Backdoor Summary - Revision history

Scott at 19:53, 13 March 2007

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	==Purpose==		==Purpose==
	This page is intended to collect the exceptionally juicy bits of the [[Backdoor]] excursions. That is a lengthy page to wade through, so it is the goal, herein, to present a Reader's Digest Abridged version. Just the facts, ma'am.		This page is intended to collect the exceptionally juicy bits of the [[Backdoor]] excursions. That is a lengthy page to wade through, so it is the goal, herein, to present a Reader's Digest Abridged version. Just the facts, ma'am.

Scott: tweak tweak

2007-01-06T09:44:06Z

tweak tweak

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	So you've got what you wanted.		So you've got what you wanted.

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	Well, hello again.		Well, hello again.

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	<sigh> You'd better look after your side of the bargain.		<sigh> You'd better look after your side of the bargain.
	It's the only reason i'm doing this.		It's the only reason I'm doing this.
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	===Mild Progress===		===Mild Progress===
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	I saw my dad the other day so, thanks, he told me about everything and... Well I’m, I’m just glad there’s a point to all this; he’s... he’s looking much better... and I suppose that means that you’re happy with how I’m doing, so I’m... probably on the right track?		I saw my dad the other day so, thanks, he told me about everything and... Well I’m, I’m just glad there’s a point to all this; he’s... he’s looking much better... and I suppose that means that you’re happy with how I’m doing, so I’m... probably on the right track?

	I’ve been keeping an eye on the deliveries here, um I don’t think there has been anything funny for weeks now, but , ~~you’know~~, I ''might'' have missed something. There ''have'' been a couple of odd projects coming across my desk though. Nobody ever gets the full picture here, but I’ve noticed some themes in the encryption work I’m doing, for a start it’s pretty advanced, everything’s been marked for ‘quantum’ (which isn’t perfect yet, but it’s about the highest level we’ve got). But <sigh> there are a couple of words that keep coming up too and... well, I <stumbles over words> I don’t have a clear picture of what they mean, but maybe they’ll mean something to you, the sender or the recipient is always called ‘[[Viendenbourg]]’ and there are all these references to ‘the material’ and how much of it they’ve got. I know I’m not seeing all the messages, they spread the work around – ~~you’know~~, security - but only a few of us can handle quantum encryption so I’m seeing a ''fair chunk'' of the correspondence. It just seems odd it needs to be so secret, so... that’s why I mention it.		I’ve been keeping an eye on the deliveries here, um I don’t think there has been anything funny for weeks now, but , you know, I ''might'' have missed something. There ''have'' been a couple of odd projects coming across my desk though. Nobody ever gets the full picture here, but I’ve noticed some themes in the encryption work I’m doing, for a start it’s pretty advanced, everything’s been marked for ‘quantum’ (which isn’t perfect yet, but it’s about the highest level we’ve got). But <sigh> there are a couple of words that keep coming up too and... well, I <stumbles over words> I don’t have a clear picture of what they mean, but maybe they’ll mean something to you, the sender or the recipient is always called ‘[[Viendenbourg]]’ and there are all these references to ‘the material’ and how much of it they’ve got. I know I’m not seeing all the messages, they spread the work around – you know, security - but only a few of us can handle quantum encryption so I’m seeing a ''fair chunk'' of the correspondence. It just seems odd it needs to be so secret, so... that’s why I mention it.

	I’d better go soon, there’s umm, a protest outside the museum and it will take me ages to get past them. Anyway... I can’t think of anything else... nope that’s it.		I’d better go soon, there’s umm, a protest outside the museum and it will take me ages to get past them. Anyway... I can’t think of anything else... nope that’s it.
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	If he dies, you realise that's it. You can do what you like to me - I don't care about '''me'''.		If he dies, you realise that's it. You can do what you like to me - I don't care about '''me'''.

	[[Robert_Drake\|Someone in my block]] got beaten up the other night. He isn't a violent guy; he's a calligrapher. But he just got attacked well f ... nothing basically. Well I think it was random, but I don't think I believe in random any more.		[[Robert_Drake\|Someone in my block]] got beaten up the other night. He isn't a violent guy; he's a calligrapher. But he just got attacked well for ... nothing basically. Well I think it was random, but I don't think I believe in random any more.

	Was it you?		Was it you?

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	Look this is getting seriously dodgy.		Look this is getting seriously dodgy.

