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The Script °»\____________________________ |-------------------------------------------------------------------º\ UNATCO TRAINING COURSE UNATCO TRAINING FACILITIES - CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES CONTACT: JAIME REYES JAIME REYES I figured you'd be sick of drills by now. Hopefully our training exercises will be more interesting than what they've had you doing at the Academy. Open the door by clicking the right mouse button. The right button uses items in the world. The key on the desk opens encryption-based nanotech locks. When you pick it up, it will automatically be added to your key ring. Use the key to unlock the door and proceed to the next area. You're going to get a lot of equipment during these exercises. Press F1 at any time to access the Inventory Screen, which will let you add and remove items from the Toolbelt. Press F2 to view your current goals and any notes you may decide to take. On a typical mission, a UNATCO agent's objectives are logged electronically so that he can stay on-task at all times. Now pick up a weapon and try to break open those crates. One of them's indestructible, but the other contain things you might find useful. Now pick up the lockpick and use it to open the door. Lock-picking takes time and expends the self-assembling resources of modern lockpicks. Just be patient and remember your training. At higher skill levels, you won't need as much time or lockpick resources to pick a lock. Doors have two strength values. The Door Strength tells you how much damage a door takes before being destroyed. The Lock Strength tells you how many lockpicks will be required to pick the lock. Some doors have an infinite strength and an infinite lock strength. That means you have to find a key. The code to the door has been stored in that datacube. Right-click on the datacube to read the contents, then type the code into the keypad. You activate the keypad with the right mouse button, just like you activate a datacube or any object in the world. DATACUBE We'll make this one easy for you. To open the door, use the code: 0012 Got it? Jaime CONTACT: JAIME REYES JAIME REYES Use the disposable multitools on the table to hack the keypad up ahead. A multitool's resouces are finite. When a tool is depleted, it becomes useless. The manual describes other uses for the multitool. At higher skill levels, you'll need less time and multitool resources to hack a given device. BOOK UNATCO TRAINING MANUAL Section 3C: Multitools A "multitool" is not really a tool at all -- not in the usual sense of the word -- but a disposable electronic device that utilizes electromagnetic resonance detection and frequency modulation to dynamically alter the flow of current through almost any non-hardened circuitry. Skilled agents can use the multitool to manipulate code locks, cameras, autogun turrets, alarms, or other security elements. Note that multitools CANNOT be used for computer information extraction (see Section 5A: Hacking). DATACUBE Almost done, but one quick note: I'm not exactly the expert on this sort of thing -- for that you'll have to check in with Sam Carter when you get to Liberty Island -- but remember that there's any number of other ways to open a door, including using explosives or finding a security computer. Jaime CONVERSATION: UNATCO TROOP UNATCO TROOP I'm here to pick up all munitions and equipment. Thanks for the cooperation, Agent. You aren't done yet... Got you running the course, huh? Don't sweat it; everybody has to do it once, even the special agents. Carry on with the training, Agent. I'm just here to take care of your gear. So far, so good... This thing's a bitch, isn't it? Last time I did it... Man, I sprained my ankle on the jumping part. They should get rid of crazy stuff like that. Someone'll break their neck. Hand in your equipment. That's right: no cheating. You've got to start the next section without arms or tools. Rules are rules. CONTACT: JAIME REYES JAIME REYES Lying in front of you is a brave cadet who volunteered to be rendered unconscious for this next training exercise. Highlight and search him to find the key to the medical room. Afterward, pick up his body and place it on the medical table so that one of my aides can revive him once the exercise is over. Good work. I'll get someone down there immediately to revive Private Winslow. Move on to the next area. You can bet this won't be the last time we send you into a dark room. Turn on your light augmentation and find the exit on the other side. Just press F12, by default. You're not a mech, but you're enough of a machine to need repair bots now and then. If you used up some bioelectric energy getting through the dark area, for example, this contraption can charge you back up. Congratulations, you completed Phase 1. Move over the ramp into the next rooms to begin learning movement skills. We'll be watching you through the cameras, like the one you can see up in the corner. In the field, remember that terrorists sometimes use cameras like this in their security-grids to set off alarms and alert guards to your location. Jump across the platforms. You'll have to crouch to get under those pipes. If you fall use the stairs to begin again. You need to go through the door up ahead, but it's blocked. Those wooden crates are too big to jump and too heavy to lift, so use the metal crates near the wall to build steps. To pick up a crate, walk up to it so that it highlights, then click the right mouse button. To drop something you're holding, you can press the Tab key by default. Now go up the ladder at the other end of the room. By default, you look up and use the arrow keys to climb. We get some complaints about this swimming obstacle because the water's contaminated. Recruits forget to grab the HazMat suit and end up in my office. Not pretty. Or they forget that they have to put the suit on by selecting it and pressing the left mouse button. Remember that the HazMat is disposable; you can wear it only once, and it operates only for a fixed duration. Use the ramp on the other side of the pool to climb out. These medical bots, normally used for quick-healing, are of particular interest to you, JC, because you need a bot's help to install new augmentations. If you took any damage during the swim, now's a good time to get patched up. CONVERSATION: UNATCO TROOP UNATCO TROOP I'm here to pick up all munitions and equipment. Thanks for the cooperation, Agent. CONTACT: GUNTHER HERMANN GUNTHER HERMANN Welcome to the combat training area. I am Gunther Hermann and I will be monitoring your progress here. We will start with weapon familiarization. Your first exercise will be to learn a little about aiming and targeting. Step up to the shooting range to the west. The targets are released by using the buttons on the counter. Release the first target and take a few shots with one of the pistols until it is destroyed. Notice the targeting reticle appears when you aim at a target. Good. If you hold your aim for a few seconds before firing you will notice the reticle starts out wide and tightens as you hold. The longer you aim at the target without moving the greater your accuracy will become. Release the second target and aim before shooting this time. Good work. Now proceed to the next area. This is the rifle range. Here you will learn one of the ways skill level makes a difference in your accuracy. Step up to the shooting range. The targets are released by using the buttons on the counter. Release the first target and destroy it with the rifle. Use the rifle's scope by pressing the left bracket key "[" to turn the scope on. Excellent. Now we are going to raise your skill with rifles to Master level. Release the second target and destroy it. Good work. As you can see, higher skills give you better range, accuracy, and effectiveness. Proceed to the next area when you are ready. This is the demolitions training area. First you will learn to use a LAM as a proximity mine. Approach the bay window and you will see a LAM placed on the target board on the black and red wall. Press the first button next to the window and a security bot will be released. Watch as he nears the LAM. LAMs placed on walls are proximity triggered. This time you will place your own LAM. Take a LAM from the munitions bay and proceed to the red and black wall below. Get as close to the wall as possible when you place the LAM. If you aren't close enough, the LAM will fall to the ground and detonate. Very good, Agent Denton. You may proceed to the next area for more demolitions training. CONVERSATION: UNATCO TROOP UNATCO TROOP You'll need a few extra LAMs for the demolitions area. Here, catch! I just like to kid around. Gets boring down here. Didn't have my boots polished. That's why they put me here. They just make up excuses because they like to harass us. This place would run a lot smoother if they'd just rotate assignments, instead of always making you feel like you're being punished. Bastards. I don't have to take this crap. There's lots of things I could be doing. I had offers on Wall Street, you know. Top corporate security divisions. Corporate work's not so glamorous, but it sure pays better. One of these days, I'm going to resign. Then they'll be sorry. Then they'll wish they'd treated the troops a little better. CONTACT: GUNTHER HERMANN GUNTHER HERMANN Next you will need to breech the doors in the hallway. Throw a LAM down to the end of the hall. Once it blows proceed down the corridor. Notice how the wooden door was destroyed and the metal and barred doors remained. Remember this for future reference. Beyond the destroyed door you can see a damaged piece of wall you can also breech with a LAM. Try that now. Excellent! Notice that the wall is opened. Look for other weakened walls such as this and your LAM and other explosives will allow you to breech them. Continue through that breech and onto the next section. The area beyond the door is the grenade defusing facility. Here you will learn how to remove planted explosive device. At each of the corners of this area you will find a LAM planted on the wall. You must disarm and remove all 4 LAM's before you can proceed to the next section of training. You will need to move up to the LAM quickly and defuse it by right clicking. A second right click will remove the LAM from the wall. A word of warning, Agent Denton. This was a simulated experience; real LAMs will not be so forgiving. You may proceed to the next area. CONTACT: ANNA NAVARRE ANNA NAVARRE Now you will learn to move quietly and conceal yourself, so that you will be able to avoid a confrontation altogether. The test is simple. Get to the far north door without being spotted by the guards below. If one of them sees you, he will sound an alarm and lock the door. DATACUBE UNATCO STEALTH GUIDELINES Overview Stealth is a vital component of all UNATCO operations; when implemented correctly, stealth missions result in the lowest possible ratio of agent and civilian casualties to hostile losses. Situational awareness is key, and agents should not only be familiar with the tactical opportunities offered by their immediate environment, but how those opportunities can be exploited to their advantage with the appropriate equipment. Tech goggles allow agents to operate in low-light environments such as offices or labs where illumination might otherwise attract attention. With binoculars, an agent can survey an opponent's disposition and determine the best way to evade or eliminate their defenses. A rifle or crossbow equipped with scope and silencing modifications can be used to interdict targets from a considerable distance, significantly compromising hostile resistance. Other features of the environment can also be used by an agent to enhance their ability to operate covertly or to create useful distractions: disabling security cameras, subverting autoguns, and reprogramming bots are all viable tactics employed by experienced agents in the field. CONTACT: ANNA NAVARRE ANNA NAVARRE Remember: don't let the guards see you. Use the crates