To: Agency 404 || From: Paragon - Paragon - 05-06-2017
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To whom it may concern.
Allow me to introduce myself, I am Paragon, an information broker. I'm good friends with some of your other friends, and after talking with the Forlorn about some new information that has recently come to light, I have been directed to approach you with what may be potentially valuable knowledge, and equipment, for a group such as yours.
Of course, I understand that you don't quite know me, and will need more assurances than simply being told that we both have the same friends. As such, I have acquired a piece of information that you may find more than useful, which I am freely offering to you, in the hopes that it will encourage a meeting and further cooperation between us. Please find below the encrypted data.
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RE: To: Agency 404 || From: Paragon - Reeves - 05-06-2017
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Agency 404
Transmission; Start
Identification: Operative Avery Reeves
Location: Dreadnought Revenant
Encryption: Secure
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Greetings Mister Paragon,
I see you've decided to either plagiarise the call sign I operated under for the greater good or have decided to pay homage, that really doesn't concern me. The information you submitted while exceptionally useful does not include visual evidence and is instead mere speculation in the eyes of an utterly rational person, but it is enough for me to act upon.
You've put your chip in play properly. As such you have my complete and undivided attention. By all means, please elaborate on what you contacted me about.
I'll be waiting.
Transmission: End
RE: To: Agency 404 || From: Paragon - Paragon - 05-09-2017
Mr. Reeves.
I can only commend you on your prior choice in handle, and I can assure you it is merely coincidence that we share this detail. However, onto the matter at hand.
Associates of mine encountered an interesting individual, call-sign "Fairchild", and after some discussion sent them my way. After personally meeting the person, I believe the potential uses for what they are offering, a product named Vergil, even in a prototype stage, to be worth the effort required to produce it, and at a later stage, it could be potentially invaluable in many fields. The thing is, "Fairchild" has neither the facilities required, nor the expertise to bring it out of test-bed stage alone, and certainly not before a more dangerous version is released by their competitor.
As such, we've turned to you, and your Agency for help in this matter. My friends in the Forlorn have expressed a... muted... interest in providing assistance, however, they largely believe that this particular field is beyond them. Now, I understand I have been vague throughout this whole transmission, so without further delay, I will attach a few communication logs that will undoubtedly explain exactly what it is Miss "Fairchild" has to offer, and needs assistance with.
Bear in mind I have removed all audio deemed unnecessary from the data packets.
Code: "Fairchild": You ever heard of a company called Wisp Innovations?
"Fairchild": Well. *scratches her cheek* Wisp is a subsidiary of Cryer that I worked for.
"Fairchild": Well, it used to be. It no longer exists as far as I know.
"Fairchild": Yeah.
"Fairchild": But Wisp didn't deal in that. They made... more... powerful things.
"Fairchild": More advanced drugs.
"Fairchild": We've engineered something called Vergil. Cryer now calls it a recreational drug, but Vergil is something much, /much/ more.
"Fairchild": Well, you see.
"Fairchild": That's the thing. It doesn't get you high. Quite the opposite actually.
"Fairchild": Some time ago, through some contacts in the Omicrons, we managed to find a species of alien bacteria.
"Fairchild": Turned out that this bacteria had some special properties.
"Fairchild": Not really dangerous. Useful as hell, though. Or so I was told.
"Fairchild": Well, long story short. A professor at Wisp, and a good friend of mine, figured out that these bacteria-
"Fairchild": -could be paired with nanites to create something quite extraordinary.
"Fairchild": Specifically, an interface to the human brain.
"Fairchild": Wisp worked with some top scientists from Ageira to make this happen and it did, eventually.
Forlorn|-REDACTED: Wow... So I could mind control REDACTED, finally.
"Fairchild": Well, you see. No.
"Fairchild": We've worked as hard as possible to make sure this doesn't happen. There were... casualties.
"Fairchild": But eventually, yes. We engineered a secure system which, essentially, allowed you to launch an instance of nexOS-
"Fairchild": -literally in your head.
"Fairchild": But soon after Vergil was released, some... problems started.
"Fairchild": But, well, before that.
"Fairchild": I was the first subject on which Vergil was tested fully.
"Fairchild": My experience is different, and from what I know it's different for everyone.
Forlorn|-REDACTED: How was it for you then?
"Fairchild": The integration, while generally painless, is quite interesting though.
"Fairchild": It's... personal though, so I'd rather not talk about it.
"Fairchild": But, well.
"Fairchild": There was a problem in Wisp after Vergil was finished.
