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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[azure-avenger.livejournal.com]

"The regular kind, as in these guys knew where the cameras were, and pulled a Batman."

[http://users.livejournal.com/_kip_/]

"I don't know of a lot of villains that can do that sort of thing, sir, not easily. Not off-hand. Any ideas?"

[azure-avenger.livejournal.com]

"I don't think we're talking costumed types, here. I can confirm multiple infiltrators - and the few glimpses of their outfits suggest jumpsuits. I think we're looking at special-ops personnel of some stripe."

He snaps his fingers - and yes, it was difficult to engineer the avatar to be able to do that properly. "They're smart, but I'm betting they didn't think of one thing.."

[http://users.livejournal.com/_kip_/]

Grinning, Kip urges, "Keep checking, sir. I bet you're right."

[azure-avenger.livejournal.com]

"The same thing that fouls up those TV vampire shows - people just don't think about where reflections might appear.."

[http://users.livejournal.com/_kip_/]

"Yes, sir." There's a beep from the reader at his side, and Kip pauses to run his fingers over the Braille display that is being fed information on data restoration. Excitedly he remarks, "Sir, we have some substantial data here from that drive. Lots of text documents."

[azure-avenger.livejournal.com]

"Looks like our lucky day. You may want to start checking for email correspondence with 'epimetheus@jmail.com' and on her research notes about her genetic therapy project."

[http://users.livejournal.com/_kip_/]

"It'll take some time to sift through all this, but I'll program a data sorter so we can do a global search. Soon as the data's secure and anything dangerous is deleted or quarantined, I'll compile everything." He frowns, sitting back. "What was she working on, if I can ask, sir?"

[azure-avenger.livejournal.com]

"The way I hear it, she was working on developing genetic improvements to cure or treat diseases - using retrovirii to slightly modify someone's genetic code, for instance, to reduce the risk of Alzheimer's."