Move 3.3 Recap

Jedao's report: messages involving Alaric, Reshad, Sasha, Sulen, and Xiulan

Jedao sends a report on the known abilities of Heptarch Nirai Kujen to Reshad and Sasha, early in the morning:

Known abilities:

• Immortality by jumping into and possessing other people, range unknown; ability usually drives the host mad in short order unless they are specially chosen to fit an unknown psych profile
• Notably, can survive the death of the initial host body. Unknown whether he can persist in ghost form without a host.

Known skills:

• administration (R&D divisions)
• psych surgery, including drastic personality modification
• calendrical mathematics
• stardrive R&D, specifically as relates to mothdrives
• gate-space mathematics and mechanics
• warmoth weapons R&D, including threshold winnowers (experimental)

Notes:

• I have seen tests and demonstrations of his weapons research and can attest his effectiveness. I am unfortunately unable to assess the extent of his knowledge in mathematics and physics as I lack expertise in those subjects.
• I have strong reason to believe that Heptarch Kujen is responsible for the prevalance of torture in the high calendar ca. 850 (my timeline).
• Kujen is highly risk-averse, and terrible at small-unit tactics even in simulation.

Reshad sends a quick thank-you.

Sasha forwards the report to Sulen and Xiulan. She also sends it to Alaric, with an added question: "can u figure out mechanism? need defense vs. undying ghost. lmk if u want to task Remi/Shess/Cantata to help w/ details." Alaric reflects that this strategy is "obviously inferior to ripping out your heart and placing it in the care of a reputable institution, but fascinating." He promises to work on the problem, adding, "when you say defense do you mean 'prevent hijacking slash infiltration' of individuals or 'best defense is a good offense' where you want to kill the ghost. more than the ghost is already killed." Sasha replies, "def. A. possibly also B, depends on assigned mission + ongoing threat level assessment + difficulty of implementation."

In response to the report, Sulen messages, "In my time the Nirai seemed baffled by the rifts. Perhaps worth considering if this secret heptarch had more information than the Rahal were led to believe." Sasha replies, "Or if he found more information, later. Thanks."

Around 06:00, Xiulan responds to the report with thanks: "Good thing we’re a small unit. You brokering questions or want to meet with involved individuals later?" Sasha, who has been checking the new team members' augments and electronics, replies, "Pls. share questions. Meetings TBA pending briefing. ~S." She dry-swallows a caffeine antagonist, digs a blanket out of her bottom desk drawer, and curls up under her desk to nap.