Emails

The following page contains spoilers. Read at your own risk. "Private Note. It's undeniable that operations at Cascade are being monitored by external forces. This much the Cascade Executive committee have been permitted to know. Exactly who has been infiltrating our communications, and to what ends, remains unknown." - Dr. Derek Manse

Emails can be found and read by viewing Email Terminals. They are scattered throughout the GATE Cascade Research Facility. And viewing some emails may even reward the player with a recipe. Occasionally Order laptops can be found, and often contain at least one email from a superior to a group of soldiers in the area.

The location of all currently known Email Terminals can be found on the Journal Entries page.

Induction Wing

Subject: Investigation?

From: Richard Moyer <[email protected]>

To: Jane Karenski <[email protected]>

[email protected] Jane, what's this I'm hearing about an investigation into our security? Has anyone spoken to you about it? [email protected] Relax, Richard. It doesn't concern anyone in your sector. It's the Labs team. You know how they are - always scared someone's leaking information. [email protected] Manse suggested the Executive Committee thinks someone may be monitoring our data network. I thought that was impossible. The farm needs to know about this, we're the ones who work with the data day-in and day-out. [email protected] Look, Manse is great at theorizing, but sometimes he lets his imagination run away with the facts. It's all speculation at this point, we haven't detected anything beyond a few probing actions. Our data is secure. Let them know it's under control - because it is.

Note unlocked: Who's Watching?

Subject: Fungus

From: Idris Manbanko <[email protected]>

To: T. R. Enderson <[email protected]>, Derek Manse <[email protected]>

[email protected] Hey, you asked me to get in touch if we found any applications for new materials. You remember that fungus Lenora's team brought back? We did some tests. This stuff makes penicillin look like tapwater. [email protected] I reviewed the report. You're cleared for Phase 2. [email protected] Someone needs to go back in there. We need more samples. [email protected] The Silo 2 systems are online. I think another venture should be fine. I'll talk to TR. They're itching to get back in there.

Office Sector

Subject: Cooking

From: Gaston Chevallier <[email protected]>

To: Imamura Kintaro <[email protected]>

[email protected] Hey Imamura, I'm looking for a gift for friend of mine who loves cooking. Any thoughts? [email protected] They want to be a chef? Give them a knife. Until you chop it up, you can't cook it.

Attachment: cooking.jpeg

Recipe unlocked: Shiv

Subject: THIS DAMN FACILITY

From: L. Simmons <[email protected]>

To: T. R. Enderson <[email protected]>

[email protected] The power sockets are on a timer!? I was working on mass dampeners and the place just SHUT DOWN. You know those have to warm up for hours - now I have to start all over again!" [email protected] Just keep an eye on your wristwatch. Don't start a task you can't finish before the facility power goes out. Why the hell were you working at midnight anyway!? Get some rest, we can't afford to make mistakes. - T

Note unlocked: Powerless

Subject: OFFICE SUPPLY CROSSBOWS

From: Richard Moyer <[email protected]>

[email protected] This is a notice to all Cascade technical staff. We have received some complaints from team members about misuse of office supplies, up to and including creating improvised weapons for flinging projectiles across the cubicles. We here at GATE understand and commend your ingenuity as scientists -- after all, it's why you work here. But if you want to continue working in this department, knock it off. - R.M.

Attachment: no.jpeg

Recipe unlocked: Makeshift Crossbow

Compendium entry unlocked: Dr. Richard K. Moyer

Subject: Bad Bots

From: Moira Shepherd <[email protected]>

To: Richard Moyer <[email protected]>

[email protected] I've mentioned this before, but your "security" bots are a menace. They don't seem to distinguish employees AT ALL, and whose idea was it to get them to restock the soda machines?? I understand the goal, but there's a TON of valuable equipment in those things, which would have been a lot more useful elsewhere. [email protected] Moira, why are you telling me this? I am not in charge of security OR procurement. If you're serious, try Enderson. He O.K.'d the Wakeman project and I have never had any problems with the bots. I stay out of the halls when we shut down for the night - like you're supposed to. Let them do their job. We're making valuable strides here.

Attachment:

Compendium entry unlocked: T. R. Enderson

Subject: Anvils?!

From: L. Simmons <[email protected]>

To: Dayton Lansky <[email protected]>

[email protected] What happened to the anvils in our workshop? I needed it to repair some of my tools, but it's gone. [email protected] Sorry, that was us. Check the supply closet on Level 3 by the Silo. We were doing some heavy repairs up there, and needed solid working surfaces. [email protected] That certainly explains the noise complaints. Please let us know before-hand next time.

Note unlocked: Heavy Metal

Subject: RE: 178 Containment

From: Leonra Riggs <[email protected]>

To: T. R. Enderson <[email protected]>

[email protected] Hi, you need to take this one seriously. We retrieved IS-0178 from A2 and it nearly killed us. It needs FULL Crucis containment and anyone interacting with it will need GISP-rated impact shielding at the VERY LEAST. [email protected] Noted. - T

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Compendium entry unlocked: Dr. Lenora Riggs

Subject: Connected specimens?

From: Idris Manbanko <[email protected]>

To: Katherine Pendleton <[email protected]>

[email protected] Kathy, I'm glad to report we've finally made some progress with 173. The little bouncing fellow. We couldn't get near it at first. The thing wouldn't sit still, not to mention the spikes. [email protected] Hey Isaiah, How did you manage it? I've been forced to work with dead specimens. Incidentally, autopsies suggest they're the second stage in the lifecycle of a metamorphic creature, starting with 171. I'm beginning to wonder if it's possible that all the A2 specimens are connected? [email protected] Very interesting theory. I mentioned the problem I was having to Varsha in Manufacturing. She went away and rigged up a kind of trap that holds the little critters in place.

Subject: BBQ

From: Gaston Chevallier <[email protected]>

To: Moira Shepherd <[email protected]>

[email protected] Went to a 'barbeque' on the Dam in the Hydroplant last night. Those bue-suits can party. They had these great sausages. One of the hydrologists made them. Said they were actually really easy. [email protected] Don't ask what's in them.

Attachment: sausages.jpeg

Recipe unlocked: Raw Peccary Sausages

Subject: The dog thing

From: Idris Manbanko <[email protected]>

To: Hilda Dixon <[email protected]>

[email protected] H, So we finally caught one of those dog things. KP called it a 'peccary' until she realized how large it was. I've noticed their behaviour is different here than in Anteverse II. She has a theory that the lower entropy on this side makes their biochemistry more potent. They're stronger. It certainly seems more angry. [email protected] Interesting. Certainly the energy differential is strongly in our favour. But I wouldn't jump to conclusions. We don't know enough. [email protected] You're behind the times. Apparently the team on Level 3 has figured out a way to use the differential in their new Power Cell design. Catch Mayfield at lunch sometime, she will talk your ear off about it.

Attachment: dogthing.jpg

Compendium entry unlocked: Dr. Hilda V. Dixon

Subject: This needs to STOP

From: Richard Moyer <[email protected]>

To: Sarah Frake <[email protected]>

[email protected] I'm concerned some of your people have been working extra hours, and not returning to the Residence Sector each evening. I've been hearing some of them have built BEDS down there. [email protected] Look Richard, if they sometimes work a little extra, it's because they want to and a project needs it. A lot of this stuff, you can't just walk away at 6pm. [email protected] It needs to stop, Sarah. The security bots don't have an 'employee' setting.

Attachment: beds.jpeg

Recipe unlocked: Makeshift Bed

Note unlocked: Build a Bed

Subject: WWF

From: Gaston Chevallier <[email protected]>

To: Moira Shepherd <[email protected]>

[email protected] So do you think WWF wrestling is real? Or are they just acting? I don't get it. Why would everyone cheer if it was fake? [email protected] It depends. [email protected] On what? [email protected] How gullible you are.

Attachment: randy.jpeg

Subject: What's going on?

From: Lenora Riggs <[email protected]>

To: Suan Tengku <[email protected]>

[email protected] Any news? You've had those A2 samples for two weeks. What's the hold up? [email protected] Sorry Lenora, yes, we think the intensity of the radiation over there is due to high entropy levels. Energy just dissipates faster. We're giving everyone iodine tablets to counteract the radiation from expeditions. But there's a problem I can't figure out. The numbers don't add up. Even with the higher entropic quotient, there's excess energy coming through the Gateways. [email protected] Right, I'm taking the tablets too. The suit keeps most of it off though. As for your gateway problem, tell Sergei. That's what he's there for. Please copy me on me any updates.

