Author: Patrick Kapera
NUMBER 95-0091
DATE: OCTOBER 31, 1878
TO: SWEETROCK CORPORATE OFFICES (PHILADELPHIA, PA.)
FROM: S PIERCE (GOMORRA, CA.)
EVIDENCE OF MAX BAINE’S ILLICIT ACTIVITIES PROCURED BUT EVAN CHILDES ALREADY EN ROUTE TO WASHINGTON – STOP – SITUATION IN GOMORRA DIRE – STOP – INCREASED HOSTILITY BETWEEN ALL GROUPS AND ARRIVAL OF NEW RAIL COMPANIES THREATENS MY SAFETY AND THE EVIDENCE – STOP – REQUIRE IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE – STOP – CURRENTLY RELYING UPON USUAL SUSPECTS FOR MARTIAL SUPPORT – STOP – HOPE TO EXIT TOWN VIA PLANNED ROUTE – STOP – MORE TO COME SOON – STOP
NUMBER 04-0001
DATE: OCTOBER 31, 1878
TO: S PIERCE (GOMORRA, CA.)
FROM: SWEETROCK CORPORATE OFFICES (PHILADELPHIA, PA.)
CORPORATE RESOURCES AFFECTED BY INCREASED ACTIVITY OF RIVAL RAIL COMPANIES – STOP – NOTHING AT OUR DISPOSAL IN OR NEAR GOMORRA VALLEY – STOP – GOOD LUCK – STOP – YOU’RE ON YOUR OWN – STOP
NUMBER 95-0118
DATE: OCTOBER 31, 1878
TO: SWEETROCK CORPORATE OFFICES (PHILADELPHIA, PA.)
FROM: S PIERCE (GOMORRA, CA.)
EXPECTED ROUTE BLOCKED – STOP – PACIFIC MAZE RAIL STATION SECURED BY IRON DRAGON – STOP – MUCH BLOODSHED – STOP – G LOST IN RIOTING – STOP – IT APPEARS THAT THE MAZE RATS WERE EXPECTING US – STOP – WORD OF OUR CARGO MUST BE OUT – STOP – AM MOVING TO SECONDARY SITE WHERE PLAN B WILL COMMENCE – STOP – MORE SOON – STOP
NUMBER 95-0131
DATE: OCTOBER 31, 1878
TO: RED PETALS SU (SHAN FAN, CA.)
FROM: QUON LIN (GOMORRA, CA.)
BLACKJACKS SUPPORTING SCOTT PIERCE – STOP – JULIET SUMNER WENDIGO GARRISON AND RHETT CAUFIELD CONFIRMED – STOP – GARRISON NEUTRALIZED FOR THE MOMENT AND PERHAPS PERMANENTLY – STOP – OTHERS HAVE ESCAPED OUR TRAP AT THE RAIL STATION BUT AERIAL SCOUTS HAVE SPOTTED THEM AT KING WILLYS AND OTHER LOCATIONS – STOP – AM MOVING TO INTERCEPT – STOP
NUMBER 65-0131
DATE: OCTOBER 31, 1878
TO: QUON LIN (GOMORRA, CA.)
FROM: RED PETALS SU (SHAN FAN, CA.)
PROCEED WITH ALL POSSIBLE HASTE – STOP – SCOTT PIERCE MUST BE FOUND AND THE PHOTOS AND FILES IN HIS POSSESSION RETRIEVED WITH ALL POSSIBLE HASTE – STOP – BE AWARE THAT CHAO LIS TESTING HAS COMMENCED – STOP – HE IS DUE TO ARRIVE IN GOMORRA WITHIN THE HOUR – STOP – ALLOW HIM A WIDE BERTH – STOP – HIS GHOST ROCK POISONING IS VIRULENT AND WILL OVERWHELM HIM WITHIN TWELVE HOURS IF HE DOES NOT PROCURE AND RETURN A SAMPLE OF THE LIQUID GHOST ROCK IN TIME – STOP – THE KEY TO HIS TEST IS ENDURANCE NOT SUCCESS – STOP – OTHERS HAVE BEEN SENT WITH HIM TO OBTAIN THE SAMPLE SHOULD HE FAIL – STOP – ASSIST THEM IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE SHOULD CHAO LI PERISH BUT DO NOT INTERFERE UNTIL THEN – STOP
NUMBER 95-0166
DATE: OCTOBER 31, 1878
TO: SWEETROCK CORPORATE OFFICES (PHILADELPHIA, PA.)
FROM: S PIERCE (GOMORRA, CA.)
