[b]Equipment[/b] [spoiler]Subject is in possession of various decommissioned and Pre-Scorch contraband. This includes (but is not limited to): EMPs, MSCV Testing Equipment, experimental Iconoclast and Old Earth meta-materials, hydrochloric acid (possibly used for blade maintenance, see: Documents on "Youtou" Strain-Harbouring Weapons), multiple Old Earth books (genre varies) and classified Iconoclast documents. Subject is also in possession of a notebook acting as a personal compendium. The compendium is believed to have information compiled on a plethora of encounters, ranging from fighting methods to theories on MSCV inoculation. Information may prove vital. [i]Even the Icos have secrets they don't want their fellow higher-ups knowing. I've had a run-in or two with a few Iconoclast agents using Pre-Scorch power armour and exosuits. I've been developing a few EMP rounds based off of some Old Earth weapon drafts I scoured off of a near-defunct database by a weapons facility. The round releases an electromagnetic charge upon impact, simple but effective. I've also been looking into adapting a few of my .410s into a sort of electromagnetic field upon the release of multiple pellets. Hm. Seems I need to find some better conductive materials. [/i][/spoiler] [b]Addendum 1a[/b] [spoiler]The following is an audio transcript between former Tribal (designated "Iscariot" for confidentiality) and Dr. Arys Merich. [BEGIN AUDIO TRANSCRIPT] Dr. Merich: So you claim that the subject - my apologies, Lucien, - sought out the Tribals in preparation for the Auburn Steppes massacre? Iscariot: Yes, Doctor. Lucien Farcòn went by a different name, one that I don't know, before being mentored by Lael Farcòn. It is in our tradition to take on the surnames of our mentors and slightly altering their first to represent a new rebirth and story to an old legacy. Dr. Merich: Lucien. Iscariot: Right, my apologies. Lucien Farcòn first came to us as a distraught young man clearly in turmoil after... Something in his life. At the time we didn't know his past - to this day most of us still don't. But he was a bright pupil. Embraced our ways, learned our techniques, created his own weapons and helped out others. Only he did not embrace our hunting traditions. Dr. Merich: I am quite well-informed of your people's usage of hallucinogens during your hunts. are you saying Lucien Farcòn rejected the usage of such drugs? Iscariot: No, no. Lucien openly accepted the true vision of the hunt - he did not entertain the idea of our employment of memory-altering rites. Dr. Merich: No need for the history lesson, [REDACTED]. Tell me of his desertion. Iscariot: He became rather interested in the concept of demonization, what you people call inoculation. Becoming an abomination himself. One night his mentor went out to kill one of the Abbatial's sickening creatures and never returned. Lucien went after him and came back a few Sols later... But changed. Dr. Merich: Changed? As in he had undergone the inoculation process. Iscariot: Indeed, Doctor. Lucien came back with fire in his eyes. Perhaps they were always there, hidden beneath the veneer of his prowess. Regardless, we exiled him and branded him as an abominable monster hiding within a boy. He laughed. We would've killed him on the spot but none of us could bring ourselves to do it. Some days I wish I had, if I had only known what he was going to do next. Dr. Merich: Then Auburn Steppes happened. Iscariot: We didn't know what he was gonna do. We didn't know that all that time, all that training was meant to prepare him for that. We didn't know we were the ones fuelling the fires of his vengeance. I'm quite sorry... It's all too vivid in my mind. I was a part of the group that was sent to find him after we heard what happened. Found him at the far end of the settlement - well, what was left of it. His sword... How can something like a blade be coated in so much blood? He spared me, you know. Killed three other experienced warriors within a few heartbeats. Said to me, "go back, [REDACTED]. Go back and tell the others to stop hunting for me." But the most terrifying moment for me was when he said that, through that... inferno of hatred and revenge, there was a flicker of the Lucien that we all knew. A flicker of regret. And it still haunts me to this day knowing that boy will always be trapped in that monster, unable to do anything as the beast he created devours everything in front of him. [END AUDIO TRANSCRIPT] [i]I'm sorry, Uriel. I'm so sorry. Never again. Never again.[/i][/spoiler]