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	So this is it. Can't say I'm not glad it's over but, well, one day maybe you can tell me what this was all about.		So this is it. Can't say I'm not glad it's over but, well, one day maybe you can tell me what this was all about.
	I mean, I read the papers - police raids on subway stations - sounds like your kind of thing.		I mean, I read the papers - police raids on subway stations - sounds like your kind of thing.

Scott: /* Audio Logs of Karen Moro */ I like titles.

2006-07-20T07:41:09Z

Audio Logs of Karen Moro: I like titles.

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			===Checking In===
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			===Washing Her Hands===
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Scott: /* Audio Logs of Karen Moro */

2006-07-20T07:35:14Z

Audio Logs of Karen Moro

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	So this is ~~it. Can't say I'm not glad it's over but, well, one day maybe you can tell me what this was all about.~~		Look this is getting seriously dodgy.
	~~I mean, I read the papers - police raids on subway stations - sounds like your kind of thing~~.

	~~We've had a few more deliveries come in since January~~, ~~but still no sign~~ of ~~the mystery man. It's been~~ a ~~different courier each time~~, and ~~they've - they've all looked pretty innocent. The~~ [[~~Viendenbourg~~]] ~~messages are still going backwards~~ and ~~forwards~~.		Last week, [[Lucas Bazeries\|Lucas]] completely cut me out of a meeting, and [[Mansoor]] has been ripping into my white paper and...

	I ~~appreciate~~ what ~~you~~'~~ve done for my dad~~, ~~but ..~~. I'~~ve done my bit~~. ~~That~~'s it. ~~That was the deal. You~~ can ~~go digging around in the tunnels if you like but don~~'t ~~expect me to do any more of your dirty work~~. You ~~told me to stop, so I'm stopping~~.		I'm sure it's not professional, it's personal. They know what we're up to, I swear.
			No I don't, I don't know anything. I'm losing it. Please, I can't be that important. You could get someone else.

	~~Don~~'t ~~ever tell my dad about this~~.		The whole place is shutting down over [[Solstice Gambol\|Solstice]]. You...you could get someone to break in here and I don't know...isotope tag one of the packages and track it you probably do that all the time...what do you need me for?

	~~Over and out~~.		Well, happy holidays.
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	~~Look~~ this is ~~getting seriously dodgy~~.		So this is it. Can't say I'm not glad it's over but, well, one day maybe you can tell me what this was all about.
			I mean, I read the papers - police raids on subway stations - sounds like your kind of thing.

	~~Last week~~, ~~[[Lucas Bazeries\|Lucas]] completely cut me out~~ of a ~~meeting~~, and [[~~Mansoor~~]] ~~has been ripping into my white paper~~ and...		We've had a few more deliveries come in since January, but still no sign of the mystery man. It's been a different courier each time, and they've - they've all looked pretty innocent. The [[Viendenbourg]] messages are still going backwards and forwards.

	I'~~m sure it's not professional~~, ~~it's personal~~. ~~They know what we're up to, I swear~~.		I appreciate what you've done for my dad, but ... I've done my bit. That's it. That was the deal. You can go digging around in the tunnels if you like but don't expect me to do any more of your dirty work. You told me to stop, so I'm stopping.
	No I ~~don~~'~~t, I don't know anything~~. I'~~m losing~~ it. ~~Please, I~~ can't ~~be that important~~. You ~~could get someone else~~.

	~~The whole place is shutting down over [[Solstice Gambol\|Solstice]]. You...you could get someone to break in here and I don~~'t ~~know...isotope tag one of the packages and track it you probably do that all the time..~~.~~what do you need me for?~~		Don't ever tell my dad about this.

	~~Well, happy holidays~~.		Over and out.
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Scott at 07:26, 20 July 2006

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	==Audio Logs of [[Karen Moro]]==		==Audio Logs of [[Karen Moro]]==

Scott: /* Parts Identification */

2006-07-20T07:26:03Z

Parts Identification

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Scott: /* Parts Identification */ sorted, fFormatted

2006-07-20T07:13:52Z

Parts Identification: sorted, fFormatted

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Scott at 06:53, 20 July 2006

2006-07-20T06:53:00Z

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	:''These two items seem like the only bodies with any actual message in them, outside of the inventory and audio logs. And, as you can see, even these don't have a lot to say.		:''These two items seem like the only bodies with any actual message in them, outside of the inventory and audio logs. And, as you can see, even these don't have a lot to say.

