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Vasquez sat expressionless through most of the briefing, his hand over his mouth. He leaned an elbow on his desk as the General spoke and leaned forward as he listened. When Levarge got to the part about anti-air and anti-tank weapons, as well as the devastating effects of properly deployed military grade explosives, Vasquez's eyebrows arched and he let out a low whistle.

"This guy just gets better and better..." he muttered. "I was working on that isotopes bit before I took this job. I think Minister Tilly has that ball now, but this Doctor Voshkod gets better and better by the day. That explains a lot too. At a particularly charming little crime scene in the hills of Gloriana I found a few dead OSI boys with Eutopian army assault rifles...ah, FN FALs, I'm sure you know what I'm talking about. Tough to buy at your local pharmacy.

As for the minor misallocations of funds and all that, yes, forward whatever you have over and I'll send it to FLEA. I'll get in touch with the President and the MTIA right away and ask them to chat up the Bermudians and the UK about extraditing Per Marine...I believe that's where the evidence pointed him...at least what I've seen so far. I'll put some more FLEA agents on it and see what we can dig up.

Now then, as for the theft of military grade weapons...congratulations, you just gave me my new highest priority. From what I've seen so far, OSI is falling apart at the seams. Dr. Voshkod held that thing together through sheer force of will and terror as near as I can tell, and now that he's gone it's a free-for-all. I do *not* want weapons like those flying around willy-nilly." A thought suddenly occurs to him. "Hell, if they're selling them...that could link this to the Tilapian bombing case that took out Per Vilms.

I've got agents working with OSO on von Vaam, sending some over to work with the Tilapians on Vilms, I'll put some in on Marine, and whatever smaller things you give me for ENDTech. Everything else I have is available for this OSI investigation, and I'll go all in. I'm going to want some help from Tilly's OSO boys if he can spare any agents...the more men I can put in the field, the better. If either you or he have any recommendations at any time, speak up. You both have valuable experience I can learn from.

Now then...the isotopes have been found, or more accurately, found to already have been used and are no longer a player in the equation. So that leaves us looking for...what, Stingers and LAWs, more or less, General? I'll assume a complete description of everything missing is in the report, correct me if I'm wrong. I'll send this to FLEA's director for his review, and send my boys out.

So. What do you think? And is there anything else I should know?"

- PJ Vasquez
 

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"Wait, better idea regarding Marine. I'll get in touch with the Bermudians myself and see if there's any sort of record of him entering the country...passport and that. If we get a hit, we'll see about extradition. If not, I'll run some agents through the system and see where else we can find him. This way we can clear up a few more nametags for the OSI investigation."
 

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"Mr. Vice President, I'm a soldier, not a police officer, so I would question the value of my thoughts on this matter. But, since you asked, sir, the explosives are the largest threat. You could kill thousands with them. Fortunately, they are the easiest to trace, in some ways. All explosives manufactured by ENDTech have taggent markers. If you have some debris from the device that killed your predecessor, we can check it for taggents to determine whether it was from the same batch.

"The MANPADs and MANPATs are worrying but, by their nature, lead to limited casualities. Also, they are almost impossible to defend against. The MANPADs have a slant range of twenty klicks, sir. Unless you can clear a ring around all the airfields in Eutopia twenty klicks out, you can't defend against the MANPADs. As for the MANPATs, any car could carry one within range of a LNG facility, armored limo, or ministerial window. Again, a threat, but hard to counter.

"I realize, Mr. Vice President, that I misspoke earlier. It is 324 kilos of RDX that's missing. I don't know what Voshkod planned to do with them. If he's sold them - or, more likely, his successors sold them - we'll be hard pressed to track them until they're used. Then, I suspect the taggents in the warheads will show any investigator that the explosive came from ENDTech. So, in a worst case, when a loaded 747 on approach to Washington Dulles gets neutralized, the Americans will be able to tell it was one of our weapons.

"My opinion, sir? You have enough evidence to shut down OSI. Issue the warrants, and roll out your special tactical units. We can back them up - if Minister Tilly approves - with some of our new prototype IFVs. Roll the warrents, clear out the building, seize everything, and start digging. As for Marine, well, he's a small fish, Mr. Vice President. But we should get him back. The other matters are minor enough in comparison that they can be handled below your level. [OOC: Let's just assume FLEA charges some middle-managers from ENDTech]

"The only encouraging thought, sir, is that it's been five years since these weapons disappeared. The batteries in the tracking system for the MANPADs will be expiring soon. If Voshkod kept his secrets from his own people, they may not even know about it. I am at your disposal, Mr. Vice President, per Minister Tilly's orders. Tell him what you need us to roll out, and we will be there, sir."