"Fairchild": Something Cryer called "corporate restructuring".
"Fairchild": Something I would call a "hostile takeover".
"Fairchild": Basically all of the assets of Wisp were bought out and seized by Cryer.
"Fairchild": The professor who led Vergil, Nikita Nagrebetskiy, was outright refused any rights to his research.
"Fairchild": So, well, he asked me for help.
Forlorn|-REDACTED: Ah... Well... so you mean to say that there's a drug out there which installs an operating system in people's brains and which-
Forlorn|-REDACTED: in turn allow those people to be mind controlled or something?
"Fairchild": No, no, gods.
"Fairchild": Mind control is impossible. We made sure of that.
"Fairchild": There always is a 'master override'.
"Fairchild": This is the reason why casualties happened.
"Fairchild": One, specifically, some expendable Outcast we found too close to Atka.
"Fairchild": We had to investigate brain patterns for various negative emotions, like panic, terror, extreme fear, et cetera.
"Fairchild": It would require very deep, wetware programming to change these patterns. Not something anyone would be able to do.
Forlorn|-REDACTED: That's not so ethical, is it?
"Fairchild": Well, depends who you ask.
"Fairchild": Of course, it violates human rights.
"Fairchild": Such experimentation that is.
"Fairchild": But Outcasts aren't humans. At least they aren't for Cryer.
"Fairchild": They aren't for me either.
"Fairchild": Nobody who voluntarily puts themselves under the influence of Cardamine is human.
"Fairchild": Well.
"Fairchild": Regardless.
Forlorn|-REDACTED: So, what would happen if I decided to go to a pharmacy now, and swallowed some of those drugs?
"Fairchild": I couldn't tell you.
Forlorn|-REDACTED: In fact, I just might. Because you won't tell me.
"Fairchild": Neither me, nor Nagrebetskiy knows what they changed.
"Fairchild": They may have removed our overrides. Who knows.
"Fairchild": Maybe Cryer is indeed planning mind control on a massive scale.
Forlorn|-REDACTED: I wonder what else you're not telling me, Fairchild. Because this info is massive.
"Fairchild": Well.
"Fairchild": We still have the original code for Vergil.
"Fairchild": And the nano-replicator recipes for the nanobots.
"Fairchild": We don't have any of the bacteria, but that requires just an expedition to the Omicrons with appropriate equipment.
"Fairchild": And, of course, an AR lab to produce the clean version of Vergil.
"Fairchild": That's what we want to do, in a nutshell..
Forlorn|-REDACTED: "You"?
"Fairchild": Oh. I haven't told you something, yeah.
"Fairchild": Nagrebetskiy, the professor who made Vergil, right?
"Fairchild": He... Well, he became ill. After all, he was an old man.
"Fairchild": But thanks to Vergil, he undergone a quite dangerous operation, he called it 'Brain-in-a-jar'.
"Fairchild": Do... Well, do I have to tell you what that might have been or is your imagination good enough to envision that yourself?
"Fairchild": Yeah. And, thanks to Vergil, we are now... well... connected.
"Fairchild": He sees with my eyes, hears with my ears, feels with my skin.
"Fairchild": This is why I said, Fairchild is not one person.
Forlorn|-REDACTED: Uh... I suppose it would feel very weird to the old man if you ever had a lover.
"Fairchild": I couldn't know, we don't share memories.
"Fairchild": You see, once you start Vergil for the first time, your memories are kind of separated.
"Fairchild": You obviously keep your human brain as normal, but what you see and hear goes into Q-coherence storage.
Forlorn|-REDACTED: So is it like a nomad incubus or something ... can he take control over you at times?
"Fairchild": Your thoughts, if you so desire, as well.
"Fairchild": No, of course not.
"Fairchild": Only if I agree.
"Fairchild": It's /my/ body after all.
"Fairchild": But there are certain implications of this.
"Fairchild": Indeed, I was the one who performed the surgery on his brain.
"Fairchild": Having /absoultely no idea/ about neurobiology.
"Fairchild": Imagine that.
"Fairchild": Well, bloody hell. I've said a lot more than I meant to.
Forlorn|-REDACTED: Yeah, I have such an effect on people.
"Fairchild": Well, you can help me out with my mission.
Forlorn|-REDACTED: Oh, and what's your mission again exactly?
"Fairchild": Provide the 'clean', early version of Vergil, open-source to anyone who desires.
"Fairchild": You're mercenaries and freelancers.. You've got contacts, probably.
