Updated: 12/21/2013		CON-074

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OPERATION ANCRUM

November 14th - 16th 2008

General Briefing

Issued 11/14/2008@14:00Z

Damage Report With reference to the damage report notification issued at 15:00Z 09/26/2008, see the Gatewatch Report for CON-073 "OPERATION GATE FULFORD", be advised that the repair schedule for the Gate Tower's alarm and defence system has been revised following the software error during OPERATION GATE FULFORD (CON-73), that resulted in the inadvertent base lock down and activation of the self destruct protocol. The investigation in to this event and the formerly reported fatality relating to the XAD1471 equipment, which is part of the "Project Midguard" program. Concequentially the work will now not be completed until the beginning of the next flight operation (06/2009). Arising from this situation SSI Inc. the previous prime contractor for the XAD1471 has been replace by the Starlabs Corporation. Therefore their staff and technicians have absolute authority during the on-going work on Floor 1 of RGHQ-51. With the exception of the related missions, the Gate Tower is for the duration of this operation strictly off limits to ALL UNMC personnel. Note that with the exception of flights using the XAD1471, only a basic flight service is available for your missions during CON-74. Flight crews MUST take extra special care in the Gate Tower as many systems still remain exposed (6kv) for on-going repairs and the installation work. It is not practical to shut these sub-systems down, as they constitute essential components of the XAD1471 and the Gatewatch systems.

Estimated Flight Conditions

Alien Biological Contaminant (ABC) Levels

The precautionary principal dictates that CON-74 will be subject to the EXTREME ABC Protection Protocol, as levels are expected to be dangerously high off world. Note that it will be necesary for all exterior gear to be removed for decontamination immediately upon return from off world missions, to ensure personal and collective safety post flight - WITHOUT EXCEPTION! The so-called "boot room" has been specially adapted for this purpose (Level 2, room #208). CON-74 will like CON-73 before it conclude with a 10 day mandatory "lock down" pending a full medical and equipment inspection/decontamination at each of our operational facilities. We at Gatewatch apologise for the inconvenience and thank you for your co-operation in maintaining bio-security.

Alerts & Special Orders

2. The US CLEGG ("CONTACT Long Endurance Gate Group") program remains suspended, and all recorded team members have been recovered and accounted for. Caution is advised if approached off-world by anyone claiming to be CLEGG team members, as they will probably be compromised, either due to enemy action or as afunction of their initial insertion date.

3. In addition to the strategic objectives established by the current situation, namely, Project Midguard, and the on going issues arising from Fort Apache (VXC105), the recovery of the missing UNMC Engineers from the 51^ST Regiment, for enterogation and processing, s a high priority objective. These 27 personnel remain listed as MIA as of CON-68. The unit's default Authentication Code was "ANGEL", but bearing in mind how long they have been off-world, it is unlikely that any of them remain uncontaminated.

4. Both at the specified times (see chart) and between other Gate activations during CON-74, the Starlabs engineers can, upon receipt of a written authorisation from the base's S3 (Operations Officer), deliver via the authorised channels, i.e. the base's senior Service officer (BGEN Courtney), program the XAD1471 system for a launch and a retreval flight to/from G-0799 (aka C068W), the location of FORT BIFROST. NB: the XAD1471 system will only function during a standard Gate cycle period (circa 3 days in 60), and require circa 24 hours of pre flight charging. The Ground Crew can then force the Gate to open to or from G-0799 and RGHQ-51 respectively. It can only be safely used by prior arrangement at a specified time or when the inter-planetary comunications systems are working adequately, so that an authorised request by the off-world team can be processed to activate the Gate and open the iris to ensure a safe landing. A 35+ minute window of opportunity is required in the natural Gate cycle to allow for flight time, and the earlier the Gatewatch crew are advised of an intended launch or recovery mission the safer it will be for the SG team. NB: the short notice given by the surviving Engineers (OPERATION WINCHESTER, CON-68), resulted in losses during their return flight.