for cover and crouch when you move. Always remember the four basic tactics to avoid detection: crouch behind concealment, stay behind enemies, move slowly to avoid making noise, and use shadows to conceal yourself. Be alert to every possibility. You blew it. The alarm just closed the north door. Return to the control room to the south and press the button in the overlook window to restart the test. This time, don't let the guards see you. Stay crouched, stay behind the crates, and stay behind the guards. The guards can be distracted. Pick up and throw an object near them, and they will go investigate the noise. Bottles, plants, flasks -- many things will work. Very good. I hope you remember this lesson, Agent. They have assigned us to be partners, and I will not stop to hold your hand and repeat myself when we are facing a real enemy. CONTACT: JAIME REYES JAIME REYES Now for the last test. You have to find a way across the river to the exit on the other side. There's more than one way to get there, depending on your approach and the skills you want to use. It's up to you... Make use of the IFF system to identify enemies. The crosshairs will highlight red over enemies, green over allies, and white over neutrals. Careful around this TNT. You can pick up the boxes and move them around, but crouch to set them down. I don't want to have to reattach your arms. DATACUBE Hey J.C., want to cross the water? Lower the bridge. The code is: 0098 It's either that or get all wet. Jaime CONTACT: JAIME REYES JAIME REYES Step up to each hologram for more info. When you're through, go out the opposite door. A deployment of UNATCO troopers is the central component of all UN peacekeeping occupations. The NSF: the biggest terrorist threat in the U.S. This national militia group thinks it is fighting the Second American Revolution. Step over to the communicator. There's someone who wants to talk to you. Manderley likes to hear which agents find this area. They're usually the ones who take terrorists by surprise in the field. Your brother, Paul, for instance. All right, carry on. Don't let it go to your head. This Page Industries walking turret, marketed to governments worldwide, is the workhorse of most national military forces. Due to the heavy armor, they take little damage from ordinary bullets. If you come up against a bot, you should use an EMP grenade, scrambler grenade, or some kind of explosive. An inexpensive security bot, a favorite of Third World countries and corporate security divisions. Not so mobile, but don't be fooled: we've lost plenty of agents to its well-armored assault gun. Like other bots, it's difficult to damage with ordinary bullets. This is the old augmentation technology, hopefully about to be phased out. Notice the reliance on electronics and servomechanics. A maintenance nightmare. If I had two credits for every repair manual they've made me file in my office in the Med Lab... The Coalition's new nano-augmented agents are nearly indistinguishable from the general population, except that you and your brother don't know how to smile, even for a picture. CONTACT: BOB PAGE BOB PAGE Sufficiently impressive. An early success for the whole organization. JC DENTON Thanks. You from the United Nations? BOB PAGE Your augmentations are a-go. The real test comes next: active duty. JC DENTON I'm ready, sir. BOB PAGE Yes. Yes, you are. INTRO CONVERSATION: BOB PAGE & WALTON SIMONS BOB PAGE Your appointment to FEMA should be finalized within the week. I've already discussed the matter with the Senator. WALTON SIMONS I take it he was agreeable? BOB PAGE He didn't really have a choice. WALTON SIMONS Has he been infected? BOB PAGE Oh yes, most certainly. When I mentioned that we could put him on the priority list for the Ambrosia vaccine, he was so willing it was almost pathetic. WALTON SIMONS This plague -- the rioting is intensifying to the point where we may not be able to contain it. BOB PAGE Why contain it? Let it spill over into the schools and churches, let the bodies pile up in the streets. In the end, they'll beg us to save them. WALTON SIMONS I've received reports of armed attacks on shipments. There's not enough vaccine to go around, and the underclasses are starting to get desperate. BOB PAGE Of course they're desperate. They can smell their death, and the sound they'll make rattling their cage will serve as a warning to the rest. WALTON SIMONS Mmm. I hope you're not underestimating the problem. The others may not go as quietly as you think -- intelligence indicates they're behind the problems in Paris. BOB PAGE A bunch of pretentious old men playing at running the world. But the world left them behind long ago. We are the future. WALTON SIMONS We have other problems. BOB PAGE UNATCO? WALTON SIMONS Formed by executive order after the terrorist strike on the Statue. I have someone in place, though. I'm more concerned about Savage -- he's relocated to Vandenberg. BOB PAGE Our biochem corpus is far in advance of theirs, as is our electronic sentience. And their... ethical inflexibility has allowed us to make progress in areas they refuse to consider. WALTON SIMONS The augmentation project? BOB PAGE Among other things -- but I must admit that I have been somewhat disappointed in the performance of the primary unit. WALTON SIMONS The secondary unit should be online soon. It's currently undergoing preparation and will be operational within six months. My people will continue to report on his progress. If necessary, the primary will be terminated. BOB PAGE We've had to endure much, you and I, but soon there will be order again, a new age. Aquinas spoke of the mythical City on the Hill. Soon that city will be a reality, and we will be crowned its kings. Or better than kings. Gods. NYC - LIBERTY ISLAND CONVERSATION: UNATCO BOAT PILOT PILOT My orders are to stay here. I'd let the bots do the fighting if I were you. I'm glad this thing has bullet-proof glass. CONTACT: ALEX JACOBSON ALEX JACOBSON Heads up, JC. Your brother Paul is on his way to meet you at the dock. The NSF is raiding the island, and shots have been fired. I repeat: find Paul. I will monitor your situation from HQ. CONVERSATION: PAUL DENTON JC DENTON Paul! I thought you were in Hong Kong. PAUL DENTON Welcome to the Coalition, JC... I might as well start using your codename. Think I'd miss my brother's first day? JC DENTON Didn't think you'd have a choice. What's going on? PAUL DENTON The NSF -- they hit one of our shipments. A few of them got away, but we trapped the rest in the Statue. JC DENTON What are we waiting for? Looks like a textbook assault. PAUL DENTON The NSF took one of our agents hostage. The bots are holding the perimeter, but my orders are to hold back and send you in alone. I think someone high up wants to see how you handle the situation. JC DENTON All I've got with me is a pistol and an electric prod. I don't mind a test, but UNATCO better issue some hardware. PAUL DENTON Remember that we're police. Stick with the prod. It will stun your opponents or knock them unconscious. A nonlethal takedown is always the most silent way to eliminate resistance. Just in case, though, Manderley wants you to pick an additional weapon: a sniper rifle, a GEP gun, or a minicrossbow. 1. JC DENTON I like to pick 'em off from a distance. I'll take the rifle. PAUL DENTON This isn't a training exercise, JC. Your targets will be human beings. Keep that in mind. JC DENTON I get up the idea. What's the first move? 2. JC DENTON Never know when I might come up against heavy armor. Give me the GEP gun. PAUL DENTON The GEP gun might be useful. They have a security bot on patrol near the Statue entrance. JC DENTON Great. What's the first move? 3. JC DENTON The crossbow. Sometimes you've got to make a silent takedown. PAUL DENTON Good thinking. With these tranquilizer darts, you'll have another nonlethal way to take down an enemy in addition to the prod. JC DENTON I get the idea. What's the first move? PAUL DENTON I'm going to give you a map of the island. If you can get to the north dock, a UNATCO informant will give you a key to the Statue doors. He responds to the code-phrase "iron and copper." You could avoid a lot of fighting, though, if you found a back way into the Statue. JC DENTON I'll see how it looks onshore. PAUL DENTON Your primary objective is the makeshift command center the terrorists installed at the top of the Statue, but don't forget about Agent Hermann. We think he's being held on the ground floor. JC DENTON What are my orders when I reach the command center? PAUL DENTON Interrogate the leader. We don't yet know why the terrorists would risk an open assault. JC DENTON You just going to stay here? PAUL DENTON There's been some activity at sea. I'm going to watch the coast. JC DENTON Why'd they bring you back to New York? PAUL DENTON I don't know what they have planned. I messed up an assassination attempt on one of the Triad leaders in Hong Kong. JC DENTON UNATCO pulled you out? PAUL DENTON It's a long story. You better head to the Statue. JC DENTON Which Triad was UNATCO targeting? PAUL DENTON We'll talk about that later. How was your graduation? JC DENTON I want to hear what happened. PAUL DENTON I wish I could have come. At the time I could have cared less that Mom and Dad came to mine, but it was a good thing. The U.N. threw a dinner in honor of me, the first nano-augmented agent. JC DENTON I didn't know that. Guess I must be old news. PAUL DENTON Dad made a toast. I don't know if you remember his old brown suit... JC DENTON A toast? That doesn't sound like our father. PAUL DENTON It was hard for him in front of the diplomats, but he savored every moment. JC DENTON Strange how proud he could be when so much was due to... our augmentations. PAUL DENTON Yes, he was proud. I believe that much. It was nice to have done something for him and Mom. I wish someone could have been there for you. JC DENTON I'm used to being on my own. PAUL DENTON One can be TOO self-sufficient, I'm coming to believe. Best thing is to let the bots handle the ground assault. You might be able to find some supplies in the comm van by the helipad. Hard to believe this rock used to be a tourist attraction, huh? I'll keep watch on this side of the island. CONVERSATION: NSF TERRORIST 1 & NSF TERRORIST 2 TERRORIST 1 That's the difference right there. Just take a look at him. TERRORIST 2 Bad? TERRORIST 1 They cut off his arm, replaced half of his face. TERRORIST 2 Hermann, right? He's a good soldier. Killed three of our men. TERRORIST 1 They'd've replaced his whole body if it would've improved performance. If that's how you judge a man -- by performance -- then eventually it's not about people but upgrades, versions, functionality... TERRORIST 2 All I know is we could use a few mechs for ops like this. TERRORIST 1 Soon as we buy into the cult of the machine we're just like them. TERRORIST 2 Rhetoric, always more rhetoric. CONVERSATION: MERCENARY THUG MERCENARY THUG ...like Billy the Kid, man... We’re outlaws. CONVERSATION: UNATCO TROOP (CORPORAL COLLINS) JC DENTON What's your take on the situation, Corporal? COLLINS The bots have them bottled up, sir. We'd go right in, if it weren't for the hold-back order. JC DENTON How'd they get one of our agents? COLLINS Gunther went rogue on us. When the order came, he wouldn't pull back. Now you get to bail him out. Welcome aboard, Agent. If they come this way, I got 'em, sir. Well, I certainly see the family resemblance. Those rebels are no match for our bots. CONTACT: ALEX JACOBSON ALEX NSF everywhere, JC. Your orders are to shoot on sight. A UNATCO informant on the North Dock can get you inside the statue. Look for a Bum. Identify yourself with the phrase "Iron and Copper." If you want to make a covert approach, remember the academy stealth course: stay out of their field of view, walk slowly to stay quiet, and crouch behind cover. Or if you have to get your hands dirty, remember that a headshot is a lethal takedown. Be careful; the NSF have set up patchwork security systems here. CONVERSATION: TECH SERGEANT KAPLAN KAPLAN Afraid base is under lockdown 'til the danger's gone, Agent Denton. JC DENTON Right. How you guys holding up? KAPLAN UNATCO command made us pull back, I guess for Gunther's sake. What's the deal? We're ready to go in. 1. JC DENTON I can't speak for command, but I'm gonna clean the place out. KAPLAN I hear ya. Manderley's right: you nano-augs are born and bred killers. JC DENTON I do my best. KAPLAN Better load up. There are some crates of ammo stashed in the antenna shaft behind the helipad. Might also want to check out the comm van next to it. The code's 0451. JC DENTON Thanks. I won't let you down. KAPLAN My tactic, when there's no cover like this, is to pick 'em off from fifty or a hundred paces with a scope. What do you think? I scored an extra one from a couple of thugs we dropped down by the dock; you can have it for 700 credits. I also picked up 10 mm ammo and some crossbow tranquilizer darts -- say 200 for one and 60 for the other. 