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Lens of History (7?)

by Morgane 2017年5月2日

STEC Archives, Digital Document Division
May 1st, 1989

Correspondence no. 1014
Sender: Marblehead, Shipgirl
Recipient: Staff No. 4, Department of Historical Research, STEC Archives.

We have access to CIA stuff right? Did you look there?

Correspondence no. 1242
Time: XX:XX
Sender: Staff No. 4, Department of Historical Research, STEC Archives.
Recipient: Marblehead, Shipgirl

Ms. Marby,

Yes we did. The individual you’re researching is in our own archive records as Agent no. 1863. After said event he was rotated to a clerical position and performed his job dutifully though without additional note. His employment was terminated on April 15th, 1961 and Agent no. 1863 was subsequently institutionalized at the Manhattan Psychiatric Center. He passed away two days after.

Correspondence no. 1245
Time: XX:XX
Sender: Marblehead, Shipgirl
Recipient: Staff No. 4, Department of Historical Research, STEC Archives.

Not helpful. Again, I am looking for information pertaining to a top secret hearing carried out by the House Un-American Activities Committee. The hearing occurred in 1961 over suspected ties and/or communist sympathizers of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Agent no. 1863 was the sole source from a major intelligence agency since, well, LITERALLY nothing happened. But you know they wanted to make sure of that.

 

Correspondence no. 1356
Time: XX:XX
Sender: Staff No. 4, Department of Historical Research, STEC Archives.
Recipient: Marblehead, Shipgirl

Ms. Marby,

Do you mean the one involving Ms. Iowa? I’ve attached it here.

Correspondence no. 1358
Time: XX:XX
Sender: Marblehead, Shipgirl
Recipient: Staff No. 4, Department of Historical Research, STEC Archives.

YES! THANKS

Correspondence no. 1361
Time: XX:XX
Sender: Marblehead, Shipgirl
Recipient: Staff No. 4, Department of Historical Research, STEC Archives.

Wait, is this it?

Correspondence no. 1450
Time: XX:XX
Sender: Staff No. 4, Department of Historical Research, STEC Archives.
Recipient: Marblehead, Shipgirl

Ms. Marby,

Yes.

Correspondence no. 1455
Time: XX:XX
Sender: Marblehead, Shipgirl
Recipient: Staff No. 4, Department of Historical Research, STEC Archives.

… You know what I’m going to go get lunch now. Literally nothing. No secret funneling of government slush-funds, no global defense coordination initiative, no COMMUNIST ARCANO-TECH, not even a secret handshake.

They really did just talk about growing stuff for three hours and Khrushchev left with a small package of seeds as a sign of friendship. BORING.

Correspondence no. 29, 657
Time: XX:XX
Sender: Pennsy, Shipgirl
Recipient: Marblehead, Shipgirl

I seriously CANNOT understand you girls and your silly games. CANDY IS NOT RATIONED. IT’S LITERALLY SITTING THERE. IN JARS. AT EVERY CANTEEN AND CAFETERIA AND RESTAURANT. YOU EVEN HAVE IT IN YOUR OFFICE.

WHY BET.

I’m on archival duty this month and I only have four staff members. FOUR. Next time, bookworm, maybe think about GODDAMN ASKING SOMEONE. LIKE MAYBE ASK IOWA. THEN YOU WOULD REALIZE THAT AS PER USUAL CHESTER’S A DAMN TROLL AND YOU WERE DUMB ENOUGH TO BUY INTO IT.

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Lens of History (6)

by Morgane 2017年4月19日

STEC Archives, Print Document Division
Curator signature: Narwhal
Format: Textual Record
Object: Personal letter from Adm. Ivan Kolishkin (ret.) to                                (ret.),               & staff
Original Language: Russian
Location (if known): Unknown.
Time (if known): Unknown (50s-60s)?

Comrade, it has been a while since I have past wrote to you. I do hope you are doing well!

Unfortunately, my time in the Navy has passed. As such I am writing to you to give some advice. If what little I heard about this new worldwide threat is correct, you will need as much as you can get.  

This new enemy has superior weaponry than we do. That is a fact. In time they may indeed have superior numbers as well. Even in this age of atomic reactors and fearsome missiles, we may still be outclassed. Fortunately, this is not the first time our submarines have fought against an enemy with greater technology and numbers. During the war, our submarines were able to accomplish much with little numbers and outdated boats. To that we owe the individual submariner a large debt. So long as the Soviet Union stands, our debt to you will only grow.

But, I am writing to you today to alleviate some rumors you may have heard.

As you have undoubtedly heard, the Soviet Navy has started to increase ties with the western navies in order to counter a worldwide threat. The exact natures you may have heard about and I can tell you that it is true. Along with this came a certain agent of immeasurable strength. I have met her and am pleased to say that she will aid the submarine fleet greatly. For it is with high spirits that I announce to you that we have a comrade of our own who is every bit the equal of the westerners. Not only that, but she has an uncanny ability to lift spirits and we are incredibly fortunate to have her. I feel that she will be of great help to us all in the years ahead. Do not forget the strength of comradeship! With comradeship we have achieved the impossible. Our men and women are prepared to lay down their lives for their country. Our strength is in our people. As such it is imperative that morale should be always high and the revolutionary spirit  be kept up.