Attachment: a2entropy.jpeg

Compendium entry unlocked: Dr. Suan Tengku

Subject: Doesn't add up

From: Sasha Verenkov <[email protected]>

To: Derek Manse <[email protected]>

[email protected] I've been analysing the fluctuations from the last perforation with Suan. It's like there's energy entering the system from somewhere else. [email protected] We've discussed the parameters, Sasha. They're within bounds. That's why we run tests: to figure out what's happening over there. The housing is shielding properly, so you'll have to define what you're seeing. [email protected] The only reason you have data is because Lenora went and got it. Don't forget whose neck is really on the line here. [email protected] ALL of our necks are on the line, in the grandest sense. Lenora knows very well that I appreciate her work.

Subject: Blue Keypads

From: Richard Moyer <[email protected]>

To: T. R. Enderson <[email protected]>

[email protected] We may have an issue in Offices - the new security bots are walking security holes. I just learned from Mayfield they carry access data everywhere they go. Anyone who gets their hands on a CPU from one of the Security Bots could hack through any door in this sector. [email protected] I appreciate the concern for safety, Richard, but we're confident in our security procedures. Someone would have to get into the Facility to access the bots in the first place, and at the point? Bigger problems. - T

Attachments:

bluedoors.jpeg

infrared.jpeg

Recipe unlocked: Infrared Emitter

Note unlocked: Craft a Keypad Hacker

Subject: X-ers?

From: Idris Manbanko <[email protected]>

To: Michael Hutton <[email protected]>, Lenora Riggs <[email protected]>

[email protected] I doubt it's a surprise to anyone but these A2 entities are pretty dangerous. We analysed the specimen you brought back. They're smart, but we can't tell if they're actually intelligent yet. Kath's running MCC tests, though it's hard. Their bio-electrical systems are off the charts. They keep frying our equipment. Also, we need an actual name for them. X-ers? [email protected] I've clarified this before: A2 is NOT "Planet X", it's not even JUST a planet. I don't know why this nickname is still sticking around. [email protected] Folks, it's Exor. I found them, I get to name them. Manse agrees that this is a fair rule. [email protected] Begrudgingly, no doubt.

Attachment: xer.jpeg

Compendium entry unlocked: Exor

Subject: Nightlights

From: Bridget Badwell <[email protected]>

To: Derek Manse <[email protected]>

[email protected] Derek, I need any information you have on an I.S. that looks like glowing, floating lights? A sort of will-o-the-wisp, I'm sure you know the one. It seems to react to glass or something. [email protected] We don't have anything in containment like that, Bridget. I spoke to Dr. Riggs about it, and she hasn't encountered anything like that either. [email protected] Let me know if that changes, but don't mention this to anyone.

Attachment: glowinglights.pic

Compendium entry unlocked: Nocturnal Anomaly

Subject: Power Cell Testing

From: Sarah Frake <[email protected]>

To: James Bernecki <[email protected]>

[email protected] Jim, I'm concerned we haven't field tested the power cells sufficiently. I told Enderson about them. He's worried we're 'relying on salt' to keep Flathill in check. [email protected] They've BEEN tested - containment systems, weaponry, even some of the personal transport prototypes. And please, they're sodium-based accumulators derived from our research into A2, not 'salt'. The fuel cells are not the issue here, if you get my drift...

Subject: PESTS

From: Idris Manbanko <[email protected]>

To: Katherine Pendleton <[email protected]>

[email protected] Kathy, after studying IS-0173's internal structure, I'm coming round to your theory. It shows clear morphic continuity with IS-0171. I agree, we're looking at a more complicated lifecycle than we thought. [email protected] I was talking to Dr. Tengku. She suggested the low entropy of A2 could, theoretically, encourage metamorphic lifecycles. They're more energy efficient. [email protected] Yes! That would also explain why ANYTHING from A2 proliferates so rapidly here: there's so much more available energy. Their metabolic rates must skyrocket. [email protected] Exactly. They're probably starving.

Attachment: 173.tga

Compendium entry unlocked: Pest

Subject: TIDY UP

From: Richard Moyer <[email protected]>

To: Sarah Frake <[email protected]>

[email protected] Can we get some gosh dang organization down in Manufacturing? It's amazing we get anything done. I went down to see Varsha yesterday, and I was tripping over crates on every walkway, which are very much NOT up to even the basic safety standards. I know we don't answer to OSHA, but we'll be answering to Keystone if we have an accident down there. [email protected] It's a work in progress. Just try to just keep your tie from getting stuck in one of the machines, okay?

Flathill

Subject: Power Cells

From: Hilda Dixon <[email protected]>

To: James Berenecki <[email protected]>

[email protected] Hi Jim, what's the operating lifespan of the Flathill containment system? How long do the power cells last? [email protected] Don't worry about it, they're high density sodium cells, good for at least a month but I'd wager longer. There's plenty of redundancy in the containment system, too. You'd have to pull out all three to reopen the Gateway. Access to the rooftops is restricted, and anyway no-one would be crazy - or stupid - enough to do that.

Attachment: IS0064.bmp

Subject: COMPOSER

From: T. R. Enderson <[email protected]>

To: Hilda Dixon <[email protected]>

[email protected] Are you sure IS-0064 is contained in Flathill? What's to stop it leaving? I'm still waiting on your report. - T [email protected] We can't be perfectly certain, but everything we're seeing suggests it's localized to Flathill. It seems erratic to us, but we've noticed some patterns. It seems to compose melodies of sorts. Report's coming - I've been busy. [email protected] So we've got a new Mozart on our hands? I need more than that, Hilda. - T [email protected] It'll be in my report, but I'm afraid you're going to be disappointed. They're 'part' of the fog phenomena, but we lost any chance to explore their origins once we installed the containment system. They may actually generate the 'fog', but last time I suggested researching it, you said I was blowing smoke, remember? [email protected] We'll discuss it. -T

Attachment: IS0064.bmp

Compendium entry unlocked: Composer

Subject: CCU: Cleanup Request

From: C. Ahmed <[email protected]>

To: Rutger Strauss <[email protected]>

[email protected] We have reason to believe one of the Flathill residents is investigating our office structure. He's been turned away by security twice. [email protected] Is this an operative concern? [email protected] Confirmed. They appear to have been compiling a dossier of sorts. The exposure risk is significant, even if no one believes him. [email protected] What are the considerations? [email protected] Limited. The resident is an outlier from the community, and regarded as something of a screwball. I believe we have scope. [email protected] We have dispatched contractors to resolve the matter. Hygiene protocols apply. [email protected] Acknowledged. Cleaning under way.

Manufacturing West

Subject: Data Leakage

From: Moira Shepherd <[email protected]>

To: Bridget Badwell <[email protected]>

[email protected] Greetings Bridget, I'm not sure if this is your department, but I ran a full-spectrum noise analysis on our Sector's communication network last week. I have strong evidence that there is leakage from our network, i.e. someone has gained external access. I'm happy to show you my data, or if not you, can you tell me who I should report this to? [email protected] Thanks Moira - good work. We'll take it from here. [email protected] I can't access my files now. [email protected] They're not your files, Moira, they're GATE's files. Do not discuss this with anyone without authorization.

Attachment: evidence.bmp

Compendium entry unlocked: Dr. Moira Shepherd

Subject: TELEPORTING RATS?

From: Stanley Rein <[email protected]>

[email protected] ATTN: ALL STAFF As you know, we have had a bit of a rat problem throughout Cascade and my team is working diligently to solve the problem. This was all going quite fine until we saw, quite literally, A RAT APPEARED OUT OF THIN AIR. Purple light and thunderbolts. I thought we had a gas leak for a moment but we checked the security tapes. Look, we are perfectly capable of dealing with any rodent infestation on THIS planet, but if someone is teleporting rats in from Universe 432718 or god-knows-where, that is another matter entirely. If anyone has further information on where these rats are coming from, PLEASE LET US KNOW. Thanks, and best of luck with your science. - Stanley Rein, Janitorial Supervisor P.S. We caught one of the little fellas, if anyone needs it back.

Attachment: rat.bmp

Subject: Spelling

From: Steven Stewart <[email protected]>

To: Gaston Chevallier <[email protected]>

[email protected] Gaston, we need to be consistent here. Once and for all, are we using US or British spelling? We're dealing with superpowerful, other-worldly artifacts, and we can't even agree on a dictionary. [email protected] Steven, It's spelt 'artefact'.

Subject: Intrusion

From: Derek Manse <[email protected]>

To: Annette Garrick <[email protected]>

[email protected] I didn't want to raise it on the call yesterday, but you saw the security data, didn't you? We're being monitored, that much is clear. It looks like someone's been tracking a LOT of our communications. [email protected] Then why are you using this email system? I'll discuss it with you in person, or not at all.

Subject: What is this mess?

