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Nicole Hunter - Nicole Hunter - 03-17-2012

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Profile


Name: unknown
Alias: Nicole Hunter
Affiliation: The Lane Hackers
Rank: Executive Professor
Department: Intelligence and Subterfuge
Height: 1,75 m
Hair: brown
Eyes: brown
Age: 28
Date of birth: 5th September 792 A.S.
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California

Short biography: Nicole Hunter is a Lane Hacker specializing in infiltrations and assassinations. She is admired amongst the Hackers for her programming and cryptographic skills. In 813 she defended thesis devoted to non-linear adaptive programming, after which she was recruited by Ageira. In 816 she defended dissertation exploring utilization of adaptive programming in organic interfaces. For seven years she worked for Ageira on various projects ranging from weaponry optimization to multi-tier artificial intelligence systems. She disappeared after an incident at Pueblo Station in which twelve employees were killed. Currently she is wanted within Liberty for assassinations, espionage, piracy, terrorism and treason.



Neural-net


Communications

From: Exarch Liam, The Oracles
To: Shogun Ryuu Noboru of the Blood Dragons
---------- Connected: Teraku Oshiro's Report, the Blood Dragons
To: Lord Commander Alan Markson of the Hellfire Legion
---------- Connected: Dane Kinnaird's Report, the Hellfire Legion
To: Okasan Amaya Tanaka of the Golden Chrysanthemum
To: Administrator Cristina Mancini, 101st Ghosts of Razgriz
To: Herr Direktor des Büro der Marineintelligenz
To: Contact Officer Capella, the Order
From: Priest Macsen of the Virulian Enclave
To: Director Anna Brown of the Liberty Security Force
To: Shogun Itagaki Dato of the Blood Dragons
From: Joe Hernandez, the Independent Neural-Net Division
To: President John Doe, the Deep Space Engineering
To: Jonathan Toledo, the Liberty Security Force
From: Three Winds, The Oracles
To: Lord Moka of the Liberty Rogues
From: Commodore Christina Robinson, the Liberty Navy
To: Chief Arbiter Jack Crow of the Junker's Congress
To: Louis Phil, Administrator of Bazard Commodities and Equipment
From: Daimyo Kazuo Akechi, The Blood Dragons
From: Governor Aine Moore, The Mollys
To: Admiral Michał Golański, The Order
To: Dr Alfred Steinberg
To: Saskia Brooks
To: Commandant Thomas Fouquat, Gallic Royal Police
To: Administrator Martino Perez, 101st Ghosts of Razgriz
To: Koshi Inaba, President of the Platinum Inc
To: Parrain Zechs Marquise, The Unione Corse
From: Sonya "Rinkhals" Mosby, The Xeno Alliance
To: Governor Aine Moore and Lord Moka, The Mollys and The Liberty Rogues
To: Lord Moka of the Liberty Rogues
To: Flottillenadmiral Kai Siegfried, das Büro der Marineintelligenz
From: Tyr Cromwell of the Samarran Raiders
From: Minister Lia Yakama of the Valdorian Pirates
From: Chief Arbiter Jack Crow of the Junker's Congress
To: Okasan Keiko Matsumado of the Golden Chrysantemums
From: Roxane, The Orbitals
From: Elis Pennybrooke, the Onyx Syndicate
From: La Veuve Noire, the Unione Corse
From: Taskmaster Harlod Kane, The Vagrant Raiders
To: Chief Arbiter James Trenton, the Junker's Congress
To: Nikolai Diavolo, Milton Krest, Norman Bates, The Lane Hackers
To: Admiral Mike Havering, Bretonia Armed Forces
From: Agatha, Order Task Force 141
From: Richard Cole, Temporary Autonomous Zoners
From: Erich Stoltenberg, das Büro der Marineintelligenz
From: Minister Victor Delacroix, Natio Octavarium
From: Leo Oscar, The Crimson's Flares
From: Minister Victor Delacroix, Natio Octavarium
From: Emilia Zito, Estefania Casta, 101st Ghosts of Razgriz
From: Jared Nomak, Bassam Hussaini, The Samarran Raiders
To: Jack Henderson, Independent Miners Guild
From: Mansel Alcantra-Contari, The Contari Lance
From: Pablo Tavares, Reapers of Sirius
From: Commander Davids, 141 Order Task Force
From: Jack Henderson, Independent Mining Guild
From: Emilia Zito, 101st Outcast Guard
From: Michael Edridge, Ageira Technologies
To: Luke Orsini-Contari, The Contari Lance
From: Perseus Friend, The Liberty Security Force
---------- Connected: Operation Crimson Prometheus
From: Grand Marauder, Junker Marauders
To: Doc Holiday, Temporary Autonomous Zoners
From: Sarah McFarlen, Vereinigte Widerstandsarmee
To: Kumicho Kayo Chiba, Black Dragon Society
From: Ryan Bishop, Liberty Security Force
---------- Connected: Ryan Knowles' Personal Log
From: Jeanie the Toothbrush
From: Timothy Hawk
To: Timothy Hawk
To: Spoiled Reaver, Reaver Mercenary Company
From: Kurumi Saeki, The Liberty Rogues
From: Elio Lopez, The Campania Cartel
To: Amber Lane, Clyde Johnson, The Liberty Rogues
To: Sadhbh McCool, The Mollys
From: Joshua Hunt
To: Fleet Admiral Rohj Teerin, The Liberty Navy
From: Cristina Mancini
To: Valente Rossi, 101st Ghosts of Razgriz
From: Drago Celestino, The Contari Lance
From: Amber Lane, The Liberty Rogues
To: Blodwyn O'Driscoll, The Mollys