2. JC DENTON We're taking a minimum-force approach. We're cops, after all. KAPLAN Ask me, I think we should frag 'em all. You trespass on UNATCO property, you get pumped full of lead. JC DENTON When due process fails us, we really do live in a world of terror. KAPLAN Thought your nano-augs were supposed to be badass killing machines. Guess I was wrong. JC DENTON Guess so. KAPLAN Some advice. You get out there, you're gonna have to tangle with some real sons- of-bitches. Best thing is to pick 'em off from fifty or a hundred paces with a scope. I scored an extra one from a couple of thugs we dropped down by the dock; you can have it for 700 credits. I also picked up 10 mm ammo and some crossbow darts -- say 200 for one and 60 for the other. JC DENTON Shouldn't you turn that stuff over to the quartermaster? KAPLAN Sure, I will, but 'long as command has the rest of us on parade drills, someone might as well put this hardware to use. 1. JC DENTON I'll take the scope for 700. KAPLAN Just attach this baby to your pistol and you're in business. 2. JC DENTON Here's 60 for the tranquilizer darts. 3. JC DENTON 200 for 10 mm ammo -- sounds good. 2-3.1 KAPLAN So much for that "minimum-force" approach. 4. JC DENTON I'll check back with you later. 4.1 KAPLAN You better have the right equipment, or you'll be sorry. 4.2 KAPLAN You wanna wax some thugs, you better load up. (1. JC DENTON I don't have the 700 for the scope. 2. JC DENTON Some 10 mm ammo would be great, but I don't have 200. 3. JC DENTON Even 60 credits for tranquilizer darts is more than I have. 1. KAPLAN If you're gonna clean this place out, you're gonna need hardware. 2. KAPLAN Check back after you get your op bonus. 3. KAPLAN They don't pay me so good. I'm gonna wait for someone who's got the money. 4. KAPLAN Guess you'll have to go with that "minimum-force" approach, huh?) CONVERSATION: UNATCO TROOP TROOP Welcome aboard, Agent. Everything was clear an hour ago. Then, BOOM! My orders are to hang back. If I catch a sight of the NSF commander at the top of the Statue, I'm gonna take a shot. Screw Manderley. The thugs must be desperate to attack us here. I don't like just standing around, but orders are orders. Whatever was in that barge, the NSF sure wanted it bad. Careful, Agent. Rebels are crawling all over the place. I've got this area secured. DATACUBE Brother, I've set up the turrets and cameras in the statue ruins... a hasty defense, but since we won't be here long, it should work. The security computer login is: NSF001. The password is: smashthestate. CONTACT: ALEX JACOBSON ALEX This power box must have been damaged in the raid. Don't cross through the arcs. I'm also picking up an EMP field here... if you're not careful it'll suck away your bioelectrical energy. It all happened an hour ago -- the barge docked and the NSF moved right in on it, offloading the cargo into speedboats. Our undercover man Harley Filben should be somewhere out on the docks now. CONVERSATION: HARLEY FILBEN FILBEN About time you showed up. JC DENTON Iron and copper. The statue is copper on an iron frame, right? FILBEN Password's enough, pal. Don't think you know something about the Lady I don't. My dad did tours out here. JC DENTON I heard that you can get me inside. FILBEN Depends. You get your man out, take back the Statue, whatever, but I know the commander and I don't want to see him get hurt. Here's a picture so you don't make a mistake. 1. JC DENTON You can trust me. FILBEN I'll take your word. Here's the key to the front entrance. The commander's not much of a soldier; he'll surrender as soon as he sees you. I need him alive because he's my main contact at the NSF. If he's dead, I don't have much of a business. JC DENTON Thanks. How do you know so much about the commander? FILBEN He's my main contact in the NSF. I need him alive and out on bail. JC DENTON UNATCO will probably keep him in custody. FILBEN At least he has a chance if he's alive. I warned him, you know. I said right to his face, "Don't take weapons into the Lady. That makes you as bad as UNATCO." JC DENTON Don't forget that it was the NSF that C-4'ed the Statue in the first place. UNATCO's here to put the pieces back together. FILBEN Ask me, I think the government did it. They want people to think the NSF are terrorists. I better get paid good for this. Remember, you said you wouldn't go in shooting. My dad used to say, "If copper can get old and green and need repairs, the same with our liberty." Funny, and that was before the United Nations even had an army. I worked here one summer picking up people's trash. Rotten job. It used to be wall-to-wall people out here from all over the world. Everywhere some other language you can't understand. 2. JC DENTON I can't promise. In the line of duty I may have to use force. FILBEN Buddy, I don't know. The commander's not much of a soldier; he'll surrender right away. JC DENTON I don't see anyone waving a white flag. FILBEN He's my main contact at the NSF. I need him alive and out on bail, or I don't have much of a business. You can forget the key. JC DENTON We have an emergency here -- a terrorist offensive on U.N.-protected territory. Do you work for UNATCO or not? FILBEN There's more than one way into the Statue. You wanna kill rebels -- you're on your own. Yeah -- you should sneak in from the back. Less chance of a shootout that way. JC DENTON You holding out for more money? What's the deal? FILBEN Sorry. I'm not playing along this time. But that doesn't mean I'm in love with the NSF. I told 'em, "You bring the guns into the Lady, you're just as bad as UNATCO..." JC DENTON Don't forget that it was the NSF that C-4'ed the Statue in the first place. UNATCO's here to put the pieces back together. FILBEN Ask me, I think the government did it. They want people to think the NSF are terrorists. None of these guys is like my best pal, but who wants to see a bunch of dead bodies, right? I'll come through next time. Don't worry. If you're that determined, I'm sure you can get in another way. CONVERSATION: DRIFTER WOMAN JC DENTON You with Filben? WOMAN I get a cut for bringing him over. JC DENTON Tell me what you know about the NSF operation. WOMAN I'm not that high-level. The more elite troops -- they're the ones that took over the ship and unloaded it into speedboats. I think we're supposed to be a diversion. JC DENTON A ship? WOMAN That's all I know. The commander gave me a 10 mm clip, a box of 30-ought-six ammo, and some crossbow darts and said, "Keep your head down" -- huh, like I'm gonna take on UNATCO troops. Want 'em? You can have the clip for 175, the 30.06 for 300, and the darts for 50. But if I was you, I'd avoid a head-on attack altogether and not even use the key Filben got. I'd go in the Statue from the back. Less security that way. 1. JC DENTON I'll take the 10 mm clip for 175. WOMAN Put a slug in the commander for me. He's the reason my brother's dead. 2. JC DENTON Here's 300. Give me the 30.06 ammo. WOMAN Thanks. 3. JC DENTON I'll give you 50 for the darts. WOMAN The commander's the whole reason my neighbourhood turned into a war zone. Someone should stick him full of these things like a roast pig. (WOMAN Sure you can't buy some ammo? JC DENTON 50 for the darts is a good deal, but I don't have it. 1. WOMAN Well, come back if you get the chance. I sure could use the money. 2. WOMAN I'd give you a break but I'm in a kind of a tight spot myself. 3. WOMAN You know where to find me.) 4. JC DENTON No thanks. WOMAN That's all I got. Thanks for the extra cash. At least I got SOMETHING for coming all the way out here. CONTACT: ALEX JACOBSON ALEX Good thinking; you might be able to avoid some of the security by entering this way. A shame, isn't it? The French terrorist group Silhouette claims that France was wrong to give the U.S. the Statue. We think they planned the bombing. I think Gunther is being held beyond this laser triggered alarm. If you don't want to set off the alarm, you can either hack the control panel in the doorway or find a way around... My blueprint of the Statue shows a few airshafts. The NSF put a commercial-grade security bot in this area. You can either avoid its patrol route or, if you're feeling lucky, try to take it out with EMP grenades or explosives. I wouldn't recommend taking it on with small arms. Gunther's in that room. One of our top agents. This security setup is strictly amateur stuff -- keep an eye out for ways to bypass it. These old pre-milenial buildings are riddled with ventilation shafts and maintenance tunnels. DATACUBE So many people use that ATM each day that it's busted 90% of the time. But if it's working, you might need some cash today for the pub crawl we've got planned in the city. Don't let the tourists get you down. See you there straight, sweetie. Accnt#: 230023 PIN#: 4558 Johnathan--your husband to be. PS) I was serious last night--I really want to get married in the Statue. We met there on duty and all our friends work there. DATACUBE A Lesson for Our President Family News Network -- Dave Wary Editorial When the other kids on my block elected me King of the World, a political office open (thankfully) only to eight-year-olds, I moved quickly to consolidate my power. I declared that all subsequent elections were forbidden, that the office of King was reserved to me and my descendants for all eternity. I don't remember what morsels of political philosophy were hurled at me. "That ain't fair!" perhaps, or "You can't do that!" My rebuttal? "Yes I can. I'm King." All subsequent debate involved rocks. Even Gretchen, green-eyed lovely Gretchen, held me pinned to the ground as the others asserted their own right to the throne with whatever stones happened to be within easy reach. With a 35 percent approval rating after the U.N. funding fiasco, President Mead should reflect that these children -- and millions of other free thinkers -- have reached voting age. Who wants to cast the first stone? CONVERSATION: GUNTHER HERMANN GUNTHER HERMANN Agent! Open the door. Get me a weapon. They had us surrounded. I was forced to surrender. I am ready to counterattack. Now everyone will see why I need a skull-gun. The rebels will soon wish they had killed me. JC DENTON Glad you're not hurt, Agent. GUNTHER HERMANN Command should not have left us to be surrounded. JC DENTON Risk is part of the job. I think you lucked out this time. GUNTHER HERMANN Agent Navarre and I were ready to go in, but for no reason they said pull back. I do not retreat. Please give me a weapon and move out of the way. 1. JC DENTON As you wish. Take my pistol. GUNTHER HERMANN That will be adequate. I will secure this level. You proceed up the stairs to the command center at the top. I will clean out the lower level. You go after the leader. A recruit is very valuable if he can operate in a team. 2. JC DENTON First thing is to get you out of here. I'll handle the enemy. GUNTHER HERMANN Excuse that I have forgotten your brother Paul Denton and the infinite power of nano-augmentation. JC DENTON I just can't spare any arms. Please retreat to a safe location. GUNTHER HERMANN Go ahead. Advance up the stairs to the command center at the top. I will take my rusty metal bones and sweep away into the junk