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:after a long day of hunting on the surface of Ragol, you sit back in your chair, ready to enjoy a hard earn nighted of being a couch potato. You flip through the Pioneer 2 Entertainment and Information channels, stareing dully at the music videos, soap operas, and government announcements that they contain. As you pass by one of the "blank" channels which are reserved for future show idea's, an image appears on the screen. Startled, you flip back. The image is of a young female reporter. You don't recognize her at first, but a minute later, it comes to you. Nali Winter. She was quiet popular for a time, but you hadn't seen her show in what seems like a good long while:

Hello, all you listeners, Nali here. I'm back, and I've got some interesting information for you. I'm sure the rumor about the Yellowboze disease has gotten around to you all. Nobody can stop a rumor like that. Well, I have some information for you. I've never heard of this guy, he's not even listed on the Pioneer 2 registry. But I'm telling you anyway. This stuff was handed to me by a hunter, along with a data decryption disk which seems to prove his story.

To Miss Nali Winter:
Its doubtful you know who I am, or why I have contacted you. But I do know your story. How you were a successful journalist, working for the Pioneer 2 Government. How you had your own show, reporting on whatever antics the government happened to be up to. You were even popular enough to be awarded the privilige of covering the contact between Pioneer 2 and the Central dome. But that didn't turn out so well, did it? The explosion, and your broadcast was canceled. The next day, your show was canceled too. The government got scared. It hasn't been telling anybody anything, and you're out of job. But of course, you know all this. What you don't know is that not everything on Pioneer 2 is controlled by them. I'm leaving you this record, show it to the world. Maybe it'll generate enough interest for you to get your job back, or maybe it'll spur you on to something entirely different. But one thing I've learned is that information cannot be hidden, because if it is, it can kill you.

Back on the homeworlds, I was quite successful, working as the head of the "security" division of a large weapons manufacturer named Persona Century. We were working on a major genetic project at the time of the incidents, and safeguarded copies of the research data were given to certain members of the corporation. Most of the executive's and major players left on Pioneer 1. I chose to stay behind, for reasons of my own. When we arrived at Ragol, finding the executives to be most likely dead, I attempted to recover the 8 disks necassary to decrypt the data. I was hampered in my efforts by a portion of the government named the "Homeworld Coalition" and a former employee of mine named "Sei-Ryu". Until recently I expected those two to be the greatest threat. I was wrong. At one point I entrusted one of the disks to a force named Emyrsin. During this time, the data disk was replaced with a computer program that would've wiped out my copy of the encryption data. The homeworld coalition had no idea that I had given it to her, neither did Sei. Of course, I trust Emyrsin explicitly. So who, then? It turns out the not all of the members of Persona Century were on Pioneer 1. Using the disks I had recovered, I was able to learn the general nature and extent of the project my company was working on. Its code name was project "Holy Flame". It was an attempt to create a machine capable of interfering with and creating genetic code. If used properly, the ultimate weapon. I don't know the final incarnation of the project, or even to the extent it was completed. I only have 7 of the disks. But I'm getting off track. The genius of Project "Holy Flame" was a woman named "Alice Takano". I met her once. She scared the heck out of me, and I don't scare easily. She and a few of her friends appearently smuggled themselves aboard Pioneer 2. They have the last disk.
What does this mean to you? Well, I've no doubt you've heard of the poisonings in the YELLOWBOZE district. I say poison, rather than disease, because that's just what it was. One of the offshoots of "Holy Flame" was a genetically targeted virus. Alice and her friends want to use it to establish themselves as rulers of Ragol. It can be used to kill anyone, or any group. The Yellowboze poisonings were the first test, to prove that the virus did indeed have killing power. The second test will be to see if it can target a specific group. The third and final test will be to see if it can slay a specific indivdual. I cannot allow these tests to continue. I've tracked them to a hidden base in the caves under Ragol's surface. Its too far under for me to destroy it with my ship. I'll have to eliminate them myself. I don't know what happened to Sei, or why the Homeworld Coalition suddenly has bigger problems on its hands, but I don't have time to worry about it.
The next test will be to eliminate all Newmen in the ORAN district. Pray for me.
-Kohael, of Persona Century.

I've made up my mind, listeners. I'm going down to the surface of Ragol. I'm not gonna let anyone stop me! Don't worry listeners, this reporter knows a thing or two about self-defense. I'm gonna find out everything there is to know about whats happening down on Ragol, and aboard Pioneer 2. And you're gonna be with me every step of the way! If you've got any info for me to tell the world, just send it to me! Tune in later, same time, same channel, I'll be here!

:well, if nothing else, shes... cheerful:
(If you've got anything you need to tell the CRP world, you can reach Nali at phnxfire@aol.com)