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==Episode 04: CROSSING THE BLACK== | |||
'''Thomas Wu (in call)''': I shouldn't be talking to you. | '''Thomas Wu (in call)''': I shouldn't be talking to you. | ||
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'''Giraud''': Oh God. O- no. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no! Go down! No way! No way! No way that- you did not just- | '''Giraud''': Oh God. O- no. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no! Go down! No way! No way! No way that- you did not just- | ||
'''Giraud (voiceover)''': If you want privacy online, | '''Giraud (voiceover)''': If you want privacy online, ChatterNet is a pretty good bet: not foolproof, but relatively difficult for the government to monitor. Waypoint, on the other hand, is wide open. Supposedly, the Office of Naval Intelligence has software on the network capable of listening to every single conversation galaxy wide, and if you say the wrong thing... the conversation gets flagged. | ||
'''Giraud''': (continuing) Oh God! What did I just do?! | '''Giraud''': (continuing) Oh God! What did I just do?! | ||
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'''Moradi''': I'm glad you asked. Strong patterns: a lot of chatter in the military bars, soldiers drunk and unhappy. Local graffiti corroborates these complaints. The helmet overfloweth! | '''Moradi''': I'm glad you asked. Strong patterns: a lot of chatter in the military bars, soldiers drunk and unhappy. Local graffiti corroborates these complaints. The helmet overfloweth! | ||
'''Giraud (voiceover)''': This is how Mshak talks. For a while I thought maybe there was an actual group of people somewhere that used these terms, but there's not. It's just | '''Giraud (voiceover)''': This is how Mshak talks. For a while I thought maybe there was an actual group of people somewhere that used these terms, but there's not. It's just Mashak. | ||
'''Moradi''': (continuing) My prognosis? Ripples in the ranks. | '''Moradi''': (continuing) My prognosis? Ripples in the ranks. Army, Orbital Shock Troopers, Marines. Across the board; men at arms, up in arms. | ||
'''Giraud (voiceover)''': When soldiers get frustrated, they get sloppy with their communication. The more frustration, the more unsecured chatter. Right now, there was a lot of both. | '''Giraud (voiceover)''': When soldiers get frustrated, they get sloppy with their communication. The more frustration, the more unsecured chatter. Right now, there was a lot of both. | ||
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'''Giraud (voiceover)''': Ah, the slush. That immense soup of data siphoned off of insecure networks. The preferred source for nutjobs everywhere. The data's all legit, there's just such an ungodly huge amount of it that it's practically useless. To Mshak's credit though, he somehow managed to draw somewhat sound conclusions from it on occasion. It was kind of amazing. I asked why there was so much discontent across the military. | '''Giraud (voiceover)''': Ah, the slush. That immense soup of data siphoned off of insecure networks. The preferred source for nutjobs everywhere. The data's all legit, there's just such an ungodly huge amount of it that it's practically useless. To Mshak's credit though, he somehow managed to draw somewhat sound conclusions from it on occasion. It was kind of amazing. I asked why there was so much discontent across the military. | ||
'''Moradi:''' (continuing) | '''Moradi:''' (continuing) M.C. One-one-scepter. | ||
'''Giraud (voiceover)''': That's Mshak for the Chief. | '''Giraud (voiceover)''': That's Mshak for the Chief. | ||
'''Moradi''': (continuing) He's off being creative. He could be off the grid. | '''Moradi''': (continuing) He's off being creative. He could be off the grid. FLEETCOM's trying to smokescreen like they're on top of his posish, but their not. The trombones are playing the brown note on that one and the grunts are a-grumbling. The military is one pissed off polygon right now. | ||
'''Giraud (voiceover)''': Apparently, some are even questioning Master Chief's motivations and allegiances. The word traitor has been used. | '''Giraud (voiceover)''': Apparently, some are even questioning Master Chief's motivations and allegiances. The word traitor has been used. | ||
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'''Moradi''': Either way, you haven't considered the underlined question. M.C. is the precedent for free reign in the military. He's responsible for protecting a galaxy. A job that big requires absolute mobility. But then, that's a lot of power to give one man, hence the dichotomy, Benjamin. Power and responsibility. | '''Moradi''': Either way, you haven't considered the underlined question. M.C. is the precedent for free reign in the military. He's responsible for protecting a galaxy. A job that big requires absolute mobility. But then, that's a lot of power to give one man, hence the dichotomy, Benjamin. Power and responsibility. | ||
'''Giraud (voiceover)''': Mshak was getting philosophical, and making a lot of sense. When it comes to threats against us though, this issue of power and responsibility has always been shrouded in secrecy. As | '''Giraud (voiceover)''': Mshak was getting philosophical, and making a lot of sense. When it comes to threats against us though, this issue of power and responsibility has always been shrouded in secrecy. As civilians we don't know what's happening, who's out there, what their doing. And according to Mshak, that ignorance could be about to blow up in our faces again. | ||
'''Moradi''': (continuing) There's something else afoot, Benjamin, out here in deep space. I hoped these events would turn out to be random, but now it's... it could be bad. | '''Moradi''': (continuing) There's something else afoot, Benjamin, out here in deep space. I hoped these events would turn out to be random, but now it's... it could be bad. | ||
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'''Giraud''': (voiceover) Mshak was a lot of things, but never vague. I asked him what sort of bad he was talking about. | '''Giraud''': (voiceover) Mshak was a lot of things, but never vague. I asked him what sort of bad he was talking about. | ||
'''Moradi''': (continuing) Electromagnetic fluctuations, | '''Moradi''': (continuing) Electromagnetic fluctuations, slipspacious disruptions, epidemic data corruption. All of it, ya' know, what's happening? It's quiet, it's slight, but it's effecting... everything. Ripples on a gigantic scale. I'm talking whole star systems, it's just- I don't want to say I'm frightened, ya' know what I mean? (phone ring) But to be honest- | ||