pile. Now I see the reason for the pull-back. They wanted to show off their new nanoaugmentation technology. CONVERSATION: MERCENARY THUG (AMOS) & NSF TERRORIST (JACKSON) MERCENARY THUG Did they find the shipment? NSF TERRORIST Yeah, we got the whole supply. You can see the ship's lights crossing the bay. MERCENARY THUG Guess y'all were right. So why aren't we pulling out? NSF TERRORIST Mike's on the horn. JoJo wants a lead on the distribution network. MERCENARY THUG Hell, we don't have enough men to protect what we've got. NSF TERRORIST That's what JoJo wants. MERCENARY THUG I wonder. How's a guy with a tattooed forehead get to be an NSF colonel? Pardon me, but back in Alabama we wouldn't let a man who wears earrings plan a military operation. NSF TERRORIST I'd watch what I say about JoJo. He's got a temper. MERCENARY THUG He's a punk and he's gonna get us all killed. NSF TERRORIST The NSF is strong because it represents everyone's interests. MERCENARY THUG Yeah, yeah. CONTACT: ALEX JACOBSON ALEX Gunther has reestablished contact. He says you helped him escape. Good work. (Good. You're nearing the command center. Agent Hermann remains in captivity on the ground floor, but we can probably get him out. Keep moving.) Some news, JC. The NSF targeted a shipment of the plague vaccine, Ambrosia. We can't locate it. See if the leader will surrender when you reach the command post. We'd like to interrogate him. CONVERSATION: NSF TERRORIST 1 & NSF TERRORIST 2 NSF TERRORIST 1 Let's get out of here. NSF TERRORIST 2 I'm standing my ground. NSF TERRORIST 1 Someone tripped the alarm downstairs. They're closing in. NSF TERRORIST 2 That is it, Private. We knew it might come to this. NSF TERRORIST 1 What good are we to the NSF it we end up dead? NSF TERRORIST 2 If UNATCO breached the perimeter, then it's already too late. Get ready to fight. CONTACT: ALEX JACOBSON ALEX Easy. We want you to take this one alive and conscious. Find out what you can about the shipment, then turn him over to one of the troopers. CONVERSATION: NSF TERRORIST LEADER (LEO GOLD) GOLD Don't shoot! I surrender! JC DENTON So you think you know better than FEMA what to do with this month's Ambrosia shipment... GOLD You're too late. It's on its way back to the people, and you can't do a damn thing about it. 1. JC DENTON Except send YOU back to the people -- in a body bag. LEO GOLD I AM the people. 2. JC DENTON Tell me about the shipment and I'll order the troops to pick you up as a prisoner instead of a corpse. GOLD Ask away. We already won this round. JC DENTON Where are you taking it? GOLD We're just giving the ordinary people the same chance to survive as the bureaucrats in Washington. JC DENTON You'll have to unload in New York because the choppers would spot you at sea. GOLD I think the government made the plague on purpose to get rid of population growth. 1. CONTACT: ALEX JACOBSON ALEX That might have been over the line, JC. I don't know. Better head back to base on the west side of the island. Objective complete. 2. CONTACT: ALEX JACOBSON ALEX Well done. I will pass on your orders to the troopers. Report back to base on the west side of the island. Mission complete. CONVERSATION: NSF TERRORIST LEADER (LEO GOLD) JC DENTON Just answer the question. GOLD Don't believe me? It's all in the numbers. For a hundred years, there's been a conspiracy of plutocrats against ordinary people. JC DENTON Do you have a single fact to back that up? GOLD Number one: In 1945 corporations paid 50 percent of federal taxes. Now they pay about 5 percent. Number two: In 1900 90 percent of Americans were self-employed; now it's about two percent. JC DENTON So? GOLD It's called consolidation. Strengthen governments and corporations, weaken individuals. With taxes, this can be done imperceptibly over time. JC DENTON I guarantee you that the interrogation staff at UNATCO will not be as forbearing as I am. GOLD Yeah, the secret police. You're just bullies for a completely illegitimate government in Washington. JC DENTON We will locate that shipment one way or another. GOLD The entire executive branch is hand-picked. Nineteen of the last twenty-three U.S. presidents have been members of the Trilateral Commission. The Trilateral Commission is financed by the Rockefellers and the Rotschilds. Don't tell me -- JC DENTON That's a think-tank. Anyone can become a member. GOLD But not everyone does. That's why they call it the "secret government." You can't fight ideas with bullets. Do you ever ask what it's for? The surveillance, the police, the shoot-on-sight laws? Is that freedom? UNATCO teaches teenagers to fight when it still seems like a game, and -- look at you! -- you're a killing machine! Who's the scary one, huh? Me or you? The more of us you kill, the more that secessionism lives in the hearts of the people. Ever wonder why big car companies pay two percent tax while the guys on the assembly line pay forty? Corporations are so big you don't even know who you're working for. That's terror. Terror built into the system. (CONTACT: ALEX JACOBSON ALEX That's over the line. What did I just tell you? We won already. Report back to base.) (CONTACT: ALEX JACOBSON ALEX Gunther slipped out on his own. Report back to base.) CONVERSATION: UNATCO TROOP 1 & UNATCO TROOP 2 TROOP 1 The chief finally let us loose -- we were right behind you and cut through them like a hot knife through butter. I'll take it from here. Good work, Agent. We're gonna lock this guy away for a long time. TROOP 2 They sent us to pick up the pieces. We've already searched the bodies and delivered the enemy munitions to the quartermaster. Don't worry about the bodies -- we'll handle the cleanup. Someone shoulda put a slug in the commander's head. I guess you were just following orders up there. (I'm glad you had the guts to take out the commander. You got the right idea. Cap the bastards before the lawyers get involved.) Benson touched off a gas trap -- nasty. Next time, leave a few for us. Finally -- someone nano-augmented who also knows how to fight. We already have units in Manhattan. This isn't over yet. I'd sure like to find out what this was all about. We've got the situation under control. Heck of a first day, sir. All quadrants are secure. Nice work, Agent. 1. CONVERSATION: HARLEY FILBEN FILBEN You're a man of your word. I like that. I better get my money on time. 2. CONVERSATION: HARLEY FILBEN FILBEN I heard about the hit. Guess you changed your mind. How'm supposed to get back to the city? Swim? I don't rat the NSF if it's going to be a UNATCO slaughter. I thought I made that clear. (CONVERSATION: HARLEY FILBEN & DRIFTER WOMAN FILBEN Why the hell'd I come here if no one needs my help? JC DENTON I found a back way into the Statue, but I'm sure UNATCO appreciates your dedication. FILBEN I've been standing here for an hour. I better get paid for this. JC DENTON You'll have to bring that up with Manderley. FILBEN Bet the NSF won't try that trick again. I'd better get my money on time. (You guys took out my main NSF contact just now. I hope you’re happy. How'm supposed to get back to the city? Swim? I don't rat the NSF if it's going to be a UNATCO slaughter. I thought I made that clear.) DRIFTER WOMAN What? I'm just waiting for a ride. Filben said I'd get 200 for this. He'd better not jerk me around. You got a problem? Leave me be.) CONVERSATION: TECH SERGEANT KAPLAN KAPLAN Heard you cleaned the place out. JC DENTON They crossed the line by going into the Statue. KAPLAN That's exactly right. We're already gearing up to hunt these sons-of-bitches door-to-door in Manhattan. Need some hardware? I scored an extra scope from a couple of thugs we dropped down by the dock; you can have it for 700 credits. I also picked up 10 mm ammo and some crossbow darts -- say 200 for one and 60 for the other. JC DENTON Shouldn't you turn that stuff over to the quartermaster? KAPLAN Carter? He don't care. NSF goods are the spoils of war. Hey, we're risking our lives out here. JC DENTON I'll check back with you later. KAPLAN Glad you're coming around to our way of doing things. Need some hardware? JC DENTON I don't have the 700 for the scope. 1. KAPLAN Check back after you get your op bonus. 2. KAPLAN They don't pay me so good. I'm gonna wait for someone who's got the money. CONVERSATION: UNATCO TROOP TROOP Way to go, sir. Gunther should have followed orders. I can't wait to get to New York and finish the job. Situation normal, sir. CONVERSATION: PAUL DENTON 1. PAUL DENTON We've got the island secured. How did things look in the Statue? JC DENTON The leader surrendered. So they were after Ambrosia... PAUL DENTON A month's supply for the East Coast. We think they've taken it back to the city. JC DENTON I didn't know UNATCO handled the Ambrosia distribution. PAUL DENTON Manderley will brief us shortly. UNATCO makes sure the limited supply of vaccine gets to government agencies and key industries. JC DENTON It's good to finally see some action. PAUL DENTON Yeah, well, pace yourself. You killed a lot of people tonight. I'll handle things out here. You better get to Manderley's office on Level 2 and report for duty. Get inside. I'll meet you in Manderley's office. 2. PAUL DENTON You were a little out of line up there. JC DENTON I don’t understand. PAUL DENTON We could have learned a lot from their leader. JC DENTON

He wasn’t cooperative. Alex said something about an Ambrosia shipment... PAUL DENTON They captured a boat-load of Ambrosia, the plague vaccine. We might have found out from the leader where they’re taking it. JC DENTON So they just disappeared? We don’t know their location? PAUL DENTON Manderley will brief us shortly. You better get to his office on Level 2 and report for duty. Get inside. I'll meet you in Manderley's office. NYC - UNATCO HQ NEWSPAPER Mead Bucks Congress APR - Washington, D.C. Defying Congress for the third time this year, President Mead unilaterally paid the United States' late dues to the United Nations. "Like good tenants, we must pay our rent on time," he told reporters. Leaders of both parties criticized the move. "Where does he get the cash?" asked Senator Ridon (D-Illinois). "Clearly from some budget item yet to be approved by this Congress." The Republicans were no kinder. "This council member has been betrayed, and so has America," said Senator Osno Liverpoole (R-California). "The Congress came together to approve a UNATCO presence on U.S. soil, but we did not write a blank check. No, sir. A superpower does not pay rent." CONVERSATION: PRIVATE LLOYD LLOYD Good shootin', sir. Heard you wiped out the whole pack. Welcome to UNATCO. Way to go, sir. I thought Gunther was a goner. It's my first day, too. I'm pretty excited. I was in your class at the Academy. You probably don't remember. Manderley's office is on Level Two. He's expecting you. I've got to watch the doors. DATACUBE Shannon-- Ammunition is disappearing again, so we're changing the door code for the comm van near the helipad. New code: 0451. Alex COMPUTER From: Anon//UNATCO.44567.22356 To: Free Enterprise Mailing List Cc: Subject: re: NOBODY CARES! (was: Nationalizing industry) Michelle (mdarwin//orbit.8665.9112.4) wrote: >I just read that government regulators have >nationalized the third airline this year, and the >story was buried on the SIXTH PAGE of the >Times! >No one seems to care that Uncle Sam is >gradually taking control of every means of >public transportation. The FAA claims that the >airline's management botched the safety >records... Lies! Lies! Have any of these records >been made public? Do they even exist? >Rule by executive order is now the norm. >Goodbye, due process. What you have to remember is that "we the people" are members of a republic, and you must learn to trust those that you choose to represent you. The government is not a heartless machine running our lives; it is comprised of people, just like you, who deserve our trust and respect. From: JReed//UNATCO.56740.33309 To: KLloyd//UNATCO.2334.8873 Subject: Visitors Mr. Manderley tells me we're expecting a new agent. His assigned I.D. is "J.C. Denton." Please enter him in the log when he arrives and