FIREBRAND >> FREUD | SUBJ: Help

[Nodoka Hanamura]

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Origin: BARRIER GATE, CORONADO SYSTEM, CRAYTERIAN SPACE | LOCATION NN-GUID HASH OK
Sender: ANDREW STRUIKAS 'FIREBRAND', CMDR TASKFORPROMETHEUS | SENDER NN-GUID HASH OK
Recipients: FCAPT. ROLAND FREUD, FCAPT TASKFORPROMETHEUS | RECIPIENT NN-GUID HASH OK
Encryption: AGEIRA AES-2048 ENCRYPTION | HANDSHAKE COMPLETE - CONNECTION SECURE
Format: Text
Subject: Help

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Freud.

Yoru's stable but I need your help.

We need you to link up with us in the near future, I'll know as soon as Bride from the Tochigi gets me the details on the RV with the Titania, but we're gonna need all brains on deck here to help wake up Yoru. If With or West ask, tell them you're going to Inverness to check on your sister or some shit. I'll get Bride to fudge your black box records if we have to.

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from: Locksmith
to: Firebrand
subject: Re: Help

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"Commander Struikas."

"I won't refuse to help, but... There's a reason I told you to only contact me if you have no other options. I'm not much of a 'brain,' I'm afraid. I'm no scientist. I'd even be stretching the definition of an engineer. Mechanic would be a more appropriate word for me. Often, when it comes to such delicate, high-tech matters, I can work with them, but I don't always understand what I'm doing. And I can't predict the end result. Something to do with whatever was implanted in my subconscious by Ageira that allows me to do this without theoretical knowledge."

"Therefore, while I'll almost certain that I can help her, I can't guarantee she'll be as she was before."

"With that said... If you still need me, just tell me where to go. Honestly, I think all this secrecy is unnecessary here. I can't imagine the Exarchy would object."

"Let's skip the black box stuff for now."

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[Nodoka Hanamura]

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Origin: BARRIER GATE, CORONADO SYSTEM, CRAYTERIAN SPACE | LOCATION NN-GUID HASH OK
Sender: ANDREW STRUIKAS 'FIREBRAND', CMDR TASKFORPROMETHEUS | SENDER NN-GUID HASH OK
Recipients: ROLAND FREUD, FCAPT TASKFORPROMETHEUS | RECIPIENT NN-GUID HASH OK
Encryption: AGEIRA AES-2048 ENCRYPTION | HANDSHAKE COMPLETE - CONNECTION SECURE
Format: Text
Subject: Help

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I understand, but given Hanamura's guys have had no luck so far, and they literally went through hell to get the intel they have on her hardware, options are pretty bone dry. Especially when the Cohen guy who made her and her sister is pushing up daisies somewhere on New Tokyo.

I won't get into details but when Hanamura's friend came up with nothing, it ended up taking her to a pretty dark place.

Bride says her contact is going to meet us at Newport in the Sigmas. Someone Mieko knows that might be able to help as well. Put our heads together chances are we'll work out *something* that doesn't leave her too scrambled. We'll RV there.

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