5. Gatewatch's former responsibility for allocating planetary ID#'s was suspended after CON-56, due to the loss of our own records, plus the systems inability to differentiate and ID "potential" rather than "actual" planetary targets and the introduction of the field deployable Gravitometer. As a result of the upgrades installed during CON-73 any new planets visited (Pathfinder Missions) or ones that are clearly identified, will have a new ID registration starting with the number G-3000. Following analysis of the flight data recorded during the missions flown during CON-73 out of RGHQ-51 the following planets have been registered: G-0795 = P3000A, G-0793 = P3000B, G-0794 = P3000C, G-0244 = P3001A, G-1583 = P3002A, G-0301 = P3003A and G-0122 = P3004A. No Pathfinder Missions have been logged for CON-73 or 74 for anyone else other than UK operatives. However in future, registrations will be shared between all operational bases. For security reasons other bases Spline references will not be included except under special circumstances. Planetary ID's have been inserted in to the current Gatewatch Chart for the upcoming Pathfinder missions: G-1388 is P3005A and G-1392 is P3006A. Each base is responsible for retroactively assembling their own back catalog of planetary ID's as this data is no longer available to Gatewatch. Then the new P3000 ID should be added. The P3000 figure was selected as it is well in advance of any older registrations.

6. The function and size of FORT BIFROST has been reassessed, and it has been down graded from a Fire Base to a Patrol Base. The clearing originally made for the base, is now going to be developed for agrecultural production of ethonol (aka bio-fuel) for use by Midguard. This means that the workload in it's development will be much reduced, as the agrecultural element will not be our responsibility. However Ft. Bifrost's construction is now to proceed with concealment as the prerequisit feature. A second smaller complex serving as a back up outpost within UHF radio range of Ft. Bifrost, is also to be constructed. In addition a set of entirely new Patrol Bases, one per Spline, is also to be built. Completion which was originally scheduled for no later than 05/15/2009, may now be delayed until the next tour of duty (2009), location TBA. Therefore all recon missions must incorporate a survey of potential sites during future operations, until as such time a location or locations are selected.

7. With reference to the unauthorised message tagged to the computer readable edition of the GATEWATCH report for OPERATION WINCHESTER (CON-68), it has as yet not been possible to locate it's point of entry on to the RGHQ-51 intrenet. This system is a "stand alone" network, and therefore any additions must have been made within the confines of RGHQ-51. ALL personnel are reminded to maintain maximum vigilance with regard to preventing unauthorised access to the base and the use of it's intrenet and other systems. A copy of original text should be available from the S2 (Intelligence Officer). You are reminded that during the Intelligence Conference (CON-69) it was suggested that the signiture on that message: "DB" is possibly a reference to Deep Black, the codename for the suspected informal coalition of terestrial national intelligence assets, who's actions in the past have been both friendly and hostile to the CONTACT program. Their true nature and remit remain unknown at this time, and therefore until we achieve clarity, their actions constitute a clear and present danger to the program, and it's personnel. Their operatives should be treated as hostile combatants, and if possible taken as EPW's for subsequent interrogation.

8. Be advised that Lieutenant Colonel James T. Law who was recalled from his assignment as the Commanding Officer of BASE-56 in New Zealand, to resume his position as the UNSGC Auditor during CON-72, will be continuing to serve in this capasity at RGHQ-51 during CON-74. It is required that ALL operatives cooperate with his investigations in to personnel performance, procedures, security, etc. An abridged edition of his report will be made available at the next Intelligence Conference (CON-75) scheduled for 02/13-15/2009., subject to UNSGCHQ adjudication.

END OF ALERTS & SPECIAL ORDERS

Notes:

• All times in this table are expressed in ZULU Time (aka GMT). Please be aware that friendly forces off world, maybe operating in a different time zone.
  
• Specified mission types and numbers are for guidance only and are subject to change by the S3.
  
• Where known, planetary ID's are given.
  
• You are reminded that Gates remain open for precisely 120 seconds ONLY, commencing with the specified launch/landing time.
  
• * WARNING: The stated flight times for the Outbound and Inbound Gate Activations marked with an asterisk varry from one another, which indicates potentially extreme conditions within the wormhole. Flight Crews are reminded to immediately begin Anti-G-LOC drill upon passing the Event Horizon.

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