alert me immediately. Thank you. Janice Reed CONTACT: ALEX JACOBSON ALEX Check in with Manderley on Level Two. CONVERSATION: SCOTT SCOTT Come on in. The retinal scanner can read blood-vessel patterns right through your sunglasses. I heard there was a lot of fighting topside. I couldn't hear a thing from down here. I guess someone's got to watch HQ. CONTACT: ALEX JACOBSON ALEX Remember that Mr. Manderley wants to see you. Level Two. His secretary, Janice Reed, has your login and password. CONVERSATION: UNATCO TROOP (SERGEANT MICHAEL BERRY) BERRY We finally got to cap some rebels, eh Denton? Bet the NSF won't try that trick again. Good work up there. CONVERSATION: UNATCO TROOP TROOP Hell of a first day. Didn't know the NSF had so many people in New York. We'll finish the job when we get to Manhattan. It was quiet 'til sundown, then all hell broke loose. CONTACT: ALEX JACOBSON ALEX Before the briefing, you've got to go to Level Three for your equipment and a medical examination. See Jaime Reyes in the med center and Sam Carter in the armory. CONVERSATION: UNATCO TROOP UNATCO TROOP That was a close one up there. I don't like getting shot at. Not a bit. Thank God my shift is almost over. I didn't know we'd be fighting a war. CONVERSATION: UNATCO TROOP UNATCO TROOP Glad to have you aboard. Just making the rounds. Save a few for the grunts next time, JC. CONVERSATION: ADMIN (SHANNON) SHANNON How unprofessional. Expecting a show? Don't think I won't report this. CONTACT: ALEX JACOBSON ALEX You found your office. Did Janice give you your login? I guess not. Let's see: JCD, password "bionicman." BOOK UNATCO HANDBOOK Welcome to UNATCO! CLASSIFICATION: The U.N. has nine levels of security above Top Secret. This manual and all material that is not otherwise marked is classified as Angel/0A. If you are not Angel/0A or above, report immediately to your supervisor or face disciplinary action. Other classifications will be explained upon reaching higher clearance. In its efforts to combat terrorism, the U.N. has created UNATCO for the swift deployment of a COORDINATED FORCE to counteract any insurgent operations. You are justifiably proud to be part of this organization: your physical capabilities place you within the upper one percent of national ground combat units, while your mental capabilities have been honed to sharpness by the UNATCO Academy. But as part of a larger organization, you also understand the necessity to HEED ORDERS from your superiors without hesitation; your superiors are typically briefed on matters for which you may not be cleared, and hesitation on the part of an agent can result in the serious IMPAIRMENT of mission objectives and attendant CASUALTIES. UNATCO has faith in you, and this faith will be REWARDED in due time as your operational capacities are increased. Brave the darkness, for you carry the torch of freedom. BOOK UNATCO HANDBOOK UNATCO and the Public In carrying out our duties, UNATCO agents often come in contact with the public. You are a PEACEKEEPER, and your first objective is to safeguard human life. Though terrorists may see an advantage in harming civilians, UNATCO agents do not. Issue a warning before firing at a suspect and always instruct bystanders to "get down on the ground." Refrain from firing into large crowds. Every civilian hurt is collateral damage. However, keep in mind that no civilian with a clearance below Angel/0A should be trusted and may be a potential spy. ANYONE can be a spy, and secrecy is our ally. REMEMBER: WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. COMPUTER From: JReyes//UNATCO.00973.20892 To: JCDenton//UNATCO.82098.9868 Subject: greetings and nanotech briefings Hey JC, Guess I'll have to get used to calling you "J.C." around the office. Not sure where they came up with that, but at least they gave you the same last codename as your brother. Anyways, whatever they've calling you, it's good to see a familiar name on the roster. My first job here has been to read up on your augmentations. I'm beginning to see why you found classes so easy. EVERY NEURON IN YOUR HEAD has been augmented. For example: the voice in your head (from an operator, someone here at HQ able to handle the scanning equipment in your skull and broadcast advice over your "infolink") leaps fully formed right into your temporal lobe, bypassing the eardrum and its sensory neurons. And it's perfectly inaudible to everyone around you, of course. Not to mention that the nanites clinging to your axons can both receive and transmit symbolic information, so if you ever need help, don't sweat it; someone at HQ probably already knows. Come by if you want to hear more... this is great stuff... Jaime From: JReyes//UNATCO.00973.20892 To: GHermann; ANavarre; JCDenton Subject: Nano-Augmentation and You I was asked by the regional medical coordinator to forward this information to all of you. I do so without further comment... Dr. Reyes ---------------- By now, you've heard about the upcoming transition to nano-augmentation. It's coming, but not as soon as you think. UNATCO has only one nano-augmented agent, with a second just now graduating from the Academy. It will be years before the program leaves the laboratory. Your mechanical augmentations are NOT obsolete. Some agents express concern that they will be "walking junk" in ten years. One agent expressed their fears in an anonymous e-mail saying "Well be sld at flee markets,. old gray golems for scareing the children. So what about my legss? What about my LIFE?" [sic] Keep some perspective. Prosthetics remain the only proven technology for enhancing human abilities. Those who make the sacrifice are appreciated, commended, and saluted as heroes. From: MedDirectorate//UNATCO.15888.00342 To: JCDenton//UNATCO.82098.9868 Subject: Nano-Augmentation Stressors Nano-augmented agents will often encounter stress created by resentment among fellow agents, particularly those who have been mechanically augmented. In an effort to secure freedom and liberty for those under their protection, many UNATCO agents have chosen to sacrifice social acceptance for mission performance by surgically replacing limbs and organs with mechanically or electronically enhanced equivalents. But your nano-augmentations points the way to the future: thousands of microscopic, living, organic machines that exist in symbiosis with your body. Because such augmentations create only minimal disfigurement, they are likely to be a source of friction between you and other mechanically augmented agents -- but it is important to understand that UNATCO is an organization where individuals must act in concert. Each is important to the whole, and mutual understanding is essential to teams comprised of diverse human and augmented agents. If you have any further questions or wish to discuss these issues, please feel free to send email to CarverEschells\\UNATCO.4352.768 to make an appointment. And welcome to UNATCO, agent. CONTACT: ALEX JACOBSON ALEX Your partner for the next assignment, Anna Navarre, is in the adjoining break room to the east. Maybe you should introduce yourself. (You found you office. Did Janice give you your login? I guess not. Let's see: JCD, password: "bionicman.") NEWSPAPER !=!==!=== MIDNIGHT SUN ===!==!=! Mead from Mars! CAPE CANAVERAL -- NASA scientists confirmed that the eroded remains of the Alba Patera crater on Mars precisely match the face of President Mead. "It's him!" declared Senior Planetary Specialist Kevlar Umla. "There's his nose, that ridge, see? See the crater rim marking his hairline? The way he combs his hair appearing in this region of parallel valleys?" The White House had no comment. However, Martin Wisdom, president of EA (Enemies of Aliens), told Midnight Sun: "This is the evidence we have been looking for, a warning that Mr. Mead is not human. He is probably a Martian General, a war hero, come here to conquer the Earth with the assistance of the United Nations." -- Ryan Allan, Staff Writer CONVERSATION: GUNTHER HERMANN & ANNA NAVARRE ANNA NAVARRE Are you sure you pressed the right button? GUNTHER HERMANN I do not make mistakes of that kind. ANNA NAVARRE Your hand might have slipped. GUNTHER HERMANN No. I wanted orange. It gave me lemon-lime. ANNA NAVARRE The machine would not make a mistake... GUNTHER HERMANN It's the maintenance man. He knows I like orange. ANNA NAVARRE So you think the staff has some kind of plot... GUNTHER HERMANN Yes. They do it on purpose. ANNA NAVARRE My new partner, JC Denton. Don't tell me you're going to wear those sunglasses during a night operation. JC DENTON My vision is augmented. GUNTHER HERMANN Better to look good than to have distractions of another agent who needs backup. JC DENTON Forgive my interruption. I just wanted so say that I look forward to working with you, Agent Navarre. Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got to be briefed by Mr. Manderley. (Could you tell me how to find Jaime’s office?) ANNA NAVARRE I do not expect you to perform as well as Agent Hermann, but the mission will require us to do more than frighten the NSF with our baggy coats that make us look bigger than we really are. JC DENTON I am prepared to perform my duties. 1. GUNTHER HERMANN For instance, not to be a man running into enemy lines without coordinated military assault. 2. GUNTHER HERMANN For instance, not to wipe out the enemy and then leave agents still captured in a locked cell. JC DENTON No problem. ANNA NAVARRE I have to prepare for the mission. I am not going to hold your hand. You have your orders. Get your check-up on Level 3, and let's get going. GUNTHER HERMANN You will be working with Anna Navarre. Manderley says, "Sit out this one." I am filing another protest. I don't need sitting out. A simple provision of a plasma rifle with laser sighting, and I am ready to go. What will be decisive in street-fighting is experience. Do not expect your augmentations to do the work for you. BULLETINS Terrorism -- Crime or Conscience? The question must be asked: is the global rise of terrorism a haphazard response to a decimated economy or is there a pattern? Does UNATCO face coordinated ideological opposition? Some groups -- Silhouette in France, for instance -- have declared a "Meme War," or "war of meanings" in their terminology. They spread email and pamphlets that lampoon the U.N.'s proposal for a one-world democracy, a tedious exercise in rudimentary propaganda. With sophistries and doublespeak, they portray "freedom" as "obedience," "democracy" as "tyranny," and UNATCO as the perpetrator of terrorism -- an idea as shocking as it is reprehensible. Other organizations, such as the self-proclaimed revolutionary National Seccessionist Forces (NSF) in the U.S., claim allegiance to the Meme War, but are in fact no better than common criminals. They desire territory and wealth at the expense of society at large. Their "civil war" is merely a smokescreen for criminal activity. Any population can be quickly turned against such "revolutionaries" simply by educating them about the U.N.'s policies and goals. -- Joseph Manderley, Director, UNATCO Terrorism -- Threat Profiling Symbolic attacks -- the Statue of Liberty bombing, the desecration of Soviet War Memorial in Berlin, the department-store shooting-sprees on Orchard Road in Singapore -- are the recourse of the weak. They serve only to call attention to a group or cause that is of no more than marginal interest to the public. But what distinguishes true terrorist activity is its gradual escalation towards genuine acts of war. Fringe groups now have access to technology that allows direct assaults on governments, including the classic trio of nuclear, biological, or chemical weaponry (NBC). But aside from direct assaults on a nation and its people, indirect attacks can cause considerable collateral damage -- rogue software can disrupt financial markets, communications, and military operations, while encryption programs allow terrorists to coordinate smuggling operations in secret right over the Net! Drugs, guns, illegal immigrants, and even heavy equipment such as armored vehicles and cruise missiles