Good luck! You will make our people proud.

Attached note for circulation:

INTERNAL MEMO – ADMIRAL RICKOVER – TO ALL USN SUBGIRLS PART OF SPECIAL MEETING GROUP “E”

You know I’ve read so much propaganda out of the Soviets that these intercepts no longer convey much meaning. If I wanted to read about the CIA’s incompetence I’d have done that myself!

So the reds got a subgirl. Good! Does she dive? How deep? Can she swim? How fast? Is she a good shot? How good? What is her combat capability? Does she possess any outstanding talents? Has she experience in fighting the damn things? How good is her equipment, in comparison to ours? How skilled are they at managing her? What of operational limits? How well does her fairies understand the maintenance and the repair of her gear? Where does she envision the Soviet naval program to be at in five years? Ten? Fifteen? What is the strategic trajectory of their research and development, and how is this relevant to us in context of both US and world interests?

This letter showed up on my desk four months late. By now, thanks to my people’s excellent efforts, I already know the answer to all of the questions up there except for one. I expect that’s what we shall discuss in the upcoming meeting, and I expect all of you to be there.

Especially you, Sculpin! I know you ask good questions so don’t be dumb. I want to see if they can prove that “every bit our equal” talk.

Today’s little piece was created with a couple of things in mind. K9 wrote the section with Admiral Kolishkin, and we wanted to give people a glimpse of both the type of writing and the general style of thought that the USSR operated under in the 1950s and 60s.

There are many pieces written about Rickover, here and elsewhere. The man is something of a legend, and I’ve taken care to attempt to emulate his hard-hitting blunt personality. This is, after all, a man who described himself with the charisma of a chipmunk, but he didn’t see the need in that so long as things got done.

You might be wondering in that how would Rickover have gotten involved in STEC so early during his career. The answer to this is well, consider this. At 1958, the Nautilus first completed her journey to the north pole. Rickover would be promoted to Vice Admiral and then spend the next thirty years on nuclearizing the US navy. Considering the remarkable precedent of zero nuclear accidents, the USN would be well aware of his immense talent – even though they may not like him personally.

Rickover is big on technological development, huge on safety, and takes personal responsibility on every project and every detail. The legends about him being present at every sea trial of every nuclear submarine to put his personal stamp of approval on its integrity is less legend and more like actual fact. He enjoys a personal challenge, shuns protocol and (in general what he views as unnecessary) pomp and circumstance, and he has extremely, extremely unorthodox ways of solving problems.

Tell me if dealing with extradimensional alien invaders doesn’t sound like a job right up his alley.

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Lens of History (5)

by Morgane 2017年4月9日

STEC Archives, Print Document Division
Curator signature: Cusk, on behalf of Andrea Lawrence, Chief Science Officer, STEC
Format: Archival Records
Object: Lab notebook of Andrea Lawrence, Chief Science Officer, Special Task and Evaluation Command.
Location (if known): STEC Mobile Base 03, “Avalon”
Time (if known): Feb. 10th-13th, 1989

Note: All pages have the subheading “An Assessment of Shipgirl Clothing Durability, by Dr. Andrea L. Lawrence.”

Feb 10th:

Item tested: Helena’s dress
Object: Helena
Equipment Used: Beretta M9, 9x19mm NATO x5
Distance: 50 meters
Results: No effect. Bullet simply “bounced” off or fragmented upon impact.

Item tested: Helena’s dress
Object: Helena
Equipment Used: Beretta M9, 9x19mm NATO x5
Distance: 25 meters
Results: See above.
Comments: Wait, I have it! It’s got to be because Helena’s wearing it, right? I know what to do now…

Item tested: Helena’s dress
Object: Helena
Equipment Used: Beretta M9, 9x19mm NATO x5
Distance: 5 meters
Results: See above.
Comments: Nope, let me try the other thing.

Item tested: Helena’s dress
Object: Ballistic Dummy created in crude facsimile of Helena
Equipment Used: Beretta M9, 9x19mm NATO x5
Distance: 25 meters
Results: Round fully penetrated ballistic dummy, but the cloth remain completely undamaged.
Comments: Huuuuuuuuuuh. Well, I sort of knew this would be the case, but seriously, look at that flimsy thing! Just what is the stuff made out of anyways?

Feb 11th:

Item tested: Helena’s dress
Object: Helena
Equipment Used: M4 Carbine Prototype, 5.56×45mm NATO x5
Distance: 250 meters, 150m, 50m, 25m.
Results: None observed.

Item tested: Helena’s dress
Object: Helena
Equipment Used: Barrett Sniper Rifle Prototype, .338 Lapua Magnum x5
Distance: 250 meters
Results: Round fragmented upon contact. Otherwise no effect.