From: Katherine Pendleton <[email protected]>

To: Theodore Laciter <[email protected]>

[email protected] Theo, I asked for your research on IS-0028 and I received a box of random notes, papers and photographs. What am I supposed to do with this? [email protected] You're talking about a sub-dimension that is, to all intents and purposes, an infinite collection of notes. So I sent you everything I had. [email protected] This is a total mess. [email protected] It's a work in progress. Remember, sometimes the only difference between science and screwing around is writing it down.

Attachment: Cosmobibliotheque.pic

Compendium entry unlocked: The Library

Subject: Need silver

From: Michael Hutton <[email protected]>

To: Isaiah Deal <[email protected]>

[email protected] Isaiah, I'm looking at Elanor's specs for the T3. We need to extend the subwavelength limit of the lens, which takes a lot of silver for surfacing - have you still got a stockpile? [email protected] Fresh out. But here's the thing. There's an almost infinite amount of silver in IS-0138. That's where I've been getting it. [email protected] Wait, you've been raiding the Train for silver? Are you insane? [email protected] What's the problem? It grows back.

Attachments:

silver.jpeg

Soup recipe unlocked: Solder

location.jpeg

Compendium entry unlocked: The Train - Anteverse XI

Subjectum: excursor

De: Divinitor Altussi

Ex: Praetor Nomon

Divinitor Altussi Praetor, we have at last secured an excursor in their facility. They will abide as long as required, and act swiftly when directed. We await your instruction. Praetor Nomon Bonum est, Divinitor. Our forces are gathering, and the way is becoming clear. We have discovered a weakness your excursor may be able to exploit. Expect activation soon.

Subjectum: annulment

De: Legate Cornix Tria

Ex: Praetor Nomon

Legate Cornix Tria Praetor, we have lost one of our Inquisitors to doubt. Their fear of the facility's demons drove them to abandon their post. Shall we commence annulment? Praetor Nomon Non, Legate. After Lazone, his technical order are sadly reduced. We must preserve their numbers, and trust we can reveal to him, with diligence, the virtue of our cause. He cannot, at any rate, escape without your help.

Attachments: caligatus.sop

Compendium entry unlocked: Captain

Subject: Where is the Train?

From: T. R. Enderson <[email protected]>

To: Lenora Riggs <[email protected]>

[email protected] Lenora, I hear you're back. Very interested to hear your report on the Engine. Are we any closer to figuring out where it is? [email protected] I'll deliver a full report tomorrow, but to answer your question, no, we don't know where the train actually 'is'. The star positions are the same as ours, for the location, but it's non-Newtownian. Dr. Stern believes there are two superimposed states at work, which the train's motion maintains somehow. That's a lot of suppressed energy. In short, if it stops, we're going to end up with a crater the size of the moon. We think, anyway.

Subject: IT'S GROWING

From: Abe Stern <[email protected]>

To: Janet Ross <[email protected]>

[email protected] JANET, I've got some interesting news about IS-0107. Well, perhaps that's not the right word. Maybe the phrase is "distantly terrifying." You see, Janet, it's growing. Not much, about 0.1% per year, but it's a geometric progression. I haven't done the exact mathematics yet, but in about 15,000 years it will be the size of the Earth, which could be inconvenient. Particularly given that it appears to be - conventionally - indestructible. [email protected] I did the math too, Abe, and it seems we have 50,000 years until it's larger than our galaxy. Which, given that it cannot be destroyed or dismantled, suggests to me that we need to move this thing as far away from us as possible, as fast as we can. [email protected] I can't help but feel, Janet, that in the long term, there isn't anywhere sufficiently far away. This thing will, eventually, destroy our entire universe. [email protected] Abe, let's solve for "now," and trust that we'll have the rest of the solution some time in the next 50,000 years, shall we? [email protected] Okay, but in 50,000 years we get to do my plan -- Plan B. [email protected] You got yourself a deal.

Attachment: planA.jpeg

Compendium entry unlocked: The Time Bomb

Subject: MF West Security

From: Richard Moyer <[email protected]>

To: T. R. Enderson <[email protected]>

[email protected] Thank goodness someone improved door security in this sector. The Office's system is a joke. [email protected] You've made your feelings clear. FYI, Frake pushed for upgrades, given some of the equipment her people are working with, and they also supplied the tech. [email protected] Well, what can I say? It's not perfect, but at least she's made it harder to snoop. Manufacturing has always been the leakiest of the bunch.

Attachment: uphill.jpeg

Recipe unlocked: Keypad Hacker (Tier 2)

Subject: Nil by mouth

From: Katherine Pendleton <[email protected]>

To: Michael Hutton <[email protected]>

[email protected] Were you working on the Exor dissection? You need to be extremely careful. The heart has some strange properties. Whatever you do, don't INGEST it. [email protected] After your email, I fed some to a rat. It vanished. Do you know what happened to it? It literally just disappeared. [email protected] We're looking into it. Our leading theory is biological entanglement. I'll keep you posted.

Attachment: ex.jpg

Compendium entry unlocked: Exor Monk

Subject: What about the other one?

From: Lenora Riggs <[email protected]>

To: Daria Kale <[email protected]>

[email protected] Daria, do you have any data on IS-0407? Derek is obsessed with 0064, but I can't find anything AT ALL on this other one. [email protected] We've got almost nothing on 407. There's your Flathill report, and that's it. Are you even sure it's a different entity? Could it just have been injured? [email protected] Injured, intact. How can you tell with these things? But I know what I saw, and it wasn't 64. It looked like someone smashed a doll.

Attachment: sighting.tif

Compendium entry unlocked: Symphonist

Subject: What IS that noise?

From: L. Simmons <[email protected]>

To: James Bernecki <[email protected]>

[email protected] I can hear your music from here. It's REALLY loud. What on earth is that? [email protected] It's Nirvana. Nevermind. [email protected] You don't have to be rude. [email protected] No, the album's called Nevermind. It's amazing. [email protected] It sounds like someone singing with a mouth full of ballbearings. [email protected] That's their style.

Subject: Portal Grounding

From: T. Newcomen <[email protected]>

To: Suan Tengku <[email protected]>

[email protected] We're trying to compare your readings from Anteverse XVI with our research on IS-0138. Our goal is to figure out why test subjects often emerge from portals close to the original entry point. It's convenient, I suppose, but damned confusing. [email protected] We don't know either. It feels like our two systems are operating on completely different principles. [email protected] Well they are different universes... we think. [email protected] Indeed, the Furniture Store isn't located in our universe... or at least not our exact time period... I don't know. We do know it's in Boston though! [email protected] Excellent, maybe we can catch the Celtics some weekend. [email protected] Sure, just watch out for the rabid fans

Subject: Rocklarks

From: Idris Manbanko <[email protected]>

To: Lenora Riggs <[email protected]>

[email protected] Lenora, We had some issues with the specimens you brought back from A24. Was there anything unusual about the rocklarks? Did you notice any strange behaviours? [email protected] Idris, I'm not an expert. I wouldn't know if one was acting weirdly. They're fairly strange to begin with. What's the problem? [email protected] We're fairly certain one of them wasn't a rocklark at all. We're not really sure what it is. Some kind of emulator, able to adopt different appearances. [email protected] A shapeshifter? [email protected] For want of a better word, yes. A creature pretending to be a rocklark. We checked on the specimens this morning. One had vanished. In its place appeared to be a member of the Research Team. I swear Daria almost let it out. It talked to us, speaking in cliches, and seemed obsessed with food. It was downright freaky. Eventually, it produced a stapler from somewhere. We still have no idea how it did that.

Attachment: notyourfriend.jpg

Compendium entry unlocked: Coworker

Subject: 0014 issue

From: Daniel Janek <[email protected]>

To: Derek Manse <[email protected]>

[email protected] Sir, we've run into a serious issue with IS-0014. Its temporal distortion increases the closer we get, meaning that as soon as our instruments touch it, they stop working. There's no way to take a sample. [email protected] With respect, Daniel, it's your job to find a way around this. [email protected] I know, but Dr. Verenkov touched it and was practically stuck to it for the next 20 minutes. Now Dina Khattar's team want to assess the effects on him, which is fair enough, but we're still no closer to discovering where on earth this came from or who made it. [email protected] I think we can be fairly sure it wasn't Turkmen nomads, so that's a start.

Subject: OVERLOAD

From: Richard Moyer <[email protected]>

To: James Bernecki <[email protected]>

[email protected] I was coming back from the Foundry yesterday and passed an eye over the collider. They were working with the synchrotron at nearly 95% load. They're not supposed to go over 90. Don't they remember what happened in '85? The Manufacturing team seems to take no heed of safety protocols whatsoever. [email protected] Thanks for the note, Richard. I will pass your concerns to Frake. [email protected] Frake isn't going to do anything. She makes up the rules as she goes along. This is a calamity waiting to happen (again!), and no-one seems to care. [email protected] Maybe it seems like that from the outside, but Frake knows what she's doing. There is oversight, it's just not YOUR style of oversight.