Levarge paused, but let his curiousity get the better of him. "If I'm cleared to know, sir, how were the isotopes used?"
 

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"Well, I was never a police officer or a soldier, so you've got the advatage on me. That's why I asked.

Ugh, easiest to trace but only after its been used...I'd rather not trace it then. I'll ask the Tilapians for some debris samples so we can run them through the labs. Once I get those samples, should I forward them to you to have them tested for those taggents?"

When Levarge detailed the scenario of a plane being blown up by Eutopian-made explosives in the United States, Vasquez groaned. "I don't even want to think about the repercussions THAT would have. All right, we'll roll in and round this operation up. 'Course, we don't want to just grab everyone ever related to OSI, that'd be a PR nightmare. Who might have a finger in this? Oh, sorry, I think out loud...but feel free to chime in if you like. Major stockholders? Upper echelon managers? Security team leaders?

All right, we'll start with this. I'll issue warrants to inspect every single OSI facility we can find for evidence or the materiel in question. Every facility connected to Dr. Voshkod in any way, too. And we'll keep an eye on everyone in OSI...particularly the upper level guys. I'll see if I can keep any of them from leaving the country, put stays on their passports and all that. Long as we can keep them on the island, we should be all right.

Let me talk with my FLEA boys about what kind of gear they've got, and what sort of backup they'd like. I'll contact you if I need anything specific. We're gonna bring the hammer down hard, General. One last question...the batteries you mention, I assume they'd be special make and irreplaceable? And no backup battery systems were found missing? That's comforting at least."

Vasquez smiles and leans back in his chair, propping his feet up on the desk. "The isotopes? I don't know if you'd believe me if I told you General. And the investigation hasn't been completed yet, it's in Minister Tilly's court now. But think mad scientists, experiments gone horribly wrong, and unknown predators stalking the hills of Gloriana killing livestock, children, and pets. I think the intent was a dirty bomb, but you just can't trust your subordinates when you're an evil genius, I guess."
 

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The General's face stayed carefully neutral. "At the risk of appearing macabre, Mr. Vice President, there should be sufficient taggant evidence embedded in the body of your predecessor. If we can get permission to exhume and inspect, we should be able to put some fears to rest. Or harvest a new crop of fears, I suppose.

"I've examined the public records on OSI, sir. They are a subsidiary of a Cayman Islands-based corporation, also called OSI. The only major stockholder apart from Voshkod was one Michael Lundgren. OSI had one major facility, its headquarters here in Eutopia City. Voshkod also owned a Russian teahouse near OSI HQ, Mr. Vice President. I would bring in stockholders, managers, legal counsel, administrative support to Voshkod's office, that sort of thing.

"A competent arms expert could recharge or replace the batteries in the MANPADs. The MANPATs will not suffer similar degradation.

"I'd suggest, sir, that you look more closely at the isotope use. The isotopes alone are only going to lead to cancer and funny looking kids. If you're suggesting that they caused mutations and the creation of some predator, I'd suggest that bioengineering and applied tetragenics are more likely suspects. Granted, the isotopes may have been part of a larger process, but it sounds to me like your looking at a chimera."
 
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William Caldwell stopped his Mercedes Benz SLK outside MIDA's office. He stepped out and walked to the reception room:"Hey, is this the right place to apply for gun permit. I need one to carry concealed weapons. For self defence you see. I own a bar"
 

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Tilly arrives. "Please let the VP know I'm here to see him," he requests of Vasquez's secretary, "and let him know I have his flashlight."
 

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"I'll start with debris...I imagine that Minister Vilms' family has had enough upheaval for awhile. We'll see if we can get something less...personal...before we go digging up bodies." Vasquez nodded and took notes as Levarge continued on other subjects, then smiled as he spoke of the isotopes.

"I specifically recall saying that you wouldn't believe me. What I don't specifically recall is saying that somebody just poured the things on a creature and created a three-headed man-eating pig. I was never a nuclear physicist, and don't pretend to ever have been, so I don't know if there were some manner of tetragenics or whatever involved. All I know is that the evidence I found was enough to convince the President of Eutopia, and the Minister of Defense, to roll out the army. That's good enough for me."

He stood, and walked to the door.

"If you like, General, ask to ride out with Tilly's boys and see the crime scene. But believe me, I didn't just look at a chimera."