are routinely traded across borders, aided and abetted by such software. UNATCO -- the first organization with the technology, manpower, and authority to cope with such threats -- is an idea that is long overdue. -- Joseph Manderley, Director, UNATCO Know Your Enemy -- NSF The National Secessionist Forces (NSF) remain a very real and increasingly widespread terrorist threat. Ten years ago, in response to the Sporting Weapons Act of 2042, splinter groups from nearly every state militia refused to surrender their rifles, grenades, land mines, and other "collectibles" prohibited by the Act. Unified under the charismatic leadership of Leon Woods, these isolated fanatics eventually formed the NSF with Woods assuming the rank of General. Their intended goal: the "liberation" of Washington, Montana, Oregon, and Northern California. While Woods died during his infamous "last stand" in 2045, his war machine continues what can only be termed an occupation of the United States, aided by an encrypted network designed by dissident computer scientists from San Francisco and Seattle. Currently, the UNATCO Cryptography Division has had minimal success in cracking their communications, requiring more direct intelligence gathering techniques to be utilized. The U.N. has declared war on the NSF. Know Your Enemy -- Silhouette Famous for inserting 20th-century style commercials into the Net broadcast of the World Cup in 2050, Silhouette favors "feats of spectacle" over violence. "Printed circuits, part of this nutritious breakfast," the announcer told children in one of the World Cup commercials. "You ain't mech 'til you eat mech. [A mech boy chews a memory chip.] Boys who eat organics get stomped by their posthuman classmates. [Mech boys in UNATCO helmets and metal boots take turns kicking another boy.]" Despite their numerous pranks, these intellectuals, artists, and labor organizers pose a serious threat. They are well-armed and have been linked to the murders of numerous European politicians and journalists. They will not hesitate to use lethal force. Know Your Enemy -- The Triads UNATCO surveillance of Hong Kong is currently a high priority given the renewed threat of Chinese organized crime in the form of the Triads. Despite being a model of prosperity and technological leadership for decades, Hong Kong persists as a haven for organized crime. The Triads, namely the Luminous Path and Red Arrow, vie for control of the ten-trillion credit shipping business, much of which supplies greater Asia with pirated technology, illegal drugs, and weapons. Most disturbing of all, the Triads preach an ethic of technopiracy that has found enthusiastic support among small shopkeepers and businessmen who often aid the gangsters and buy their bootlegged software. Gullible and greedy, this army of middlemen remain insensitive to how their violations of intellectual property and copyright laws damage the global information economy. Know Your Enemy -- Other Threats UNATCO operatives have identified over 1250 terrorist organizations active in the world today, some too small to currently present a serious threat, but all eager to see one or more governments topple. Groups such as the Templars (Europe) and "X-51" (Western U.S.) will be dealt with in subsequent volumes of "Know Your Enemy." CONVERSATION: JANICE REED JANICE REED Good work out there, Mr. Denton. Mr. Manderley said you handled yourself nicely. Welcome to UNATCO HQ. Our little family keeps getting bigger... JC DENTON Is Mr. Manderley available? JANICE REED Yes, go right in. By the way, your computer account is ready. Login: JCD, password: "bionicman." (JC DENTON Alex already told me -- thanks.) JANICE REED He's waiting, JC. DATACUBE Mr. Manderley: Just FYI, your new password is knight_killer (I know you led that mission in Paris against that old terrorist organization or whatever it was). Your login is still jmanderley. Janice ;) COMPUTER From: GHermann//UNATCO.15431.76513 To: JManderley//UNATCO.00013.76490 Cc: ANavarre//UNATCO.9954.1131 Subject: Skul-gun Might I sugest agin, a skul-gun for my head. Yesterday in Batery Park, some scum we all know pushes smack for NSF gets jumpy and draws. I take 2 .22's, 1 in flesh, 1 in augs, befor I can get out that dam asalt gun. If I could kil just by thought, it would be beter. Is it my job to be a human target-practis backstop? Gunther Hermann From: WS//UpNet.78543.98231 To: JManderley//UNATCO.00013.76490 Subject: Our Little Experiment Should be arriving soon. Clear it for Domination/5F as soon as possible, but proceed with caution. We have serious concerns about the primary unit and would like to avoid any potential contamination. BOOK UNATCO HANDBOOK UNATCO and the Police In carrying our their duties, UNATCO agents often work with other law- enforcement agencies. We remain a small, elite organization. Until our ranks expand, we must rely on the cooperation of local police, governments, intelligence agencies, and corporate security divisions. Always be courteous when requesting information or filing an extradition request. As our jurisdiction widens, we will inevitably experience conflicts with some local officials. Do not resort to unnecessary intimidation in these situations, and report any problems to the appropriate UNATCO liaison. Above all, an international law enforcement body requires the RESPECT and SUPPORT of all participating nations. BOOK PROJECT DIBBUK Overview Domination/5F Clearance ONLY ...the noted failure of previous attempts to create a low profile rotary aircraft involved the acquisition and retrofitting of available military hardware that had neither the range, ceiling, nor electromagnetic transparency to avoid numerous eyewitness accounts or unauthorized military interactions. In addition to exacerbating public misconceptions about governmental operations, such encounters also jeopardized several key missions. PROJECT DIBBUK was initiated to address this issue through the creation of a "stealth" aircraft that could be used as a platform for a number of mission objectives... CONVERSATION: JOSEPH MANDERLEY (MANDERLEY You will behave like a professional. That's an order. Hey! Who do you think you are? That's enough, Agent.) JC DENTON Reporting for duty, sir. MANDERLEY The man himself. Splendid. Do accept my apologies about the situation topside. JC DENTON A refreshing change from the academy, sir. (MANDERLEY The academy, yes. I thought they were teaching you discipline there. Don’t ever kill a prisoner against my orders again. Clear? JC DENTON Clear, sir.) MANDERLEY Don't despise training, my boy. Even you would be worthless without the shaping touch of drills and studies. JC DENTON So the NSF took a shipment of the Ambrosia vaccine? Give me a chopper and a pilot and I'll handle it. MANDERLEY I'm sure you could! Yes indeed! But we're having your brother head up the recovery team. You'll work with Agent Anna Navarre. Why don't we meet when you've seen Jaime for a medical checkup and received your equipment from Sam Carter? You'll be briefed at that time. JC DENTON Yes, sir. (MANDERLEY By the way, did you see what happened to the soldier we sent into the statue? He turned up dead. JC DENTON No, sir. Friendly fire? MANDERLEY Not so friendly, I’m afraid. I have opened an investigation. Dismissed.) MANDERLEY The med center and armory are on Level Three. I've got work to do. Come back when you've seen Carter and Reyes. CONVERSATION: JANICE REED JANICE REED You've got to see Carter and Reyes before Manderley can brief you. I guess the nanoaugmentation program is really about to take off. Welcome to the family! Most of the staff is on Level Three. BOOK UNATCO HANDBOOK UNATCO and the World For far too long terrorists have exploited international tensions and regional legislative variations to elude authorities. A significant step was made towards eliminating these legal loopholes when U.S. President Philip Riley Mead lobbied the Congress to make the U.S. a UNATCO member nation: "Enough is enough!" he declared in his landmark State of the Union address, and the citizens of the United States responded with enthusiastic endorsement of his position. Not only did the United States become a charter member of UNATCO, but UNATCO headquarters are now located on Liberty Island in the shadow of that shattered monument to FREEDOM. UNATCO deals not only with terrorist threats, but also any transgressions of the international legal code, including drug trafficking, software piracy, and money laundering. With the full support of the United States, UNATCO was for the first time able to truly declare itself the "WORLD'S POLICEMAN." BOOK UNATCO MedDirectorate Nano-Augmentation Guidelines ...nano-augmentations, once "installed," irrevocably alter the physiological system they affect and in many cases cause all subsequent augmentations to be rejected; however, the exact number of augmentations each system can support varies. The various interdependencies between these systems can be seen in the following table that details possible nano-augmentation combinations. Arms: Combat Strength or Microfibral Muscle Legs: Speed Enhancement or Run Silent Subdermal (1): EMP Shield or Ballistic Protection Subdermal (2): Cloak or Radar Transparency Torso (1): Aqualung or Environmental Resistance Torso (2): Regeneration or Energy Resistance Torso (3): Synthetic Heart or Power Recirculator Cranium: Aggressive Defense System or Spy Drone Optics: Targeting or Vision Enhancement Specific nano-augmentations should be selected based on the mission profile of the particular agent... DATACUBE JANINE'S BOTS SPECS AND OVERVIEW MATSU-GRAVAS GV-4 "NIGHTINGALE" MEDICAL BOT The Matsu-Gravas GV-4 is the newest addition to the M-G line, their first foray into the medical bot category largely monopolized by Page Industries and Chiang subsidiary HealTech. Unlike the competing Page or HealTech units, the M-G GV-4 benefits from a completely proprietary operating system -- developed at M-G's research campus in Prague -- that promises to revolutionize automated healing by combining a comprehensive medical and pharmaceutical database with M-G's already proven autonomous heuristic routines. While actual field data is sketchy at this point of time, anecdotal evidence suggests that the GV-4 can heal wounds far beyond the capabilities of any other competing model, though it does require a substantial recharging period... COMPUTER From: GHermann//UNATCO.15431.76513 To: JReyes//UNATCO.00973.20892 Subject: bad nee Doctor Reys, well-come. UNATCO is having a need of a good sergeon. Which let me add, I have a big pain in my nee. Sticking actuator? I cant fix it no mater how much lubrikant. Please inform when an appointment can be made available. Gunther Hermann From: MedDirectorate//UNATCO.15888.00342 To: JReyes//UNATCO.00973.20892 Subject: Nano-Augmentation Principal/2C Briefing As a medical specialist, you will be required to repair and modify the systems of our nano-augmented agents. This briefing is intended merely as an introduction to the technology. The cells of every major tissue in the body of a nano-augmented agent are host to nanite-capsid "hybrids." These hybrids replicate in two stages: the viral stage, in which the host cell produces capsid proteins and packages them into hollowed viral particles, and the nanotech stage, in which the receiver- transmitter and CPU are duplicated and inserted into the protective viral coating. New RNA sequences are transmitted by microwave and translated in to plasmid vectors, resulting in a wholly natural and organic process. Additional augmentations can be added through the use of microscopic ROM modules -- shaped a little like flying saucers -- that diffuse through the blood and attach to the long spine of nanite CPUs. These additional augmentations are software "upgrades" in the most literal sense of the word. We hope this report gets you started; you will find a full technical design document attached. Please read and thoroughly understand this information so that you will be better qualified to administer care to this most exciting new breed of augmented-human agent. CONVERSATION: JAIME REYES JAIME REYES Hey, JC. JC DENTON You look like the real thing. They actually let you operate on people? JAIME REYES Just fixed Gunther's knee, in fact. A sticky actuator. So far I feel more like a mechanic than a doctor. JC DENTON I'm impressed. JAIME REYES They actually let you point a gun at people? JC DENTON We'll have to catch up later. I've got to leave for New York right away. Could you send Manderley whatever it is he wants? JAIME REYES No problem. Listen, JC -- about your augmentations. You know they're preparing to roll out the technology worldwide, right? JC DENTON As long as I don't turn green and grow a pair of antennas, as I understand it. JAIME REYES Yeah, well, the design's pretty modular, which means you'll soon have access to upgrades from standard "augmentation canisters." JC DENTON Great. Have anything for me? JAIME REYES Not yet. But remember if you find one of these canisters that you need a medbot for installation. JC DENTON I'll do that. JAIME REYES The canisters contain a colloid of ROM modules. Some are generic upgrades; others require you to make permanent choices about how to configure one of your subsystems. JC DENTON It's about time they implemented some of this stuff. (JAIME REYES Have you met your partner yet -- Anna Navarre? I think she and Gunther are upstairs in the break room. JC DENTON Haven't run into her. JAIME REYES A real piece of work. Maybe you should compare notes before the operation. You never know -- she might go easier on you.) JC DENTON One more thing before I go, since you've been briefed on my augmentations. What can you tell me about the Infolink? JAIME REYES Let's see... microreceiver exostructure in the sulci, mechano-carbon threads on the axons... for queuing, you know, packet routing... Anything particularly interest you? JC DENTON Is there a way to turn it off? JAIME REYES The Infolink? JC DENTON Yeah, or is someone at UNATCO tuned in 24 hours? JAIME REYES This might sound a little funny, JC, but I'm not permitted to answer that question. JC DENTON Your clearance is higher than mine? JAIME REYES Regarding your systems. I AM your physician. JC DENTON No big deal. I was just curious. JAIME REYES I wouldn't keep Manderley waiting if I were you. His office is on Level Two. You better head out. I think there's a medkit in the storage closet. Carter's out the door and around the corner. He's got your stealth pistol. You better head out. I think there's a medkit in the storage closet. Careful... Years of training, and you'll still all thumbs... You old kidder. BOOK UNATCO HANDBOOK: Dedication Nihil aliud scit necessitas quam vincere. --Syrus CONTACT: ALEX JACOBSON ALEX You're getting warm. Getting colder. You're red hot. Looks like you found me. (You feel okay, JC? You're acting strange. You're breaking my concentration.) Like leading a mouse to cheese. JC DENTON This thing is starting to give me a headache. ALEX Don't worry. We shut it down when you go off-duty. JC DENTON I guess I'll get used to it. ALEX I'm Alex Jacobson, communications engineer. JC DENTON I suppose you already know who I am. ALEX Getting there. You're certainly quicker on the up-take than your brother Paul ever was. JC DENTON Thanks. ALEX Don't worry. I'll be watching your back. It'll be interesting to see how the transmission sounds in Manhattan. I bet I could jack you into an online jukebox. We'll have to try that. You feel okay, JC? You're acting strange. DATACUBE Change ghermann password to "zeitgeist." Next week I guess it'll be "schadenfreude." Strange guy... NEWSPAPER !=!==!=== MIDNIGHT SUN ===!==!=! Gray Death: Look to the Sky NEW YORK -- No student of recent history can fail to miss the irony that the greatest enemy mankind has faced in the 21st century was not any despot or dictator, but the lowly microbe. Millions upon millions have been killed by the pandemics of AIDS, resistant tuberculosis, and the Century Flu, and now we face our greatest threat yet: the "Gray Death," a plague of devastating efficiency that has surfaced in the last year. But was this plague an accident of nature, or a design of science? Dr. Kenji Ishii of the New World Biomedical Health Center in New York thinks not. "My analysis of this plague indicates that it is decidedly unnatural in origin, and in point of fact, may be extraterrestrial." He went on to speculate about those afflicted. "Obviously, a disproportionate number of the indigent seem to be infected, a situation that makes perfect sense if you consider it prelude to an invasion. No more effective way to disrupt the social, political, and military fabric of Earth has yet been devised." If this is so, then what are our leaders not telling us? And how can we be prepared? Only they know the answers. -- Joe Greene, Senior Staff Writer COMPUTER From: cRakS//AUSNET.78963.07378 To: AJacobson//UNATCO.00013.76490 Subject: Whupass Hey man, get your occipital jack fixed yet? You've got to check out the Strike4 demo (//GNET/Ego/Strike4): whole-motor control, total visual occlusion... MAN, fireballs burn your face, walls hurt when you hit them, tactile-textures everywhere, volumetric humidity... WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? Don't give me that national security crap. Jack in so I can WHUP YOUR ASS. cRakS From: JManderley//UNATCO.00013.76490 To: AJacobson//UNATCO.00013.76490 Subject: re: Security Breach Thank you for keeping me informed of the recent hacker activity and your speedy response to same. I'm glad our security efforts were up to snuff. (AJacobson//UNATCO.00013.76490) wrote: >I managed to stop the guys (actually, it was >some French chick the CIA's been watching, >perhaps a Silhouette spy(?)) trying to break into >the net, but I took the liberty of changing some >passwords, just in case. Here are the new >ones: >anavarre - scryspc >ghermann - zeitgeist >jmanderley - knight_killer >jreed - redshoes >jreyes - amigo >scarter - antique >me - calvo >You should probably delete this as soon as >you're done reading, okay? From: AJacobson//UNATCO.00013.76490 To: AJacobson//UNATCO.00013.76490 Subject: locker code: 2001 From: JManderley//UNATCO.00013.76490 To: GHermann//UNATCO.15431.76513 Cc: ANavarre//UNATCO.9954.1131 Subject: re: skul-gun I have personally forwarded your request to Appropriations. Upgrading our combat-readiness is an ongoing priority. Speaking of which, you certainly made the best of a difficult situation yesterday. We applaud your courage. Thank you for living to work another day, Gunther. We need more agents like you. JM GHermann (UNATCO.15431.76513) wrote: >Might I sugest agin, a skul-gun for my head. >Yesterday in Batery Park, some scum we all >know pushes smack for NSF gets jumpy and >draws. I take 2 .22's, 1 in flesh, 1 in augs, befor >I can get out that dam asalt gun. >If I could kil just by thought, it would be beter. Is >it my job to be a human target-practis >backstop? >Gunther Hermann From: JManderley//UNATCO.00013.76490 To: GHermann; ANavarre Subject: Our New Recruit JC Denton will be joining us today after his stint at the Academy, and I'm assigning the both of you the task of keeping a watchful eye on him while monitoring his progress. His assigned cover name for the duration of his service will be "J.C. Denton" -- we thought it would be best to keep the cover names within the family since Paul has already received the Denton codename. I have great faith in you both, and trust you will do your utmost to insure that he becomes a successful and productive member of this organization. Until further notice, I'd like to receive weekly reports with your observations. JM From: GHermann//UNATCO.15431.76513 To: ANavarre//UNATCO.9954.1131 Subject: dinosores See, what do I tell you? Manderley wil be hapy to have the garbage truk take me back to Deutschland. Now especally with the new nano-aug alredy ariving. We are the old computers the Americans call "dinosores." See if I ever get a skul-gun at all. Gunther CONVERSATION: SAM CARTER SAM CARTER At ease, Agent Denton. JC DENTON General Carter, I read about the Merced Operation in school. This is a great honor. SAM CARTER I'm not a general anymore. Just call me Carter. JC DENTON I can't believe what the NSF did to your family. SAM CARTER Enough of that, soldier. We each have our troubles. I lost my children, but you've had to grow up without your parents. Which requires more courage? I don't think it matters. JC DENTON My parents died in a car accident. That's different. SAM CARTER I said that's enough. You have your own op and time is short. How 'bout I issue your stealth pistol? 1. JC DENTON That sounds fine. Thank you, sir. (2. JC DENTON Sorry, sir. I can't carry anything else right now.) SAM CARTER So, let's see... A stealth pistol, and... What else you think you'll need? 1. JC DENTON A "smart" lock pick is always handy. SAM CARTER That's right: infiltrate and evade -- engage only on your own terms. 2. JC DENTON Can you spare a nanotech tech-tool? SAM CARTER A man who uses his head -- I like that. 3. JC DENTON Just give me ammo. SAM CARTER A man who means business -- nothing wrong with that. SAM CARTER Now move out. Manderley's waiting. JC DENTON Hey -- what about that guy out front selling munitions? Is that allowed? SAM CARTER Oh, Kaplan, right. We've got some screwballs around here, but he's not the problem. It's whoever's been breaking into the armory. JC DENTON Someone at UNATCO's a thief? SAM CARTER Yes, sir, and a damn good one. No time for chit-chat. The NSF are in retreat. You better get going. That is no time to be messing around. You better leave that assinine behavior right here, soldier. It will get you killed. A pistol is more than adequate. Hell, I dispatched a whole platoon one time with a pocket knife. NEWSPAPER Mass Grave in Brooklyn APR - New York Responding to an outbreak of Gray Death that quickly overwhelmed all city services, National Guard forces were placed under the command of local law enforcement today and mobilized to help with disposal of the recently deceased in Brooklyn. However, the National Guard soon proved inadequate in containing the chaos and in many cases the dead were simply left lying in streets while the dying -- mostly homeless -- wandered the city until collapsing. Traffic jams and looting remain widespread, and as fear of the disease continues to escalate, frequent riots have made any attempt at an organized clean-up impossible. With the threat of secondary diseases looming, city officials have consulted with the CDC in Atlanta and ordered a mass grave to be dug in Gateway National Park. CONVERSATION: JANICE REED JANICE REED They're waiting for you, Agent. Go on in. You better not keep them waiting. CONVERSATION: JOSEPH MANDERLEY & PAUL DENTON MANDERLEY That will be JC's job. JC DENTON What's that? PAUL DENTON The power station. The NSF have the Ambrosia in a warehouse protected by cameras and booby traps. We want to power down the whole system. MANDERLEY We're talking one illicit generating plant, protected by weak groups of NSF. Knock out that plant, and Paul's team can walk right into the warehouse. JC DENTON Just tell me where it is. PAUL DENTON The NSF are openly resisting our deployed forces, gradually falling back. You'll have to deal with them first. MANDERLEY And you be ready, Paul. When the power drops, go in and go in hard. PAUL DENTON I'll use my discretion. MANDERLEY Go in like the U.S. Marshals. We lose the vaccine, I'm sending your butt to the Mayor to explain why he and his three daughters won't get their pills this month. PAUL DENTON Yes, sir. Let's not waste any time, JC. Get down to the dock. A boat is waiting to take you and your partner Anna Navarre ashore. MANDERLEY Yes, get moving. Here's your op bonus for the great job you did in the Statue, plus 250 for rescuing Agent Hermann. That's 1250. We take care of our people around here. JC DENTON Thank you, sir. MANDERLEY By the way, Denton, stay out of the ladies restroom. That kind of activity embarasses the agency more than it does you. You'll come to admire your partner. She's one of our best. Leave from where you arrived, Denton. The boat dock. Move it! That's