Attachment: collider.rip

Compendium entry unlocked: The Synchrotron

Subject: Containment

From: T. R. Enderson <[email protected]>

To: Derek Manse <[email protected]>

[email protected] Idris told me that IS-0091 escaped containment again this morning. I need to know exactly what happened. [email protected] No-one knew it was missing for almost half an hour - the creature's invisible to most people. We chased it down with x-ray lamps, and it almost got Dr. Tang. Peters thinks the x-ray system had a brown out, but we're not sure. You're in charge of containment processes, you tell me. [email protected] I'll get Frake and her people to review the system immediately. We may need to install another tier of failsafes. Apologies for the late check-in on this, I was held up by a Keystone visitor. [email protected] I suppose that makes TWO creepy monsters lurking in our midst...

Attachment: 0091.bmp

Subject: ATTENTION: All Laboratory Staff

From: Richard Moyer <[email protected]>

[email protected] ATTENTION: Due to an unacceptable number of bunsen burners disappearing, anyone who needs such an item must apply directly to Dr. Manse. Anyone who has any information about this, please contact me directly. We are currently conducting an investigation. Please do not try making your own. We have enough things that explode around here.

Cascade Laboratories

Subject: REMINDER

From: T. R. Enderson <[email protected]>

[email protected] TO ALL CONTAINMENT STAFF This is the third time this quarter I've found staff setting up containment incorrectly. I'm sure I don't have to emphasize how dangerous this is. Please make sure you are following the correct protocols for each and every subject - there is NO room for mistakes here. Ensure you are familiar with the procedure for the following tiers: JURA: Unassessable SOLUTUS: Uncontainable THELA: Extreme Risk CRUCIS: High risk SANC: Known and controlled ORDO: Benign If you are so much as seeing these words on signs around you, you are in a place where knowing these by heart could potentially save your life, not to mention the lives of those around you. Our safety - perhaps even the safety of the world - depends on your basic understanding of this system. Let's get it right, people. - T. Enderson

Subject: help

From: Kay Yung <[email protected]>

To: Petra Peters <[email protected]>

[email protected] Hi Petra. We haven't met yet, but I'm new on the IS-0091 project and wanted to check something. I'm seeing 0091 right now, should I be reporting it? [email protected] Hi Kay. Just log in the daybook that you're its current target. That's all you need to do. [email protected] Oh great, now I'm never gonna relax. [email protected] There's nothing to worry about. It's contained, and it'll switch soon enough.

Subjectum: paratus es

De: Divinitor Altussi

Ex: Legate Messor Prima

Divinitor Altussi Legate, are your bretheren prepared? Our operative is in place and can remove the Dark Lens when ready. He awaits only the signal. Legate Messor Prima Sic Divinitor. But we must be aware, removing the device will destabilize the system. It is not without risk. Divinitor Altussi These are circumstances when chaos only aids our goals, I assure you. Remember Lazone.

Subject: Unbelievable

From: S. Chopra <[email protected]>

To: Katherine Pendleton <[email protected]>

[email protected] I'm not sure how to handle this. I wanted to send a note to all staff working with IS-0093, but ... well ... you know the problem. [email protected] I'm unaware of any problem. [email protected] Exactly, that's the point. It's impossible to even talk about it. The research is getting impossible. [email protected] We've established protocols. So long as no-one's informed, they're safe. Not talking about it is the point. Let alone vaccinating people. Rejdák knew what he was doing. Be patient. It may be slow, but it's worth the caution. Imagine what would happen if this thing got loose. [email protected] What thing? [email protected] Exactly.

Subject: We know nothing

From: R. Orozco <[email protected]>

To: Janet Ross <[email protected]>

[email protected] Sometimes, I get tired of the mysteries, you know? [email protected] That's why we're here, that's the science we're doing. [email protected] But there's just moments when I've had enough. Like 0166, for example. What do we actually know? It's made of some kind of crystal, but no-one knows what sort. It's three times heavier when it's upside down, no-one knows why. And for some reason, it was hidden inside the goddamn BERLIN WALL. Surprise surprise, we have no idea how it got there. [email protected] There's reasons for all of these things, even if we don't know them yet. [email protected] I know, I know, but just occasionally - sometimes - it can feel like we know nothing, at all, about any of this stuff around us. Then I start questioning everything. I probably just need more sleep.

Subject: Dr. Jagger's funding

From: Michael Hutton <[email protected]>

To: Ajay Kalam <[email protected]>

[email protected] Ajay, I have an enquiry about Dr. Jagger's project. He seems to have access to some rather exotic equipment, even by GATE standards. Who's funding his research? No one talked to me about it. For that matter, does he actually work for us? He doesn't appear in any employee files. [email protected] Jagger knows what he's doing, Michael, and he's extremely useful. That's all I can tell you right now, I'm afraid. But he's a nice guy.

Attachment: altventure.jpg

Compendium entry unlocked: Dr. Chris Jagger

Subject: Optical Components

From: Dayton Lansky <[email protected]>

To: Sarah Frake <[email protected]>

[email protected] Last Wednesday I needed to substitute an optical component so I 'borrowed' one of the AV gems they're studying in the Adjustment Wing. Someone who I won't name suggested I get liquid crystal from one of those broken CRT monitors they use in the Labs - and it worked! ... Until Moyer heard about it and got worked up. He said I was 'misusing company property' or some nonsense like that. [email protected] The guy's paranoid. He'd be furious if he knew how much jerry-rigged stuff keeps his A/C running down here.

Note unlocked: Search Carefully

Attachments:

projector.bmp

Recipe unlocked: Keypad Hacker (Tier 3)

contbotcpu.bmp

Recipe unlocked: Memory Brick

Subject: It happened again

From: Varsha Patel <[email protected]>

To: James Bernecki <[email protected]>

[email protected] James, It happened again. The intake got clogged on the 94 processor and it just stopped. I checked in the morning and the cell was knee-deep in crystals. We've GOT to make sure this doesn't happen. [email protected] I hear you. I'll put Dayton on it. He had some ideas for improving the failsafes. [email protected] Thanks, can you make it quick? I did some rough calcs. If this happens, and we don't notice for more than 36 hours, the facility's going to have a SERIOUS problem. It WILL breach other cells. [email protected] Roger. I'll check in with Wakeman, too. No idea what he's doing with the stuff, but I'll tell him to expect a plus-size load this afternoon. We'll beef up monitoring too.

Attachment: toomuchcrystal.bmp

Compendium entry unlocked: The Creeping Crystal

Subject: Who's on IS-60?

From: T. R. Enderson <[email protected]>

To: Derek Manse <[email protected]>

[email protected] Derek, There's a project I've only recently become aware of. It's been assigned as IS-0060, but I can't find any record of who started working on it, or who's responsible for it now. None of the people named seem to have ever worked at any GATE facility I'm aware of. Yet paperwork continues to appear. Who is P. Libwell? Their name comes up a lot on the paperwork. [email protected] I looked into it, and honestly, I'm baffled. It's impossible to know what is being talked about in the paperwork. Who wrote this? I wouldn't be surprised to discover this is something to do with Shadowgate. Gatekeeper accountability is a joke. [email protected] I thought about that, but it doesn't add up. Gatekeeper reports don't sound like this. And those aren't any GK staff we have on record. Are you SURE none of your staff are working on this? [email protected] I am certain none of my team are working on this. I can't even find record of who filed it as IS-0060. I'm sure we'd both remember signing off on that designation. I suggest we don't tell anyone about this until we understand more. Bring it to the next Exec Committee meet. [email protected] Agreed. If this is another prank by the Accounting Department, I will raise hell. [email protected] And my fellow, I will be right behind you into the breach.

Attachment: sixty.jpeg

Compendium entry unlocked: Sector 13 Project

Subject: Webbing infestation

From: Katherine Pendleton <[email protected]>

To: Ru Tang <[email protected]>

[email protected] We had another webbing infestation in Anning last week. I put a request in for more of that gel from Anteverse B. It's the only stuff that can get rid of it. But Lenora and her TR team have been in Anteverse 3 since Tuesday, so it might be a while. [email protected] We need to raise the priority on that. That webbing grows way too fast. In another couple of days, we're gonna have a problem on our hands. [email protected] I think Hutton's getting sick of me going over his head to Manse, but if he can't see the problem, then he IS the problem. Leave it to me.

