Part 19: Intel - Interval 05
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Hammerhead
The Armacham HV Hammerhead is the successor to the HV Penetrator. Firing hardened 14mm depleted uranium spikes, the Hammerhead is devastatingly effective against armored targets. Its stability and high rate of fire are offset by its considerable weight.
My notes: A sort of marksman's weapon, the Hammerhead is the successor to the first game's HV Penetrator - a nail gun that was the best and funniest weapon for any range that the shotgun failed at. Kill someone generally close to a wall or piece of level geometry and they will stick to it, physics be damned.
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Pulse Weapon
Armacham's Type-12 prototype fires pulses of superheated coherent energy capable of evaporating the soft tissue of organisms within several meters of the burst. A major shortcoming of the current design is the DPF reactor's limited yield, severely limiting the number of times the weapon can be discharged before it is fully depleted. Pulses gradually decelerate due to atmospheric resistance and destabilize violently after a short interval.
My notes: Imagine the SC-20K from Splinter Cell if it were the BFG 9000 instead of nearly worthless next to its totally-silent and non-lethal underbarrel launcher. Unfortunately, it's a prototype, which means nobody made any extra ammo for it beyond what you're given.
Armacham
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Status report
CONFIDENTIAL: ATCU Mission Status Report
1. Residence of Genevieve Aristide, President, ATC
A. Purge records & computers - INCOMPLETE
B. Detain or eliminate G. Aristide - INCOMPLETE
2. Harbinger Medical Facility and Outer Shell Testing Area
A. Purge records, samples, equipment & staff - COMPLETE
B. Destroy Replica soldiers & Harbinger specimens - COMPLETE
C. Eliminate Harbinger candidates - INCOMPLETE
D. Demolish facilities - COMPLETE
3: Wade Elementary & Paragon Facility
A. Purge records , blood samples, students & staff - IN PROGRESS*
B. Demolish facilities - IN PROGRESS
* Students & staff appear to have perished in Vault explosion
Interval 05 - Provocation - Elementary: Down the second-floor hallway soon after entering the school, sitting on a barricade in front of a door.
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Updated orders
Squads A, B, and C:
Establish fire perimeter around Admin building. We have reports of additional hostiles converging on this location from all over the city, so expect a sustained fight.
Squad D:
Attempt to relive fireteams pinned down near cafeteria. Recover any available munitions from the temporary supply depot and whatever you can scavenge from the dead. We need all the ammo we can scrounge up.
Fall back to Admin to assist in defending once these objectives are complete.
Squad E & Demolition Team:
Rendezvous with Col. Vanek's team at Nurse's Office.
Interval 05 - Provocation - Nurse's Office: Sitting next to the big teal propane cylinder just before entering an elevator.
Genevieve Aristide
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I.M. transcript #4
Mme_ATC says: Are you there?
SnakeFist says: No.
Mme_ATC says: I trust you've got the correction offsets.
SnakeFist says: I already said what I have to say about that.
Mme_ATC says: Let me make this as simple as I can. We are in very deep shit. The Board sent people to kill us. Our only chance of coming out of this alive and on our feet is if we have something to bargain with. If we can contain Alma
SnakeFist says: Which we can't...
Mme_ATC says: DON'T INTERRUPT ME. If we can contain her, the Board will have to negotiate.
SnakeFist says: But we can't contain her.
Mme_ATC says: You said there's a 3% chance that we can. All I'm asking is that you run the numbers again and see if you can improve our odds.
SnakeFist says: I'll think about it.
Mme_ATC says: You'd better think fast. I'm on my way there.
SnakeFist says: WHAT!?!?!?!?
[Mme_ATC appears to be Offline.]
Interval 05 - Provocation - Snake Fist: The desk opposite Snake Fist's in his office.
Paragon Program
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Elevator checklist
Regarding the Nurse's Office Elevator:
INCOMING:
-Prior to scheduled arrivals, ensure all necessary equipment is ready for immediate access.
-Fill behavioral analysis sessions must be transferred to the classroom lab within five minutes.
-All students brought in for testing must be fully sedated prior to descent. Lab assistants should accompany transferring students at all times with an E-kit complete with extra sedative and benzo stick.
OUTGOING:
-Basic lab testing where the student does not awaken from sedation prior to ascent requires no further action.
-All students who awaken in the lab areas prematurely must be treated with a benzo stick (BZp3 or BZp4) to induce short-term amnesia.
-Upon reentry to the main level, students should be awakened, given a treat and escorted back to class by the desk assistant.
Interval 05 - Provocation - Snake Fist: Sitting among the computers at the very start of the level.
Also, hi thread!
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Info: Bluebirds
PARAGON FEEDER PROGRAM: SUBSET - Bluebirds
Students in the Bluebirds test group have been treated with a placebo supplement (N).
Behavioral expectations: standard intelligent child development, with some false positives for psychic potential.
Phase II Results: As expected, with variants within tolerance.
