Internal Memos

[Thexare]

Riley,

We did, but you're not going to be any more comfortable with what we did find than when we didn't find anything. Before I proceed, if we're going to move into Rous, we probably shouldn't keep Crayter out of the loop. That treaty of ours, you know. With some luck, maybe they'll judge the minefield to be too great a hazard for their warships.

Now, the Reyes investigation. We investigated every single person with access to the diplomatic comms, and further investigated their contacts within two degrees of seperation. This was a time-consuming process, thus the slow response. We found nothing. At this point, we decided to work backward, tracing the order for decontamination.

The problem is, it wasn't ordered. It was put in as a direct override, something very few people have the ability to do - namely, the Ministers, yourself, Kane, and Jones.

I know it wasn't me, though we did investigate to make sure my credentials weren't fraudulently used. It wasn't any of the other ministers, it wasn't Kane, and Jones hasn't used his emergency overrides at all - they're just a relic of the initial setup, really, but we keep them active in case of issues that might affect Aquila's equipment in a hazardous way. That leaves only one possibility.

I think Annabella took her 'assure the security of Natio Octavarium' directive a little too liberally. Kelly has a team working on that. Personally, I'll be taking the stairs for a while.

V.