MAY HAVE FOUND ALTERNATE ROUTE OUT OF GOMORRA – STOP – REQUIRES THAT I REMAIN QUIET FOR A WHILE – STOP – INHERENT DANGER – STOP – IF YOU DO NOT HEAR FROM ME IN TWO HOURS THEN ASSUME I AM DEAD – STOP – J KNOWS LOCATION OF EVIDENCE – STOP – MORE SOON – STOP
NUMBER 95-0197
DATE: OCTOBER 31, 1878
TO: RED PETALS SU (SHAN FAN, CA.)
FROM: CAPTAIN SIM YUT-SAN (GOMORRA, CA.)
HAVE ARRIVED ON SCENE AND TAKEN CHARGE OF IRON DRAGON FORCES – STOP – SITUATION IS GOOD – STOP – BLACK CIRCLE AND HELLSTROMME INDUSTRIES BOTH IN CHECK FOR THE MOMENT – STOP – SCOTT PIERCE TRACKED TO CARNIVAL GROUNDS OUTSIDE TOWN – STOP – SUSPECT THAT HE IS STRIKING DEAL TO LEAVE WITH THEM – STOP – GROUND FORCES MOVING TO SURROUND AREA – STOP – SHOULD BE CHILDS PLAY TO CAPTURE PIERCE AND HIS FILES – STOP – HAVE BROUGHT SANTANA TATE INTO FOLD TO TAKE CARE OF JEWEL SUMNER – STOP – ATTACK COMMENCES IN ONE HALF HOUR – STOP
NUMBER 95-0201
DATE: OCTOBER 31, 1878
TO: W. PONDS (GOMORRA, CA.)
FROM: CL (GOMORRA, CA.)
YOU WILL FIND SCOTT PIERCE AT THE CARNIVAL OUTSIDE TOWN – STOP – HE IS STRIKING A DEAL WITH THE RINGMASTER TO LEAVE WITH THE TRAIN – STOP – DO NOT ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN – STOP – THOUGH IT WILL ONLY SPELL MISERY FOR PIERCE THE OUTCOME IS HIGHLY UNCERTAIN – STOP – WILL DO ALL THAT I CAN TO SLOW THINGS DOWN HERE – STOP
NUMBER 95-0222
DATE: OCTOBER 31, 1878
TO: M. BAINE (GOMORRA, CA.)
FROM: W. PONDS (GOMORRA, CA.)
SITUATION BLEAK – STOP – IRON DRAGON ATTACKED THE CARNIVAL AS SANDRA ROBERT AND I MOVED TO INTERCEPT SCOTT PIERCE – STOP – UNEXPECTED CARNIVAL RESISTANCE IN THE FORM OF MONSTROUS FREAKS OF DEMONIC NATURE – STOP – HORRIBLE FIGHTING – STOP – SCOTT PIERCE MISSING AND PRESUMED CAPTURED BY CAPTAIN SIM – STOP – JESSIE FREEMONT AND OTHER DEPUTIES CALLED IN BY SANTANA TATE – STOP – WITH THEM SIFTING THROUGH THE RUINS – STOP – THERE IS ADDED RISK OF CLELLS INDISCRETIONS BEING DISCOVERED BY A THIRD PARTY – STOP – PLEASE ADVISE – STOP
NUMBER 95-0240
DATE: OCTOBER 31, 1878
TO: W. PONDS (GOMORRA, CA.)
FROM: M. BAINE (GOMORRA, CA.)
AM SENDING NADIA AND HER COMPATRIOTS TO KEEP THE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM FINDING ANYTHING – STOP – PLEASE FOLLOW IRON DRAGON FORCES AND REPORT BACK – STOP – CONDITION OF SCOTT PIERCE AND LOCATION OF DAMNING FILES AND PHOTOS ARE TOP PRIORITY – STOP
NUMBER 04-0002
DATE: OCTOBER 31 1878
TO: NBPA (GOMORRA CA)
FROM: SWEETROCK CORPORATE OFFICES (PHILADELPHIA, PA.)
PROCEED AS DISCUSSED – STOP – COORDINATES FOLLOW – STOP
NUMBER 95-0289
DATE: OCTOBER 31 1878
TO: M BAINE (GOMORRA CA)
FROM: W PONDS (GOMORRA CA)
HAVE FOLLOWED IRON DRAGON BACK TO THEIR HEADQUARTERS – STOP – FAIRLY CERTAIN THAT SCOTT PIERCE IS INSIDE – STOP – ONLY ONE ENTRANCE VISIBLE – STOP – HEAVILY GUARDED – STOP – WAITING FOR TARGETS TO REEMERGE – STOP
NUMBER 95-0311
DATE: OCTOBER 31 1878
TO: M BAINE (GOMORRA CA.)