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	FROM: [[Hunan Mansoor\|MANSOOR H.]]		FROM: [[Hunan Mansoor\|MANSOOR H.]]
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	faculty without consulting me ahead of time. Behaving as though he can't trust		faculty without consulting me ahead of time. Behaving as though he can't trust
	his own senior fellows. Ridiculous. How long must we put up with this childish		his own senior fellows. Ridiculous. How long must we put up with this childish
	rigmarole?~~</pre>~~		rigmarole?
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			Approached the Master today about begining on an updated and
	revised edition. V. pleased to discover he considers the idea		revised edition. V. pleased to discover he considers the idea
	warmly. He actually said, 'My ideas are in good hands with you,		warmly. He actually said, 'My ideas are in good hands with you,
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	Somehow I expected more of a struggle. V. gracious indeed. He's		Somehow I expected more of a struggle. V. gracious indeed. He's
	not quite the glory-hog SOME people have made him out to be, I		not quite the glory-hog SOME people have made him out to be, I
	guess.~~</pre>~~		guess.
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Scott at 06:45, 20 July 2006

2006-07-20T06:45:17Z

New page

==Purpose==
This page is intended to collect the exceptionally juicy bits of the [[Backdoor]] excursions. That is a lengthy page to wade through, so it is the goal, herein, to present a Reader's Digest Abridged version. Just the facts, ma'am.

==Miscallaneous Notes==
:''These two items seem like the only bodies with any actual message in them, outside of the inventory and audio logs. And, as you can see, even these don't have a lot to say.

<pre>To: 55321801

FROM: [[Hunan Mansoor|MANSOOR H.]]

[[Sente|Kiteway's]] programs are disrupting the entire [[Department of Cryptology|department]]. Breeding hostility
and distrust among amicable colleagues. The man doesn't belong here anymore,
why can't he keep his damned pet projects in his own office? Crypto is mine
now, not his.

Well, here are the metrics to show he's not minding his own business.

Number of times Kiteway has visited dept. offices this year: 78

And in 268: 129

And in 267: 23

Dept. suspicion level on the Howe-Panntonin Index: 8.8

And in 268: 7.3

And in 267: 4.5

Suspect the man has his own agenda and isn't sharing with the proper channels,
for example me and you. Suspect he is subverting the time and resources of my
faculty without consulting me ahead of time. Behaving as though he can't trust
his own senior fellows. Ridiculous. How long must we put up with this childish
rigmarole?</pre>

<pre>Approached the Master today about begining on an updated and
revised edition. V. pleased to discover he considers the idea
warmly. He actually said, 'My ideas are in good hands with you,
and you will of course receive full credit for the work.'
Somehow I expected more of a struggle. V. gracious indeed. He's
not quite the glory-hog SOME people have made him out to be, I
guess.</pre>

==Parts Identification==
:''These may be or may have been quite useful in the [[Theft]] of The Cube.''

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CRYPTO PARTS REF: 72690B-0F 
EXTERNAL REF: 43914D 
 
DESCRIPTION: Engineering/Smart Dust Cameras; corrected auto-power off firmware bugs, increased bandwidth.
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CRYPTO PARTS REF: 6032VQ-0J 
EXTERNAL REF: 10086W 
 
DESCRIPTION: Neuro/Experimental remote TNI scanner; security and identification firmware updated for new [[Cognivia]] prototype.
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CRYPTO PARTS REF: 384621-5A 
EXTERNAL REF: 9CE42T 
 
DESCRIPTION: Optics/High Power phase-conjugate laser; calibration and adjustment for high spaciotemporal accuracy.
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CRYPTO PARTS REF: 3141PU-1M 
EXTERNAL REF: OUF12M 
 
DESCRIPTION: Physics/Baker Spherical Magnetic Containment field; interfaced with dedicated fibre network. Tested at 120% maximum tesla strength to ensure no field leakage.
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CRYPTO PARTS REF: 62999E-3M 
EXTERNAL REF: 80EV21 
 
DESCRIPTION: Imaging/Nanoscale imager; reprogrammed for higher resolution and contrast on all material types.
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CRYPTO PARTS REF: 813QE2-7X 
EXTERNAL REF: 9315WC 
 