Attachment: webs.bmp

Recipe unlocked: Antethermite

Subject: Yellow Paint

From: Varsha Patel <[email protected]>

To: A. Adegoke <[email protected]>

[email protected] I've been putting this "yellow paint" investigation on the back burner for months now, but Manse asked about it, so I better do something. You did the preliminary assessment. Anything I should know? [email protected] We have zero idea who leaves it there. We've got a dozen more samples at Rise, and credible reports on at least thirty more - which makes the absence of even a SINGLE lead all the weirder. [email protected] The TR team's notes make no sense either. They found it up cliffs, on the edge of buildings, even underwater. Their current theory is it's leading to something, but what? We've wasted how many hours following these trails, for what? I ran composition tests. It's just PAINT. [email protected] Two words: Ordo. Storage.

Attachments: jaune.rip

Compendium entry unlocked: Yellow Paint

Subject: Pluto shots

From: James Bernecki <[email protected]>

[email protected] Here are those images from Roamer probe - note these are classified Tier 3, and should be treated accordingly. They have no idea we have these.

Attachment: roamer.tif

Subject: More 091 Mat

From: Varsha Patel <[email protected]>

To: Marta Havel <[email protected]>

[email protected] Marta, I'm doing some work on high energy EM emitters for Frake, and need more of that material produced by 091. Do you have a supply? [email protected] There may be a delay on that, Varsha. The 091 produces the "essence" you're describing when you bombard it with x-rays while it's roaming. Unfortunately, it tends to disappear shortly afterwards. As you can imagine, this creates containment problems. We can either coax it to produce, or keep it contained, but we haven't yet figured out a way to do both. Working on it.

Attachment: xray.rip

Compendium entry unlocked: Leyak

Subject: New seeds

From: Petra Peters <[email protected]>

To: Ru Tang <[email protected]>

[email protected] Ru, I just got handed an R-3 for something called "Greyeb seeds". You know anything about this? [email protected] Yeah, they're new. Looks like they've got hyper-autonomic properties. I told Manse you'd be the best one to investigate them. [email protected] Where are they coming from? [email protected] Tengku's got some new teleporter, beams samples direct from the Flesh Dimension. [email protected] Excuse me, the what? [email protected] That's what they're calling it.

Attachment: fleshdimension.jpeg

Compendium entry unlocked: Ru Tang

Subject: Where is IS-0010?

From: Z. Fayad <[email protected]>

To: Fyodor Verkenov <[email protected]>

[email protected] Hey Fyodor, I was supposed to be running PSM tests on IS-0010, but ... it's not there. Did someone check the Shard out and forget to fill out the form!? [email protected] Dr. Hammond took it to cold storage for some low-temp work. I said it was fine. We'll catch up on the paperwork, we're on a deadline. Box-ticking stuff like PSM can wait.

Subject: Goodbye IC

From: T. R. Enderson <[email protected]>

To: Derek Manse <[email protected]>

[email protected] The arguments around immurement designations were getting totally out of hand with constant mixups between I.C. and I.S. So I've made a decision with the approval of Keystone. All subjects are now to be referred to as Immurement Subjects (I.S.) in all scenarios. Please make sure you update all internal documentation. I've also sent around a memo to the other relevant facilities (incl. Leaf and Haunch.) The painters are re-labelling the affected cells on Monday. [email protected] Well, that is your prerogative. Hopefully this won't cause any of our research to get lost in the shuffle.

Subject: KIZZ Stickers??

From: T. R. Enderson <[email protected]>

To: Petra Peters <[email protected]>

[email protected] Who keeps putting these KIZZ COLA stickers all over the place? [email protected] That would be Dr. Stern. He's been using the decal printer in the labs. He's a big fan of the drink. [email protected] Is this kind of obsession one of the side-affects when drinking KIZZ? [email protected] This kind of obsession is one of the side-affects of being Dr. Stern. If you didn't want people to drink it, you shouldn't have left it in the hallway. [email protected] Look, Petra, I think we've been clear about this, or as clear as we can about Jura-level subjects. It has 'decided' it lives there. We destroyed an entire hallway, and it just moved to a new one. If we demolish every office-like hallway in Australia, it would probably just turn up in New Zealand! The safest course is to let it stay where it is, educate people on its effects, and discourage use. [email protected] Good luck educating Dr. Stern.

Subject: Shouldn't exist

From: Varsha Patel <[email protected]>

To: Sarah Frake <[email protected]>

[email protected] I reviewed the results for 0169, and I think they're correct, but I just don't see how it's possible. [email protected] What specifically? [email protected] Where do I start? The material is immensely strong. Nothing we've got can break it. It's some kind of phosphorous alloy, according to spectrography. But it weighs nothing. It's like it's not even there. No space time presence at all. Almost as though it's only partly in this dimension. [email protected] Have you had a chance to study 0052? [email protected] Not yet - but this is different. If you push it, it just moves until it hits something. Zero friction, zero inertia. It's a piece of something, I'm sure of it. Some kind of vehicle? [email protected] Am I to take it, Varsha, you think you've found a piece of a spaceship? [email protected] Actually, yeah, it's out there, but as a hypothesis, it fits all the observable results. I just wish I knew more. [email protected] Get used to that feeling.

Attachments: debris.jpeg

Compendium entry unlocked: The Fragment

Subject: Get rid of it

From: D. Oshry <[email protected]>

To: Derek Manse <[email protected]>

[email protected] While visiting Cascade last week, I was given a tour of the primary containment chamber. Let me be very clear: things like IS-0513 should not be stored at ANY of our facilities. I'll talk to Keystone if this doesn't change. I want it GONE. [email protected] I apologize for the discomfort caused by the presence of IS-0513, but as GATE's Research Director, I remind you that we secure these things for the EXACT reason you're emailing me right now. We can't figure out what exact property is at play here, but you seem rather susceptible to its effects. In short: we all hate it, but we can't let that stop us doing our job. [email protected] I understand what you're saying Derek, but there's something very wrong with that thing. You can feel it. Frankly, I can STILL feel it. [email protected] The effect should fade - try to think about something else in the meantime. I've forwarded you some of our trainee reference for breaking soft c-hazard links. It should fade quickly given you're all the way in NYC.

Attachment: REMOVE.jpeg

Compendium entry unlocked: The Hate-Inducing Table

Subject: ZOMBIES

From: T. R. Enderson <[email protected]>

[email protected] To all staff working on the A16 viral programme: You are NOT to enter the research area unarmed. Whether you're undertaking virological study here at Cascade, working in A16 itself, or doing field research on its unfortunate outbreak in A23, you must carry self-defense equipment at ALL TIMES.

Subject: LIFECYCLES

From: Katherine Pendleton <[email protected]>

To: Idris Manbanko <[email protected]>

[email protected] Okay, I'm certain: 184 is the final stage of the life cycle. It starts as 171, which metamorphizes into the little hoppers. That then gestates in those hyper-elastic pupal pods I showed you... Or sleeps in them? I don't know yet. Anyway, then it emerges as 178, then grows into the adult, for lack of a better word. It just happens a lot faster here than it does in A2, as we're seeing. [email protected] I get that. But even so, doesn't it seem a little too perfect? I've been thinking about it. There's some really weird cellular architecture, like the favorable binucleation. Extremely hard to imagine how this would have occurred naturally in such a stable form. [email protected] It's complicated, but so are we. Their evolution must be selecting for a variable we haven't considered yet.

Subject: Curie Stairs

From: Stanley Rein <[email protected]>

To: Derek Manse <[email protected]>

[email protected] Hi, Stanley from janitorial. Something is very wrong with the supply closet under the Curie stairwell. I can't explain it. Can someone from CONT go check it out, please? [email protected] We never go in there. I'll take a look, but I'll need to get some keys first. [email protected] Stanley, when did this start? That was unbearable. Has anyone else noted this? Come see me immediately, I will need a full list of persons who have access to that room. This must be a side-affect from a nearby IS. This should have been reported sooner. [email protected] INBOX AUTO-RESPONDER: Mr. Rein is on medical leave until further notice. Please send all janitorial inquiries to Mr. Beckett.

Subject: Purple Dust

From: Idris Manbanko <[email protected]>

To: Petra Peters <[email protected]>

[email protected] I've been meaning to request a sample of the 'dust' from IS-0139, but I wasn't sure who to ask. Did you have some on hand or do I need to file an excursion request? [email protected] No need, I've got some. I'll have Tang send it over this afternoon. [email protected] Thanks! Received. This is fascinating. The way it glimmers constantly is mesmerizing. Haven't gotten it under a microscope yet, but I will soon. [email protected] So, did you get it under a microscope? [email protected] AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH [email protected] Yeah, Tang had the same reaction.

Attachment: Dust.nap

Compendium entry unlocked: Crystallisk

Subject: Ichor power?