Reports

Regular report: Seeking refuge
Regular report: Nomad power cell
Mission report: Mission 8 Phase 1: Reconnoitre the Virginia system
Mission report: Mission 8 Phase 2: Reconnoitre the Virginia system
---------- Connected: Jane Hartman's report #1, the Liberty Navy
---------- Connected: Jane Hartman's report #2, the Liberty Navy
---------- Connected: Alanzo Espada's contract, the Liberty Navy
---------- Connected: Johnathan Toledo's Journal, the Liberty Security Force
---------- Connected: From: Johnathan Toledo, To: Jane Hartman
---------- Connected: From: Jane Hartman, To: the Ageira Technologies
---------- Connected: From: Jane Hartman, To: the Liberty Security Force
Regular report: Ageira transport intercepted in Shikoku
Regular report: Mania interrogation
Regular report: IND transport intercepted in Colorado
Regular report: Combined art of mania interrogation and extortion
Regular report: Advanced combat tactics and assassination techniques
Operation report: ExHale
---------- Connected: Deadly Corruption in Liberty?
---------- Connected: Journalist dies in an accident in Manhattan's orbit
Operation report: Purity, Rising Sun, Exchange
Mission report: Mission 18: Collect data on trade shipments in Liberty
Regular report: Liberty Navy Logistics Corps roster
Operation report: Exposure
Regular report: Quarterly Report
Mission report: Mission 20: Collect data on various bases in Liberty
Regular report: USI report on Liberty Corporations
Operation report: Rascal's Nightmare
Regular report: Release of Nikolai Diavolo
Regular report: Interrogation of Sonya Mosby
Internal comm: Permission for Mr Orlov
Internal comm: Permission for Mr Orlov
Regular report: Hypnotainment Bands source secured
Regular report: Lane Hacker education in New York
Mission report: Mission 25: Collect data on Artificial Intelligence Consensus
Annoucement: Reorganization and re-evaluation of the Lane Hackers
Regular report: Initiative
Regular report: Determination and Vigilance
Regular report: Lane Hacker Prototypes LH-X5
Regular report: More aggressive stance towards DSE
Regular report: Vladimir Scorpius new Provocateur
Regular report: Attack on Itasca Station
Mission report: Mission 2 Phase 3: Interrogate LSF Officer
Regular report: Current priorities
Regular report: Interim State
Operation report: Devil's Decimator
Regular report: Rules of engagement for the Superbomber
Regular report: The Rainbowmaker
Regular report: Persuasive Manipulation Techniques
Operation report: Poison Apple
Regular report: Infiltrator in our own ranks
Regular report: Project Eviscerator shutdown
Mission report: Mission 36: Capture and interrogate Gaian Terrorist