Vasquez opens the door for Levarge.

"I shot one.

I'll be in touch."
 

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Vasquez waves in Mr. Caldwell and looks him over. "Gun permit? Yes, I guess I'm the man to see. Let me see the paperwork that shows you've completed the requisite training courses, and I'll stamp your papers."

* * * * *​

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Levarge stopped on his way out the door. "Sorry, Mr. Vice President, but when I said chimera I was speaking in the technical sense, not the mythological. A chimera is a genetically engineered creature with characteristics of two existing animals. The Russians have been creating chimerical bioweapons for several years now. I wasn't suggesting you were seeing things, sir, I was suggesting a possibility of what you might have seen."

Levarge saluted again. "And shot. Good day, sir." He turned on his heel and walked out.
 

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Tilly walks in carrying a paper bag and his briefcase, and closes the door behind him. The paper bag he places on Vasquez's desk with a dull thud, and the briefcase he opens as he sits.

"PJ, good to see you again. Good work on this case, by the way." He holds up a folder marked PARASOL. "What I'm going to tell you is, of course, classified, but I expect you can spread around FLEA's part of this in the near future. I expect you'll have to, actually.

"In short, our hazardous materials and special forces teams visited the 'logging camp' site and secured it. Everything checked out, except that they didn't turn up this creature of yours. We're looking for it, looted the place for intel, and are going to take care of the rest.

"Meanwhile, they're advising an investigation into Parasol. You're as familiar with their rap as I am -- illegal experimentation with and possession of controlled isotopes, possession (and use) of illegal weaponry, multiple homicides. I don't know what they've got remaining in Eutopia (if anything) but I suggest you strike fast and all at once. I'm going to have to advise the press that we've quarantined the area around the facility -- we might as well break the news before some farmer does -- and I'm guessing Parasol and OSI are going to start shredding documents as soon as they find out we know more than we were supposed to.

"Also, I didn't see anything in your report about the lower levels of the complex, which were apparently highly contaminated, but just to be on the safe side you might want to get checked out by a doctor."

Tilly pauses, and then clicks his briefcase shut. He spies the paper bag, and gestures at it. "Oh, and I brought your flashlight back. The bulb and the lens cover shattered, but otherwise it still works. Those things are indestructible, you know."
 

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"Where can i apply for a such course. I've served in Eutopian army as a conscript, but that was somewhere in the 80's. I've also served 7 years in French Foreign Legion so i do know how to handle a gun"
 

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Vasquez sits down behind his desk as Caldwell describes his military service. "Well, here's a copy of the law. You can take it home and read it over if you like, then decide which permits you're applying for. I assume you want the A class (for concealed carry) and B class permits."

He tosses a copy of the law onto the table for Caldwell to look at.

"I have to run a background check on you to make sure you've never been convicted, typical bureaucratic crap. Since you've served in the army, you can choose to just take the test instead of the training course. My secretary can give you a copy on your way out. Fill it out, send it back in to this address, and once the background check is complete we can issue your permits. Sorry about the wait, but I do have to follow the law. It was a pain when I got my permits too.

Anything else I can do for you?"

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"Hiya Hawkton...sit down, have a drink? All I have is bourbon." When Tilly compliments his work on the case, Vasquez shrugs. "It's what I'm paid to do.

Well, from the sitemaps and geo surveys of the area I looked at, the lab was located in a fairly extensive series of caverns. If I remember right, they aren't even completely mapped. Finding...whatever is down there...may well be an impossible task. Might be multiple entrances and exits to the cavern system that we don't know about as well. But I can tell you for a fact that something came at me down there...and judging by the remains, I wasn't the first. Did your boys come up with any samples? Blood, nondescript goo, that sort of thing? I coulda sworn I hit one.

Oh well, can't say I'm surprised. Your General Levarge looked at me cross-eyed when I mentioned it to him. Sharp cookie, glad he's on our side...a little stuffy, but I guess the army does that to you. Still, I get the feeling he doesn't like me, somehow.

Anyway, along those lines...I'm intending to include Parasol in the OSI sweep I'm setting up. From what I saw, they're a subsidiary corp of some kind, and may be involved in the missing gizmos from ENDTech. I plan to lump the whole thing together and sweep every OSI and OSI subsidiary facility from top to bottom, both for the stolen ENDTech materials and for anything else on this isotope thing. I'd imagine that the multiple homicides were actually committed by Voshkod and/or his OSI boys, not the Parasols, but it all goes back to the same place in a way.

