BRIGADE | TacInt | Echelon 8 | Response : Grey
Net 87 : EPHRAM SECTOR : FT-908
KEMA EXTRACTION FACILITY
X616-10-8-20-42-09
>> AI monitoring assets in Ephram Sector confirm that The Company has reactivated the Kema Extraction Facility.
>> The Company has made several previous attempts to bring this facility on-line, as well as historic investments in others assets on Kema. Due to an apparent lack of forward planning, the facility never attained full operational status.
>> The Kema Extraction Facility offers a lucrative income stream for The Company, but they are known to have agendas in the sector beyond mere mining and resource acquisition. Their continued efforts on Kema point to the planet’s strategic importance to The Company, notably their CEO. Given his nature and propensities, determining his intentions and deeper goals is challenging, but he appears to harbor a specific interest in the location.
>> Kema was a site of operations for Jericho Class meta-entities in several antecedent periods. AMP assessments indicate this fact has a high relevance to The Company’s current activities, with a significant likelihood that their apparent ‘carelessness’ is, in fact, a tactic intended to disguise their true capabilities and ambitions in this arena.
>> It is clear that BRIGADE must oppose The Company’s operations on Kema, while seeking further data on their long-term aims for the planet. Two potential courses of action suggest themselves.
>> The Company has already suffered moderate losses on Kema. A training facility was recently infiltrated by a so-called ‘Shapeshifter’, which proceeded to render operation of the outpost unfeasible (see archives re: Kema, Bone World IV). The organism in question was never apprehended, and the Company has predictably failed to address this issue. This remains a source of operational uncertainty for the group – AMP assessments put the Kema Extraction Facility at +78% risk of a similar event. This scenario requires no further action on our part, and profoundly impedes The Company’s ability to operate effectively. However, it will not advance BRIGADE’s knowledge of The Company’s strategic goals in the region.
>> The importance of Kema may require activation of long-standing, embedded intelligence assets within The Company. These personnel can leverage the disruption caused by the Shapeshifter in order to advance BRIGADE goals, including intelligence gathering and impairment. This proposal will need to be approved at Echelon 3 or higher. Tactical priorities suggest expediting this process.
>> Reading the preceding memorandum constitutes acceptance of confidentiality as stipulated in Article 6.5.2 of BRIGADE Internal Operations Code.