"Fairchild": *sighs* You ever used a computer. Or a console, or a PAD or anything like that?
Forlorn|-REDACTED: Yes we did.
"Fairchild": Imagine skipping the entire "chair, keyboard, monitor" process.
"Fairchild": Vergil is an /interface/. It uses your brain to communicate with the console.
Forlorn|-REDACTED: That's ... *she whistles* ... something!
"Fairchild": There are many ways to do this.
Forlorn|-REDACTED: You know what, I'll make sure to talk about this with the other leaders.
"Fairchild": I, for example, have a subdermal chip implanted somewhere, uh... Here.
"Fairchild": *she points to her neck*'
Forlorn|-REDACTED: Cause, if I hear right, this actually could become a great and enduring business.
"Fairchild": That chip is basically a low-end quantum console which I can use through Vergil.
"Fairchild": Well. The code you aren't going to get for yourselves.
"Fairchild": The code is for everyone.
"Fairchild": But, if you get a head start on pumping out
"Fairchild": -clean Vergil nodes and cores, then you might get a lot of clientelle.
Code: "Fairchild": Well, the Vergil itself is made of three distinct parts.
Paragon: And I assume the equipment itself would be vital to furthering your goals in general?
"Fairchild": The equipment, not really. It would help everyone who wanted access to this technology though.
"Fairchild": And if any brilliant software developers got interested, well, then they perhaps could contribute.
"Fairchild": So I suppose, in an indirect way, yes.
Paragon: And it would prevent Cryer from gaining a foothold with it in advance if you were already producing for consumption.
"Fairchild": You got it.
Paragon: Any adverse effects in its current stages that would harm its reputation?
"Fairchild": None that we found.
Paragon: I need a list of the equipment you need.
"Fairchild": The professor has gone to great lengths to ensure nothing bad can happen.
"Fairchild": There are quite a few precautions put in place to ensure the user themselves has the largest control over it.
"Fairchild": Anyway, the equipment.
"Fairchild": First, to produce the node shells, we need nanofiber alloy as the material. That's what the tiny nanite spiders use-
"Fairchild": -to settle in your synapses.
"Fairchild": Or, what they're made of, not use.
"Fairchild": We would also need a nanoreplicator to actually make them.
"Fairchild": What powers the nodes and gives them their ability to read electric pulses from synapses-
"Fairchild": -is a special kind of bacteria found in the Omicrons.
Paragon: Alien organisms?
"Fairchild": Yeah, from a place in the Omicrons.
"Fairchild": A special kind though, not those used on Junyo to help rice grow or whatever.
Paragon: Interesting. So nanofibers, a nanoreplicator, and alien bacteria.
"Fairchild": Well, the alien bacteria won't do because I don't expect your friends to know where exactly to mine and what equipment-
"Fairchild": -to use.
"Fairchild": Rather, someone with an appropriate mining ship and mining equipment.
"Fairchild": Leading a sortie to the Omicrons is not a problem for me.
Paragon: The Athena is out in the Omicrons at the moment I believe.
"Fairchild": What or who is that?
Paragon: Its a Forlorn exploration ship. Its possible they have made contact with miners in their travels.
"Fairchild": Perhaps, but using any ordinary miner for this task might not be the best idea.
"Fairchild": Space is dangerous.
Paragon: Indeed.
Paragon: So, I'll leave the Bacteria off the list for now then
"Fairchild": Anyway, I suppose if those 404 people you are talking about...
"Fairchild": ...are worth anything, they might be able to get all of this without an issue.
"Fairchild": Anyone with a deep enough wallet can probably get it from Ageira without a problem..
Paragon: Aye, thats true as well.
"Fairchild": After all, it was Ageira who engineered the shell.
Paragon: Interesting. Are there more materials required for this, or is it just those few?
"Fairchild": Just those.
"Fairchild": As I said, it's not a complicated machine.
Paragon: So simple, and yet so powerful.
Paragon: Very well, I'll see what I can do to help you. I'll contact 404, and I'll set things in motion with a few of my friends in
Paragon: terms of materials. Do you have any idea how much we would need to begin with?
"Fairchild": It's difficult to judge, depends on how many sets of nodes we need.
"Fairchild": Or want.
"Fairchild": And, well, Nanofibre is expensive.
Paragon: As mentioned, I find myself wanting to undergo the process. Further than that, any we produce could be used to begin
Paragon: establishing its name.
"Fairchild": I suppose the 404 will want some for themselves as well.
"Fairchild": And this also depends on what kind of nanoreplicator is used.