'''Giraud''': I'm sorry, Mshak. Hold on a second. Just... hold on. | '''Giraud''': I'm sorry, Mshak. Hold on a second. Just... hold on. | ||
'''Giraud (voiceover)''': As Mshak's sketch of a horrifying reality started to emerge, the last thing I wanted to do was interrupt him but I'd just been reminded of a more immediate, horrifying reality. From Sully, an event on my | '''Giraud (voiceover)''': As Mshak's sketch of a horrifying reality started to emerge, the last thing I wanted to do was interrupt him but I'd just been reminded of a more immediate, horrifying reality. From Sully, an event on my calender, no message. | ||
'''Giraud''': (continuing) Oh no. | '''Giraud''': (continuing) Oh no. | ||
'''Giraud''': (voiceover) My stomach dropped. My flight to ONI's | '''Giraud''': (voiceover) My stomach dropped. My flight to ONI's Boston Headquarters left in three hours. They were calling me in. This had never happened to me before. I said goodbye to Mashak. It now seemed painfully clear that my Waypoint conversation with Thomas Wu had been flagged. By the time I landed on Earth I was one giant ulcer. I'd spent every sleepless night's hour running over everything in my head. The conflicting stories I'd heard, the gut twisting possibilities of what would happen in Boston. I looked and felt like death. All I was looking forward to at this point was Petra Janecek. I'd hit her up right before I left, asked if she'd meet me near the ONI campus. Thankfully, she said yes. Petra and I are in the same line of work. We make the government look good. The last time I saw her was six years ago in New Mombasa, the day it happened. We were both there. We both saw the Chief do what he did. But afterwards, while I retreated to a quiet little hamlet across the galaxy, Petra stuck around and made a name for herself. I was hoping she could throw me a lifeline, so I threw some cold water on my face, pulled myself together, and met up with her at a local pub. | ||
'''[[Petra Janecek]]''': Ya' know, for a guy just returning from a six year spirit-walk in deep space, I'm impressed. You actually showed up on time. | '''[[Petra Janecek]]''': Ya' know, for a guy just returning from a six year spirit-walk in deep space, I'm impressed. You actually showed up on time. | ||
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'''Giraud''': No, with mine. | '''Giraud''': No, with mine. | ||
'''Janecek''': You found sources in the | '''Janecek''': You found sources in the Outer Colonies? | ||
'''Giraud''': Yeah, yeah I made friends in the past few years. I doubt Sully realized I'd have that resource in my arsenal. | '''Giraud''': Yeah, yeah I made friends in the past few years. I doubt Sully realized I'd have that resource in my arsenal. | ||
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'''Janecek''': I know! They are crazy charging that much for a shore trip. | '''Janecek''': I know! They are crazy charging that much for a shore trip. | ||
'''Giraud (voiceover)''': Suddenly, Petra was ranting about the beach, loudly, and digging the tip of her fingertip hard into my forearm. I just sat there totally confused as she rambled nonsense. Intermittently glancing down at her | '''Giraud (voiceover)''': Suddenly, Petra was ranting about the beach, loudly, and digging the tip of her fingertip hard into my forearm. I just sat there totally confused as she rambled nonsense. Intermittently glancing down at her ComPad. What was happening? Then I understood... and I froze. They were listening. I'd figured there were cameras on us, there were always everywhere here, but there was full audio surveillance now too? Is that even possible? She glanced down at her ComPad one last time. | ||
'''Janecek''': (continuing) Ben? | '''Janecek''': (continuing) Ben? | ||
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'''Janecek''': But Ben, if I were you, I'd upload whatever you got on the story before you go in, just send back ups to someone you trust, ya' know? Just-just in case. | '''Janecek''': But Ben, if I were you, I'd upload whatever you got on the story before you go in, just send back ups to someone you trust, ya' know? Just-just in case. | ||
'''Giraud (voiceover)''': That was the closest thing to concerned I'd ever heard from Petra. I immediately took her advice and was queuing up all my files to Ray as I crossed to | '''Giraud (voiceover)''': That was the closest thing to concerned I'd ever heard from Petra. I immediately took her advice and was queuing up all my files to Ray as I crossed to Rainja Avenue toward ONI. The campus was integrated right into the city: a courtyard of dark buildings, mature oak trees, grass, walkways. It just looked like a campus. The only thing different about it was the side walk: twice as wide as it was across the street. In the inner half of the pavement was black stone. A thick, dark border several feet wide that surrounded the whole complex. | ||
I walked right up to the obsidian half of the sidewalk and stopped. Something was off about the courtyard in front of me, like something was missing. I look both directions down the sidewalk. There were no fences or guards. Plenty of pedestrians, seemingly none of them paying attention to the complex as they passed, except for one tiny thing: none of them, not a single one of dozens of white-collar workers and shoppers and parents and kids walking up and down that sidewalk laid a foot anywhere near the black half of the pavement. On a twenty-five foot walkway, they were all moving single file, right up against the curb. | I walked right up to the obsidian half of the sidewalk and stopped. Something was off about the courtyard in front of me, like something was missing. I look both directions down the sidewalk. There were no fences or guards. Plenty of pedestrians, seemingly none of them paying attention to the complex as they passed, except for one tiny thing: none of them, not a single one of dozens of white-collar workers and shoppers and parents and kids walking up and down that sidewalk laid a foot anywhere near the black half of the pavement. On a twenty-five foot walkway, they were all moving single file, right up against the curb. | ||
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Please join me for the next episode of Hunt the Truth. | Please join me for the next episode of Hunt the Truth. | ||
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