FROM: W PONDS (GOMORRA CA)
UNEXPECTED DEVELOPMENT – STOP – NASH BILTON ARRIVED ON SCENE AND MURDERED GUARDS – STOP – VANISHED INSIDE IRON DRAGON BASE – STOP – ADDITIONAL GUNFIRE HEARD AND LOTS OF COMMOTION – STOP – MOST RECENTLY FOLLOWED BY AN ENORMOUS BURST OF ENERGY FROM BELOW – STOP – WAITING FOR TARGETS TO REEMERGE – STOP
NUMBER 95-0330
DATE: OCTOBER 31 1878
TO: RED PETALS SU (SHAN FAN CA)
FROM: CAPTAIN SIM YUT-SAN (GOMORRA CA)
PROPOSED BARGAIN WITH SCOTT PIERCE TEMPORARILY INTERRUPTED WHEN NASH BILTON ARRIVED AND BEGAN SHOOTING – STOP – TWELVE KILLED AND EXTENDED GUERILLA BATTLE THROUGH THE TUNNELS OF OUR BASE REQUIRED BEFORE NASH WAS ELIMINATED BY CHAO LIS NEWLY AWAKENED POWERS – STOP – INFECTION PASSED BEFORE PO YU ADMINISTERED ANTIDOTE – STOP – REPORT FROM PO YU FOLLOWS CONCERNING HIS CONDITION – STOP – IN THE MEANTIME PIERCE HAS AGREED TO A COMPROMISE OF OUR TERMS – STOP – THIRTY PERCENT OF GOMORRAS GHOST ROCK OUTPUT AND THE MINES AND MINT IN EXCHANGE FOR HIS SAFE EXODUS FROM THE VALLEY – STOP – MOVING TO SITE WHERE EVIDENCE IS HIDDEN IMMEDIATELY – STOP
NUMBER 95-0444
DATE: OCTOBER 31 1878
TO: M BAINE (GOMORRA CA)
FROM: W PONDS (GOMORRA CA)
DISASTER – STOP – FOLLOWED SCOTT PIERCE AND IRON DRAGON FORCES TO THE HOWLING HOLLOW – STOP – SIM PRIVATELY APPROACHED BY A DARK MAN WITH A BLACK DUSTER LOW HAT AND BURNING EYES BEFORE ENTERING – STOP – THIS DISTRACTION PREVENTED US FROM ARRIVING BEFORE THE FORCES OF THE BLACK CIRCLE – STOP – THE WHATELEYS MUST HAVE BEEN TIPPED ABOUT THE LOCATION – STOP – SCOTT PIERCE AND EVIDENCE LOST REGARDLESS – STOP – PREPARE FOR THE WORST – STOP
NUMBER 95-0501
DATE: OCTOBER 31 1878
TO: RED PETALS SU (SHAN FAN CA)
FROM: PO YU (GOMORRA CA)
INTRIGUING DEVELOPMENTS WITH THE CHILD – STOP – THE GHOST ROCK POISONING HAS SOMEHOW BEEN RENDERED INERT OR ELIMINATED ALTOGETHER BY THE LIQUID SAMPLES CHAO LI GATHERED FROM SHERIFF HUNTERS OFFICE – STOP – CHAO LI IS NOW EXHIBITING UNTOLD MYSTIC POTENTIAL AND WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN PUTTING THE TERRORIST NASH BILTON DOWN WHEN HE INVADED OUR BASE – STOP – FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDE A SECOND SIGHT THAT ALLOWS HIM TO SEE CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS AS DEMONIC EXTENSIONS OF A LARGER ENTITY – STOP – MEN KNOWN AS JOLINAXAS AND OLD SCRATCH BOTH IDENTIFIED IN THIS FASHION – STOP – WHETHER THIS IS A GREATER TRUTH OR A HALLUCINATION BROUGHT ON BY THE MUTATED ILLNESS IS UNKNOWN – STOP – IF THE FORMER THEN WE SHOULD PREPARE FOR SOMETHING DREADFUL IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE – STOP – CHAO LI HAS ALSO CLAIMED TO SEE A VEIL AROUND THIS TOWN THAT IS WEAKENING AND A CONCENTRATED EVIL THAT IS SEEPING INTO THE AREA – STOP – WILL CONTINUE TO ADVISE – STOP
November 3, 1878
To: All Deputies
From: Sheriff Hunter
Just got the word. We’re to shut down and cordon off to Sweetrock Offices and sites and confiscate all their company files and possessions. It seems our good friend Max Baine’s been stepping over the line a little and the suits back east have found a way to pin him to the wall for it.
Looks like the party’s over boys. Post the notices. Max is a wanted man.
October 31 1878
To: Natalie
From: Rachel
You’ll never guess who showed up on my doorstep this morning.