how long can it last

It’s been a good few years now that I’ve been working for the company oft referred to as The Syndicate. I didn’t start at the beginning of the war but I’ve been there through some pretty ugly spells and some of the brighter days. A few comrades have come and gone in my time and there’s still a few old timers around to bang around with when things get bad or the situation calls for it. Mostly now though my role has me in a black ops mode only surfacing from time to time, lots of solo operations and independent action. This is what has caused me to think it’s time to start a journal, in case something happens and I don’t come back, in case the fight gets to big and someone has to come picking up the pieces. Today for instance we got some news from Corporate M1 through a subsidiary that there was a potential for security protocols to beak down and cause them a potential leak. Personally I’m not a huge fan of M1 but their not the kind of people you want to piss off if you value your life. I had been spending most the day packing up pieces from the recent campaign anyway, so getting a quick job like this brought me out of my haze. Half the task in these matters is figuring out the intel and comms, but once that was in hand it didn’t take long to root out the trouble. Two small caliber rounds and the offenders were neutralized for the time being, I left any real cleanup to the rest of the crew and painted the area bright enough that even the greenies should be able to spot trouble should it come knocking again. No response from M1 after debriefing but that’s often the protocol.

Tomorrow I need to head down to Big Iron, that’s where the brunt of my work seems to take me these days. I envision a future where I’ll have it all tidied up enough that only small incursions are required and I can spend most days running with the crew in the Paper Jungle, but that’s neither here nor there right now. The task at hand is getting our underground network back in place, the B branch that I’d setup for archiving has been taken out by what appears to be a small team of locals multiple times. My first go was a hasty attempt and I hadn’t planned on any resistance. The second attempt was a little better thought out but didn’t prove successful. This next round though I’ll be bringing a little larger ammo and I have a few new structural fortifications they shouldn’t be expecting. I don’t think it will be an in and out operation, but I should be able to lessen the load by making use of the existing agent network which has gone to silent running since the take down of B branch. If possible I need to start mapping Big Iron, it’s a massive area but should I manage to get a good plot of everything my potential for control will be amazing.

Best get some shut eye, it’s tough to be accurate between yawns.