enough, Agent. Move out, soldier. PAUL DENTON We'll meet up in the city. BOOK UNATCO HANDBOOK UNATCO and the Future As science progresses at an ever increasing rate, more and more advanced technology is finding its way into the hands of the common criminal, resulting in a deadly threat to LIFE and PROPERTY throughout the world. While it is impractical to restrict the free-flow of information already present in the public sector, UNATCO is committed to insuring that this threat does not go unaddressed. Even now, UNATCO research and development employs some of the most talented scientific minds in the world to develop proprietary technologies in absolute security for field use by our agents -- including such innovations as the XXXXXXX XXXXX and XXXXXX, or the lifesaving XXXXX. Under NO circumstances should agents discuss ANY piece of equipment or technique currently employed by UNATCO. Agents operating contrary to this directive will face immediate disciplinary action. Within our laboratories lies not just the future of law enforcement, but a SAFE, SECURE future for all mankind. [Document filtered per UNATCO Terror Monitoring Act 919-05 Sec. IV] NEWSPAPER Bootcamp for Betty APR - Portland Madison High School junior Betty Souza will spend the semester at the Canyon City Bootcamp, say school officials. The crime? "We have verified that she told another student that she knows how to make a bomb," said Principal Martin Gordly. What makes this case notable is that the parents have filed a lawsuit against the school district. "Our daughter wears black," said father Brandon Souza in a prepared statement. "She had an occipital jack and we let her use it to play games. We allowed her to get a tattoo when she turned 16, but none of this makes her a criminal." The parents claim that Betty was discussing a novel by Tom Robbins taught at Madison High when the mention of explosives occurred. Betty Souza will not be alone in Canyon City. Last year 15,234 young people served sentences in the state's FBI-run "good-behavior" camps, a legacy of the Northwest War. CONVERSATION: JANICE REED JANICE REED Oh boy... The moment of truth. They're really excited to have you, JC. Good luck. BOOK UNATCO HANDBOOK UNATCO and the Press Because UNATCO will often deal with situations that cannot easily be contained, agents may unfortunately need to interact with the press. If you are not trained for such interaction, do not -- repeat, DO NOT -- speak with journalists, regardless of nationality. They are skilled in misdirection and propaganda. Refuse comment. Remember: Security procedures are our first line of defence. SECRETS are LIVES. Always refer reporters at crime scenes to UNATCO information officers and fact management teams. CONVERSATION: SCOTT SCOTT Wish I was going with ya. NEWSPAPER !=!==!=== MIDNIGHT SUN ===!==!=! U.S. Prez Sells Out NEW YORK -- President Philip Riley Mead's executive order repaying the United States debt to the United Nations is viewed by many as a positive step towards global peace -- but others sense darker motives at work. Some sources have privately commented that the order is nothing more than a tacit endorsement of a new world government and its private military, the United Nations Anti-Terrorist Coalition (UNATCO). Few can forget Mead's impassioned declaration that the shattered Statue of Liberty would not be repaired but instead stand as a reminder that "terrorism must be eradicated if we are to be free." It was shortly thereafter that Liberty Island was selected as the location of UNATCO headquarters, their dubious charter highlighted by the mysterious and still largely unexplained circumstances behind the Statue bombing. No doubt President Mead's words will be remembered, even as he sells out his country to the foreign powers that have sought to destroy it for nearly three centuries. -- Joe Greene, Senior Staff Writer CONVERSATION: PRIVATE LLOYD LLOYD Good luck out there. Man, two Dentons in the field. The NSF won't know what hit them. CONVERSATION: TECH SERGEANT KAPLAN KAPLAN Plenty more cleaning-house to do when we chase these sons-of-bitches into the city. Tell me what you need. JC DENTON I'll check back with you later. CONVERSATION: UNATCO TROOP TROOP Good luck, Agent. CONVERSATION: CORPORAL COLLINS COLLINS The boat's ready. From what I hear, the terrorists are pinned down in Battery Park. Good luck. CONVERSATION: UNATCO BOAT PILOT PILOT Let's head out. NYC - BATTERY PARK CONVERSATION: ANNA NAVARRE ANNA NAVARRE All right, let's go. The terrorists are in a fighting retreat; a few have barricaded themselves inside Castle Clinton. JC DENTON Lead the way. ANNA NAVARRE Our orders are to locate a barrel of Ambrosia they are hiding inside -- I will give you a schematic of the barrel. But first we will exterminate the NSF terrorists. JC DENTON Exterminate? ANNA NAVARRE A precious opportunity we cannot neglect. JC DENTON What about the rest of the shipment? ANNA NAVARRE That is your brother's assignment. You will take the subway to meet him in Hell's Kitchen, but first we should deal with Castle Clinton. JC DENTON Are we going in the front, or is there another way? ANNA NAVARRE A secondary entrance would be useful, but I am aware of no such thing. President Mead has declared a war emergency. Shoot to kill. You have your orders. No bean-bag shells like during a training exercise; real bullets tonight. The Ambrosia is somewhere inside the Castle. We must annihilate the NSF so that this does not happen again. I can hold the entrance while you look for another way in. Our orders are to stay here until the Ambrosia is secure. CONVERSATION: UNATCO TROOP TROOP We've got you back, Agent. They won't get far if they try to escape. We've got them pinned down. Be careful. They've got assault guns. We know the Ambrosia's in there somewhere. I wonder why the rebels would back themselves into a corner like this. CONVERSATION: KID (JOSH) JOSH I'm starving. Do you have anything to eat? 1. JC DENTON You don't look that bad. Tell me what you know about the NSF. JOSH They're gonna kill the top one percent and then split up the rich people's money with everybody. JC DENTON Can you tell me anything specific? JOSH Go to hell. What is it, Mister? I'm really hungry. JC DENTON You don't look that bad. Tell me what you know about the NSF. JOSH I knew it! Someday the NSF is going to win, and I'm going to give them your description with your stupid shades, and they're going to kick your ass! Leave me alone. I don't need your help. I hope you get stuck in the desert someday. And that you starve to death. 2. JC DENTON All I have is a candy bar. JOSH It don't matter. I just need something in my stomach so I can fall asleep. JC DENTON Here you go. Do you have a place to stay? JOSH I sleep out on the dock where they unload the speedboats. JC DENTON Speedboats? Is that how the NSF get their supplies? JOSH I don't know. They're always coming in and out of the tunnel behind the soda machine. JC DENTON Interesting. JOSH I spy on them from the crates. The code is 9183. JC DENTON Clever boy. JOSH Thanks for the snack, mister. JC DENTON It's the least I could do. JOSH That was good. The cleaner-nanites make my teeth slippery. I wish everybody was as nice as you. 3. JC DENTON Sorry, I don't have any food. JOSH I could eat anything. CONVERSATION: GIRL BUM BUM Look at that. Don't have nobody at the side entrance. NSF could just walk away. NYPD. I call 'em the Flashlight Brigade. All they ever do is come out here and scare the birds, then I go back to sleep. They're scared. Just look at 'em. They ain't gonna budge a muscle. CONVERSATION: OLDER BUM BUM No, sir, forget about the NSF. Most of those old forts have a "bolt hole." Those boys'll be long gone out a side tunnel by now. You fellas might scare Jim and Jane Stay-at-Home, but that's an army out there, a praise-the-Lord yes an honest-to-God people's militia. I seen lots of battles, blessed be our Lord, back in the Northwest War. Didn't have uniforms back then, just a shotgun and all the shells you could carry. The NSF sure has grown up, praise Heaven. They got organization now. Listen to me, young sir. I can tell you: that's what lost it for us last time, what the government's always been good at and we haven't. But it looks like the boys got some discipline this time around, and your men better take note. That's right. Stand up, wipe your noses, and take note. You got yourselves a -- hail Jesus! -- you got yourselves a rebellion! Consider the consequences, young sir. Praise Heaven! No more hiding below ground. 'Bout time we had a battle face-to-face. CONVERSATION: SICK MAN MAN (moans) Somebody kill me... anybody... JC DENTON I'm sorry. I can't kill you. MAN Please... JC DENTON Go to a public clinic; they can do something for the pain. MAN It's true... It's your whole body. Every cell. JC DENTON You have the Gray Death? MAN I can't make it. I just can't make it. I bet it's germ-warfare. The government's got a cure. They just won't give it to the people. I can't feel my fingers... CONVERSATION: SICK WOMAN WOMAN (groan) (moans) Got five credits for someone who's got the Gray Death? 1. JC DENTON Here you go. WOMAN God bless you.

Spare another five credits for someone who's got the Gray Death? JC DENTON Here you go. WOMAN God bless you. I think I'm getting worse. Why can't anybody help me? (sigh) 2. JC DENTON Sorry. CONVERSATION: BUM BUM Our country 'tis of Thee, sweet land of Liberty. Of Thee I sing. Land where my fathers died! Land of the Pilgrim's pride! From every mountain side, let freedom ring! My native country, thee. Land of the noble free. Thy name I love. CONVERSATION: BUM BUM Don't let me get in your way, officer. I'm right here if you need me. You guys are doing great. About time the cops cleaned up this park. 1. CONTACT: ALEX JACOBSON ALEX Looks like these tunnels head toward Castle Clinton. I can't find them on the map, though. 2. CONTACT: ALEX JACOBSON ALEX You're inside the kiosk of Castle Clinton. The bulk of the NSF troops must have gone through here to get underground. DATACUBE Commander Grimaldi: I've completed installation of the security measures: code for the primary lock is 666. I'm heading out to help Commander Frase's team prepare for the counterstrike. In the meanwhile, my best advice is to keep your head down. It's going to get real messy, real fast. -Decker DATACUBE Commander Grimaldi -- we liberated two canisters of this stuff along with the Ambrosia during the Liberty Island raid, but none of our people are quite sure what it is or what to do with it -- possibly a biological or chemical agent, but without the proper people and equipment there's no way to tell. Lebedev suggested we keep one of the canisters and a barrel of Ambrosia here as a contingency; the rest was shipped out to the airfield an hour ago. Killian CONTACT: ALEX JACOBSON ALEX Objective complete. Agent Navarre will describe your next assignment and stay behind to protect the Ambrosia. Look for her out front. CONVERSATION: BILLY BILLY You a cop? JC DENTON UNATCO agent. How does a little boy get mixed up with the NSF? BILLY I just wanted to find some food, but they didn't have any -- and then they started shooting at the police. Got some? 1. JC DENTON You can have this soy food. BILLY You're cool. JC DENTON Glad I could help. BILLY Hey, I bet I can help you. JC DENTON Yeah? BILLY The soldiers have secret tunnels. They take boxes into the tunnel under the fort, but they never bring them back out. JC DENTON What kind of boxes? BILLY Steel. Big ones. JC DENTON Thanks. Maybe I'll check that out. BILLY Thanks, mister. I thought I was going to starve to death. The terrorists didn't even care. They thought I was lying. 2. JC DENTON Sorry, I don't have any food. BILLY Aw, man. 3. JC DENTON Sorry, kid. BILLY Aw, man. CONVERSATION: ANNA NAVARRE ANNA NAVARRE You are not afraid to kill; I am pleased. The last thing I would expect from the brother of Paul. 1. JC DENTON You mechs might have copper-wiring to re-route your fear of pain, but I've got nerves of steel. ANNA NAVARRE You are not a mech. You do not know what it is like. JC DENTON What it