ARCTICA (Brief)
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				Title: <strong>ARCTICA (Brief)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Question Mark</strong> on <strong>06-07-2014, 05:18:40</strong>
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				IC Thread (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=208156.0)<br>OOC Thread (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=208157.0)<br>Dossiers (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=208158.0)<br>Interest and Recruitment (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=206965.0)<br><br><hr><hr><div align="center"><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><strong><span class="bbc_u">BRIEF</span></strong></span></div><br><br><div align="center"><strong>WARNING: EYES ONLY, TOP SECRET<br><span class="bbc_u">VIOLATION RESULTANT IN CONSIDERATION OF NATO PENAL CODE A-9912, IMMEDIATE TERMINATION</span></strong></div><br><br><br>There has been an incident.&nbsp; Your timetable has been accelerated accordingly.&nbsp; 0000.06072014 ___ 78.28S106.48E<br><br><br><strong>PLEASE REFER TO:</strong><br><span style="font-size: 7pt;" class="bbc_size">[1]</span> "Scientists Find Life in the Cold and Dark Under Antarctic Ice" (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/07/science/living-bacteria-found-deep-under-antarctic-ice-scientists-say.html?_r=0) -- New York Times, Civilian Journalism<br><span style="font-size: 7pt;" class="bbc_size">[2]</span> Vostok Station Geographical Review (http://www.aari.aq/stations/vostok/vostok_en.html) -- Russian Government<br><span style="font-size: 7pt;" class="bbc_size">[3]</span> &nbsp;Data Packet VOK-20140613-094 (http://www.enterprisemission.com/images/ant2.jpg) -- Vostok Transmission.&nbsp; Attached Text: "ARCTICA"<br><span style="font-size: 7pt;" class="bbc_size">[4]</span> "International Space Station Gets Life Extension Through 2024" (http://www.space.com/24208-international-space-station-extension-2024.html) -- Space.com, Civilian Journalism<br><span style="font-size: 7pt;" class="bbc_size">[5]</span> "Chelyabinsk Airburst, Damage Assessment, Meteorite Recovery, and Characterization" (http://www.meteorites.ru/menu/publication/popova_ea_2013_science.pdf) -- Scientific Publication [doi: 10.1126/science.1242642]<br><span style="font-size: 7pt;" class="bbc_size">[6]</span> Soyuz TMA-12M Touchdown (http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-121119-soyuz-da.photoblog900.jpg) -- Aerial Photograph, 20 km. N [REDACTED] Kazahkstan, 0201.19062014<br><span style="font-size: 7pt;" class="bbc_size">[7]</span> American Meteor Society Events (http://www.amsmeteors.org/members/fireball/browse_events/?year=2013&amp;state=&amp;num_report=0) -- Attached Text: "600% increase in [REDACTED] events between 2005 and 2013 over continental America.&nbsp; Assumed representative of global rates.&nbsp; Indicative of geometric increase in global meteor landfalls per year."<br><span style="font-size: 7pt;" class="bbc_size">[8]</span> "Abrupt climate change at the end of the last glacial period inferred from trapped air in polar ice" (http://icebubbles.ucsd.edu/Publications/Bolling.pdf) -- Scientific Publication (doi: 10.1126/science.286.5441.930).&nbsp; Attached Text: "Bølling Transition, 14.5 ky B.P.&nbsp; Suggest measurements may be off due to ARCTICA and [REDACTED], adjust +5.5 ky B.P."<br><span style="font-size: 7pt;" class="bbc_size">[9]</span> Summated Post-Analysis Representation of Data Packet ISS/ARC-06212014-00019897 (http://www.taubaauerbach.com/images/static9.jpg) -- Attached Text: "Final Transmission: 'Everything is going to be alright.&nbsp; She found us.'&nbsp; Language: Russian.&nbsp; Security: Null encryption.&nbsp; Risk: HIGH."<br><span style="font-size: 7pt;" class="bbc_size">[10]</span> TUNG-01 (http://cdn.ghosttheory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/tunguska-500x330.jpg) -- Attached Text: "Original photograph, Tunguska, Russia, 07011908.&nbsp; 2.1km from [REDACTED].&nbsp; Note: impact force considerably greater than the Rona Event, likely due to terrain shielding in the latter instance."<br><span style="font-size: 7pt;" class="bbc_size">[11]</span> "Was there a Prehistoric Civilization in Antarctica?" (http://www.stevequayle.com/index.php?s=103) -- Pravda, Civilian Journalism.&nbsp; Attached Text: "Controlled release of information, careful control of public media, and rapid internal responses to infosec breaches allow us to marginalize and 'conspirarize' leaks.&nbsp; [REDACTED].