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FROM: Bradford Negley, Senior Vice President
TO: Crucible
SUBJECT: Great Job
Good job with the T&S mission everyone. I�m submitting my official recommendation to the Board and, barring any unforeseen events, you should all be clear for promotion to Independent Agent status. No more trainer supervision, you guys are on your own now. �Negley, VP
FROM: Nicholas Panagiotatos, Head of People Services
TO: All Employees
SUBJECT: Party!!
This Friday. 7:30pm. Be there or miss out on Promotions, Awards, Bonus Checks, Horrors-Only Games, Full (FREE!) Bar, and the rare opportunity to boogey down with fellow ghosts, spooks, projectors, agents, and those geeky guys from Engineering!! Don�t be late!!
FROM: John Carruthers, Trainer
TO: Crucible
SUBJECT: About Time
You guys have come along way. You�ve shown impressive restraint in the field, fantastic progress with Horrors and other spook abilities, and great teamwork. I�m currently working on each of your evaluations and I think you�ll all be pleased with the result. On a side note, what did you guys think of Shawn Miller? A little rash, but certainly got the job done, right?! ;-)
FROM: Dr. Enid Farquand, Head of Engineering
TO: Crucible
SUBJECT: T&S Equipment
Thank you again for bringing back another sizable load of T&S equipment. As a reward, I�ll give you a useful little report on our progress. R&D hasn�t made much progress with the Pigment you�ve brought back, but we have been able to reverse engineer the Kirlian cameras. We�re spending the next week revamping the building�s security, we�ll have a complete network of Kirlian surveillance cameras operational by Friday! �Dr. Farquand
2.13.07
FROM: Bradford Negley, Senior Vice President
TO: Crucible
SUBJECT: Sunday
I�ve already mentioned to some of you that we�ll need your services on Sunday. This mission is high priority and highly classified, don�t mention it to anyone outside Orpheus and you�re probably better off not mentioning it to anyone inside the company as well. An information leak could make the situation a lot more dangerous than it already is. Also, I�ve already mentioned that we�ll give you guys some beach time after the mission. You�ll have the week off before the party and we�ll give you the week off after it as well. All we ask is that you give us your very, very best effort on Sunday. -Bradford Negley, VP
FROM: Nicholas Panagiotatos, Head of People Services
TO: All Employees
SUBJECT: Company Party
The company party is definitely a GO and we�re shooting for next Friday night. We�ll probably start the festivities around 7:30pm and there will be plenty of food and drink for everyone. Aside from music, dancing, awards, and alcohol, it will be a unique opportunity for all employees to exchange stories and experience. The new agents can learn quite a bit from the grizzled old veterans (yes, I mean you Agent Mason) and the veteran spooks can probably learn a thing or two from the new kids as well. This will be one of the few times we can get all the crucibles together like this, everyone should join in the fun!
FROM: John Carruthers, Trainer
TO: Crucible
SUBJECT: Edited for Content
If you�ve read the Mission Report, you probably noticed I never mentioned Bishop and the NSA. The funny thing is, the report I submitted mentioned both of them at least twice! Seems someone, I�m guessing it was Brad, chose to reword a few sentences. How long do they actually plan on keeping up this deniability bullshit? Wouldn�t it be easier to just tell everyone the truth! Personally, all this shit is getting pretty old. ;-)
FROM: Ben Cotton, Trainer
TO: Celest Stone
SUBJECT: Gremlins
You�re starting to handle yourself pretty well when the uglies need killin. This old spook is always happy to see a new Poltergeist showin some promise. We�ve got a rep for being the take charge guys once the gauze shit hits the fan and it�s nice to know you�re doing holding up your end. You come by anytime you want to learn how to cap those bitches right! �B
1.30.07
FROM: John Carruthers, Trainer
TO: Crucible
SUBJECT: Good News?