From: Z. Fahad <[email protected]>

To: A. Adegoke <[email protected]>

[email protected] Dr. Laciter was asking about using the fluid from 121 as a power source for generating perforations. Honestly, Abeni, talking to him makes my head spin sometimes. But maybe it could work? [email protected] The instantaneous energy from the 'ichor' is beyond anything we've ever seen. It operates on an entirely different scale. Unsurprising, I suppose, given 0121's origins. So yes, I believe there is value in using the fluid to open portals, but he has to be EXTREMELY careful. If something went wrong, it would go VERY wrong. [email protected] I'll tell him to be cautious, and use one of the smaller portal generators for his experiments. Shouldn't be a problem. He already treats the one at the top of the lift chamber like it's his own personal workshop.

Attachment: scaleref.pcx

Compendium entry unlocked: Tarasque

Subject: Where's the data from?

From: T. R. Enderson <[email protected]>

To: K. Minnick <[email protected]>

[email protected] Before we increase the range of our perforation experiments, I have to ask you one thing: where is Garrick getting her technical information? No-one I'm aware of is researching this. So how is she getting these co-ordinates? [email protected] Look, this is her show. All of it. And we've all got questions. That's our job. But don't expect an answer to that one. No-one knows where she gets her deep end data. My guess? The Contractors. [email protected] Christ. Can we trust it? [email protected] With our lives.

Attachment: how.tif

Compendium entry unlocked: Dr. Annette Garrick

Subject: Seriously?

From: Katherine Pendleton <[email protected]>

To: Idris Manbanko <[email protected]>

[email protected] We're calling them zombies? Seriously? Isn't that a bit... cliche? [email protected] Can you think of a better word, Kathy? Or do we just pretend they're something else, like we've never watched Night of the Living Dead? [email protected] Yes, it would make me feel better about the whole situation. [email protected] Braaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaains [email protected] If you do that to me again in the restroom I swear I will shoot you with 099. This project is fraying my nerves enough as it is.

Subject: The data you wanted

From: Suan Tengku <[email protected]>

To: Fyodor Verenkov <[email protected]>

[email protected] Sorry, Fyodor, you asked for this abstract on 0052 a week ago, but getting 0107 out of here took every minute! Anyway, here's the data on the cube: - Located: Anteverse VIII, Feb 1989 - Classification: Relativistic device - Effect: Reduces local gravitation - Operation: (We're just guessing here) some kind of permeable graviton membrane. We've done our best to look into this thing, but we just don't have the tools. No-one's sure what the 'right' tools are yet. Anteverse VIII is ... well ... you know it's like.

Attachment: cube.bmp

Compendium entry unlocked: Gravity Dampener

Subject: You need to see this

From: Daniel Janek <[email protected]>

To: Derek Manse <[email protected]>

[email protected] You asked for an update on 0014. We've started calling it the Time Brake, because frankly, that's what it is. Bear with me. If my assessment is correct, it's a device for low mass temporal distortion. Whoever created this found a way to induce near-singularity intensity distortions of local spacetime at close to zero density. I'm sure I don't have to tell you what this means. [email protected] No, what you need to tell me is that you've found a way to emulate it. [email protected] I don't want to put this in an email. Come see me in C Block when you get a moment. You're going to love this.

Subject: RE: Forget it

From: Marta Havel <[email protected]>

To: Michael Hutton <[email protected]>

[email protected] We got the mass-spectrography results back on IS-0017. It's teak from India, around Pondicherry apparently. But it's heavily permeated with salt, likely from the North Atlantic, suggesting it was used in maritime building. [email protected] So it's from a ship? What else? [email protected] I spoke to Yung about it, and she said something interesting. It makes people forget, right? She suggested it could be imprinted with something, a force we're not detecting, but embedded by an event so traumatic that it became part of the wood. [email protected] Is there any evidence for this? Or is it another one of her 'feelings'? [email protected] Well, maybe "interesting" is the wrong word, but it's the only theory we've got right now. We've dealt with weirder concepts.

Subject: IS-0023 + 0121

From: Hilda Dixon <[email protected]>

To: Lenora Riggs <[email protected]>

[email protected] I've been reviewing research on IS-023 and 121. We don't really know how big they're going to get. The Tarasque, as you called it, just seems to keep growing. I feel like we're really going to need to see some other specimens from A42 if we're going to make progress here. [email protected] That's Gatekeeper territory, Hilda - I've assisted on GK TR missions, but A42 isn't somewhere I go unless I absolutely have to. [email protected] I understand. Lord, I'd hate to see their lice!

Subject: The Worst One

From: Dayton Lansky <[email protected]>

To: Greyson Isling <[email protected]>

[email protected] I've decided which one it is. [email protected] Which what? [email protected] The worst one. [email protected] Oh, right. Which one? [email protected] It's 101. [email protected] That one doesn't count. [email protected] Why not? [email protected] We don't actually know where that one is. [email protected] Exactly, that's the worst part. [email protected] You're gonna have to spell that one out for me. [email protected] We sent out a message - an actual physical invitation - asking intelligent E.T. to contact us, but then when they DID actually reply those bastards intercepted it. Just stole the whole message somehow. No-one can prove they did it, but everyone's too scared to admit it happened because of how bad it makes them look. It's the perfect crime, except they're not just screwing over the entire human race. They're screwing another race of creatures we've never even met yet. Worse, the rumour is that it's made of stellar matter, so even if we did get our hands on it, we couldn't read it. [email protected] I still think 107 wins. [email protected] Not in our lifetime it doesn't.

Subject: VHS Findings

From: Alice Mayfield <[email protected]>

To: Moira Shepherd <[email protected]>

[email protected] I've completed my analysis of the IS-0235. It appears to subsist on high contrast magnetic recordings. Copying the tape reproduces the entity, but any changes in the original are replicated in the copy. This leads me to believe they are essentially the same entity. In informational terms, they are identical. [email protected] What about the previous sightings? [email protected] We have no idea how it arrived in that specific Simpsons episode, but it seems to have disappeared from previous locations (e.g. Flintstones Season 2, Episode 32). This leads us to believe that 0235 is the same, continuous entity throughout all sightings. [email protected] Fascinating. Have you had any luck getting it to move? [email protected] Not so far. It's modes of movement remain uncertain. I've even tried shifting the show to black-and-white, but that just seemed to make it sick. I can't risk damaging such a unique entity.

Attachment: htheretic.jpg

Compendium entry unlocked: Tape Wisp

Subject: Hot Stuff

From: Katherine Pendleton <[email protected]>

To: Suan Tengku <[email protected]>

[email protected] This new region of Anteverse 2 that Dr. Laciter opened up - Lenora says it's completely different to the first. It's intensely hot, for one thing. And have you seen that gel she brought back? [email protected] Are you kidding me? It was magnificent. We were looking for something to clean off that weird growth they've been struggling with in Labs. We mixed that A2 gel with some nitrate and iron and it burns through ANYTHING. It's 97% efficient oxidation! [email protected] The entropy delta is extraordinary. I visited the test chamber above the Megalift, it's incredible. I can't believe he works without protective gear. He also noted some spores were taking root... We need to keep an eye on that.

Attachment: gel.bmp

Recipe unlocked: Antethermite

Subject: NO SINGING

From: Derek Manse <[email protected]>

To all research staff: due to the difficulty in containing IS-0078 and it's highly infective nature, all research on this subject is suspended in the interests of staff safety. Please do not mention or attempt to describe this subject to any other staff member. Do not hum, sing or whistle an impression of IS-0078. Thank you for your cooperation.

Subjectum: area secured

De: Legate Cornix Tria

Legate Cornix Tria The facility's Control Center is ours. Be aware, their legions are not without resources, and the victory came at a cost. A quorum of our bretheren were martyred against one of GATE's heavy condottieri, that which wielded some manner of dark protection. Thankfully, these paganites have not penetrated this area in large numbers and have retreated to the Keep. The way is barred. We investigate every passage. Time will reveal unto us the way.

Furniture Store

Subject: Am I crazy?

From: S. Frenkip <[email protected]>

To: Hanok Berl <[email protected]>

[email protected] Hanok, what's going on? I ran into a TR team member this morning - here in Boston - but didn't recognize her. I didn't even realise they were still operating. She seemed quite disoriented, and asked about the state of things 'in this anteverse'. I told her, because her clearance checked out. Am I crazy? [email protected] We don't have any TR on active deployment. I mean, have you seen what's happening out there? Don't beat yourself up, but yeah, sounds like the stress is getting to you. [email protected] Danise saw her too! We're not messing around. We're looking at something new here. She didn't know about the invasion. She hadn't even heard of the IS-0102 infection. Is it possible there's some kind of... crossover? You ever hear of anything like that? [email protected] Don't get any wild ideas. I see what you're suggesting, and I'll mention it to Inderson, but people have got bigger problems right now.