Paragon: An interfaced network to communication channels would be invaluable to military assests.
"Fairchild": Undoubtedly.
Paragon: Say myself, and two or three members of the 404 want to be upgraded. How much would need to be acquired?
"Fairchild": This requires some specific caluclation, but I would estimate one needs about ten to fifteen cubic centimetres of nanofibre to-
"Fairchild": -make one set of nodes.
"Fairchild": Our testing showed that one freighter-full of mined bacteria can also do it for one set.
"Fairchild": That, and any sort of consumer-grade q-chip for the server.
"Fairchild": But that's the least problematic part of this.
As you can see, this is no minor item without any relevant applications. We're talking about full a full neural interface. The possibilities and potential of such is without measure.
I have undertaken the steps required to gather the nessacery materials listed, but the crucial part comes down to you Mr. Reeves. Will you assist us in this endeavor? While I can not speak directly for Miss Fairchild, I can only assume that they would be as open to a meeting as I am for the purpose of further cooperation.
I await your response.
RE: To: Agency 404 || From: Paragon - Reeves - 05-10-2017
Agency 404
Transmission; Start
Identification: Operative Avery Reeves
Location: Dreadnought Revenant
Encryption: Secure
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Greetings again Mister Paragon,
Both of those logs were very interesting to have listened to, the fact a reputable company like Cryer had a division such as this is mildly concerning, the concept of wide-spread mind control even more frightful, something a corporation this big simply cannot be allowed to do. While my job might be to ensure the economic prosperity and continued surviving of Liberty, both of these goals somewhat conflict one another, with the former involving small closed-circle groups of power controlling the many with their money and influence, in an instance such as this I'll be acting for the well-being of the Republic as a whole.
I'm more than willing to make some time and attend a meeting, I simply need to know when and where. If you feel meeting me could do with more security than some ordinary venue, either the Revenant or our safe-house can serve this purpose, you'll be completely under my protection on either ship. The applications of this are far too massive to fall into the wrong hands, I will do anything necessary to ensure this is not the case, by influence or by force if necessary. You have my word on this.
Patch Miss Fairchild through and have her inform me of her choice of venue, though my plate may be utterly full with discreet operations as of the moment, I simply wouldn't be able to sleep at night knowing a technology this impressionable on all our lives might be lost to greed and profit-margins, doing whatever the highest bidder wants it to do, or worse. I'll assist you in safely developing this technology for the greater good of Liberty and by extension Sirius and believe me when I say my word is iron.
I'll be watching the horizon.
Transmission: End
RE: To: Agency 404 || From: Paragon - Paragon - 05-12-2017
Operative Reeves.
I've taken the liberty of patching Miss Fairchild into this channel. It will certainly prove to be more efficient.
RE: To: Agency 404 || From: Paragon - Fairchild - 05-12-2017
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Mr Reeves,
First of all, let me thank you for your interest in Vergil. The project is indeed rather valuable and certainly assistance from a concerned party such as the 404 is going to prove valuable here.
You'll excuse what might seem like initial distrust, however I've been trying to attract as little attention to myself as possible for reasons which are, I hope, understandable. As such there are some safety precautions, because of which I can only agree to a meeting planet-side. I would like to suggest the library of Breaker Bay University in Varience City on Manhattan. If that location is good enough for you, I hope to meet you there over the coming week.
Sincerely,
Fairchild
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RE: To: Agency 404 || From: Paragon - Reeves - 05-12-2017
Agency 404
Transmission; Start
Identification: Operative Avery Reeves
Location: Dreadnought Revenant
Encryption: Secure
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Greetings Miss Fairchild,
You needn't apologize or excuse distrust in the form of caution with me, as an Operative I expect that and to the same with every contact I make. I believe in trusting people, but only after verifying the facts enough to be able to do so. I more than understand and sympathize with what must be your situation right now.
The venue is also more than acceptable and far closer than I actually anticipated that it might be. As such I'll be more than capable of making time to meet you over the coming week, it'd be nice to see home again. I'll be meeting with you alone, but I must ask that you do not panic or grow paranoid given the presence of some of our personnel in orbit of Manhattan. This is to ensure your safety, given the threat of abduction could be very real if this technology truly is this ground-breaking, I'm yet to see it in action, but I already have a feeling this is more than true. As such, you have our protection, under your discretion of course, if you find this too much that unit will be withdrawn.
Lastly, it shouldn't be you thanking me, but the other way around, bravery to do the right thing isn't common.
Transmission: End
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