I just got word from the suits, looks like we�re being pulled out of the public eye for awhile. A few rash decisions here or there have made the brass hesitant about dropping us next to civilians or the media. Don�t get too excited though, there will still be plenty of work heading our way. Orpheus has more than a few clients that like to operate under the table and I have a feeling we�ll be stuck working on the other side of ethical for a while. If you guys can handle the next 2 or 3 cases well, you might just make Independent status and can start picking your own cases for once! ;-)
FROM: Kate Dennison, Trainer
TO: Crucible
SUBJECT: Taken care of�
We found the Spectre that gave you guys so much trouble and also learned that it�s gaseous form was mostly unaffected by any sort of physical attack. Ben wasn�t too happy about that at all. It provided a small amount of resistance, but it was nothing a good Wail couldn�t handle. You guys were right to call us. I�m surprised a new crucible survived that encounter without serious injuries. You guys are all coming along nicely. -Kate
FROM: Nicholas Panagiotatos, Head of People Services
TO: All Employees
SUBJECT: What time is it?
Rumor has it that another handful of crucibles are approaching Independent Agent status. Does everyone know what that means? PARTY TIME!!! This graduation party will again be held in the gym here at Orpheus. We�ll probably shoot for another Friday night as well, it worked really nice for most of us last time. I think we�ll shoot for the last Friday in February so everyone should make sure to set that time aside. And remember only employees are allowed at the party, there�s way too much sensitive stuff around for civilian eyes! -Nick
1.23.07
FROM: Bradford Negley, Senior Vice President
TO: Crucible
SUBJECT: Killing and Otherwise Maiming T&S Personnel
Normally, this would be an email chastising reckless Consultants for starting firefights with rival projecting firms. The artful way in which NextWorld was implicated for the entire event however, deserves praise instead of criticism. Your entire crucible handled itself very, very well in a situation with a high potential for injury or loss of life. (Perhaps we�ve underestimated our own training and recruitment process.) While the board reviews your progress and considers upgrading your crucible to Independent Agent status, you will be presented with one or two more opportunities to prove that you�ve got what it takes. Make us proud. -Bradford Negley, VP
FROM: Dr. Enid Farquand, Head of Engineering
TO: Crucible
SUBJECT: Thanks for the Gear!
A room full of pre-paid strippers couldn�t make us engineering geeks any happier than all that junk you brought it. We�ve been salivating for months over the slightest glimmer of a chance to examine some of that Squib gear up close and you guys have single-handedly brought back a piece of everything! You�ll be the first to know, and be rightfully recognized, when we figure out what makes those Kirlian cameras tick so we can do a much need security overhaul to this place. If you need anything from us, anything at all, you just say the word. -Engineering, Your Biggest Fans
FROM: Ben Cotton, Trainer
TO: Crucible
SUBJECT: Hell to the Yeah!!
That�s how we fuckin do shit around here! You took those bitches out like yesterday�s trash and still had the fucking balls to tell em nextworld did it. That�s some hard core shit right there! Ben Cotton gives you his own personal stamp of approval. ***100% COTTON BABY!*** -B
FROM: Chet Mason, Trainer
TO: Emma Pibble
SUBJECT: Rumors
Rumor has it you�ve recently been training with Puppetry. Rumor also has it that you ate half a clip of ghostshot and ended up unconscious back in the Lounge. You know, nothing stops ghostshot like Juggernaut. When you�re ready to learn how to take a face full of ghostshot and keep grinning, you let me know. I�ll teach you myself! -Mason
1.16.07
FROM: Bradford Negley, Senior Vice President
TO: Norman Shepherd
SUBJECT: Endangering Orpheus Personnel
Don't let me catch word of you harming your teammates with high vitality horrors again! I know she volunteered and I know you warned her away. Losing a fully trained agent costs Orpheus much more time and money than a trigger-happy agent can bring in. Keep up the reckless behavior and I gaurantee you will find yourself out of a job. -Brad
FROM: Bradford Negley, Senior Vice President
TO: All Investigative Consultants
SUBJECT: Pigment
The most recent research and reports are indicating that not only can pigment users see and hear projected agents, they can somehow project to a certain extent on their own as well. We'll all have to be more careful when we're in the field. You won't be able to count on the invisibility of your projected state anymore, pigment users could see you enter a building and report it to someone that matters. Be alert. -Bradford Negley, VP
FROM: Chet Mason, Trainer
TO: Crucible
SUBJECT: Warning
Don�t go throwing your life away just because you want to kick a spectre�s ass and don�t throw yourself into your buddy�s Wail, that�s just plain stupid. I�ll promise you one thing. If I hear about any of you bastards getting taking down from friendly fire, I�m going to be real fucking pissed. If any one of you pups die, I god damned better hear that you died crawling down a fucking reaper�s throat just so you could drop kick his shitty little heart. I don�t want to hear that you died trying to be a hard ass, you better fucking die BEING a hard ass. Cause you�ll have me to answer to. -Mason
FROM: John Carruthers, Trainer
TO: Crucible
SUBJECT: Don�t sweat it.
