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Case File: 01 – AJS001 – 0009287
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Code Name: Cosmic Hecra
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Contributor: Agent John Smith
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Date: 18 February 2001
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Location: Illinois (University of Illinois Research Institute), United States
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Participants: Agent John Smith, Agent Bobbie Wu, Agent Dimitri, Agent Ignatius, Recruit Clive Gibbson, Delbert McClintlock, Auxiliary Gus
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Description: Mission to investigate cause of mysterious explosion at Illinois of Research Institute.
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Conclusion: 7 students, Doctor Verd, Assistant Greta were involved in an experiment called H.E.C.R.A (High Energy Cosmic Ray Accumulator) the goal to create a infinite energy source. As if any endeavor mistakes can occur the power source exploded sending reaction particles & radiation outward, oddly the explosion didn’t have any shrapnel and must have had high heat as the window upon inspection had melting from the inside out. We claimed we we EPA (a good call from recruit Gibson) although not dressed for the part when one of the students stirred. Although irradiated it wasn’t enough to pose a threat to us, after speaking to the student we learned 2 students were missing Veronica & Edward. This is where Greta stirred and we learned more about what they were trying to demonstrate. Searching we found odd traces of yellow green sludge trail behind a air vent & scuff marks leading to another door possible the 2 missing students? Medics were called, while searching outside we ran into a cryptid its eyes glowed, had low arm appendages its skin charred black with shiny metallic crystal spots. It charged seeming as if targeting Greta & the Doc, we fired on it (it seemed to be resistant to our gunfire) it tripped but running on it fours beastly like it had increased speed and ability to leap around 8 meters easily it escaped over the building. While facing this cryptid I noticed it was wearing an old Casio watch, at this point the assistant Great seemed to have recognized it as the watch one of the missing students named Veronica. It would seemed the crytpid were in fact the two missing students perhaps changed via the burst of Hecra energy radiation. After escorting several students to a secure storage room we set upon trying to locate the crytpid assuming they might although beastly continue some habits as if going to their dorms or vising areas of the institute. Heading back to the lab battle ensued with the charred crytpid formally Veronica. Gibson & myself were wounded greatly in this combat encounter, while downed from wounds we were informed from the others the cryptid was going to charge the Doc but somehow in the moment Greta started producing a High gravity field on the cyrptid (maybe the blast somehow mutated some of the students but gave Greta this ability?). After trapping the creature under a projector we coup de gras it, searching the vents we have the body of Edward it looked like his innards were squeezed out, following the trail it lead into the local sewers (precaution advised for possible sightings). While we were in surgery it seems somehow Doctor Verd & Greta managed to elude our watchers, leaving me to hypothesize maybe the Doc has also gained some ability?.
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Mission Outcome Evaluation: The cause of the explosion was unforeseen from the Doctor’s statement, unknown if the device was tampered with. Research documents have been secured & video/camera footage. Recruit Gibson although giving a very military aura was helpful although the odds were stacked against us, our mish mash group is definitely under equipped for missions where the unnatural are prevalent. I have requested some gear resources from Dimitri, additional to be decided on our team members individual skill sets
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Wu sighs as she corrects the case file designation and attaches an addendum to Smith’s original report:
01-AJS01-0009287 (Cosmic HECRA) addendum
The attached files were purposefully left by Dr Ulysses N Verde when he disappeared with his research assistant, Greta. Dimitri has included comments where appropriate from experts in the various fields covered. Based on their feedback, he said the breadth and depth of knowledge displayed by the author was abnormal. It should be noted that Verde apparently threw the documents together overnight while he and Greta simultaneously devised a plan to evade their minders. Descriptions of the pair have been forwarded to institute-friendly assets.
Dimitri highlighted two sections in particular: