Session 27 Report

General Summary

Ashes of Intelligence

Report 27

Related Dates: 207 through 208 of 4,543,626,881

Origin: KC33345L

Destination: IV22357Z
 
Report begins...

This is the twenty-seventh report on the activities of Subjects 4777, 4778, 4779, 4780, 4781, and 4782, along with their relationship to, and interactions with Subject 1. Data for this and all other reports on these subjects have been gathered through mostly secondary and tertiary sources, with only occasional data from the primary sources themselves. As such, these data may be subject to the degradation effects of copying from one source to the next. For full reliability percentages, see the attached charts.

Erratum

It has come to my attention that a detail from Report 26 is incorrect. The source provided faulty information. The source stated that Subject 4780 (designated "Ackers" and referred to as such henceforth in this report) was seen several times moving about in Ado. This led to the conclusion that Subject 4782 (designated "Dwin" and referred to as such henceforth in this report) could not be working on upgrades to him and created the possibility that she was working on LE00023B. However, it would appear that the source exaggerated Ackers's movements. In fact, Ackers was in the workshop with Dwin the vast majority of the time, thereby meaning Dwin could have been working on him and leaving some doubt (though not certainty) that LE00023B was with them. The appropriate reliability charts have been updated along with the source's profile to indicate lower reliability.

Day 207 of 4,543,626,881 (26 Jul of 98 AF in Local Notation)

Before leaving Ado this day, the subjects purchased a metal detector for unknown reasons. They reached Boural that evening and spent the night.

Day 208 of 4,543,626,881 (27 Jul of 98 AF in Local Notation)

The subjects departed Boural in the morning, heading north. Unfortunately, at this time, we have lost track of the subjects' location. It is probable they were headed to the City of Cartoons, though they should have arrived by now. Perhaps they ran into trouble in Durma or Kala, and news hasn't reached us yet. I will updated in the next report.

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Report 28 to follow.

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Origin: LN00666A

Destination: IV22357Z
 
Date: Day 210 of 4,543,626,881

Location: Ado

Interviewee: Bashar Nendhul, proprietor of Nendhul Warehouses
 
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Yeah, they've been through here a couple of times. Rented workshop space from me each time. Number? Number? How many of them? Oh, six. I think. But it's generally just the techie woman and the two synthetics who spend most of the time in the workshop. The others drop off supplies, but don't do any of the actual work. Though last time-- Do you know what work they do? Not exactly. Tinkering with the synthetics, giving them upgrades, that sort of thing. Their last visit was a couple days ago? That's right. Anything unusual about it? Yeah, there kind of was. I was trying to mention it before. I think there was someone else with them. Explain. Well, someone--a woman, I'm pretty sure--was chattering away the whole time. I couldn't tell what was being said, but I can tell you, any time I passed nearby, I could hear her yapping away. Except if I had machinery running of course, but I wasn't doing much at the time. Couldn't it have been one of the others of their group? Meh, maybe, but I don't think so. There's only one other woman, and she's real quiet like. Hardly ever says a word. And this voice didn't sound like her anyway. But you never saw another person? [pause] Please speak verbally, not just gesture. Oh, sorry, uh, no, never saw anyone else. They left three days ago. Do you know where they were headed? North. Other than that, no idea.

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Analysis: The talkative individual could fit the profile of LE00023B, indicating that she might be with the subject and they might working on her. Alternatively, it could be that Subject 4779 is simply more talkative in private with her friends than around others. Follow-up: I searched the workshop and recovered numerous organic residue, mostly hair strands. I have scanned them and am sending the results for DNA analysis.

Date: Day 210 of 4,543,626,881

Location: Boural

Interviewee: Emmee Alain, maid at the Gran Inn
 
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The subjects were here two nights ago? Wha? Subjects? The people we talked about. Oh, them. Yeah, they were here. The one guy slept real late in the morning. Made it real hard to get in there and tidy up before the next guests-- Please stick to questions asked. Yeah, whatever. How many of them were there? Six, I think, but I wasn't really counting. Could've been more. Could've been less. Did you interact with them at all? Only in the morning when they were leaving. I tried to get them to wake that guy up and they insisted it would be fine. He'd get up before they left, and I tried to tell 'em I needed to clean up and I needed him to get his ass out of there. But would they listen? I tell ya-- Did you overhear anything about their planned activities or where they were going? No, not really. Who cares, I say. You told me before-- Oh yeah, there was a mention of a temple or something. What did you call it again? The Temple of Lore? Yeah, that was it. Maybe they were going there.

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Analysis: The subjects are definitely headed north. The Temple of Lore is a probably destination. I will stop in Aula on the way in case they stopped there. Follow-Up: I have recovered further organic samples from their room at the inn. I am sending them for DNA analysis.