&nbsp; It's easier to swallow a pill than it is to swallow air, and there's no need to shoot the pharmacist." -Czar<br><span style="font-size: 7pt;" class="bbc_size">[12]</span> Modified SR-71, 2nd Generation Spaceplane Mk. X-9, <em>Ao Qin</em> (http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/318/f/0/tripping_the_stratosphere_by_freelancah-d4cgshw.jpg) -- Attached Text: "Recently commissioned, [REDACTED] manufactured the <em>Ao Qin</em> in a remarkably short time.&nbsp; This specific craft was then used in a successful trans-Kármán mission less than two months after closure of the testing phase, crewed by [REDACTED].&nbsp; While some mission objectives were not met, the <em>Ao Qin</em> nonetheless performed far above our expectations."<br><span style="font-size: 7pt;" class="bbc_size">[13]</span> Sketch from Field Notes of Dr. Aimes (http://i934.photobucket.com/albums/ad186/Option2401/image_zps0881d8f5.jpg) -- Attached Text: "Some kind of formal prayer?&nbsp; Certainly possesses spiritual meaning, but what is the message?&nbsp; How are these cities and Monolith related?"<br><span style="font-size: 7pt;" class="bbc_size">[14]</span> "Summary of After-Action Personnel Report for ISS Incident (Operation: DERELICT)" (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=208159.msg10228929#msg10228929) -- Attached Text: "Some amateur stargazers have already noticed discrepancies in the orbit of the 'ISS'.&nbsp; We may not be able to keep this hidden for much longer."<br><span style="font-size: 7pt;" class="bbc_size">[15]</span> "Meteor" (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=208159.msg10242312#msg10242312) -- Attached Text: "IAMTHESEEKERINTHEDARKIAMTHECOLDFLAMEBURNINGTERNALIAMWITNESSTOEONSIAMTHEWATCHEROFTHECONDEMNEDIAMTHEKEEPEROFTHEDEADIAMTHESEEKERINTHEDARK"<br><span style="font-size: 7pt;" class="bbc_size">[16]</span> Mock-up of Mk. VI Tactical Engagement Suit (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=208159.msg10249718#msg10249718) -- Attached Text: "Urban configuration, light kit.&nbsp; Note the AIR-20 rifle and holographic HUD.&nbsp; Currently in regular use by ARCTICA Peacekeepers."<br><span style="font-size: 7pt;" class="bbc_size">[17]</span> "Summary of Operation: ENDGAME Directives" (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=208159.msg10311015#msg10311015) -- Attached Text: "As T.S. Elliot once wrote: 'I will show you fear in a handful of dust.'&nbsp; I always thought he meant that we fear desolation and ruin, but I've been reconsidering this stance.&nbsp; What if we are the dust in the hand, only so many grains plucked from an endless desert, each one infinitesimally insignificant?&nbsp; What inevitable fate will befall us?&nbsp; More horrifying yet, who owns the hand on whose whim we persist?&nbsp; This is awfully depressing, so I always come back to the humorous thought that Elliot was actually referring to holding a handful of TICA... fear in a handful of dust indeed!" -Czar<br><strong>NEW FILE --&gt;</strong> <span style="font-size: 7pt;" class="bbc_size">[18]</span> "The House of Dust: Over the darkened city, the city of towers" (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=208159.msg10319393#msg10319393) -- Attached Text: "Early twentieth century poetry of a decidedly morose nature.&nbsp; I do not feel that this is a threat; given the tense, I think, somehow, impossibly, that it is a lament." -Czar
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				Title: <strong>Re: ARCTICA (Brief)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Question Mark</strong> on <strong>08-07-2014, 17:07:17</strong>
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				<div align="center"><strong>WARNING: EYES ONLY, TOP SECRET<br><span class="bbc_u">VIOLATION RESULTANT IN CONSIDERATION OF NATO PENAL CODE A-9912, IMMEDIATE TERMINATION</span></strong></div><br><hr><div align="center"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="bbc_size">Summary of After-Action Personnel Report for ISS Incident (Operation: DERELICT)</span></div><hr><br><strong>Mission Commander Elliot Ortiz</strong><br><span class="bbc_u">Status</span>: Deceased, COD: presumably asphyxiation via rapid depressurization directly following initial contact<br><span class="bbc_u">Actions</span>: N/A<br><span class="bbc_u">Comments</span>: Body unrecovered, presumed lost during reentry.<br><br><strong>Flight Engineer Ariel Ayo</strong><br><span class="bbc_u">Status</span>: Deceased, COD: blood loss from two gunshot wounds in left shoulder, exacerbated by exposure to vacuum following the compromise of her pressure suit.<br><span class="bbc_u">Actions</span>: Following initial contact,&nbsp; Flight Engineer Ayo performed two EVAs into the Derelict.&nbsp; The first EVA led to the discovery of the [REDACTED].