The Rogue Officer

[Hektor]

Hektor, another report from Archimedes

Been awhile. What's our friend Goodman up to now? Still hanging around Bretonia?

no... he searches for a friend, Lieutenant Ashley Taylor... and is being followed by someone most persistent

Mm. Friend or foe?

unsure... though they appear to have an agenda

Well we can't have interference, now can we... though... how did Archimedes dig all of that up? It can't gauge intentions...

Merlin

Show me.

Memories flowed into Hektor's mind, showing Freeport 1. Their access to the comm center there had proven useful to no end, alerting Archimedes to the arrival of various persons of interest. Trace pieces of the bar conversation had been reconstructed, but Archimedes was in range when Merlin transmitted the vision. The intensity of the psychic bleed-through was staggering- even crippling to Archimedes for some time.

Merlin is very strong, even at this age... we must keep a closer eye on him.

the bleed-through is of much concern to us... it is possible it even presents a threat to nearby agents... more research is necessary

We'll have to discuss that another time. For now, we need to clear the skies, so to speak... if Goodman is captured by Kusari, Iseijin may have difficulty securing his release, and things are worse still if this "Izzy" intends to return him to Bretonia prematurely.

your suggestion?

Send a pack of Scorpion drones after her.

is that really necessary?

As usual, probably not. But we're walking a fine line here. They need not kill her, just get her to back off. Besides, I've been meaning to put some of the new modifications to field testing.

we do not believe Eingebung is ready... the complexity of the modifications is too tough on them...

With many, yes. But three... three it will be stable on. But if this works up to its potential, we will have uncovered something most powerful indeed...

as you wish... we shall gather them...

Within the hour, the set of modified Vorzeichen Scorpion drones set out for Frankfurt. For a single human gunboat, there was no word for it but "overkill".

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