Part 16: Intel - Interval 02

Arsenal Items

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Combat Shotgun

The SHO Series-3 is a manually operated pump-action repeating 10-gauge combat shotgun. It has an eight-round tubular magazine and smooth bore modified choke barrel. While the Series-3 has limited range and penetration and modest rate of fire, it is devastating at close range.

My notes: The Remington 870 chambering larger shells than in real life, as dependable as always. Get up close and the slow fire rate from the pump action won't matter, because what you shoot is going to die.

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Incendiary Grenade

The R3 grenade contains thickened polyphoric agent (TPA), which ignites when it contacts air and burns at approximately 1200 degrees Celsius. The R3 is devastating to soft targets caught within its blast radius.

My notes: If you liked molotovs better than pipe bombs in Left 4 Dead, this is the grenade for you. I'm sure these will be Lazyfire's favorite grenade type. Much more useful than the other flame-based weapon, too, by virtue of actually showing up more than once.

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Napalm Cannon

The Balzer LM10 fires bursts of ignited napalm, making it extremely useful in situations where indiscriminate firepower must be brought to bear on multiple hostiles. Collateral damage when using this weapon is unavoidable. A superior weapon for close-in engagements, though care must be used to avoid operator injury.

My notes: Completely useless. Only dropped by a single enemy in one level, takes forever to actually burn anyone to death, and eats through the twenty shots you get for it like popcorn.

Armacham

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Demolition plan
DEMOLITION TEAMS
Do not place or arm explosive charges without consulting the Demolition Plan and Schedule. This is VERY IMPORTANT. Proper positioning of each charge is necessary to guarantee the collapse of the primary support structure. Likewise, timer delays have been carefully calculated to minimize air overpressure and increase debris fragmentation. Any team found to have deviated from the plan will be subject to termination.
Interval 02 - Isolation - Discovery: Found in a room with monitors above the lobby where the first major gun battle of the level occurs.

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Op guidelines
OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES
1. Records & documents
Stack & burn. Highly sensitive documents (e.g. Level 3 and above) should be shredded first.

2. Computers
Disk drives should be burned and then smashed with a sledgehammer.

3. Medical samples
All biological materials should be destroyed by means of white phosphorous or sulfuric acid.

4. Staff
When disposing of personnel, use the untraceable equipment that has been provided to you. Any personnel neutralized by non-standard methods (e.g., strangulation) should be disposed of according to guidelines for medical samples.
Interval 02 - Isolation - Discovery: Right across from the window where an abomination crawls towards some ATC Black Ops soldiers.

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Urgent warning
Attention All Staff:

This facility has just come under attack by black ops teams under the direct command of Col. Richard Vanek, who is acting on the orders of the ATC Board of Directors. Their objective is to eliminate evidence, which encompasses this entire facility and everything and everyone in it.

Only the main entrance is compromised at this point, so evacuate through any of the emergency escape routes. I suggest barricading corridors leading toward any of the main lobbies to buy yourselves time. Do not attempt to surrender or you will probably be shot.

Genevieve Aristide
President, Armacham Technology Corporation
Interval 02 - Isolation - Awakening: Found in a lab while following Genevieve.

Genevieve Aristide

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I.M. transcript #2
SnakeFist says: Hey
SnakeFist says: Dammit, quit pretending you aren't there. I can see you on the video feed. I hacked the security system.
SnakeFist says: Did you read the report I sent?
Mme_ATC says: I'm busy, Terry.
SnakeFist says: I don't know this Terry person you speak of. Anyway, did you see my conclusions? You know, the part where it says PROBILITY OF SUCCESS: 3% / PROBABILITY OF CATASTROPHIC SIDE EFFECTS: 84%
[Your status is now set to Away.]
SnakeFist says: Bitch
SnakeFist says: bitchbitchbitchbitchbitchbitch
Interval 02 - Isolation - Discovery: Past the soldiers investigating the headless body, in the back of a room near one of the yellow X's.

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I.M. transcript #3
Mme_ATC says: Terry, I was able to complete the attunement process on Michael Becket. I'm sending over his data. I need you to recalculate his correction offsets.
SnakeFist says: Oh, hello GENEVIEVE ARISTIDE. Like I said, this isn't Terry, but I'm sure he'd tell you you're wasting your time AND his. Alma is way out of control. I just finished a comparison against the final readings I pulled from the Vault before Wade let her out. The growth rate is exponential.
Mme_ATC says: So make adjustments.
SnakeFist says: I CAN'T ADJUST FOR THIS. The containment plan WILL NOT WORK, it's just going to make it worse.
Mme_ATC says: You have three hours. Have it ready.
[Your status is now set to Appear Offline.]
Interval 02 - Isolation - Discovery: Shortly after acquiring the Napalm Cannon, near the debris blocking access to a hallway.

Hospital

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Admitting patients
Internal Memorandum

For all Admit Staff:

When admitting a new patient, ensure that all forms are completely filled out and that a copy of the patient's most recent PMT (physical/mental/telesthetic) evaluation report has been provided. Scan the packet and distribute copies as follows:
1) to the patient's assigned surgeon
2) to the patient's assigned caretaker
3) to the Document Management center.
Keep the originals in the labeled archival file folder.

Please limit discussion of individual procedures with the patients to the script provided. If a patient has persistent questions, please flag their file and request the assistance of an RN.

Thank you for your cooperation!
Mr. E. Grafstrom, PhD, MA
Directer of Administration and Operations
Interval 02 - Isolation - Awakening: After the elevator ride, go to the right and look in one of the empty cubicles.