&nbsp; During the second EVA to recover the IOIs, she was shot twice in the chest by an MOI marine while engaged in a firefight and quickly died.<br><span class="bbc_u">Comments</span>: Body recovered from the Derelict.<br><br><strong>Flight Engineer Mikhail Rast</strong><br><span class="bbc_u">Status</span>: Alive, recovering in [REDACTED] from minor injuries suffered during initial contact<br><span class="bbc_u">Actions</span>: Following initial contact, Flight Engineer Rast remained on the ISS and provided logistical support for Flight Engineers Ayo and Iabara.&nbsp; Following Technical Specialist Vaismann's attempted sabotage, Flight Engineer Rast successfully disconnected his tether.&nbsp; He was successfully recovered during Operation: DERELICT.<br><span class="bbc_u">Comments</span>: Rast was separated from the other members of his expedition after initial contact.&nbsp; This is likely the reason he was overlooked by the MOI strike squad.&nbsp; Nonetheless, he should be kept isolated and under close surveillance.<br><br><strong>Flight Engineer Miles Smith</strong><br><span class="bbc_u">Status</span>: Deceased, COD: presumably asphyxiation via rapid depressurization directly following initial contact<br><span class="bbc_u">Actions</span>: N/A<br><span class="bbc_u">Comments</span>: Body unrecovered, presumed lost during reentry.<br><br><strong>Flight Engineer Rebekah Iabara</strong><br><span class="bbc_u">Status</span>: Alive, currently [REDACTED]<br><span class="bbc_u">Actions</span>: Flight Engineer Iabara led two EVA missions into the Derelict.&nbsp; On the second mission, she secured the IOIs while Flight Engineer Ayo engaged the MOI strike squad.&nbsp; [REDACTED].&nbsp; [REDACTED].&nbsp; She was successfully recovered from the Indian Ocean concurrent with Operation: DERELICT, having suffered no injuries from the uncontrolled reentry.<br><span class="bbc_u">Comments</span>: [REDACTED].&nbsp; She is now of vital importance to ARCTICA, for readily obvious reasons.&nbsp; Full disclosure permission requested.<br><br><strong>Technical Specialist Isaac Vaismann</strong><br><span class="bbc_u">Status</span>: Presumed deceased, COD: unknown<br><span class="bbc_u">Actions</span>: Following initial contact, Technical Specialist Vaismann assisted the surviving expedition members in the first EVA.&nbsp; During the second EVA, Vaismann attempted to sabotage the retrieval of the IOIs by [REDACTED].&nbsp; Contact was lost after Flight Engineer Rast severed his tether.<br><span class="bbc_u">Comments</span>: This catastrophic breach of security necessitates a serious reevaluation of our interior information protection and screening&nbsp; protocols.&nbsp; Unfortunately, given the recent events. We must expect similar incidents in the coming days.
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				Title: <strong>Re: ARCTICA (Brief)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Question Mark</strong> on <strong>11-07-2014, 07:01:50</strong>
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				<div align="center"><strong>WARNING: UNAUTHORIZED SERVER ACCESS BY UNKNOWN ENTITY I AM THE SEEKER IN THE DARK.&nbsp; DO NOT INTERACT WITH CONTENTS!<br><span class="bbc_u">VIOLATION RESULTANT IN CONSIDERATION I AM THE COLD FLAME BURNING ETERNAL OF NATO PENAL CODE A-9912, IMMEDIATE TERMINATION</span></strong></div><br><hr><div align="center"><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size">Item 15: "Meteor"</span><br><span style="font-size: 15pt;" class="bbc_size">Photoshop.&nbsp; Credit: Colonel Mikhael Randis (ret.), Moscow, Russia, 2007.&nbsp; Currently in South London Psychiatric Ward</span></div><hr><br><br><div align="center">(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2013/216/9/e/meteor_by_brandonstricker-d6ai470.png)</div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: ARCTICA (Brief)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Question Mark</strong> on <strong>13-07-2014, 05:53:16</strong>
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				<div align="center"><strong>WARNING: EYES ONLY, TOP SECRET<br><span class="bbc_u">VIOLATION RESULTANT IN CONSIDERATION OF NATO PENAL CODE A-9912, IMMEDIATE TERMINATION</span></strong></div><br><hr><div align="center"><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size">Item 16: Mock-up of Mk. VI Tactical Engagement Suit used by ARCTICA Peacekeepers</span><br><span style="font-size: 15pt;" class="bbc_size">Urban Configuration, Light Kit.&nbsp; Note the AIR20 rifle and holographic HUD.</span></div><hr><br><br><div align="center">(http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2014/103/4/5/sifi_soldier_design_by_drzoidberg96-d7e9ccf.png)</div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: ARCTICA (Brief)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Question Mark</strong> on <strong>27-07-2014, 07:10:04</strong>
