ZionOS ccc9 Friday, August 29, 2008
##Establishing Secure Communications Link Please Wait....## .. ... .... ##Secure Link Established## //Incoming Transmission// //Transmission: Story Summary// //ID: MXO chapter 11.1.3 Story Summary // ##Connection Established## Zion discovered network equipment prototypes had been stolen from Wright Research. Checking on one of the prototypes, they found that the research project from which it originated had been headed by Danielle Wright herself. The former manager of the project said that it had to be abandoned after her death, because nobody else could understand the technology.
The Machines attempted to contact the Ouroboros Corporation, but the representative they were to meet did not arrive. Investigating, operatives found Ouroboros' internal mail and paging systems offline, and their technicians completely baffled as to the cause.
The biological interface program went missing from its server, and flitted around the Merovingian's network, causing a number of problems before settling into another mainframe. The scientist Silver appeared unsurprised by its temporary escape, saying that the program's unique code enables it to circumvent traditional security routines with relative ease.
Cypherites and other operatives strove to deactivate code bombs planted by an extreme ex-EPN crew, Libertas Verus. They were able to disarm some of the bombs, defeating a number of the Verus' crew, including the captain, Uticensis, despite the crew having unleashed a dangerous flame virus at the first bomb site.
While fighting off a Machine raid on the biological interface program's computer, Ookami found that the program had jumped from its server into the RSI of one of the Merovingian operatives, Nicks. Operatives evacuated her to a safe location, where they succeeded in coaxing the program back into a secure server.
Cypherites seeking answers about Ouroboros' failure to correct its problems tracked down three of the company's executives: Edward Young, Pamela Bagwell, and Barry Morganthal. Questioning them closely about Ouroboros' problems and activities, it became clear to the Cypherites that the company's own executives had no clue as to the cause of the breakdowns there.
E Pluribus Neo, at the site of a civilian demonstration against the Ouroboros Corporation and its failed media distribution services, witnessed the killing of a demonstrator at the hands of an Ouroboros security guard. EPN evacuated the remaining civilians, and fought off aggressive resistance by the Ouroboros security team at the site.
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