DESCRIPTION: Physics/[[Reynolds ioniser]]; adapted for use with Baker SMC-E for quick startup time.
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CRYPTO PARTS REF: 477DI5-2Y 
EXTERNAL REF: 0928ES 
 
DESCRIPTION: Engineering/Active Noise Control system; increased area effect range. Altered waveform-analysis algorithms, increased network size to 1024 nodes.
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CRYPTO PARTS REF: 5239JL-4M 
EXTERNAL REF: 873AR8 
 
DESCRIPTION: Physics/Yorke-Takayuki simulator; new compartment added for traffic analysis research.
|}

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CRYPTO PARTS REF: 5BPK76-8H 
EXTERNAL REF: 7560WW 
 
DESCRIPTION: Engineering/Quadropole Magnet Current Regulators; debugged in line with requests from facility. Problems with intermittent field spiking between F and D types fixed.
|}

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CRYPTO PARTS REF: 254ID9-3R 
EXTERNAL REF: HN424P 
 
DESCRIPTION: Physics/174-Ytterbium Atomic Clock; locked time-signal to interface with dedicated fibre network and 3D imager.
|}

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CRYPTO PARTS REF: 3085NC-6R 
EXTERNAL REF: 7297CR 
 
DESCRIPTION: Engineering/Broadman Nuclear Decay RNG; upgraded statistical tests according to new guidelines.
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CRYPTO PARTS REF: 177ETC-1U 
EXTERNAL REF: ET185C 
 
DESCRIPTION: Engineering/WHISK array; debugged data traffic handling systems, added documentation to beta features.
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CRYPTO PARTS REF: 9451RZ-4U 
EXTERNAL REF: 811WS6 
 
DESCRIPTION: Engineering/Tajison Plasma Wakefield Accelerator controller reconfigured to accept special material particles.
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CRYPTO PARTS REF: 26637C-8Y 
EXTERNAL REF: 5933EN 
 
DESCRIPTION: Physics/Nelis Nuclear Isomer battery (Hf-178-2m); made compatible with facility electrical subsystem and dedicated fibre network. Enhanced burst mode added.
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CRYPTO PARTS REF: 122C76-3S 
EXTERNAL REF: 45442R 
 
DESCRIPTION: Imaging/[[Klebold plates]]; networked in array for large-scale 3D spatial scanning. Double redundancy.
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CRYPTO PARTS REF: 460WDN-4X 
EXTERNAL REF: IKLC45 
 
DESCRIPTION: Physics/Explosively Pumped Flux Compression Generator; linked to 174Ytb clock and Nelis battery backup system.
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==Audio Logs of [[Karen Moro]]==
:''[[Kurt]] identified this as the being the voice of Karen Moro. She has some issues with her personal and professional life.''

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So you've got what you wanted.

It's Thursday the, what ... 14th of July? And here's your ''report''.

I don't know what you're expecting to hear but ... I don't know what's going on; it might be nothing. I ... I could be getting completely paranoid as well. I mean with you lot ''snooping'' round I'm already on eggshells.

<swallow> [[Camden Porta|Camden]] keeps watching me across the office - pretty sure he doesn't trust me.

I might be imagining it all I .. I dunno. Anyway, today I think I saw something odd. And it - and it might not be anything but if it ''keeps you happy'' here it is.

We got this delivery - we get deliveries all the time, you know hardware upgrades and stuff, but there was an ''extra'' item. It wasn't on the manifest. I only noticed it cos I was nearest the door when it all arrived, so I ended up signing for it.

So there was ... there was this packing case and, now I ''don't'' know what's in there. And it's locked in the stores now so I ... I can't get to it even if you want me to - it's about 5 feet high, 3 feet across and quite slim, like ... a painting or something.

So is this an art-theft thing? Is that what you're after - some kind of ''fence'' operation? And if you told me what to look for I might have a better chance of helping.

<tsk> Well - that's it. I'll ... I'll let you know if anything else happens.
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Well, hello again.

<sigh> I hate talking into these things.
Hang on, I think someone's coming! <rustly noises>
No, no, it's alright.

Right, okay... that packing case... it's disappeared.

I don't know when it went, but it's not there today. So I.. I think I saw it a couple of days ago... that was the last time. Not much help, I know.

I gave the case a bit of a kick the other day, to see if I could hear what was in there. I think it was tech stuff.

