[Subtleknifewielder]

Annette Thoene was, to all appearances, a simple worker in the machinery that ran the Dragon Empire's government.

But Appearances are more than they seem. Several years ago, before the formation of the Empire, and Dragonisia was still its own state, she had lived elsewhere. Her government, despite the friendly relations between it and the Dragonisians, needed a sleeper there, just in case. And now had come the time for her to be activated. In a dead drop, she recieved her instructions.

As a matter of national security, four men needed to be found and eliminated. Their exact identities were not known, but what descriptions were available were given, and another fact noted...they all, at one time, had been in charge of personally keeping Chairman Vortex alive as his body decayed from radiation.

Finding out who they were was not going to be easy, but these things never were. Besides, it helped that she already had an in on the Dragonisian government. She should be able to sift through the available data without any suspicion from her 'superiors.'

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Fortunately, having had time to establish a presence within the government miss Annette Thoene did have at this point some access to government systems. Unfortunately, the data she needed to get access to on the doctors who attended the Chairman.. didn't even appear to exist, had been erased, or where somewhere else off the Government's grid. Being who she was, she would have known she would need to keep close to Tasmania, the former center of government, to be near the actual data she needed to get access to.

She also would know the government did a lot of black book spending during that time frame specifically related to the chairman, but that it was under a military designation related to a "deep base" in Tasmania. The deeper you went into the various levels of Tasmania.. the tighter government security.. the more government facilities.. it was truly some of the most dangerous territories on earth for someone in her role. All she needed now, was a way to up her security levels.

This post has been edited by Maelstrom Vortex: 15 June 2009 - 08:57 PM

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It had taken much time to get where she was without arousing suspicion, so now...she had some choices to make.

It was fortunate that the job she had in the first place was security, even if it was simply the grunt work of night watchman (or rather, watchwoman in her case) of the former Dragonisian State capital. That in and of itself presented some possiblities, though once again, she reminded herself that she would have to be careful.

The fact that such information would be under the military security, which would be a lot tougher to crack than the civilian government, was a setback, but setbacks were a part of the job.

There was one simple way of getting herself bumped up on her security clearance levels that was actually not too out of character for her assertive persona as a sleeper, so she went to the man in charge of overall security for all government buildings int he area, and reminded him of the time she had put into her job. She had worked long and hard, and she reminded him of this fact. She had proven her reliability as a worker, and it was about time she got promoted.

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Given her training that he did not know, but which reflected in her performance.. and her work history.. which he did know, the application for promotion was quickly approved. She was now on par with him as an administrator of security over government buildings. However, she had no assignment.. no building to administrate security over yet. This point in her career would also allow her to opt into military security, which would require background checks going back ten years, a DNA test, and a psychological profile development. She would also have to attend boot camp and spec ops training. It would not be a short process.

This post has been edited by Maelstrom Vortex: 15 June 2009 - 10:00 PM

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Once again, she carefully considered the situation. The mission brief hadn't specifically stated that the mission needed to be completed in a hurry, and she wouldn't do anyone any good if she wasn't in a position to access the classified records.

Thus, she opted for the military route.

A background check would show that she had immigrated from Promised Land eight years ago (OOC: assuming the 1 RL Month=1 RP Year/OOC), and that from even before that time, she had no criminal history except for one minor traffic ticket six years ago that had not been contested and had quickly been payed off.

The DNA test would show no physical defects, and would not connect her to any suspicious characters or activities.

The psychological profile development would show a usually friendly, outgoing, and assertive personality that occasionally bordered on aggressive, but never quite crossed the line. She occasionally had a tendancy to get impatient if she believed someone were being overly stupid, obnoxious, or stubborn, and she wasn't afraid to show that impatience.

If she made it to boot camp and spec ops training, she would progress quickly, more quickly than most other candidates, but not so fast as to draw unnecessary attention and/or suspicion that she'd gone through similar training before.

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OOC: Ehem.

[Maelstrom Vortex]

It was a year for the young spy to complete her new training in the Dragonisian Command, but they had applauded her aptitude. Once she had completed basic, she went into special operations training where she learned the ins and outs of how to operate Dragonisian Military and Security Hardware including backup systems.. perhaps the most key elements she needed to her espionage work. After a time of rising in the ranks, she was assigned to "Deep Base 5" a scientific research facility deep beneath the surface of Tasmania where only the highest ranking state officials could get access. Even officials of the Dragon Empire did not know this base even existed. The Chairman barely knew it existed, and that was because he had been treated here several times Adorning the base were the corporate heraldry of some of Dragonisia's finest Pharmaceutical, Special Engineering Materials, Genetics, Bioengineering, and electronics corporations. It was a "think tank."

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Maelstrom Vortex, on Jun 21 2009, 09:17 AM, said:

It was a year for the young spy to complete her new training in the Dragonisian Command, but they had applauded her aptitude. Once she had completed basic, she went into special operations training where she learned the ins and outs of how to operate Dragonisian Military and Security Hardware including backup systems.. perhaps the most key elements she needed to her espionage work. After a time of rising in the ranks, she was assigned to "Deep Base 5" a scientific research facility deep beneath the surface of Tasmania where only the highest ranking state officials could get access. Even officials of the Dragon Empire did not know this base even existed. The Chairman barely knew it existed, and that was because he had been treated here several times Adorning the base were the corporate heraldry of some of Dragonisia's finest Pharmaceutical, Special Engineering Materials, Genetics, Bioengineering, and electronics corporations. It was a "think tank."

