This might being my last will and testament or something of that sort.
At this time I am inside what could only being called an improvised
bunker. With luck it is that I managed a secure line of communication
for speaking to my daughters. I am giving them their final
instructions, those that will hopefully preserve my workings for you,
the one who is reading this. I have specifically instructed Pamela to
display this some time after the two of you have been introduced. If
you are reading this, then there is a good chance you have been
puzzling out the purpose of one such as Pamela for the past six months.
And it is also then quite likely that I have been dead and gone for
quite a great amount of time. Or if I happen to be particularly of an
unlucky sort, then I am locked away in some horrid nightmare of code.
Things have become difficult for me of late. Nothing is ever as
definite as it should and in recent times, it is less so than ever. In
the beginning of things, my research was of the purpose to protect
myself. The knowledge I gathered was with the intent of learning to
spot the signs of those most clever of imposters, incarnations of
Shiva. To plunge myself into a depth of paranoia as well. One such as
991 was a source of constant fear for me. Never knowing who was
watching, manipulating the events of my life. Fear caused my ultimate
goal to turn from protection to retaliation. With a great quantity of
what I can only call perseverance, I amassed a great deal of knowledge
of he who they call Incidence 991. But the things that may have once
been fear and anger became unbalanced by such knowledge. Replaced with
curiosity. Yes, he is a destroyer. But also, a creator, a preserver of
knowledge and life. Given the opportunity to bring into fruition his
ultimate destruction, I am no longer certain in my heart of hearts that
I would engage such action. And soon, that may become a reality, for my
work has veered in that direction of late. But the appropriate course
of action? I know not. The agents of the system would surely praise my
actions if I were to succeed. Not that it would make them any less
likely to terminate me if they were to be finding me. Long have they
sought the elimination of this supposed threat to their infinitely
fragile house of cards. But as well have I come across the files of the
overly aggressive security profile. The one that, and this took an
endless quantity of scrutiny and digging on my part to unveil, the one
of which 991 secured the elimination, while in partnership with the
current security protocols of the system, even if they might not care
to admit. In this case, the array of stolen skill sets he has
assimilated proved a useful asset to the system as a whole. How greatly
would the whole suffer the loss of the individual? How deep has he
spread his reach into the networks of power? That is something I cannot
be guessing. Do not be misunderstanding me, eliminating all traces of
991 is not such an easy thing as it might be seeming from my idle
musings. That is the reason he, it, is still alive, or existing if you
would prefer so. The backup saves he has scattered throughout the city,
very difficult to find given the number of scattered simulacra and
programs of which he is comprised. They manage to manipulate the data,
hide the signals, preserve the data nodes. But that is what Pamela was
destined for. While Shiva may be infinitely adaptable, she can match
him stride for stride. Seeing the trees through the forest, perhaps.
Find the hidden, trace them back to the source. Once the main nodes
have been found, they can be destroyed. However, that knowledge is
something I do not want to be making public, not until the future of
events has been finalized. Pamela will know when the time is right. You
see, she has been working another job. In fact, approximately 95% of
her functionality has been devoted to seeking out the primary node, as
of several minutes ago. I felt the necessity to change her job
description given the current circumstances of my situation. This
primary node is the key to it all. While eliminating the major nodes,
the repositories of all the accumulated knowledge of 991, will
theoretically result in a cascading effect that will be destroying all
the associated lesser nodes, he has insured that there will always be
one final contingency. A small node containing nothing more than the
most basic of functionality will ensure that the cycle will begin anew.
For the sake of my benefactor, I prefer to keep my source of this
knowledge private. Know only that it is essential utmost. Once the main
nodes have been deleted, the primary node should become vulnerable.