Anyway, I'm meeting up with a guy for lunch tomorrow, and he's kind of a hardware freak. So I might try kind of nudging him, see if there's anything going on. He's a nice guy, so he might be helpful.

I'm not going to do anything, y'know, just to get information for you. It's bad enough sneaking around like this. I can't just talk to people anymore, it's like I'm always interrogating them, even my friends. I can't look at anything without suspecting it.
It'll do my head in.

<sigh> You'd better look after your side of the bargain.
It's the only reason i'm doing this.
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I saw my dad the other day so, thanks, he told me about everything and... Well I’m, I’m just glad there’s a point to all this; he’s... he’s looking much better... and I suppose that means that you’re happy with how I’m doing, so I’m... probably on the right track?

I’ve been keeping an eye on the deliveries here, um I don’t think there has been anything funny for weeks now, but , you’know, I ''might'' have missed something. There ''have'' been a couple of odd projects coming across my desk though. Nobody ever gets the full picture here, but I’ve noticed some themes in the encryption work I’m doing, for a start it’s pretty advanced, everything’s been marked for ‘quantum’ (which isn’t perfect yet, but it’s about the highest level we’ve got). But <sigh> there are a couple of words that keep coming up too and... well, I <stumbles over words> I don’t have a clear picture of what they mean, but maybe they’ll mean something to you, the sender or the recipient is always called ‘[[Viendenbourg]]’ and there are all these references to ‘the material’ and how much of it they’ve got. I know I’m not seeing all the messages, they spread the work around – you’know, security - but only a few of us can handle quantum encryption so I’m seeing a ''fair chunk'' of the correspondence. It just seems odd it needs to be so secret, so... that’s why I mention it.

I’d better go soon, there’s umm, a protest outside the museum and it will take me ages to get past them. Anyway... I can’t think of anything else... nope that’s it.
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If he dies, you realise that's it. You can do what you like to me - I don't care about '''me'''.

[[Robert_Drake|Someone in my block]] got beaten up the other night. He isn't a violent guy; he's a calligrapher. But he just got attacked well f ... nothing basically. Well I think it was random, but I don't think I believe in random any more.
Was it you?

Are you trying to scare me? You don't need to so just ... stop it.

I did what you wanted anyway. Last night ...

I worked until I was the only one left in the office. Must have been about 11 when this delivery guy turned up with a trolley full of boxes. And he ''did'' look a bit surprised to see me there.
These two big boxes were for us, so I signed for them and went next door to grab Angelica so she could open the stores.

Anyway, the boxes were really heavy, so the delivery guy wheeled the trolley into the stores and dropped them off there. Then I saw him slide one of our cases under the trolley; when he moved the trolley, it wasn't there anymore. It was quick but I'm sure he swiped something. Then he left, and Angelica locked the door.

I would have followed him ... well, probably ... but Angelica started talking to me about my research and I couldn't just rush off. I saw him go to the end of the corridor ... to the elevator, and he hit the down button. There's only the basement under us, but I think there might be passageways for internal mail and things. I honestly don't know. And I'm not going down there in the middle of the night, so don't ask. No matter what you threaten me with.

Ummm the delivery guy was about 6 foot, white, short dark hair. I haven't seen him before.

Keep an eye out, will you?
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So this is it. Can't say I'm not glad it's over but, well, one day maybe you can tell me what this was all about.
I mean, I read the papers - police raids on subway stations - sounds like your kind of thing.

We've had a few more deliveries come in since January, but still no sign of the mystery man. It's been a different courier each time, and they've - they've all looked pretty innocent. The [[Viendenbourg]] messages are still going backwards and forwards.

I appreciate what you've done for my dad, but ... I've done my bit. That's it. That was the deal. You can go digging around in the tunnels if you like but don't expect me to do any more of your dirty work. You told me to stop, so I'm stopping.

Don't ever tell my dad about this.

Over and out.
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Look this is getting seriously dodgy.

Last week, [[Lucas Bazeries|Lucas]] completely cut me out of a meeting, and [[Mansoor]] has been ripping into my white paper and...

I'm sure it's not professional, it's personal. They know what we're up to, I swear.
No I don't, I don't know anything. I'm losing it. Please, I can't be that important. You could get someone else.

The whole place is shutting down over [[Solstice Gambol|Solstice]]. You...you could get someone to break in here and I don't know...isotope tag one of the packages and track it you probably do that all the time...what do you need me for?

Well, happy holidays.
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