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| - RECOVERED FILE FRAGMENTS
FROM DR. EANDO DUKAJ
TO: GENERAL AMBROSE CAIDEN
Altman's hasty expulsion from the project is
unfortunate. His notes on the Black Marker
appear incomplete and our findings this far
have been inconclusive. What notes we
have recovered appear to be written in a
code of his devising. It will be weeks before
we can decipher them. In the meantime,
someone has to shut him up. His public
outcry about the Marker is more than a
nuisance. This is a matter of security.
...
The continued financial infusion over the
years has been appreciated and I'm pleased
to share the results with you today. While
some of our material fabrications are
approximations of substances foreign to us,
we have completed the internal workings of
the device. One obvious difference between
our replica and the original is the reddish
hue. I assure you this is purely a cosmetic
difference not indicative of a flaw.
The device, when activated, began to emit a
highly complicated rhythmic pattern across
a wide band of frequencies - from actual
sound waves through the electromagnetic
spectrum to alpha, delta, and theta brain
waves. It seems mostly inert and harmless
aside from some slight interference with
communication equipment.
We are proceeding with the final
construction.
...
We've run into a disturbing but fascinating
find. In re-creating the DNA instructions
gleaned from the Black Marker, we've
managed to create a recombinant microbial
life form. It seemed dormant at first, even
when placed in a bath of rich nutrients.
Were it not for Dr. Clifton's poor hygiene, we
might have deemed the attempt a failure.
Fortunately for us, he had not fully
decontaminated himself before working with
the sample and managed to contaminate it
with some dead skin cells. Suddenly, the
microbes jumped into action! Recombination
happened almost instantly and the sample
began self-replicating and mutating before
our eyes.
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More confounding results from our research:
Today, as we moved what we're now calling
the Red Marker, we had to pass by the
cellular lab area. The scientists working at
the time complained about interruptions in
the necrotic flesh experiments. As is turns
out, the field generated by the Marker
creates a "dead space" around itself that
forces the recombination effect into
dormancy.
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I apologize for the setback relayed in the
last report. The macro-scale infection has
been contained with a minimal loss of life.
The newly recombinated doctors are now
quarantined for further study.
...
Many of the scientists have been
complaining of headaches and we are all
having difficulty sleeping for more than an
hour at a time. We suspect a problem in the
ventilation system. The maintenance team
reported finding a build-up of some kind
blocking the airways.
...
The organic mass continues to expand and
take over the complex. The recombinatednightmares]] now move freely through the
corridors. My remaining crew is hastily
constructing a transmitter for the Marker in
an attempt to broaden the signal it is
emanating. Dr. Foster said the idea came to
him in a vision. Our hope is to use the signal
to keep the unchecked infection from
spreading to the landing area. There is little
time remaining! You must send help as
quickly as possible! Our lives are in your
hands.
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