Security Sector

Subject: VIPs

From: Rutger Strauss <[email protected]>

[email protected] TO: DEFENSE TEAM Ensure LARGE SURFACE ELEVATOR is clear in advance of Executive Committee arrival tomorrow morning. No Defense Team activity in the area between 11:00am-12:00pm. All urgent transit between those times should take place via TR facilities.

Subject: Were you detected?

From: Rutger Strauss <[email protected]>

To: Hilda Dixon <[email protected]>

[email protected] Hilda, This report on 042 is gobbledygook. I only need to know one thing: was the Reubens exchange undetected? Can you confirm this? [email protected] Rutger, It's all in there if you look. We gained access to the MDP, replaced the item and removed the original. The security was laughable and certainly nothing Lenora couldn't handle. The work is in our possession, they're oblivious. Weird dog aside, it's actually a very impressive piece. You should drop by Containment and take a look sometime. I'd love to show it to you. [email protected] Apologies if this sounds dismissive, Hilda, but I've got better things to do than look at a painting of a weird dog. [email protected] Curiosity killed the cat, huh?

Attachment: rovingmutt.tiff

Subject: Targets

From: Richard Moyer <[email protected]>

To: Rutger Strauss <[email protected]>

[email protected] Rutger, I was at the Security range on Tuesday, and I couldn't help noticing something that the targets on the gun range all have labcoats. Why is that, exactly? [email protected] This falls into the 'I'll do my job, you do yours' category, Richard.

Subject: Clean it up!

From: Richard K. Moyer <[email protected]>

To: Bridget Badwell <[email protected]>

[email protected] The state of the Security Sector's's storage section is a serious problem. Some are of almost high tech gear, components, and cryptographic equipment, just piled up everywhere. Anyone could just walk in, grab something, and do anything they wanted. Can we at least shut it behind some doors? [email protected] I'm aware of the situation, Richard, and will do my best to get it sorted shortly, but we've got a lot of staff on leave after the 59 recovery, which was your suggestion, if I recall. You'll have to excuse me if it hasn't been ‘high priority’. [email protected] There's a lot of stuff in those crates that I would call extremely 'high priority.' [sic] Consider reassessing your priorities.

Attachment: STORAGEMESS.JPEG

Subject: Shadowgate

From: Derek Manse <[email protected]>

To: M Durand <[email protected]>

[email protected] As Research Director at Cascade, I have the right to inspect subjects at any GATE facility. However, I am being stalled and impeded in conducting my investigations into subjects held at our Intrados Facility. I have received no IS designations, or even confirmation of the exact number of subjects in their possession. The so-called contractors seem to think they operate outside the protocols of this organization, but I require access immediately. [email protected] I will enquire directly with Intrados administration, Dr. Manse, and confer with Miss Garrick when she returns from her own research trip. You are not the first to express difficulties. Expect to hear from me shortly, but don't expect a welcome mat.

Subject: RE: Data Leakage

From: Bridget Badwell <[email protected]>

To: Rutger Strauss <[email protected]>

[email protected] Rutger, I got a report from one of the data analysts on Moyer’s team. She claims she's detected some kind of ‘leakage’ in our data network. Could be worth looking into. I'm concerned someone may be trying to monitor our communications. [email protected] Get her data immediately. Lock it down. Run GISP. Tell her if she talks about it with anyone else she's fired. I'll fill you in later.

Attachment: EVIDENCE.BMP

Compendium entry unlocked: G.I.S.P. 3.2

Subject: IS-0059 material

From: Suan Tengku <[email protected]>

To: Marta Havel <[email protected]>

[email protected] Marta Need this sample assessed urgently. IS-0059 appeared while we were testing Varsha’s x-ray system, and it accidentally strayed into the beam. It dropped this material I've sent to your lab. It seems to be emitting blackbody radiation, but I need more data. Please be extremely careful. [email protected] This is incredible. Thank you, Suan. I'll get back to you as soon as I can.

Subjectum: Novum Rift: Canaan

De: Divinitor Altussi

Ex: Praetor Nomon

Divinitor Altussi Praetor, it seems the prometheans have unwittingly revealed the location of a Lodestone. They established a Rift with no inkling of what they have unearthed. The Rift is in their Particle Lab, near their bestiary, but we have not been able to reopen it. The adjoinment seems to require a biological activation. Inquisitors investigating suggest that GATE have harnessed growths from the dimension of sleep. The Reaper's shade plant and coiled vines carry a worldbridge within them. We can utilize these to restore the rift. Inquisitor Malanaki disinterred data indicating that GATE dispatched an expedition to the Lodestone's location. He interprets their psychobabble to imply they have encountered a sect of soi disant Bogomils, who worship the artefact. If this is so, it is only be a matter of time until these meddlers discover the Lodestone, and thence its origin. I submit, this would be disastrous. Please advise your desired course. Praetor Nomon Divinitor, tu bene. We are aware of this sect. Their creed flow from the same font, but riven from all sense or proportion. Directionless, their patriarch is devout, all perceivable virtues of a humble saint, but this theodicy is indistinguishable from mania. However, take comfort. GATE’s discovery perhaps to our advantage. We must also observe penitence: they located what we had lost. Let me retrieve the Lodestone, then relieve them of that burden before they determine its provenance. Their investigations into such an object would be akin to flashing a beacon to the cosmos. We cannot allow them to examine it closely. It cannot be permitted.

Attachment: NIKETAS.BMP

Subjectum: Perierunt

De: Divinitor Altussi

Ex: Praetor Aggasi

Divinitor Altussi I regret to report that Inquisitor Sydyk has failed to return from his foray through the Rift to the suspected Lodestone XVII site. We believe he has joined the perierunt. Nos recordabor. Praetor Aggasi As I comprehend it, our ignorance is threefold: our bretheren’s fate, the fate of Lodestone XVII, and how to reactivate the Rift. This is deeply troubling, and in the final account, unacceptable. Resolve this or it will be the annulled you join, not the perierunt.

The Night Realm

Subject: re: A39

From: Hilda Dixon <[email protected]>

To: Bridget Badwell <[email protected]>

[email protected] Hi Bridget Sorry I don't have a lot to give you. Read the full report for yourself, but the key data is: - We have not been able to open a stable perforation to Anteverse 39; we've had to rely on those 'created' by IS-0059. - There were no reported manifestations of either IS-0059 or portals to A39 before our first onsite perforation experiments; Dr Shepherd's analysis indicates incidences are increasing. - Following one such appearance, we dispatched a squad of Gatekeepers through a residual perforation under urgency. We have had no subsequent communications from that squad. - In at least one instance, two staff exposed to the same A39 portal reported seeing entirely different details on the far side, suggesting perceptive subjectivity may be an element here. - There are indications IS-0059 is susceptible to high energy x-rays; Dr. Tengku is investigating. [email protected] We've seen this thing nearly half a dozen times, it just APPEARS in the facility at leisure now, and that's all we know?! Dr. Hammond seems to have a much better handle on the situation than you do. [email protected] I strongly contest Dr. Hammond's thesis and methods. He is unrigorous and I only included a summary of his notes out of respect for his work on IS-0010, etc. Drawing conclusions based on little more than mythology is unreliable in the extreme. I would further emphasize that calling A39 a 'purgatory' or the 'latest instance of a recurrent yet chimeric underworld' is entirely without concrete evidence. As to A39 being a 'psycho-nest' built by IS-0059 using living material 'harvested' from external regions, the man is letting his imagination run away with him.

Attachment: psychonest.bmp

Compendium entry unlocked: The Night Realm

Subject: D no m H r

From: <[email protected]>

To: <@gate.shadowgate.internal>

lanretni. this erupted has contagion entire blackness engulf etagwodahs intrusion endless and unholy reviled for night .etag@etomer consumes ourselves

Attachment: spire.ccp4

Recipe unlocked: Night Helmet

Hydroplant

Subjectum: Ex spelunca

De: Legate Aries

Ex: Devinitor Altussi

Legate Aries Divinitor, I salute your planning with this fact: we have secured the facility's Reservoir and Power Plant. We await your assent to move on to the Reactor. How progresses our bretheren in Voussoir? Divinitor Altussi They report success, and will soon have access to the Snowbeast's domain. Once this is secured, they intend to use the prometheans' portals to make contact with your force. You will be informed. Legate Aries Bonum erit.

Subjectum: Confirm in loco

De: Legate Aries

Ex: Sagittari Lux

Legate Aries Take a squad of your fratres and seek alta terra. Arrange yourselves for undique coverage, but we do not expect sustained threats from the after. You have full authority to free souls. Sagittari Lux Bonum, Legate. We are positioned. The apostates and their demons will be given unto judgement.