Other sources

Arrest warrant: the Liberty Police Incorporated
Bounty contract: the Deep Space Engineering
Report: Natalie Cahoone, the Liberty Navy
Bounty claim: Untreue for Liberty
Report: Nick Newport, the Interspace Commerce
Bounty claim: Greg Gally for DSE, Liberty, Interspace
Report: Xuan Hung, the Kusari Naval Forces
Report: Eraser's Surgery Log
Declaration: Lane Hacker Memorandum
Declaration: Alliance Renewal between the Lane Hackers and the Mollys
Threats: Dinasty of Steel
Bounty Claim: Emma Leroy for the Interspace Commerce
Bounty Claim: Kai Dressel for Liberty



Piracy


Kills: 393
Extortions: 445
Extorted money: 976 500 000 SC
Confiscated cargo: 368 000 000 SC

Highest priority targets

Ageira|Chornohora: Crane (destroyed), Neon (confiscated)
Ageira|Columbia: Mastodon (extorted), Passengers (left)
Ageira|Andrus: Liberty Gunboat (destroyed)
Ageira|Olympus: Bison (destroyed), Niobium Ore (destroyed)
Ageira|Overlord: Ahoudori (destroyed)
Ageira|Razorback: Bison (crippled), Neon (destroyed)
Ageira|Thunderbolt: Bison (extorted), Furs (confiscated)
Ageira|Thunderbolt: Bison (extorted), Nano-capacitors (destroyed)
Ageira|Wildhorn: Pelican (extorted)
Ageira|SF|Grey-5: Raven's Talon (destroyed)
Ageira|Feldburg: Bison (extorted), Optronics (destroyed)
Ageira|Franklin: Bison (extorted), Nano-capacitors (destroyed)
Ageira|Feldburg: Bison (extorted), Passengers (left)
Ageira|Etna: Bison (extorted), Quantum Multiplexors (destroyed)
Ageira|Feldburg: Bison (extorted) - Operation Rascal's Nightmare
DSE)Traveller: Titanic (extorted), Optronics (left)
DSE)Operations.Platform: Barge (extorted), Silver Ore (left)
DSE)UC-64.Norseman: Bison (extorted), Silver Ore (left)
DSE)Galaxy: Mastodon (extorted), Silver Ore (left)
DSE)Liberator.Express: Stork (extorted)
DSE)Galaxy: Mastodon (extorted), Silver Ore (left)
DSE)Caribou: Mastodon (extorted), Silver Ore (left)
DSE)Oxford: Mastodon (extorted), Basic Alloys (left)
DSE)Dolphin: Luxury Liner (extorted), Furs (left)
DSE)Oxford: Mastodon (extorted)
DSE)Exxon.Valdez: Barge (extorted), Gate/Lane Parts (left)
DSE)Orion: Stork (extorted), Robotics (left)
DSE)Pike.River: Hegemon (extorted), Silver Ore (left)
DSE)Caribou: Mastodon (extorted), Toxic Waste (left)
DSE)Starlifter: Kujira (extorted), Optronics (left)