All in all, you guys did great. You took a calculated risk and it paid off. Don�t let all the suits push you around. You know each other better than any of us do. If you think the risk is worth the pay off then just go for it. Great things will only ever come from the risk takers, we all know that. Keep it up guys! ;-)
FROM: Tom Hayes, Trainer
TO: Norman Shepherd
SUBJECT: Thanks
Thanks for the talk yesterday. It means a lot to know there�s somebody I can confide in. Kate always wants to listen, but you just know that she�s judging you the whole time. Sometimes people just need to talk� -Tom
FROM: Zoey Vitt, Trainer
TO: Anthony Russo
SUBJECT: Yum!
So this pimply faced nurse kid totally came into my room with a pizza from Jack�s. He was quite the fanboy and it was all I could do to get him to leave me alone with the pizza he brought me out of the kindness of his heart. He finally left and I opened the box . . . to find pepperoni and extra cheese. My favorite! Now how would he know that??? ;-) Thanks babe, I owe ya one! -Zo
1.15.07
FROM: Dr. Murthy Chandrawati, Life Sciences
TO: All Employees
SUBJECT: Noise Concerns/Complaints
Many of you have expressed concerns about hearing screaming, yelling, and other loud noises coming from the lab area on sub-basement 3. One of our IC teams have recently brought in a fairly reactive PLE. We are using the very best counseling techniques to work with her and calm her down in attempt to find a place for her here at Orpheus Group. If this ultimately becomes not possible, we will simply release her with our best wishes and as much additional help as we can manage. Until then, thank you for all of your concern. -Dr. Chandrawati
1.9.07
FROM: John Carruthers, Trainer
TO: Crucible
SUBJECT: Kickin' ass!
So, you guys did an awesome job taking care of that spook without taking a swing. That was also some of the best teamwork I've seen in a crucible! Why have I never thought about Storm-Wending someone straight up? ;-)
FROM: Bradford Negley, Senior Vice President
TO: All Investigative Consultants
SUBJECT: Recruiters and NDAs
It has recently come to our attention that several Consultants have been approached by outside recruiters. These recruiters are offering jobs at other projecting firms, such as Nextworld and Terrel&Squib. We would just like to remind you that we at Orpheus Group were the first on the scene and are still the best. We may not have the technology budget of Terrel&Squib, but our collected knowledge and experience puts us far beyond their reach. We would also remind you that here at Orpheus, safety is always our prime concern and we never put agents into knowingly dangerous situations without extreme cautions and support. Please remember that you are always free to refuse any mission you feel is too dangerous or unethical. Not every firm will treat you as well, but at Orpheus, "our people are our uniquely talented, greatest resource." Lastly, should you decide to terminate your employment with us, Orpheus Group reminds you that many of your NDAs remain in effect for a number of years. -Negley, VP
1.2.07
FROM: Zoey Vitt, Trainer
TO: Crucible
SUBJECT: Good job today!
Great job, I really mean it. You did just about as good as any sexy spook trainer could expect from a bunch of fresh meat. And kudos on the "spectre" bit. Though personally, I wish you would have smacked him around a little first. Just kidding, well, mostly. -Zo
FROM: Kate Dennison, Trainer
TO: Crucible
SUBJECT: Congratulations
Welcome to Orpheus Group. We're happy to have you. Even if we don't seem like it sometimes. -Kate
FROM: John Carruthers, Trainer
TO: Crucible
SUBJECT: Hurt Feelings...
Sniff, sniff. Nah it's cool, I know why you didn't pick me to babysit. Is it just me or do those skirts keep getting shorter? ;-)
12.19.06
FROM: Jack Tilton, CEO
TO: All New Recruits
SUBJECT: Welcome to the Orpheus Group!
Congratulations on making it through the rigorous hiring process. Orpheus is the best projecting firm in the world and we go through great pains to make sure that all of our agents are a cut above. I hope the personality profiles weren't too boring and I hope the physical wasn't too ... extensive. I've read through each of your files and I gave the final stamp of approval personally. I think you're all going to make fine new consultants!