Interval 05 - Provocation - Nurse's Office: Found in one of the cubicles past the one carrying "Info: Ladybugs" after riding the elevator.
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Info: Ladybugs:
PARAGON FEEDER PROGRAM: SUBSET - Ladybugs
Students in the Ladybugs test group have been treated with compound PN5a (R13), a variant on the most recent and most aggressive of the psychogenetic mutagens.
Behavioral expectations: higher cognitive response times, increased psychic awareness, improved psychic control.
Phase II Results: Spikes in psychic ability noted, but control is extremely fragile.
Interval 05 - Provocation - Nurse's Office: After riding the elevator, in one of the cubicles.
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Info: Treefrogs
PARAGON FEEDER PROGRAM: SUBSET - Treefrogs
Students in the Treefrogs test group have been treated with compound PN5b (R8), a variant on the most recent and most aggressive of the psychogenetic mutagens.
Behavioral expectations: higher cognitive response times, increased psychic awareness, improved psychic control.
Phase II Results: Results mixed. Control satisfactory, but overall ability remains unremarkable.
Interval 05 - Provocation - Nurse's Office: Sitting near the windows of a red room after grabbing the keycard and fighting the Remnant from the principal's office.
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PARAGON findings
PARAGON testing Stage 4:
Tests so far look promising for the engineered subjects. Relationship between specified genetic markers and psychic development is proven. Proof of relationship between induced protein alterations and control of psychic manifestations is still pending.
NOTE: Some non-engineered subjects also show signs of improved development under the regimen and should be scheduled for genetic-level evaluation (see attachments).
Interval 05 - Provocation - Snake Fist: On the floor of a holding tank found after Snake Fist mentions the specimens were released.
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PARAGON manual
PARAGON FITNESS and TRAINING MANUAL:
by Dr. Harlan Wade, PhD
Armacham Technology Corporation Military Cooperation Program
CONFIDENTIAL - for OFFICIAL USE ONLY
© 1997. All Rights Reserved.
-- Prologue --
Observed across many generations, evolution is a wondrous process that weeds out infirmity and weakness and promotes diversity and adaptability, but it is also slow, unpredictable, and prone to dead ends. Those of us seeking to advance human potential in a shorter timeframe must take matters into our own hands.
The purpose of the Paragon Program is to identify and cultivate shining examples of the human species that we can propel forward to become superior life forms by means of the Harbinger Project. Put simply, we are seeking paragons of evolution who can lead us into a brighter and better future with the strength of their bodies, the flexibility of their minds, the singularity of their purpose, and the sheer force of their wills.
Interval 05 - Provocation - Nurse's Office: In a cubicle in a room on the opposite side of the hall from the room with "Info: Treefrogs" where the Remnant Principal is fought.
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Supplement notes
Fifth version of PN supplement appears to be having marked effects on both enhanced and non-enhanced test subjects, without the severe side effects of PN4. The more gradual adjustments to cellular protein structures are still swift enough to allow relatively rapid turnaround in test groups. PN6 is currently in development based on these findings.
Interval 05 - Provocation - Snake Fist: Down a ladder near where "Cancellation" is found.
Project Origin
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Cancellation
Archival File: PROJECT: ORIGIN
Subject Name: Alma Wade
Subject Age: 8 years old
Phase VI testing evaluation: See attachment C - 2. Lab and personnel destroyed by spontaneously generated fire that appears to have been generated by subject. Further testing on hold, subject isolated in induced coma.
Phase VII testing cancelled per Harlan Wade. Subject deemed too dangerous and unstable to proceed.
Recommendation: Containment.
Interval 05 - Provocation - Snake Fist: After hearing that Sector 4 is in lockdown, look for a half-opened door marked Chem Lab C-400.
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Recommendations
Project Origin Report #124-6
Submitted by: Harlan Wade
Findings: Samples taken from prototypes grown in vitro display significantly greater psychic capacity than vat-grown specimens.
Hypothesis: While psychic potential clearly has a genetic component, evidence suggests that some amount of additional potency is passed down during gestation.
Conclusion: To ensure highest probability of psychic inheritance, prototypes should be carried to term by subject: Alma Wade (age 14).
Interval 05 - Provocation - Snake Fist: In a glass-covered box in a morgue, shortly after Vanek shouts at his men to stop dying and just kill Becket.
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Test results
Archival File: PROJECT: ORIGIN
Subject Name: Alma Wade
Subject Age: 5 years old
Phase II testing evaluation: Subject's test scores have dipped dramatically. Possible that subject is attempting to disguise her abilities (see attachment A-2 for full test results).
Phase III testing evaluation: Strange side effects have been occurring during subject's testing sessions. Other personnel in the room with her are reporting severe headaches. She also seems to be manifesting telekinetic abilities (see attachment B-2 for full test results).
Interval 05 - Provocation - Snake Fist: On the floor in the main security center room of the jail cells.