I'll be bringing the hammer down hard and fast...basically every FLEA agent I have free will be going in. I have reason to believe the original intent for those materials was to take you out, Hawkton. Dr. Voshkod played for keeps, and you were the Top Cop at the time.

As for the lower levels...I went into the caves, but not far. Just the same, I guess I'll get myself screened. Can't hurt." He sighs. "Just another thing to put on my to-do list...I don't know how you professional politicos handle it, to be honest.

Oh, and thanks for bringing back my flashlight. Yeah, they're handy and reliable...that's why I use 'em. Plus, in a pinch, you can brain someone with it no worries."

- PJ Vasquez
 

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Tilly accepts a bourbon. "Well, OSO and SAW say the place is empty. If the beastie escaped, I'm confident they'll find it. I'll wait for FLEA to move before I announce their operations publicly, but I wouldn't recommend dawdling."

Tilly chuckles at the mention of Voshkod's plan. "Sweet guy, that Yuri. At least he's a sign that the badguys don't always win -- and sometimes they even get their comeuppance."

He swirls his drink and takes a swig. "So, you seem to be settling in nicely here, Peter. Let me ask you, have you given any thought to the future?"
 

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"All right, I'll send FLEA in right away.

As for the future..." Vasquez leans back and pours himself a drink as well "no, can't say I have. Every so often I miss home, Buen Puerto, and want to see how it's doing. Most of the time though for the last couple days I'm here thinking about how I'm going to get all this stuff done. I realize I was probably not the most...politically expedient choice for President Al'Aeshir to make, and I'm just trying to prove anyone who says I was the worst choice wrong.

But I guess I'm settling in all right. Infrastructure's pretty boring crap, but I've got Minister Langley to handle most of that. Law enforcement I think I can handle, and I've never had so many resources to work with. This is a whole different ballgame for me.

I've heard a bit about your plans for the future though...so, why do you ask?"
 

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Vasquez sits down behind his desk as Caldwell describes his military service. "Well, here's a copy of the law. You can take it home and read it over if you like, then decide which permits you're applying for. I assume you want the A class (for concealed carry) and B class permits."

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"I have to run a background check on you to make sure you've never been convicted, typical bureaucratic crap. Since you've served in the army, you can choose to just take the test instead of the training course. My secretary can give you a copy on your way out. Fill it out, send it back in to this address, and once the background check is complete we can issue your permits. Sorry about the wait, but I do have to follow the law. It was a pain when I got my permits too.

Anything else I can do for you?"

- PJ Vasquez

OOC:About the background check, if you look at Caldwell's bio, you'll see he has rather "suspicious" past. I've written on my bio that some agencies SUSPECT him to be a contract killer, but there is no concrete proof.

Caldwell took the papers and left
 

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"Because you and I have worked well together, and I like you. You're a straight shooter -- sort of an anti-politician. I fancied myself one once, but I suppose this Term went a long way toward proving me wrong." Tilly grins ruefully.

"Anyway. You've done fine work in only a few weeks of MIDA. How would you like an entire term at it?"
 

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Vasquez considers Tilly's words for a moment. "I don't know, Hawkton...I'll be frank, I just don't understand infrastructure. Lowering tolls, no problem, I can handle that. But a comprehensive plan to rebuild and revamp Eutopia's roads and rails? That's beyond me. And Eutopia needs someone like that.

I'm not a career politician, I'm a private eye. To be frank, I threw my hat into the ring so I could run down the cases I've been working on to their end. Law enforcement I can do, but after the hurricanes, that probably isn't our top concern. I wouldn't last in the political spotlight.

Plus, I miss Buen Puerto sometimes. I might go back there next term and see how she's doing.

I'll have to decline, Hawkton.

By the way, I just remembered that Olaf Akbarsson and his drug ring are in town, enjoying the hospitality of my FLEA boys. Don't suppose you wanted to have a word with them? I was thinking of dropping by myself..."

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"Well, PJ, I'm sorry to hear that. Perhaps you'd consider Deputy MIDA with responsibility for law enforcement?

"That's an open offer. I'd very much like to have your support on the campaign trail. But I can't force you into anything. Just thought I should ask. I hope I've managed to convince you that I would make a better president than Josephus Locke Sergei.

Tilly stands and makes to leave. "Sorry to trouble you with all this, PJ. Best of luck. As for Akbarssen, feel free to take a crack at him -- I don't want people perceiving OSO as an upgunned police force. I'll have all the files we have on the case sent over, though."