Shadowgate Inquiry

From: Derek Manse <[email protected]>

To: T. R. Enderson <[email protected]>

[email protected] Do you have any information about the entities currently immured at Intrados? I believe the Gatekeepers are containing something unprecedented there. If the being is what I believe it to be, they are in possession of an extraordinary lifeform - although this word is barely sufficient for such a creature. Hell, even 'creature' isn't the right word. [email protected] I have no direct access to Intrados or its subjects. You are aware of this. Derek, are you trying to deliberately be obscure? [email protected] No, apologies. I just have very little information. Getting data from that facility is like pulling teeth. However, I'm working on it. In fact, if I have my way, I'll be visiting there shortly. [email protected] Alright, keep me posted. And Derek, I would encourage discretion and CAUTION. The GK won't appreciate your presence. You know how weird they get around entities like that.

Voussoir

Subject: Official Request

From: Derek Manse <[email protected]>

To: M. Dubois <[email protected]>

[email protected] This is an official request for access to study IS-0134. I require access to its immurement location, any existing research, all relevant safety systems, and contractor support if/as required. [email protected] Hello Derek - we're processing your request. IS-0134 is a high-risk subject, so getting everything lined up may take a while. In the meantime, I'll send you Dr. Moreau's materials research. We hope you find them interesting. [email protected] You've had 134 for almost 2 years, and this is everything you've got? [email protected] To say that studying the creature is a 'challenge' would be an exceptional understatement. You'll see soon enough. Assuming your request is approved.

Reactors

Subjectum: Conturbatus

De: Legate Cornix Tria

Ex: Praetor Nomon

Legate Cornix Tria Praetor, I must report troubling activities among the Inquisitors. It appears they are taking excessive liberties with the knowledge afforded them by their access to GATE's equipment. Quidem, I believe they possess a dangerous sympathy with the workings and dire purpose of this facility. Only this morning, I discovered they have been utilizing the promethean's rift transport without authorization They claim to be pursuing the maior finis of our order, but I have formidable doubts. Prateor Nomon I fathom your fears, Legate. The Inquisitors must, by their very nature, pursue their tasks at the limit of acceptable investigation. But you are also trusted to determine where this line sits at any given time. They are precious resources, but not, in the final estimation, indispensable. If you must make an example, do so.

Subjectum: Pugna Pergit

De: Legate Aquilae

Ex: Praetor Aggasi

Legate Aquilae It is a stygian wasteland, yet they defend it like demons. Praetor Aggasi When you triumph, all the greator will be your return to Nabataea.

Subject: I heard something

From: Lionel Simmons <[email protected]>

To: Jan Keiriss <[email protected]>

[email protected] Hey Jan, do you remember asking me where I thought GKs came from, where they found them? [email protected] Yeah, vaguely - I always assumed they had some secret cabbage patch at Intrados. [email protected] Well, I was in a gear design meeting for the Gatekeepers with some Synaptics folk and Ives was in the call, too. He mentioned that they recruited 'technicals' out of West Africa, but also something about a place near Sinclair, Wyoming. [email protected] Is that it, Lionel? [email protected] Yeah, the GKs don't exactly hand out recruitment brochures.

Subject: Your Runes?

From: Bridget Badwell <[email protected]>

To: Chalice <[email protected]>

[email protected] Chalice, please tell me, I'm rather curious. Why did you carve defense runes onto the shoulders of the Field Bot we loaned you? [email protected] he asked [email protected] I'm sorry, who asked you to? Was it Altar again? I thought he sorted out his 'issues with rank' awhile ago. [email protected] the robot [email protected] We haven't had any speech software installed on F13 to the best of my knowledge. Do you mean 'he' indicated it in some way? I need to remind you that you can't be customizing the loaned equipment when you get bored out in the field, the Field Bot has to perform some very specific maneuvers and I don't want you jamming up his servos or breaching any cabling by accident. [email protected] just ask him

Subject: Who thought this was a good idea?

From: K. Hill <[email protected]>

To: Stewart Wakeman <[email protected]>

[email protected] I know it's not going to change anything, but I'm tired of our sectors being used as a holding pen for whatever Gatekeepers dragged from God-knows-where. As if keeping it down here makes it "safe"? And now these bots! What happened to them? You let Gatekeepers take those units on a few missions, and they come back looking like they've been reprogrammed by gremlins! [email protected] If you're not interested, ignore them. They're proving highly useful to the Gatekeepers, and we're looking into the specifics of their adjustments as I type this. [email protected] I should have guessed you were involved, Stewart. I know you'll say its "all science", but you're exposing these robots to operative forces we don't fully grasp - hell, you don't even KNOW what the hell happened. And don't even get me started on you-know-who. I still don't know what to think about those upgrade designs for her that you showed me in your Residence quarters last week. [email protected] I have Ms. Muir's complete consent in all of this. You know that.

Attachment: tampering.bmp

Subject: Bioweapon?

From: Idris Manbanko <[email protected]>

To: Katherine Pendleton <[email protected]>

[email protected] There is no question in my mind now. They're artificial creations. [email protected] What are you saying? [email protected] I have a theory. A2 life was designed to be inserted into alien worlds, to reproduce, spread and overrun the territory. [email protected] You're reaching, Idris. [email protected] It's a hypothesis, but it fits the scenario completely. Ask yourself: Would we recognize a bioweapon if we saw one? [email protected] Not if it was any good at its job. [email protected] That's funny. But just imagine if I'm right for a moment. The real question is: Who made them?

Shadowgate

Subject: Guns and Chalk

From: George Lipponen <[email protected]>

To: Roger Benson <[email protected]>

[email protected] Roger, I can't take it anymore. GK Tajik keeps drawing "BLESSINGS OF YIG" on my workstation monitor with bright green chalk. Every time I clean it off, it's there again whenever she's back on site. And I know it's her, it's her favorite color. Why are they always drawing on everything with chalk!? And it's not just that. It's worse. Sometimes when I go to the toilet she is standing outside when I come out, asking me if I've got any of her field paperwork, and then she STANDS OVER ME while I scan it in. Last week while doing this she told me I "smelled like a scientist." And she keeps sitting across from me in the cafeteria. Not at my table, just the table in front of mine. It's CLEARLY intentional. I have to go talk to someone, this is harassment, right? I am starting to fear for my life. - George [email protected] Hah. You know her favorite color? Careful, Casanova. [email protected] Roger, I am terrified.

Subject: Cubes

From: Fane <[email protected]>

To: G. Kelly <[email protected]>

[email protected] What are these cubes in my space? [email protected] Uh... 'Cubes?' [email protected] White cubes. Tall. Plastic. Loud. Someone named Gomez comes in and touches them. He is in my space. The cubes are in my space. I want my space back. Enderson said I could have this space. [email protected] Oh. You mean the photocopiers. Those are for scanning documents and printing out schematics. You need to let Gomez use the photocopiers, Fane. [email protected] I have broken the photocopiers. [email protected] Thanks for letting me know. We'll have someone come clean them up and find a better spot.

Subject: IS-0117

From: T. R. Enderson <[email protected]>

To: Pyre <[email protected]>

[email protected] While I am still uncertain of the precise means by which you secured IS-0117, I extend my congratulations. The little we know is enough to be sure that it represents an extraordinary opportunity. Until further notice, do your best to prevent it communicating on any known mediums. We believe it may attempt contact with other Anteverse 2 entities. In the absence of information, we must assume that this is not the only one of its kind. Indeed, we infer it possesses at least marginal sentience, and is potentially a node in a network of uncertain scope and purpose. Field suppression equipment must be monitored regularly, lest it take advantage of the entropy delta (we must not repeat a Torii event!). We are currently determining an effective research program, but must proceed with caution. The existence of this entity must never become widely known by GATE staff, or the scope of our action will be greatly limited. Ignore all requests for information, let alone access. Until such time as this is concluded, you have one task, and one task only - keep this creature chained up. [email protected] Copy.

To Be Categorized

Subject: Eminence Grise

From: T. R. Enderson <[email protected]>

To: Derek Manse <[email protected]>

[email protected] Derek, I read your latest report, and, if I understand correctly, you believe Anteverse II is - among other things - a testing ground? There is a vast amount we neither know nor understand about the region. I encourage you not to jump to conclusions. [email protected] Review the data and ask yourself: Is it possible there ISN'T an intelligence at work here? Logic and caution demand we assumed, behind all of this, there is an organizing force. Exactly what this is, and what it wants from us, we cannot yet know. But one thing is certain: We have its attention. [email protected] Nothing here is certain, Derek, and you have a long way to go to convince me of your 'thesis'.