DSE)Star.Lifter: Stork (extorted), H-Fuel (left)
DSE)Dakota: Mastodon (extorted)
DSE)Dakota: Mastodon (extorted), Super Alloy (confiscated)
DSE)Skymaster: Bison (extorted, interrogated), Helium (left)
DSE)Dauntless: Mastodon (extorted)
DSE)Dauntless: Mastodon (extorted)
DSE)M-26.Pershing: Condor (destroyed)
DSE)B-26.Marauder: Havoc (destroyed)
IC|Mercana.Shirou: Stork (extorted)
IC|Riyadh: Albatross (destroyed), Optronics (destroyed)
IC|Riyadh: Firefly (extorted), Optronics (destroyed)
IC|F.Davis: Stork (destroyed), Military Vehicles (destroyed)
IC|Philip.Prowse: Stork (destroyed), Platinum Ore (confiscated)
IC|Liverpool: Bison (destroyed), Boron (destroyed)
IC|Philip.Prowse: Stork (destroyed), Platinum Ore (confiscated)
IC|Newport: Stork (extorted), Gold (destroyed)
IC|Jason.Kronos: Crane (destroyed), Gold Ore (confiscated)
IC|Traveler: Stork (destroyed), Silver Ore (confiscated)
IC|Columbus: Stork (crippled, extorted)
IC|Atlanta: Stork (destroyed)
IC|Chattanooga: Shukensha Luxury Liner (extorted), Scientists (left)
IC|Craagon: Akegata (destroyed), Beryllium (destroyed)
IC|Amsterdam: Bison (extorted)
IC|Kazoku: Stork (destroyed), Ship Hull Panels (destroyed) - Operation Rascal's Nightmare
IC|Mercana.Shirou: Stork (extorted), Xenobiotic Filters (destroyed)
IC|Ohioville: Stork (destroyed)
IC|Cheyenne: Stork (extorted), Ship Hull Panel (destroyed)
IC|Liberatores: Stork (extorted), Holosculptures (confiscated)
IC|Holiday: Stork (extorted), Passengers (left) - Operation Rascal's Nightmare
IC|Stoneheaven: Bison (destroyed), Helium-3 (destroyed)
IC|Fireside: Stork (destroyed)
IC|Oakham : Stork (destroyed)
[IND]Poison.Pill: Bison (destroyed), Luxury Food (destroyed)
[IND]Invisible.Hand: Kujira (extorted), Neon (confiscated)
[IND]Casual.Friday: Stork (extorted), Superconductors (destroyed)
[IND]Limited.Liability: Shetland (extorted), Superconductors (destroyed)
[IND]Derived.Demand: Titanic (destroyed), H-Fuel (confiscated)
[IND]Beget.Bullion: Ryuujin (extorted)
[IND]Jihad.Trader: Titanic (crippled, extorted), Platinum (left)
[IND]Casual.Monday: Camara (extorted)
[IND]Profitable.Loss: Titanic (destroyed)
[IND]Jihad.Trader: Titanic (extorted), Tobacco (confiscated)
[IND]Hybrid.Market: Ryujin (extorted), Bio-Neural Processor (destroyed)