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				<div align="center"><strong>WARNING: EYES ONLY, TOP SECRET<br><span class="bbc_u">VIOLATION RESULTANT IN CONSIDERATION OF NATO PENAL CODE A-9912, IMMEDIATE TERMINATION</span></strong></div><br><hr><div align="center"><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size">Item 17: Summary of Operation: ENDGAME Directives</span><br><span style="font-size: 15pt;" class="bbc_size">Condensed for Limited Disclosure by Dr. Czeremin</span></div><hr><br><strong>Directive I-A</strong>: ENDGAME is to be used only in extreme circumstances where ongoing methods are no longer sustainable.&nbsp; Possible scenarios include:<br>-- Discovery of additional ARC sites<br>-- Discovery of additional TICA artifacts, including the Monolith<br>-- Catastrophic security compromise resulting in uncontrolled public dissemination of classified information<br>-- An attack on the ARCTICA Initiative<br>-- A determination that our current timetable is insufficient<br>-- Arrival of the Augurs<br><br><strong>Directive I-B</strong>: The decision to implement ENDGAME is the sole discretion of [REDACTED].&nbsp; If he or she is incapacitated, the responsibility falls to the Counsel.&nbsp; If all primary leadership is incapacitated, ENDGAME is to be implemented immediately.<br><br><strong>Directive II</strong>: The primary desired outcomes of ENDGAME are:<br>-- General acceleration of current timetables.<br>-- Massive expansion of resources, manpower, and international participation.<br>-- Reallocation of resources from non-essential to essential projects (see below).<br>-- An immediate assessment and buildup of global defenses.<br><br><strong>Directive III</strong>: [REDACTED]<br><br><strong>Directive IV</strong>: [REDACTED]<br><br><strong>Directive V</strong>: Vostok.&nbsp; All non-ARCTICA activities at VOK will cease.&nbsp; Command structure will relocate to the VOK bunker.&nbsp; Construction of Sirra (Rama) site will commence immediately.&nbsp; Excavation of Sirra will commence once access is achieved.&nbsp; In the event that Vostok is lost, a [REDACTED].<br><br><strong>Directive VI</strong>: ISS.&nbsp; The ISS will immediately begin staging operations for deployment of orbital defenses.&nbsp; If necessary, payloads can be delivered via VOK.<br><br><strong>Directive VII</strong>: Civilian and military contractors.&nbsp; All outstanding personnel, including civilian and military contractors, will be recalled and redeployed as fit.<br><br><strong>Directive VIII</strong>: Information security.&nbsp; Information security is paramount in our mission, but it may need to be sacrificed in order to fulfill ENDGAME directives.&nbsp; Current protocols will remain in place, although primary leadership may override them if necessary.&nbsp; In addition, Full Disclosure may be granted by secondary leadership as they see fit.<br><br><strong>Directive IX</strong>: Essential projects.&nbsp; Ongoing and planned projects are prioritized as follows:<br>(1) Interception of Augurs and AMAL's, especially those near population centers.<br>(2) [REDACTED]<br>(3) Installation of the Orbital Defense Network.<br>(4) Construction of the Sirra (Rama) site.<br>(5) All weapons and defense research.<br>(6) All research related to Sirra.<br>(7) All other items.<br><br><strong>Directive X</strong>: [REDACTED]
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				Title: <strong>Re: ARCTICA (Brief)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Question Mark</strong> on <strong>29-07-2014, 03:29:48</strong>
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				<div align="center"><strong>WARNING: I AM WITNESS TO EONS.&nbsp; DO NOT INTERACT WITH CONTENTS!<br><span class="bbc_u">VIOLATION RESULTANT IN CONSIDERATION OF NATO PENAL CODE A-9912, I AM THE SEEKER IN THE DARK</span></strong></div><br><hr><div align="center"><span style="font-size: 15pt;" class="bbc_size">Item 15: "The House of Dust: Over the darkened city, the city of towers"</span><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="bbc_size">Credit: Conrad Aiken, 1920.<br>Note: Modified excerpt, undergoing analysis.</span></div><hr><br><br>Voices clear and silvery, voices of raindrops,<br>'We struck with obsidian claws, we struck her down.<br>We are the ghosts of the singing furies...<br>A chorus of elfin voices blowing about me<br>Weaves to a babel of sound. Each cries a secret<br><br>Sirra<br><br>I run among them, reach out vain hands, and drown.
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