While much of it had been familiar, considering her training, the Dragonisian systems did offer some surprises, as could only be expected. No two nation's systems would be exactly the same.

Now it came time to see how much of a payoff her hard work offered.

Still she did not act with haste.

She built up not only her rank within the organization, but she did her best to befriend as many of her fellows as she could. It was in her personality--and if someone was friendly with you, they were more likely to trust you wouldn't abuse any sensitive information they might let slip.

Also, quietly, during her off hours, she began working on an infiltration program, one aimed at giving her access to personel files. She needed to know who all worked here besides the security personel, and what they did. Of course, that was not all it would do, but she hoped she didn't have to use every feature she began building into the program. She wasn't here to cripple the Dragonisians. When she was not working on it, it was stored in a firewalled 'corner' of the system that few, if any, of her co-workers, superiors, and even underlings would think to check.

Once everything was in place, she released the program, and all she could do was wait. On the off chance the program was discovered, it would attempt to disable the terminal from which it was threatened, and if further probed, would self-destruct itself.

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Things were going well.. but there was the one thing they had intentionally left out of the security training. There was no "forgotten" corner of the Dragonisian network. Everything was monitored.. checked for partitioning.. inspected for content and file structure every night by their own security protocols. There was one notable exception, the programs didn't interfere with what it observed. When it noted the fire walled section of its internal memory, it tagged the personnel file of the person who had created the partition. It then made a complete raw-data copy of the partition and moved it to a separate system in "White Hat's" office.. and left it there for him to re-hash into object format and then to inspect. That system.. was completely isolated so that as the contents were examined the folder would not destroy the network.

Annette Thoene, unknown to her, was compromised. They knew she was up to something and as soon as they got a better look at the internal code, "White Hat" would know what she was looking for. The question is.. would "White Hat" out her.. or instead give her all the information he wanted her to know.

Precautions were taken, when the processing was done.. the identities would come up.. but they would not be what was fully anticipated.

The data that came back were some of the highest ranked doctors in Promised Land! Of course, the data had to be accurate.. they hadn't carted her off to prison.

This post has been edited by Maelstrom Vortex: 21 June 2009 - 03:49 PM

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She did not yet make any overt acts based on the information she had received. The program had been designed to tell her who currently worked here, but it hadn't been specific enough anyway for counter-intelligence to know exactly what or who she was looking for.

For the time being, she continued as she had been, befriending those who worked with her, those who worked around her. She did interact, to a degree, with workers other than the security staff.

One name on the list triggered warning bells in her head. Something was not right--she knew this person--this man was listed as one of her contacts (emergency only).

That left one of two options. She was either compromised--or she had a traitor on her hands. It was time to pay the doctor a visit.

OOC: Wait...is this a guy actually at the facility? For the moment, she's looking for people who actually work there. Based on your answer, I may need to alter the post.

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ooc: He doesn't work there. She'd walk around looking for him most likely, but not find him in the facility. The file would register him as "working abroad".

As she got to know people, which she would find a bit challenging as people didn't even go by their actual names down here.. they went by designations.. she would learn that this laboratory handled a variety of projects for the government of which the Chairman's treatment current and historic are one of these many projects. Most of the project areas were sealed off from outside interference by security scanners that used biometric identification. So even though she discovered Zeta and Beta were working on Chairman Vortex's health and genetic issues.. finding out who Zeta and Beta were was going to be extremely challenging.

The personnel files which she obtained access to.. though having full biographical information.. didn't associate the code names with the names of personnel. This was yet another security standard in the laboratory.

This post has been edited by Maelstrom Vortex: 26 June 2009 - 01:57 PM

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OOC: OK, thanks.

IC: Indeed, the security measures were frustrating. In particular the code name thing, though she should have expected that. The only way around that would be to match faces to both code-names and real names. But first, she had to get to this doctor. He was listed as "working abroad," but no indication was given on where. Fortunately, she had a way to contact him. it would have been pointless to have him set him up as a contact if she couldn't...

In the same manner as she had recieved her orders, she sent out a request that she needed to meet. Where was she to go?

On her PDA, she would recieve an anonymous message telling her the time and place. If the ones who had spotted her attempted to trace the message, it would ultimately originate from another PDA just purchased anonymously earlier that day, and discarded once more once it was used, with no fingerprints to inform them of who might have used it.

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They arrived at her work area when she was about to leave. Men in black suits, black sunglasses.. oh yes, the stereotypical agents. "Annette Thoene, you have been convicted of high treason. Your sentence has already been delivered by the Imperial Courts.. it is death."

They both raised pistols at her and she was shot at 3 times at point blank by the agents. One aimed for the head, the other the torso.

This post has been edited by Maelstrom Vortex: 02 July 2009 - 02:04 PM

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She barely had time to protest that she hadn't even had a trial, before the action was taken. Only one action saved her life, if only for a few moments longer--she flinched. The first two bullets at her head grazed her, and she hadn't yet removed her bullet-proof vest.

As her last act, she reached over and hit a button on her cell phone, wiping any relevant data from both it and any other devices in her possession, and setting it to self-destruct for good measure. The third bullet to the head finally killed her.

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The body was taken to the morgue. It would later be interred honorably as an unknown soldier to a foreign state in the military fields.