Military grade targets

BAF|Capt.H.Ghost.D: Templar (destroyed)
BAF|Ens.Roger.Kent: Templar (destroyed)
BAF|MN-Food.Wagon: Shetland (extorted)
BAF|MN-Food.Wagon: Shetland (extorted)
BAF|MN-Cheese.Wagon: Shetland (Destroyed)
BAF|MN-Food.Wagon: Shetland (Destroyed)
BHG|Ronald_Roberts: Manta (destroyed)
BHG|22ns-Splat: Sea Serpent (destroyed)
BHG|22nd-Kaaawoosh: Sea Serpent (destroyed)
BHG|Phoenix.Wright...: Bottlenose (destroyed)
BHG|Cool: Manta (destroyed)
BHG|Razor.: BHB (destroyed)
BHG|Koro: Bottlenose (destroyed)
[LN]-LLS-Arleigh.Burke: Bison (extorted), Light Arms (left)
[LN]-Jorzza.Clark: Guardian (destroyed)
[LN]-Alan.Polstari: Guardian (destroyed)
[LN]-LLS-San.Mateo: Bison (destroyed), Ship Hull Panels (destroyed)
[LN]-LLS-San.Andreas: Albatross (destroyed), Scientists (left)
[LN]-Alan.Polstari: Guardian (destroyed)
[LN]-Robert.Hanson: Executioner (destroyed)
[LN]-LLS-Arleigh.Burke: Bison (extorted), Silver Ore (left)
[LN]-LLS-Santa.Maria: Bison (extorted), Silver Ore (left)
[LN]-LLS-Sierra.Nevada: Bison (destroyed), Basic Alloys (destroyed)
[LN]-LLS-Fort.Wayne: Mastodon (Extorted), Basic Alloys (left)
[LN]-LLS-Lakewood: Bison (Destroyed), Basic Alloys (Destroyed)
[LN]-LNF-Minge.Cove: Grizzly (destroyed)
[LN]-Jay.Wilcott: Guardian (destroyed)
[LN]-Zeeroi.Takann: Guardian (destroyed)
[LN]-John.Rivers: Avenger (destroyed)
[LN]-John.Rivers: Avenger (destroyed)
[LN]-Kohaku.Ueda: Guardian (destroyed)
[LN]-John.Graham: Guardian (destroyed)
[LN]-LNS-Coral.Sea: Liberty Gunboat (destroyed)
LPI-ADX-Kansas: Bison (destroyed), Nanocapacitors (destroyed)
LPI-Maradona.Diego[O]: Liberator (destroyed)
LPI-Martin,Reynolds[O]: Guardian (destroyed)
=LSF=TS.Crystal.Bay: Bison (destroyed)
=LSF=Yunee.Yukine: Guardian (destroyed)
=LSF=TS.Halifax-2: Mammoth (destroyed)
=LSF=TS.Crystal.Bay: Bison (extorted), Ship Hull Panels (left)
=LSF=Randy.Rodan: Guardian (destroyed)
=LSF=Ethan.Allen: Guardian (destroyed)
=LSF=Griffin.Spade: Guardian (destroyed)
=LSF=Alliance-1.: Upholder (destroyed)
=LSF=Phantom-1: Guardian (destroyed)
=LSF=John.Palerton: Avenger (destroyed)
=LSF=Phantom-1: Guardian (destroyed)
=LSF=TS.Grand.Peak: Bison (destroyed)
=LSF=TS.Diomede: Bison (destroyed), Ship Hull Panels (destroyed)
=LSF=TS.Diomede: Bison (extorted), Ship Hull Panels (left)
=LSF=Susan.Hills: Avenger (destroyed)
=LSF=Black-2: Upholder (destroyed)
=LSF=Kings.Bay: LABC (destroyed)
=LSF=TS.Diomede: Bison (extorted), Passengers (left)
MM~Heart.of.Oak: Bottlenose (destroyed)
MM~Robert.Green: Recycler (destroyed)
[KNF]'Hakutaku': Chimera (destroyed)
[KNF]Ni.Fuyuko,Mori: Chimera (destroyed)

Medium priority targets

[*USI*]Lincoln[E]: Bison (extorted), Boron (left)
[*USI*]Lincoln[E]: Bison (extorted), Boron (left)
[*USI*]Boston[S]: Bison (destroyed), Ship Hull Panels (destroyed)
[*USI*]Liberty.Bell[S]: Mastodon (extorted)
[*USI*]Alamo[T]: Mastodon (extorted), Helium-3 (left)
[*USI*]Liberty.Bell[P]: Bison (extorted), Basic Alloys (left)
[*USI*]Albert.Lea[S]: Stork (extorted), Basic Alloys (left)
[*USI*]Guantanamo[T]: Stork (extorted), Pharmaceuticals (left)
[*USI*]Alcatraz[E]: Eagle (destroyed)
[*USI*]M.Brutus[CA]: Havoc (destroyed)
[*USI*]Johnny.Hope[CA]: Eagle (destroyed)
[*USI*]Richfield[CLO]: Kujira (extorted)
[*USI*]C,Bell[CSO] Condor (destroyed)
[*USI*]E.Johnson[CA] Condor (destroyed)
[*USI*]E.Johnson[PL] Raven's Talon (destroyed)
[*USI*]J.Went[CA] Raven's Talon (destroyed)
[*USI*]W-Rainer[SSO] Raven's Talon (destroyed)
[*USI*]E.Johnson[SO] Raven's Talon (destroyed)
[*USI*]Phoenix[T] Mastodon (extorted)
[*USI*]A.Raybern[PL] Raven's Talon (destroyed)
[*USI*]P.Corte[SO] Raven's Talon (destroyed)
[*USI*]M.Pawlak[CA] Raven's Talon (destroyed)
[*USI*]Phoenix[T] Mastodon (destroyed)
[*USI*]Austin[T] Mastodon (destroyed), Helium (confiscated)



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What have I become? A personal journal entry - Nicole Hunter - 05-03-2012

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What have I become?



