Fly Me to the Moon..

[azure-avenger.livejournal.com]

Visits to the Watchtower often remind Ted of the old crooner tune, but today, that's pushed aside as he (via his robotic avatar) prepares to work on reviewing security footage and attempting data recovery from the S.T.A.R. Labs fire. Thanks to the inadvertant intervention of a space fungus, the fire hadn't been as destructive as the mystery thieves intended - a later examination had turned up some accelerant left in the lab that would've made the place a total loss as far as evidence is concerned.

Dr. Sayers had been rendered unconscious before the fire began, and it appeared that it was ignited with a small explosive device placed on the gas canisters in the lab. Dr. Sayers had secretly retained samples of the disenchanted version of Ra's Al Ghul's plague, off the books, and the thieves apparently took those samples, along with some of her other work - focused on genetic therapy techniques.

Oracle had determiend that Dr. Sayers was corresponding with a colleague, identified only as 'Boris' in their communications. Trying to follow the e-mails back to the source proved fruitless, as 'Boris' used one of the popular web-based email services that didn't require verified personal information, and the account itself, 'epimetheus@jmail.com' was wiped clean by its owner, using several layers of IP anonymization.

Now Ted's got the mostly-intact hard drive from Dr. Sayers's computer, and the security tapes from the night of the incident. "Hopefully, we'll be able to figure out who did this, and whether or not they know what they've got.. and it needs to be fast, if the Plague is in play. Oracle said she was sending someone to help with the data recovery, at least - that should help."

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Nodding, Kip monitors the uplink of data from the system to his reader, then pauses. "Sir? There's no chance someone would want to steal that sort of data, is there?"

He knows, however, there is. Some people are evil.

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"Well, let's leave aside the theory, for the moment, that it's a rival scientist trying to beat her to a Nobel Prize. That kind of genetic modification technique could be used for a lot of other applications - rewriting the genes of a small country to be dependent on a chemical only you could provide would give you a lock on their loyalty, for instance. Or perhaps someone wishes to recast the world's population to fit a particular mold, not unlike Ra's Al Ghul's own plan.."

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Kip's hands leave the system he's working on, and one wraps around a small gold crucifix hanging from his throat. "I pray to God this isn't that, sir, but considering all the evidence, it wasn't a petty crime. Sounds like something the League should look into."

[azure-avenger.livejournal.com]

"Undoubtedly, we will. I just hope we can get together a large enough pile of clues to do it effectively."

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"Would the Titans be able to help? This is sort of their neck of the woods, I think, sir?"

[azure-avenger.livejournal.com]

Ted nods, before remembering that Kip's blind. "Yeah, I expect they'll be on tap for some of the footwork in 'Frisco. Several of them helped at the fire."