I'd like to thank everyone who helped save Sarah Edmonton's friend, Rachel, from the Machines. I'd particularly like to recognize Rashahd and yeaman for their vital roles in this operation. Rachel is safe, and gaining strength rapidly.

But there are many more endangered potentials on the recruiting lists stolen from Zion by the Machines. We must work every minute to save as many as we can.

~Shimada

Everyone,

We tried our best, but we were unable to rescue the crew of the hovercraft Rescate before the Cypherites secured them. We can only hope that we find a way to return DeCesare, Xcelerate, Relikat, and Craner to freedom. Please send word immediately if you hear anything. We can't give up on them.

Shimada

Everyone,

With the knowledge of the Machine responsibility for Cryptos' actions comes the realization that they will stop at nothing to destroy our work. The battlefield has changed. We will have to develop new tactics. Even our standard recruitment and Awakening procedures must be reexamined in the light of the danger that we now know confronts us.

We must be alert. With their Cryptos ploy ruined by Seraph, the Machines will surely try another approach to stop us. As we achieve greater success, we must be ready for greater perils, so that together we may overcome them.

~Shimada

Everyone,

The specially modified Code Pulse devices we managed to detonate at two of the three helipads the General has been using Downtown will impair his ability to move his helicopters across the city. Our main hope in undertaking this operation, however, was to provoke some kind of response from the General, in the hope that he will come out of hiding, presenting us with a means of finding Sati.

The threat to his helipads eventually did produce a response, as large numbers of his Commandos, and finally a very powerful Elite Commando, came to defend the locations. Our Code Pulse devices were nearing detonation on the third pad, despite the Elite Commando's strength, when everyone in the area was suddenly forcibly jacked out.

We do not know what the cause of this was, but it seems likely to have been a response to our presence at the pads. We were not able to impair that last pad, in Creston Heights, but even so, the loss of the use of two of his pads will slow the General down. And there is very good reason to think that we were successful in raising the General's ire.

Please notify us immediately if you come across any sign of the General or Sati in the city.

~Shimada

Everyone,

The effort to destroy our solidarity has taken a deadly turn. Renegade operatives within our own organization have committed an unspeakable act. The deaths of our brothers and sisters must not go unanswered.

Please observe a moment of silence for the fallen.

~ In Memoriam ~
HvCFT Copaxrus

Our enemies take our lives, but only strengthen our spirit. In Neo's name, we will prevail.

Shimada

Everyone,

I wanted to let you know that Michael is fine. The strain of maintaining the repulsion field for so long yesterday overloaded several circuits in our hovercraft, and a short triggered his emergency jack-out system. But nobody was hurt, and repairs to the Neo's Hope are well underway.

Please be very careful during your missions into the Matrix. The Machines have put their forces on full alert following our discoveries of the past week. I believe this is a sign that we are getting close to the truth.

~ Shimada

I almost want not to hope; the waiting, the uncertainty, can be agonizing. But sometimes it is impossible not to believe...

To my brothers and sisters in E Pluribus Neo,

We bring joyful news: Keterina has been restored to us! Our wonderful liaison officer had been missing ever since she agreed to be transported to a Machine construct to clarify our position; they say that Unlimit code corruption nearby scattered her signal. Fortunately, we were able to build a sensor device to track her, and found that her signal spiked at certain areas in the city.

We began searching in Chelsea, where she disappeared, but then the signal shifted to Moriah, and grew stronger. Thanks to the tireless efforts of operatives exploring every room in the projects, we eventually heard her cries for help when her newly manifested RSI was discovered and attacked by a Merovingian operative in a nearby apartment.

There was a very fierce battle with the Machines, who still sought her for questioning, but we finally succeeded in bringing her back to the safety of the club, where she was able to jack out to rest and heal in her hovercraft. I am sure that with proper treatment, her full recovery will come very quickly.

Without Keterina's firm and steady guidance in our daily operations, many felt as though they were adrift on a dark sea, tossed in all directions by the waves. Now that she is safe with us once more, we feel the current guiding us ever onward. Keterina wanted everyone to know that she appreciated your support and encouragement throughout this whole ordeal very much.

It's good to have you back, Keterina.

~ Shimada

Everyone,

I would like to congratulate those operatives who together helped eliminate the Unlimit murderer, Crop. It is not for the act of taking a life that we celebrate, but for the safety of the lives of millions of innocents that has been secured by the removal of this man who was leading Anome's efforts to poison the city's water supply.

Michael himself was at the forefront of much of the battle, and, like the rest of you who fought Crop, felt his considerable power first-hand. I know that some of you are concerned when our leader puts himself at risk like that, as am I, but Michael felt so strongly about the evil Crop was doing that he simply could not sit on the sidelines. I am very happy that all of you have come back to us safely after this dangerous battle.

There were very many who aided in the struggle this day, and many whose valor in assisting those on the front lines goes unrecognized. I wish that we had records to show us everyone's contribution, but we must make do with the data at hand. So, I am pleased to be able to confirm the following operatives for special commendation:

For locating Bannock, Crop's henchman who operated under the bluepill name "Trevor Acton":

0uranos

For locating Crop, based on information gained from Bannock:

Shakkk

For inflicting great damage on Crop (starting with the largest contributor):

GamiSB
Lucadello
Dibol
XXT
Halcyon121

Special thanks goes to GamiSB, who was not only present when both Bannock and Crop were found, but who also dealt the greatest damage to the poisoner and, indeed, the final blow.

Many innocent lives were saved through these actions. Thank you, everyone.

~Shimada

Emergency message to all operatives:

Former liaison officer TaeCross has left his post. His current whereabouts are unknown. He is believed to be armed and dangerous.

We, his former brothers and sisters of E Pluribus Neo, deplore TaeCross' action, and, believing him to be ill in spirit, hope that he can be safely returned to us, and freed from whatever demons afflict him.