Wade Elementary
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Conference request
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Preston,
We are concerned with your son Max's attendance records and progress in class. Max has been absent several times over the last two weeks, and when he is at school he is not participating in required class activities. Specific issues include: refusal to nap at the prescribed time; refusal to eat the class snack; reluctance to be creative during arts and crafts time; deviant behaviors such as attempting to lift girls' skirts and urinating in the cafeteria. The principal would like to schedule a conference with you, along with the school counselor, to discuss options that will encourage Max to behave more appropriately.
Please reply by Monday afternoon. Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Ms. Janice A. Potts
Executive Administrator, Attendance and Records
Wade Elementary - A Good Place for Kids
Interval 05 - Provocation - Elementary: On the floor by the teacher's desk in the first room of the school entered.
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Dress code
To: Principal Saunders
REQUEST FOR INTERVENTION!!!
Despite repeated remonstrations, Dr. A. Mendez continues to parade around the school grounds in thoroughly inappropriate attire. Children and parents are bound to start asking questions if they see the P.E. teacher in a lab coat. Disciplinary measures should be taken ASAP.
Interval 05 - Provocation - Nurse's Office: Upon grabbing the keycard and initiating combat with the Remnant principal, jump through the window into his office to grab both this and "Strange nightmares".
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Event flyer
MEMO: Monday AM - please inform students during roll call
Special event: Thursday afternoon, 3 PM
Speaker: Dr. Marshall Disler
Dr. Disler will speak to students about life in the scientific world, what scientific researches do, and what career avenues are open to those who display interest and aptitude in the sciences. This mandatory special event is produced in conjunction with the Fairport Regional Science Fair. Dr. Disler and other affiliates of Armacham Technology Corporation will be on hand for an hour after the talk to answer questions regarding specific projects and collect blood samples.
Interval 05 - Provocation - Elementary: The second room upstairs after defeating the Powered Armor dropped into the courtyard.
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School attendance
ATTENDANCE:
Mike Andressen (XXXXX)
Kelly Branch (X-XXX)
Leon Brune (XXX-X)
Brian Franc (XXXXX)
Marcy Franc (XXX-X)
Zoe Hasle (X-XX-)
Jennifer Lange (XXXXX)
Soo-Hyun Li (-XX-X)
B. J. Nobbs (XX-XX)
Max Preston (--XX-)
Marcus Redford (XXXXX)
Takeshi Yoshida (XXXXX)
All students missing more than two days in a week must report to the nurse's office immediately upon their return for catch-up supplements.
Interval 05 - Provocation - Elementary: On a shelf in a room you have to pass through, near where "Status report" is found.
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Strange nightmares
Dear Principal Saunders,
I have a concern about my son Zack and daughter Marlene and would be grateful for your insight since I know you used to be a psychiatrist. Both of them are experiencing recurring nightmares that involve being locked in a dark place, prodded with needles, and shown violent images. At first I thought they were conspiring together as a prank, but they seem genuinely affected by these dreams. They can't recall seeing this kind of scenario on TV and have obviously never experienced anything at all like this, so I'm not sure where it's coming from or what to do about it.
Any advice would be appreciated,
Daryl and Janelle Masterson
Interval 05 - Provocation - Nurse's Office: Found in the same room as "Dress code" after grabbing the keycard and beginning combat with the Remnant principal.
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Student essay
Assignment: We are all special in some way. Write down how you feel you are special. What makes you different from everyone else?
What Makes Me Different
by Jennifer Lange
Sometimes I know what other people are thinking. Like if I ask my brother where he hid my Lazy Suzy doll, he acts all innocent but I know it's buried in the kitty litter box. Except one time he hid it in a cake.
Interval 05 - Provocation - Nurse's Office: After finding "Updated schedule", go through the door and check near the projector in the nearest classroom.
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Supplements
INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE OF SUPPLEMENTS:
1. Do not add supplements to foods until cooled to avoid premature breakdown of active ingredients.
2. Supplements are best added to foods with a strong taste.
3. If student begins to hyperventilate or projectile vomit after ingesting supplements, decrease dosage.
ACTIVE INGREDIENTS:
Primary: PN5a (Ladybugs); PN5b (Treefrogs); PN5p (Bluebirds) - 10 mg per serving.
Secondary/filler: Standard Vitamin/ Mineral compounds - 500 mg per serving.
Interval 05 - Provocation - Nurse's Office: After the fight in the kitchen, on a shelf past the door three soldiers kick open to get to you.
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Updated schedule
This week's schedule adjustments:
Bluebirds:
M, T 1pm - Creative Association instead of History
Ladybugs:
M, Th 9am - Core Competencies instead of Reading
T, F 2pm - Free lab hour
Treefrogs:
M-F 9am-3pm Speed Synthesis
(Sorry, Treefrogs, no lunch break this week! Please eat a big breakfast!)
Interval 05 - Provocation - Nurse's Office: Past the destroyed bathroom, found on a shelf behind a projector.