

Jan Whelper: "MaCorp has been slowly releasing into the media a steady stream of information guiding the
public to support further space exploration." "They have been using information released to the public that
Earth has infact repelled the robot attacks" "Adding to that we now have full control over Calypso in their
eyes as we are releasing and testing less and less our new robot technologies here on Calypso" "Our only
concern over the robots is the conclave that had been sent to explore the outter reaches and begin the
teraforming of Akil."

Mr. Jacobs: "We had pushed the idea of testing robots here on the ateroid in one of the domes." "Concerns
that would be too obvious we made them are strong." "I however do think one dome of robots under private
invite only restrictions would help over all." "If I were to keep it on a private invite only and leak that
I import robot parts and recostruct them here we could get away with more robot experimentation then the few
random robot attacks we have formed on Calypso." "It would definately make for more stable and controlled
research then before." "Not to mention that it would be a major fee to get the invite to hunt a dome like
that." "This would enable us to recover most if not all of the costs to produce the robots." "it would
also allow for more experimentation on the higher level or structure robots we are now testing."

Unknown 2: "That is all well and good Mr. Jacobs but you are avoiding the main reason for this meeting."
"Which is to make sure you understand how important your roll in this project is." "Also how important
for your future it is to protect the project and your involvement with it." "It would be sad to see you
in the same position as Billy for disrupting the project and its completion." "No more needs to be said
regarding this as your loyalty to us inthe past has proven you will stand up to the task and produce
the results we expect."

With that ends the conversations.

6-6-2043 Underground facility at Billy's

As Billy reads through the transcripts a look of concern ripples across his face then returns
to its normal stablity. He mumbles something in regards to inquiring about this in the morning and hands
the transcripts back to the coms tech for retransmission to Alpha-1 and his team.

[Trina Xenophage]

7-6-2043

Fort Argus warehouse facility.

Alpha-1 and Alpha-4 begin final check of the gear before it is loaded onto the transport to head for
the flight to space from the Corinth hangar the travel agency arranged for the team. I had already packed
and checked my gear and was removing the chips from the implant and making sure all the chips I was bringing
on this trip were at full repair. I only wish I could find more documentation regarding the level chips this
implant is able to control. An assumption that it is only limited by the users capabilities could prove fatal
if they were to exceed that limit. I do not worry as of yet knowing only two other people even know I have
and am using it to research its functionality and limitations.
About an hour before scheduled departure Alpha-1 recieved an intercepted transmission from the Billys
underground facility. He debriefed us on the transmission almost laughing because we were headed to the
asteroid to slow down anything we could up there and the rest of our team that is embedded now as part of
the ememies security is on its way down to the planet to hunt us down to stop us from interfereing with their
plans. Almost comical Alpha-1 said.
During the debriefing he decided that this trip would be a great time for a direct assault on their
underground facilities on the asteroid while they were planet side hunting for us. The final plan would be
worked out while we were enroute to the asteroid later this day.

7-6-2043 Asteroid hangar area #2

Ms Deborg' was giving a final briefing on what was to happen planet side when the security team
arrived. She states "From the intel we recieved from inside we have coordinates for a main facility that
needs to be neutralized" "Our security team will be outfitted with a new Mind Force weapon system like no
other in use today". "This will be a direct assault using as much force as possible to show our strength
and tactical advantages so this will make our ememies rethink their ability to hinder any progress we make
in the future" "No one or thing shall be left standing when this assault is over and a clear message WILL
be made that any future interference will be met with similar or worse reprocussions".
Two men enter the room with a small cart carrying several Payne Inc. neural implant inserters along
with several other cases holding Mind force chips to be used with the inplants on the mission. The security
team is handed manuals for the system and are told to start reading certain sections pertaining to the use
of the weapons for this mission.
To finish the meeting Ms Deborg' hands a file to Alpha-5 holding information on three targets for
termination and confirmation before the missions end and return to the asteroid facility is conducted.


7-6-2043 Billy's underground facility

Late in the afternoon Billy again heads off to check on his long time friend Zachurm in his room.
This time Billy brings a small file with him in hopes of helping Zachurm's memory to return faster. In the
file were old pictures of Billy and Zachurm's father both military and personal. There were also pictures
with Zachurm as a child on vacation both on Earth and at Billys property on Calypso.
Right now those were all merely phycological in nature as Billys true need for Zachurm's memory
return was not for personal but of survival's nature. Billy needed Zachurm to remember who he worked for,
and what his mission was that made him breech a secure facility like he had even though the risk for capture
was high. Billy knew that there was a big probability that Zachurms handlers had known he would be captured
and had intended for this to ha