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Check the news
From: Jim Howard
To: Kelly Saperstein
Subject: check the news...

Kelly - if you don't have any patients in the lobby, turn the TV to 22-News. Explains the shaking we felt earlier. Guess we won't be going home any time soon.

I wonder if we'll be seeing any fallout from this... probably shouldn't talk over email - want to get dinner in the cafeteria on break? Page me when you're free.

- Jim
Interval 02 - Isolation - Awakening: Shortly after the slow-mo body drop, in a small room near the next two bathrooms found.

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Diode implants
Dr. York:

Diode implants still sending current at too high a frequency. Patient immediately seized. We don't seem to be able to tune the amps finely enough to gain sensitivity without incurring cellular damage. I think we need to look at increasing the viscosity of the medium. Also, what about additional hormones and supplements?
Interval 02 - Isolation - Awakening: Found on a computer desk shortly after acquiring the Combat Shotgun for the first time.

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Memo: M. Becket
Memorandum
RE: M. Becket, Recovery Room 102

Patient M. Becket recovering from surgery at unprecedented rate. Vitals are nearly back to normal. Dr. York has been paged and should be here as soon as he's done with the final Activation surgery.

If patient wakes up in the meantime, explain that he was medevaced from blast zone. DO NOT LET PATIENT LEAVE ROOM.
Interval 02 - Isolation - Awakening: In a file holder on the wall near the door in the first room.

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Surgical notes
Transcription - Dr. Samuel York - Surgical Notes

The first three Activation surgeries appear to have been a resounding success. The fourth patient, Redd Jankowski, is still in pre-op, but the others are recovering in separate wings to minimize pre-conscious telepathic interference with each other. Once they're fully awake and stable, we'll begin the Attunement process.

Michael Becket in particular is proving uncommonly resilient; we were sure we'd lost him twice on the table, but then he stabilized-through no action of ours, I'm sure.
Interval 02 - Isolation - Awakening: Just before the slow-mo body drop, on a fallen cabinet in a room with no other exits.

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T.A.C. overview
The Telesthetic Attunement Chamber (T.A.C.) is an integral part of the HARBINGER conversion process. By means of diodes implanted during the Activation process, the T.A.C. can modulate a subject's telesthetic signal to attune it to a specified target frequency. The correction offsets are also used in the telesthetic signal amplification process, which extends the subject's telepathic range and intensity.
Interval 02 - Isolation - Awakening: On a railing in the stairwell following the scene in the T.A.C.

Project Harbinger

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Info: 1LT Stokes
Subject Name: Kiera Stokes
Rank: Lieutenant (1LT)
Submitted by: R. Garrison, MD

PARAGON Review scores:
- Physical condition: N/A
- Mental Stability: N/A
- Telesthetic Potential : N/A

Notes:
Subject is not a Harbinger candidate. Military records indicate she is a communications liaison attached to the unit prior to current mission and has worked with the team on multiple occasions previously. G. Aristide has requested we keep her sedated until we can decide what to do with her.

Harbinger Status: N/A
Interval 02 - Isolation - Awakening: In the women's bathroom past the locked room three ATC Black Ops soldiers are trying to smooth-talk their way into.

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Info: 1SG Griffin
Archival FIle: PROJECT: HARBINGER
Subject Name: Cedric Griffin
Rank: First Sergeant (1SG)
Submitted by: S. York, MD

PARAGON Review Scores:
- Physical condition: Outstanding
- Mental Stability: Excellent
- Telesthetic Potential : Above Average

Notes:
Exemplary academic and military service record. Based on mental fortitude, subject has a reasonable chance (I'd estimate 20-25% probability) of enduring the Actualization process without severe cognitive regression noted in failed candidates.

Harbinger Status: APPROVED
Interval 02 - Isolation - Awakening: Just before seeing adult Alma for the first time, down the left hallway and into the right-side patient room.

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Info: SGT Jankowski
Archival File: PROJECT: HARBINGER
Subject Name: Redd Jankowski
Rank: Sergeant (SGT)
Submitted by: S. York, MD

PARAGON Review scores:
- Physical condition: Outstanding
- Mental Stability: Average
- Telesthetic Potential : Above Average

Notes:
Poor academic record and competent military career marred by occasional reprimands. Subject was first identified as potential Harbinger candidate after elder brother, Spencer, was recruited for First Encounter Assault Recon active duty. I don't expect that he'll become a viable Telesthetic Commander, but he could be useful in a research capacity.

Harbinger Status: RESERVE
Interval 02 - Isolation - Awakening: On a counter past a blood-soaked bathroom.

Project Origin

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Evaluation report
Archival File: PROJECT: ORIGIN
Subject Name: Alma Wade
Subject Age: 7 years old
Submitted by: Charles Habegger PhD

EVALUATION:
Since last October, subject has progressed from frequent nightmares to periodic hallucinations and debilitating empathic episodes. She is extremely sensitive to emotional fluctuations in those around her and becomes nearly catatonic with fear in the presence of extreme anger, particularly her father's.

Of special note is that her psychic potential has more than quadrupled since her last evaluation. During the test sequence, attending staff reported auditory and physical hallucinations. The latter ranged from mild nausea to extreme burning sensations in the extremities.

CONCLUSION:
Subject is deteriorating mentally at the same time she's demonstrating exponential increases in telesthetic potency. I recommend that we increase frequency of evaluations to every two weeks instead of every six.
Interval 02 - Isolation - Awakening: When coming across a pair of elevators, enter the vent behind the desk opposite of them and follow it to enter a locked room.