Some time ago I have executed a young fashion journalist. Her only crime was that she was suitable for my needs. I captured her, used her identity to get to David Hale and arranged her death to shed suspicions on the Liberty Navy. During whole operation she was very cooperative. To the very end she had hoped that I will not kill her. Stockholm syndrome or just a plain naivety? She was an innocent person and what I have done was clearly wrong. However, I feel no remorse and I have done worse. Am I a psychopath? Is this a cardamine's effect on amygdala resulting in a suppression of emotional reactions? Or maybe such deeds can be justified by a true cause? I am a scientist, or at least I was one. I believe in logic and reason, and I can use these tools to study everything, including myself. However, let us maintain a chronological order.


Law-Abiding Citizen

Just a year ago I was a regular citizen of Liberty. Like everyone from the upper middle class I was paying taxes regularly and happily living '˜the Libertonian dream'. And then things got ridiculously complicated. I was given a position of deputy scientist at the top secret project on alternative power sources at Pueblo Station. My task was to develop an interface for an '˜organic power cell', which is a nice euphemism for a piece of Nomad technology. It was not the first and definitely not the last time when Ageira was secretly playing with alien toys. They knew the risks and were well prepared for them. Even after twenty years such was the fear of Nomads, that when during a premature test of the interface several technicians and engineers became infested, the Security Division simply sent a squad to eliminate everyone in the affected section of the base. And this is when I did the stupidest thing in my life. Instead of quietly accepting the unfortunate loss of several expendable employees, I threatened to go public unless those responsible for the bloodbath face charges. Needless to say, I was thrown into a detention cell. When a sudden discharge of the power cell caused a station-wide blackout, I decided not to wait for the security board to decide that I am a threat to the corporation's public image. I ran and sought asylum amongst the Lane Hackers, the only people I could trust that will not sell me to Ageira.


Neophyte

It must be noted that everything I did before my escape could be described as morally good or indifferent. During my escape I had knocked unconscious two security guards, however, it was a plain self-defence and I don't even think they were seriously injured. Everything that could be labelled in accordance to common social standards as '˜wrong' started shortly after my initiation, during which I became terminally addicted to cardamine. I was not really a saint as a student, however, this time cardamine was literally pumped through my veins in order to permanently alter DNA structure of the every fibre of my body. After that there was no turning back. Of course, from the start I knew that the Lane Hackers are not a charity organisation. However, at the same time, I also knew that I have neither knowledge nor resources to survive on my own. I simply made a calculated decision. In order to survive I had to become one of them. More than that, I had to be the best. And so my training began. While my theoretical background was rather vast, what the Lane Hackers taught me was purely practical. I was instructed how to hack gates, lanes and transponders, how to avoid being detected and cover tracks. I was trained in combat, tactics, espionage and subterfuge. I became familiar with military and police operation protocols. And most of all, I was told that through technical and intellectual superiority I will become untouchable. In the beginning, the tasks I was given were quite simple. I was mainly participating in bloodless extortions or sent out to perform a reconnaissance mission. But then the next stage of my training came.


Monster

I was to seek out a military-grade target and assassinate him. It was a bounty hunter, a foolish ex-convict who thought I will be an easy target. I lured him into a desolate sector of New York and there I finished him. It was my first kill. My first real step into '˜the darkness'. I always thought that killing a human being is such a traumatic experience that it always results in the inner struggle with guilt and emptiness. I felt nothing of this sort. Quite the contrary, I was ecstatic. I killed an enemy who tried to kill me and it made me feel that I am really alive. The idea that killing another human being makes you a monster is a persistent superstition from the Enlightenment era. Before that, Roman soldiers were slaughtering dozens of barbarians during a campaign, and then returning to home to become prosperous traders or studious farmers. Nobody claims they were evil. Vikings were raiding whole northern Europe for centuries, slaughtering whole villages and towns in the process. Nobody claims they did not love their wives and children. Why then I should be ashamed for killing an enemy in a fair fight? Killing is a natural element of life.


