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COMM ID: Marisa Marshall
TARGET ID: Multiple Recipients
ENCRYPTION: ABSOLUTE
SUBJECT: Briefing - ref. LSF/Harmony Situation

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First and foremost, here is a local archive of the last communication I delivered during my tenure with the LSF. The copy I have here is read-only, naturally - I terminated the live link prior to my departure, and even if it were still running my access has likely been revoked by now. The contents of that report, and the rather unconvincing explanation I received in response, only solidified my growing concerns about the direction we had been taking in recent weeks.

It is my belief - my experience too, actually - that the majority of both the Security Force's and the Battlegroup's personnel are being both deceived and manipulated by two sources at once. There is a Nomadic influence stemming from within Harmony, with one of their ranking captains, Emilia Young, being the most likely source of their paranoia. Obviously, the intentions of this individual - or group of individuals - are decisively malign in nature. They are, however, being kept in check by an unlikely party - the second point of manipulation.

The other source of concern is far greater in scale, since it concerns the Security Force as a whole. Standing orders given to all agents and personnel have become increasingly unpredictable and aggressive, with search-and-destroy orders on Naval personnel replacing simple reconnaissance patrols with alarming speed. As you've no doubt seen, some of the latest strikes have even breached the Alaska system. No explanation has been offered from either the Directorate or the Executive Director herself for these new orders, and the only silver lining to these recent assaults is that - in my opinion - the Security Force continuing to function and operate at such a high level is the one thing keeping the entire agency from succumbing to the threat within the Battlegroup. The majority of personnel within both the LSF and Harmony have been briefed that the infestation is confined to Naval personnel only, and news of the Virginia incident only helped solidify that belief. I know it did for me, as well. However, standard LSF protocol has always held strict anti-infection and quarantine routines to account at all times when dealing with threats of this nature, and to the best of my knowledge these stringent procedures are still in effect. For that reason, I am quietly confident that the real, alien threat within Kodiak's walls is contained - at least for now.

Adenauer is the woman capable of doing real damage - what her goals are, I ultimately cannot even begin to guess. However, whether she knows it or not, she is also the one force keeping some semblance of order within the LSF. Should their power structure crumble and the agency dissolve into chaos, I could only imagine how far and how quickly the infestation within Harmony could spread to the entire division. That said, at this time it is my firm belief that the infestation within Alaska is confined to a select few individuals, or perhaps only one in particular.

-M.M.

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