Suria listened quietly as the pieces came together. When Pat stated that the Aesculapians weren't making an effort to cover their tracks, she interjected, "That's not exactly true. You get used to dealing with a higher degree of skill after a few jobs with Triton Divivision... corporate malfeasance, governmental coverups, but the clinic heads appear to be doing what they can. They just aren't quite the professionals we are used to dealing with."
"We have Mister Implants on the scene of the Cantor attack- killed there, but with implants excised before the strike teams arrived. Who excised them in the field? With access to personnel files we could perhaps see which Beaulac surgeons or psions were working in the field during the hours of the attack, but just as likely those files have been falsified."
We have the autopsy report, which ostensibly should be buried. We only have this much proof because of the timely intervention of a one of their interns. We are lucky that she still remembers the autopsy at all considering what I found in Freak Alley.
You might recall from the files that Beaulac Clinic was offering free care to any Alley residents after the collapse whether they were injured in the collapse or not. I managed to speak with one of those who was recently treated under that offer and took a minute to see what he remembered from the collapse." She shook her head, "Not much. I can't be sure what they used, but I'd guess drugs considering. It can be done, but without the precision of telepathy. Rather than remove exactly what you want as a telepath might, drugs just stomp the whole area leaving it hazy and indisinct- and unfortunately for Mac it also leaves its victim stumbling through life like a drugged zombie for some time. Lucky they hadn't identified you as a threat yet Rochelle."
"Still- I managed to see a couple of things. It looked like the blast that caused the collapse came through a wall- from the outside blasting in. So we have something blasting through the wall into a homeless warren causing massive death and prompting a cover up by the clinic which happens to be located directly above the incident. Test run or escaped subject?"
Other than that I saw a glimpse of Mac with one of the docs. Not clear enough to get an idea though. Mostly I just recognized the labcoat."
When Rochelle mentioned the reporter who interviewed a resident of the burrough, Suria nodded. "Ah- Marcus Denver did the interview- with the self-described Mayor of Freak Alley if I recall. I could probably make a couple of calls and get in touch with Marcus about the article."
"We have Mister Implants on the scene of the Cantor attack- killed there, but with implants excised before the strike teams arrived. Who excised them in the field? With access to personnel files we could perhaps see which Beaulac surgeons or psions were working in the field during the hours of the attack, but just as likely those files have been falsified."
We have the autopsy report, which ostensibly should be buried. We only have this much proof because of the timely intervention of a one of their interns. We are lucky that she still remembers the autopsy at all considering what I found in Freak Alley.
You might recall from the files that Beaulac Clinic was offering free care to any Alley residents after the collapse whether they were injured in the collapse or not. I managed to speak with one of those who was recently treated under that offer and took a minute to see what he remembered from the collapse." She shook her head, "Not much. I can't be sure what they used, but I'd guess drugs considering. It can be done, but without the precision of telepathy. Rather than remove exactly what you want as a telepath might, drugs just stomp the whole area leaving it hazy and indisinct- and unfortunately for Mac it also leaves its victim stumbling through life like a drugged zombie for some time. Lucky they hadn't identified you as a threat yet Rochelle."
"Still- I managed to see a couple of things. It looked like the blast that caused the collapse came through a wall- from the outside blasting in. So we have something blasting through the wall into a homeless warren causing massive death and prompting a cover up by the clinic which happens to be located directly above the incident. Test run or escaped subject?"
Other than that I saw a glimpse of Mac with one of the docs. Not clear enough to get an idea though. Mostly I just recognized the labcoat."
When Rochelle mentioned the reporter who interviewed a resident of the burrough, Suria nodded. "Ah- Marcus Denver did the interview- with the self-described Mayor of Freak Alley if I recall. I could probably make a couple of calls and get in touch with Marcus about the article."
