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SECTION V

REACH

CHAPTER THIRTY

0000 Hours, August 29, 2552 (Military Calendar) / narrow-band point-to-point transa secure antenna array, UNSC HQ Epsilon Eridani System, Reach Military Complex

PLNB Priority Transmission XX087R-XX

Encryption Code:GAMMA

Public Key:N/A

From:CODENAME: COALMINER

To:CODENAME: SURGEON

Subject:PROGRESS REPORT/OPERATION HYPODERMIC

Classification:EYES ONLY TOP SECRET (SECTION III X-RAY DIRECTIVE)

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Secured space-dock repair bay Corvette Circurades Shipyard records successfully altered

Queries detected fro uncovered

As per contingency plan TANGO: ship registration numbers scrambled; hard isolated from dockside computer network; counterintrusion software implemented; Alpha security protocols enacted onboard

Just as you called it, sir Don’t worry--as far as the station computers are concerned, Circumference never even existed

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/scramble-destruction process enabled

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