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- Argrath Intelligence TOP SECRET documents
- file 54, classification 13-q
-
- (The following items were confiscated from the Lortan City
- "Sentinel" building by Law Enforcement and edited versions
- were released in the morning paper. Law Enforcement was all
- too glad to hand the information over to us -- U.P.)
-
- headline: "IPHS Develops `Human Match'"
-
- Inter-Planetary Human Simulations, a maverick company criticized by its
- more conventional rivals, has finally developed what president Harold Werdt
- calls "the ultimate human match." What Werdt was referring to is the new
- "IPHS-3939/41-B," an amazingly humanoid machine; a perfect android. The device,
- called "IP-39" for short, is powered by a highly advanced "Energy Synthesis
- Drive," which actually allows the IP-39 to produce its own energy, much like
- living beings, i.e. through an intake of nourishment, or food. IP-39 has near-
- human intelligence, though it (he?) is a bit slower, and has a definitely
- limited memory. The computers forming IP-39's "brain" are state-of-the-art,
- says Werdt, and are not easily produced or quickly duplicable, so only one
- IP-39 has been made, as a prototype model. Werdt says he hopes the IP-39 and
- others like it will put his fledgling corporation in the black for the first
- time since its formation six years ago.
-
- From the Lortan City "Sentinel," November 1, 2167
-
- Argrath Intelligence TOP SECRET document
- file 55, classification 13-q *follow*
-
- headline: "IP-39 Stolen. Damaged, Dangerous?"
-
- The famous IP-39 prototype, the only one in existence, which had proven to
- to bring huge profits to the struggling IPHS company, has been stolen, by
- individuals whom Harold Werdt, IPHS president, describes as "wanton terrorists"
- working for an "enemy corporation." Werdt would not say if he blames
- Amalgamated Automatons, the largest manufacturer of robots and androids in the
- Free Planets, for the alleged theft.
- However, Law Enforcement says the evidence points toward the machine's own
- self-initiated escape, by force, and with substantial violence. Werdt calls
- that report "ridiculous and entirely impossible."
- Two security guards at the headquarters of IPHS, located in the Simpson
- Building downtown, were slain by some form of electrical shock, which L.E. says
- IP-39 is very capable of producing. One surviving guard has not been reached by
- "The Sentinel" or by L.E., who say they are frantically searching for the man.
- Also, signs of energy-gun blasts were evident at the site, the guards' guns
- were found to be empty of energy, and were obviously fired. L.E. reported
- finding bits of latex simu-skin on the wall near one large energy blast. Werdt
- calls this finding inconclusive, as IP-39 could have been hit in a fight with
- the alleged intruders. Werdt also refused to comment on the missing guard. L.E.
- is attempting to gain a court order forcing him to talk, but L.E. admits that
- could take days.
- Law Enforcement says the IP-39, which you will recall is a human-like
- android machine, is most likely dangerous and at large in the Lortan City
- metropolitan area.
-
- From the Lortan City "Sentinel," December 15, 2167
-
- ARGRATH INTELLIGENCE **TOP SECRET**
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- file 133-a, classification 13-q/4
-
- MISSION BRIEFING
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-
- Agent Michael Telan, you are directed to recover the IPHS-3939/41-B
- machine from its current location and transport it to Equipment Section. It is
- not to be destroyed or severely damaged in any way. You are furthermore not to
- reveal the contents of this packet or details of this mission.
-
- Payment: Upon correct completion of this mission, you will be awarded payment
- of $5000.00.
-
- That is all.
-
- good luck...
-
- Ulam Parth, Argrath Intelligence.
-