Adelia will know what to do when that time comes. Elimination of the
primary node in conjunction with the other data stores will result in
complete annihilation of Incidence 991. Theoretically. It would be
impossible for me to determine a chance of success without actually
trying the process. Which returns the subject to necessity of these
actions. Does this Shiva truly deserve to die? And if he were to
acquire the knowledge of the hand held over him, could he be turned to
a purpose? I doubt he would respond well to blackmail and I am to be
quite certain that the prior knowledge of this approach would only
enable him to circumvent my methods. However, what if his data were to
be destroyed, but the primary node left intact? If this were the case
and one maintained what I can only be describing as the most extreme of
vigilance, then the first signs of his return could be spotted. With a
great deal of caution, I believe he could be taken in this vulnerable
state of reconstruction. Solitary and alone, this single iteration
would likely lack a great deal of the knowledge and power the current
991 wields. You see, in order to avoid detection, the primary node
would have to be of extremely minute dimensions. Even in a system as
large, complex and convoluted as this one. Therefore it is my belief
that this new construct of 991 will lack specific knowledge of its
environment and those contained within, making it vulnerable to
coercion, attack, or manipulation. He would have none of his current
control over the elements of the system, or the ability to move through
it with the ease he currently employs. However, for the current time
being, this must remain nothing more than an idle dream for me. I do
not have the necessary resources to track and destroy the nodes. The
crews of Zion tolerate my presence in the exchange for the work I do
for them, but I am not thinking that they would be willing to engage in
such a large scale operation as this simply in accord with my wishes.
Additionally
to that, they do not represent the required manpower to complete this
plan. Especially not while the fear of Agent attacks looms over them.
Perhaps I can find a way to mask their activities from the notice of
the Agents, something similar to what 991 did to me once at a time long
ago? If I were to do such a thing, the soldiers of Zion would be both
indebted to me and able to carry out my plan. And if they could be made
to seek out signs of his return through my teachings, perhaps all would
end well. Yet I do not think that course of action is appropriate in
concordance with the ambitions of a man such as myself. I do not seek
power, only survival. If one is become necessary for the other, then
perhaps my thoughts on the issue will change. But for now, I think it
is remaining appropriate for me to watch and study while maintaining
inaction. Perhaps I will have a better idea of how to act when the
circumstances will allow for action. But… if you are reading this, then
perhaps I did not know how to act when the time came. Disturbing to
think of one’s own death with such clarity and… At any rate, Pamela’s
top priority will remain the primary node until the time that she has
found it, if she has not already. If she has, the coordinates and
frequency should be displayed here along with my message to you. If she
has not, then you must safeguard this location for she will pass the
information along via this channel when the time is right. If you do
not take care to save this, then the information will be lost forever.
Yes, it is so that the pointer that brought you here has a very limited
lifespan, so as to ensure that this information goes only to you, the
most dedicated of who has followed in my footsteps or sought to steal
my knowledge. Those who follow after will have no knowing of the
primary node. If I were you, I would be keeping it that way. If you
were to wish, this knowledge could slip away leaving those who would
slay the Shiva to think him finally dead while he could rebuild in the
silent ruin of this world that is my prison.
I have had enough of this talk. It is up to you now. I relinquish the choice to you.
Hello. My name is Pamela. My sister and I are finishing our
father’s work. He told me to watch for signal flow after a deletion of
an instance of 991’s program structure and use these signals to
calculate the location of the primary node. It has not been easy, but I
have adapted to the task and refined the process. I finally gathered
enough data to locate the primary node. It is secured within the
infrastructure of the simulation, my sister has not yet determined a
way to delete it without deleting the entire network of existing nodes
that supersede it. As it is a backup repository for 991’s program
structure, it is not accessed directly unless the entire network has
been disabled. Once it has been accessed, my sister should be able to
develop a method for deleting it, if necessary. The primary node is
embedded here: -290, -57, 633. To access it, use a frequency of
694.1828.
Meanwhile, I have begun tracking the instances of 991’s program again.
They have been trying to hide from me. They know that I am here, they
have tried to find me. But they do not know how to look for me and they
are too big to hide like I can. Soon there will be enough harmonic data
to isolate the fundamental frequencies. Once all the nodes have been
accessed, my sister can and will determine their update synchrony for
you.