Conspiracy Team Briefing
Bill Woodell, Rita ?, Amy Wiseman, Adam Roach
Bill Woodell, Rita ?, Amy Wiseman, Adam Roach
j8nT#64s,soiszZL&cMDr*333*h4H nd YV4098 number is (234) 906-7754These are three snatches of recently intercepted transmissions from our local Information Center. Unfortunately, its below-ground location impedes our ability to fully monitor the airwaves. Without Madame Fortuna's psychic touch at the probability controls, we would most definitely be at a loss. Her assistance assures that most of our interceptions are of vital importance, and properly translated.
It has become increasingly obvious that more aggressive information-gathering systems are required in the North Dallas area. If absolutely necessary, you will probably be able to travel in the guise of "Weekly Northstar reporters" once more.
We have been unable to fully confirm any link between the recent stirrings in Dallas and the events of three decades ago on a certain grassy knoll. Be warned, however, that several new militaristic and/or political groups have been sighted locally. At least one woman bears an uncanny resemblance to a known Men-in-Black informant. We have enclosed a photograph of her. As usual, the presence of the MiB can only be inferred by an increase in information suppression.
We are further convinced of their presence based on the following information. Something beyond the usual government cover-up is obviously afoot:
Azerbaijani military operatives have been spotted in the area. Three times the normal number of curfew-breakers have been arrested since mid-September. Fields of sunflowers have been trampled in patterns corresponding to spiraled Fibonacci sequences. An upsurge in anti-Federal secessionist demonstrations has been coupled with increased movement in the underground weapons market. Circular green lights in the sky are assumed to follow naturally from "unseasonal thunderstorms". Claims from several area temples (Christian churches are the notable exception) agree that musical chanting "from everywhere and nowhere" fills their walls from sundown to sunup. Reports of local Elvis sightings have dropped to one every three weeks. Oddly, none of this has attracted the attention of the mainstream media...and there is more, much more.
Throughout the Middle East, underground power struggles are about to come to a head. At the same time, Texas universities report a threefold increase over last year's enrollment in Arabic and Islamic studies. If the Islamic powers manage to put aside dogmatic differences, they can easily outbid most other parties in the nuclear black market. Unfortunately (for them), they have been torn by infighting regarding the Tibet issue. Frustratingly, our Tibetan contacts categorically refuse to discuss this with us, insisting that it requires the Dalai Lhama's peculiar wisdom. But his guards/babysitters/acolytes do their job well. Should you manage direct contact with him, please report your methods to the network with greatest haste.
The Third International Atomic Power Conference brings even more chaos. Foreign nuclear powers (among them America, Pakistan, Russia, Israel, and France) are gathered under a questionable pretense. Dr. Platov's device for cleansing nuclear waste seems noble enough, but highly improbable. Our psychic networks adamantly state the nearby presence of a different device: one that INCREASES the effect of nuclear explosions. And his wife, Irina, has conveniently disappeared before the unveiling of her husband's device. Perhaps he wanted her out of harm's way? Or has she fled? Or been abducted? The Men in Black need a hostage to silence the truth. The governments need a hostage to guarantee nuclear power.
An increase in global radiation levels would bring obvious problems. The oceans consistently regurgitate whole populations of dead animals. A full third of diseased halibuts glow an eerie blue under black lights. Emu breeders report accidentally breeding birds with the ability to fly. And the past decade has seen an explosion in the unfortunate "bat-boy" and "dog-baby" syndromes. The highest concentrations of these mutants cluster around caves which were used for nuclear testing. Our network has uncovered some unsettling facts: these hapless mutants are both physically hardy and highly susceptible to suggestion. They are also blindly loyal; they make excellent cannon fodder for whoever reaches them first. Based on scraps gleaned from our New Mexico contacts, these mutants might not derive from human stock in the first place. Regardless, they would be just as vulnerable to military enslavement.
We must assume that the government is aware of this. So far, they have ignored any and all public notice of these mutations. Our guess is that they expect the public to dismiss the mutants' very existence as fictional fantasy. It is also probable that they have a major diversion planned. Bear in mind that our government will ruthlessly sacrifice innocents to deflect public attention. Non-innocents are just as useful. Hand them a smoking gun (bloody knife, atomic bomb), and the poor gunman (religious fanatic, militia member) becomes the focus of media attention. This can prove fatal for the scapegoat. If you uncover the stirrings of any such plot, it is your duty to draw the truth out into the light.
Texan sweet potato crops have received a confusing amount of media coverage in the past three weeks. We have been unable to confirm the reason for this sudden interest in oversized yams. There is a probable correlation between this and the other botanical oddity (trampled sunflowers). Every instance of mangled sunflower fields is bounded by marked road signs in three concentric rings. The state claims that those bar codes are for maintenance and inventory of highway markers, but our numerologists think otherwise. Those codes distill down to a number equal to the average percentage size increase of the "ruined" sweet potatoes. Note also that these crops were affected by the nonstandard weather.
As usual, we cannot place our trust in the power of coincidence. The reason must be found. The secrets must be uncovered. The truth will prevail.
In line with our goals, we have arranged a meeting with another group wishing to expose government inadequacies. Meet them at the Borders Bookstore on Preston between Plano Parkway and Park (on the west side) at 10:15 AM, and report to us any of your findings there.
We have also managed to convice the KGB, of all groups, of the legitimacy of our goals. They have offered an information exchange. Think of what we could learn! Meet them at the Frankford library at 11:30 AM. The library is located on Frankford Road, just east of Preston and west of Davenport.
There are other teams out there. They might be your closest allies; they could be your deadliest enemies. They might honestly want to help you, but it's just as likely that they'll get their kicks by tripping you up. So what? USE THEM.
Every other team has information you need. Strangely enough, you might just be holding information vital to their success (or survival). Talk. TALK LOTS. Bargaining is your best friend and your brains are your best tools. Heavy weapons are rather out of character; your profile is lower and more concealable. Don't go around blowing every other team to bits. Destroying those who possess information is a lousy way to gain access to it. Without the correct info, you lose. Even if you're the only ones left standing and you're holding Hitler, Jimmy Hoffa, and Amelia Earhart at gunpoint in a Swiss bank that you've just wrested back from Chthulu himself, you lose.
The other thing you need is PROOF. It's all well and good for you to find out the truth, but wouldn't it be better if you could actually EXPOSE the conspiracy and bring them down? To this end, you must find the things you need to convince the media and public that you've been right all along. Then won't they be sorry that they laughed at you!
The truth is out there. Find it to win.