Item tested: Helena’s dress
Object: Helena
Equipment Used: M72LAW x5
Distance: 100 meters
Results: No visible effects.
Comments: Wow, well, time to bring out the big guns then.

Item tested: Helena’s dress
Object: Helena
Equipment Used: AAWS-M x 5
Distance: 1000 meters
Results: No visible effects.

Item tested: Helena’s dress and/or headpiece
Object: Helena
Equipment Used: M224 firing 10x M720A HE rounds.
Distance: 1000 meters
Results: Small crater around the otherwise unaffected Helena. Helena looking bored.
Comment: Was told that I needed to take experiments elsewhere, hmph. Well, someone should have done this stuff a LONG time ago, it’s just nobody ever took the time to do science PROPERLY!

Feb 12th:

Item tested: Helena’s dress
Object: Helena
Equipment Used: M198 howitzer firing 5x M-107 standard.
Distance: 10,000 meters
Results: No visible effects.

Item tested: Helena’s dress
Object: Helena
Equipment Used: M1 Abrams Tank, firing 10x Prototype M829A2 APFSDS rounds
Distance: 4,000 meters
Results: No visible effects.

Item tested: Helena’s dress
Object: Helena
Equipment Used: M109A6 “Paladin”, firing 2x M712 Copperhead.
Distance: 8,000 meters
Results: No visible effects.

Item tested: Helena’s dress
Object: Concrete facsimile of Helena “wearing” dress.
Equipment Used: M109A6 “Paladin”, firing 2x M712 Copperhead.
Distance: 8,000 meters
Results: Facsimile reduced to fine powder. Dress unharmed.

Feb 13th:

Item tested: Helena’s dress
Object: Helena, at sea.
Equipment Used: MGM-52 Lance launched from Avalon base.
Distance: ~25,000 meters
Results: No visible effects.

Item tested: Helena’s dress
Object: Helena, at sea.
Equipment Used: MGM-140B – Block IA launched from Avalon base.
Distance: ~25,000 meters
Results: Helena’s hair slightly out of order. Otherwise, no visible effects.

Item tested: Helena’s dress
Object: Boat with Helena’s dress placed on it.
Equipment Used: MGM-140B – Block IA launched from Avalon base.
Distance: ~25,000 meters
Results: Boat annilated. Helena’s dress completely unharmed.

Item tested: Helena’s dress
Object: Helena, at sea.
Equipment Used: BGM-109A w/W80 warhead launched from USN Destroyer – Requsition Pending DENIED
Distance: ~25,000 meters
Results: 

A note is found stapled to the crossed-out section above.

Cusk here. Mike would like to see you in his office tomorrow regarding unauthorized deployment of conventional weapons on Avalon base. Do you have any idea how much trouble you’re in? 

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Lens of History (4) – STEC in 1953

by Morgane 2017年3月29日

STEC Archives, Print Document Division
Curator signature: Marby
Format: Archival Records
Object: Memorandum authorizing additional funding to special project “Special Task and Evaluation Command”
Location (if known): White House
Time (if known): November 11, 1953

MEMORANDUM OF CONFERENCE WITH THE PRESIDENT
TOP SECRET
DECLASSIFIED XX-XX-199X

#0###

Others present:
Secretary of State
General Smith
Admiral Nimitz
Vice Admiral Lockwood
Rear Admiral Burke

Authorization was sought from the President to go ahead on a program designed to increase the budget of the Special Task and Evaluation Command (STEC) by approximately 20 million. Admiral Nimitz notes that much of this would be invested and used for basic infrastructural and logistical purposes. The unusual nature of STEC’s true operations (pertaining to that of the shipgirl and fairies) should result soon in complete financial independence possibly within the decade.

The President approved this action and asks about the progress of STEC. Rear Admiral Burke reports that STEC has eliminated one additional Abyssal since the last special meeting in June, and that no further sightings are observed.

Rear Admiral Burke delivers a report on STEC’s research progress. He comments that much of the data expected to be derived from current projects – such as results of biomedical tests – would be of general scientific interest. However, data such as the development of systems pertaining to shipgirl technology and other theoretical operations that could arise from such remains classified. The President agreed to this recommendation, but larconically points out that when he wrote STEC’s constitution he never would have thought that the classified information would be “stuff straight out of fairy tales.”

Vice Admiral Lockwood reports that STEC’s progress in underwater projects are developing at a satisfactory speed. Embedded personnel in Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet is beginning routine surveys. He wonders if there are ways to increase the number of ONI fairies or even possibly the future of a submarine shipgirl appearing. The issue of involved Admiral Rickover into STEC is raised.

General Smith indicated that while the CIA is capable of providing additional intelligence support, it will be necessary for STEC to create its own infrastructure given the increasingly large demand. Rear Admiral Burke suggests that an additional 7 million be allotted to STEC for this purpose. The President indicated agreement.

The President concludes that STEC’s operations must be moral, secretive, and justified. He stresses that information pertaining to STEC is not to be released or used in any way that could be interpreted as provocation, as it is important to communicate to the world that the United States do not want war.