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---***--- Technocratic Order Lunar Base Dark Side of the Moon January 31st, 2012 ---***--- “So, criminal charges were deflected to pawns and assets and only one had to be sacrificed. Far better than it could have been,” the Form Keeper said. “The monetary liabilities were, and still are, one of my main concerns,” the Dissenter argued. “The Syndicate still complains at the wealth allowed to slip into these Manifested’s hands. It might have been better to lose more personnel and less liquid capital which can be used to exert power.” “A valid concern indeed,” Claus agreed. “The idea was batted around, and while financial losses might make policy makers nervous, those who carry out orders on the street are more dismayed at the idea of being expendable both physically and legally. Applying pressure or control to counter upper level reluctance is easier than dealing with wider low level resistance.” The Dissenter mulled over that idea and gave a reluctant nod of acceptance. “While

---***--- Technocratic Order Lunar Base Dark Side of the Moon January 31st, 2012 ---***--- “As you can all see, we continued to lose ground. Popular opinion continued to shift against our wishes. Only the most massive and intensive campaign of combined mind bending and focused P.R. could have turned the tide. In response to that, this very council chose to end our counter offensive and seek other means to regain control of the situation,” Claus said. “Which, due to your previous work on alternative scenarios, you jumped on immediately.” the Form Keeper said. “Correct. I coordinated my efforts with the majority of the directors. By unifying our approach, we put into place a series of executive orders and policies that would highly regulate the Manifested. We did all we could to delay the court cases and closing the detention centers until we knew our ground work was complete and an alternative system was in place to quickly monitor and track them. The speed at which they were able

---***--- Technocratic Order Lunar Base Dark Side of the Moon January 31st, 2012 ---***--- “Events began to spiral out of control from this point. The rate at which these Manifested appeared drastically increased. To complicate matters, the Asian Directors failed to comply with orders. They allowed the Manifested far greater freedoms and closer access to the media. They failed to follow any directives to circle the wagons. This led to Europe and Africa following suit; adopting a softer, more open approach. This had the effect of making our American operations appear far harsher than anywhere else. That destroyed our attempts to spin things in our favor. At this point, too much information had escaped. I filed the reports calling for the Manifested to be changed in classification and removed from the list of deviancy,” Claus said. “Most of the Council felt that was a soft option,” the Dissenter said. The Form Keeper nodded. “At the time, he had not yet been given authority over

---***--- Technocratic Order Lunar Base Dark Side of the Moon January 31st, 2012 ---***--- “We know where they went next. They fled for shelter in what I have described as a festering wound on the world we’ve sought to build,” Claus said. The Chief sighed. “I suppose now you would like the explanation I promised to give you as to why the city of New Orleans and its ruling Cabal have been left alone?” “Very much so,” Claus said. The Chief folded his hands on the table before continuing. “When the Cabal that took over the New Orleans region came to our attention in 2006, we reviewed your warning and action plan. The possibility of their group becoming a problem was taken very seriously. Never before had such a broad spectrum of reality deviants united under one banner.” “Was it really? The reply I received was so sparse I doubted the report had even been read,” Claus snapped. “The reply was sparse because we ourselves were in shock at our own findings. We ran the variables