The Rise of Jacob Keller

[Leo]

Planet Classified, Classified system

"The files pertaining to a "Project Icarus", which later became "Project Leo", on the Liberty files was downloaded shortly after several members of the research team went rogue. Eventually this group formed a group named "Tainted". The exact meaning of this name is currently unknown." said a man in front of a board of men and women seated around a long conference table. "This group went on to kidnap several men and women from around Sirius. The activity of these members suggests that they were under the influence of Nomad symbiotes. However, around 802 A.S., shortly after the conclusion of the Nomad War in the Nomad systems...they stopped their search. The kidnappings dropped to almost none for a period of two years."

The man brought up a chart and the image of a man who looked to be half Kusarian.

"Leonardo Masuyo. According to the files we were able to recover, this man was once a Blood Dragon with a unique bloodline. His body was naturally able to resist infestation by Nomad parasites for an unknown reason. Tainted for one reason or another, kidnapped this man and from what we can tell, experimented on him. In the period between 803 A.S. and 813 A.S., this man was responsible for the kidnappings of over 300 men and women in the entire sector of Sirius space. What was done with them was unknown, but who ever attempted to stop this man was met with a brutal death. Many here believed he was unstoppable and that Tainted would eventually take over Sirius with whatever sinister devices they were creating to enslave mankind.

"However, 814 A.S. rolls around and something changes in the makeup of Tainted. Leonardo goes missing. Shortly there after, we see their forces mobilize in a frantic search for him. A few months later, he turns up, damn near destroying an entire Tainted base we had been monitoring...completely by himself. It was clear at this point that Leonardo had gone rogue, for whatever reason. He was gunning for the leadership of Tainted. Within the period of one year, he had successfully managed to root out several key agents, killing them, and dismantling their bases. Tainted at this rate, from what we can tell with our surveillance, decided to put Leonardo down...but Leo was waiting for them. Somehow, he managed to get the leaders of Tainted in one place, far away from their base of operations, and used whatever implants Tainted had given him in their experiments to completely destroy the base they were in. The base was approximately 1.2 parsecs from Omicron Minor, the explosion could be seen from the system one year after his disappearance."

The man cleared his throat, adjusting his suit and tie. "Any questions so far?"

One man in a grey suit raised his hand and rose.

"Agent Harris, we have already been over the Leonardo and Icarus information several times both during the events and after, what does this have to do with the current information we are looking to review?"

The man named Harris smiled.

"I am getting to that, sir. One year later from the death of Leonardo Masuyo, another man seemingly re-appeared on the face of Sirius, a man who had disappeared in 792 A.S., a man named Jacob Keller. He had been missing for a period of 26 years. How does a man pop back into existence you ask? This is the theory my team an I have come up with. Jacob Keller was recorded as being found on January 18, 818 A.S. On January 15th of that same year, there was a huge influx of power detected in the very same system that Leonardo Masuyo was killed...a huge power-flux inside a very advanced piece of machinery. A piece of machinery that was created before the Nomads themselves controlled by the very same AI that was apart of Project Icarus and the one we believe was in control of Tainted."

"Are you saying what I think you are saying Agent Harris?" said a man at the head of the table shrouded in darkness.

"I am. Leonardo Masuyo was somehow brought back to life by the AI, Nemesis, two years after his apparent death..."

"I thought we were talking about Jacob Keller, Agent Harris." said the man in darkness.

"Oh, sir...but we are...Leonardo Masuyo...is Jacob Keller."

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You fear oblivion. Yet you forget. The universe remembers every atom of your being. Even dust hums your name in the dark.

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