Believer

Obviously, the journalist I spoke of was not an enemy. She was the closest thing to an innocent human being and killing her was wrong. Does the end justify the means? Perhaps such a collateral damage could be absolved by a true cause. However, I am not a believer. The Lane Hackers will never succeed in overthrowing the government. There are simply too few of us to make a difference. Some time ago I have even engaged in a pseudo-intellectual discussion with a certain big fish from the Independent Neuralnet Division. I used all my classical knowledge to justify our cause. I think I did a really good job, but I do not believe in a single word I said back then. Maybe in the beginning the Lane Hackers were really fighting corporate corruption and injustice. However, right now I have no illusions what the Lane Hackers are. We are nothing more than thieves and drug dealers who made a sport from defying authorities and derive pleasure from outwitting lawful forces and intellectually dominating their victims.


What have I become?

I am completely aware that what I am doing is '˜wrong' by the social standards of our age. However, I feel no remorse. On the contrary, I derive pleasure and satisfaction from my actions. Does it make me a psychopath? Or a truly evil, in a cartoonish way, villainess? Or maybe there is no good and evil? Perhaps these words denote mere superstitions shared by a herd of sheep? I don't know. I don't even think I want to know. One thing is for sure. I am no longer a scientist. My name is Nicole Hunter and I am a Lane Hacker. Whatever it means.

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Dossier #1382-141: Nicole Hunter - Nicole Hunter - 03-24-2013

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Ageira Technologies
Security Division
Intelligence Branch

Dossier #1382-141

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Subject: Nicole Hunter
Height: ~1.75 meters
Hair color: brown
Eye color: brown
Age: 28


Background

Born on planet Manhattan, from the earliest years subject showed all symptoms of a prodigy. Subject received classical education at prestigious Marchall College, as well as private lessons of ballet, Jiu-jitsu, history of art and piano. Subject's parents belonged to the upper echelons of Manhattan's society. Father Mark was a renowned member of New Democratic Party, while mother Cecilia was a director of a local division of Cryer's Pharmaceuticals. After graduating college at age of 16 subject decided to pursue career in science at Manhattan Institute of Technology. At age 21 subject defended MA thesis devoted to non-linear adaptive programming. After graduation she was recruited by Ageira head hunter. In the meantime, she started PhD studies in the field of cognitive sciences and at the age of 24 defended dissertation exploring idea of use of adaptive programming in organic interfaces.

During seven years in Ageira the subject proved to be valuable and resourceful employee. For three years subject worked as a junior scientist at the Department of Weaponry Research and Development at Pueblo Station. After successful defence of her dissertation, subject was promoted to a senior scientist. One year later, subject was given position of a department director at Hamilton Station. Her team of scientists and engineers worked on numerous projects varying from standard weaponry optimization projects to development of multi-tier artificial intelligence systems. It was impossible to predict the disaster that occurred three years later.

Two months before the incident subject was assigned as a deputy scientist to the top secret project on alternative power sources at Pueblo Station. Subject's task was to oversee development of a user interface for an organic power source. During the initial tests several engineers became infested with a contagion that caused extreme paranoia and aggression. Twelve Ageira employees were killed and seven badly injured. According to the head scientists, subject either showed extreme incompetence or deliberately sabotaged her work, which led to breach of security protocols and in the result to the infestation of several Ageira's employees. While the subject was in detention, the power cell suddenly discharged causing temporary blackout throughout the base, during which both the subject and the object of studies disappeared.


Known Crimes

Suspected murder of at least two Ageira employees, destruction of expensive corporate property, theft of valuable corporate assets, sabotage and espionage.


Threat Assessment

The subject is considered a serious threat in terms of personal potential to physically damage Ageira properties and assets.

The subject is considered a serious threat in terms of potential public relations damage to Ageira's image.

The subject is considered a serious threat in terms of potential damage to Ageira security protocols.


Disposition

The subject is tasked at Iota Level Priority for all Ageira Technologies Security Forces.

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