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Happy Spooktober everyone! Since my last update on Twitter I've been pulling overtime on Kowloon. I've come so close and now I'm practically finished the final draft. Now comes the grueling process of editing and polishing. It is rather ironic that I've finished this around October. Wouldn't be a bad time to celebrate the holiday by publishing this. Not out of the wood work just yet though. I will say that I am so excited. At the same time, nervous. I'm really glad all the hard work I put into this is finally about to pay off, and hopefully the feedback I will receive will help me improve on future writings. I rather not be complacent. See you soon!

Each count of his breath was as painful as the last. With every second, to him, minutes. The corners of his eyes brought dread.  A fading conscious… a fading mind. He had forgotten how long he had been drifting. The ship was wrecked... its crew dead. It was instantaneous if he remembered correctly. They were the lucky ones. He continued his count, taking into regard how little he was taking in oxygen. John lost a quarter of his tank through a breach. A rough patch job earned him about a few hours left of oxygen… provided he rationed it. But those few hours were already long gone.  A fusion of anxiety and fear shortened his lifespan. And in those moments he was close, close to what he believed would be his inevitable fate.  Death did not scare him, however… John was afraid of dying. He was afraid of being alone in his last moments… afraid of dying alone and dying a slow, helpless painful death. Never in his life had he imagined this was how it would end. It was his ...

Anomaly Class: Solar Item:   S-761 Threat Level: Blue Containment Procedures: S-761 is to be kept in a standard containment storage in a secure section of the X-Facility. Only those of Class 2 personnel with security clearance Beta and higher are to have access to S-761. For the duration of an A-9 council member’s service, they are presented with one S-761 tablet. This same procedure will apply to the position of Director. Description: S-761 is a large glass jar, during the time of discovery, contains one thousand, five hundred and thirty seven orange florescent colored pills. At a glance, ingestion of the pill did not cause any severe side effects or beneficiary usages. That was until at 5/27/20XX when a Class-3 personnel was supposedly terminated during a containment breach. Several minutes after his death, the Class-3’s body combusted into flames that burned for approximately ten seconds, leaving behind a massive lump of ash and soot. Thirty seconds in, what app...

Mass In 2065, Von Braun Aerospace unveiled the controversial physics defying Mass Drive, capable of warping and reducing the surrounding ship of its mass to absolute zero. Ships were capable of exceeding 1.5 times the speed of light. In 2070, Von Braun revealed the 2 nd generation of the Mass Drive, dubbed the Mark II Vittore Mass Drive after its original inventor. It utilizes solar energy stored as a method of powering the drive and the ship itself for long term space exploration. Expeditions were sent to determine habitability and colonization. In 10 standard years, Humanity has colonized the Moon, Mars, Ganymede, Io, Europa, Titan, Triton, Calisto, Phoebus and Deimos. In the future, plans to terraform Venus are being evaluated. 2077, Axom Industries created a powerful thinking computer under the name Durendal. Its purpose, to lead exploratory science vessels across the depths of deep space. It was this year the Mark III Vittore Mass Drive was unveiled. Durendal was s...

Anomaly Class: Lunar Item: L-111 Threat Level: Red Containment Procedures:   Broadcasts of L-111 are to be intercepted and blocked from public viewing. Future broadcasts are to be traced and contained for Initiative research and purposes. On a side note; as of 10/11/XXXX, L-111 has been bumped up to Threat Level Red. Description:   Is a cognitive hazardous anomalous phenomenon that replaces a majority of public media news networks. L-111 cannot be traced to its source, nor does any record of the news station and the people representing it exists. L-111 activates when there is a major public issue and documents the events across the country. The same goes for international news. (It is unclear if L-111 has a limit to its effects. And the Initiative is not keen on pursuing that idea.) An instance of L-111 will often appear whenever an incident occurs. This instance is referred to L-111-01. Its appearance will vary depending on location. Characteristics such...

NDI: Guide to New Dawn Initiative      To understand anomalies, one must understand the necessary principals and procedures that NDI adheres to. This guide will familiarize yourself with the basic structure and hierarchy of the organization, as well as their classifications of anomalous entities. This covers threat level for anomalous containment; security clearances, field operatives, tactical response teams, researchers, engineers, doctors and administration for staff and clearance levels; personnel classifications for individuals of interests and subjects. Security Clearance: Security clearances represents an object’s highest importance of interest to the organization. Of which, only select members of the staff’s position will have access to. This is done to keep personnel on a ‘need-to-know’ basis. Omni: The Omni clearance is a restricted clearance level given only to that of The Director of the organization. This clearance gives The Directo...

            “A Turing Test?” Jewels replied with a hint of disbelief. “Surely you’re not serious Mr. Yale. Durendal’s been active for a week. What makes you think this machine’s capable of equal human level intelligence and awareness?” Yale was standing outside the examiner’s room where Durandel was held. The spherical machine was suspended by a docking module, one used to recharge drones. Only the module wasn’t hooked up to a battery station. He watched as the blue eye of the machine shift every which way. He could hear it from the other room as it made odd, whirring noises that sounded like humming.             “Jewels have you ever been around this contraption?” he replied with another question. Then the old man slowly turned his head towards him and shifts his mouth side to side. “Tell me; what are the primary directives this thing was programmed to follow?” M...

Anomaly Class: Solar Item: S-539 Threat Level: Green Containment Procedures: S-539 is to be kept in standard containment quarters. S-539 is assigned to medical duty with two escorts and is free to eat among Initiative personnel in the mess hall. The subject however, is not allowed to have any physical contact with  them outside of the medical wing and must always wear gloves during this period. Description: S-539 is a middle aged Caucasian humanoid of Norwegian descent. Subject is 5.10ft tall and weighs about 213lbs. Numerous tattoos and runic bodily markings in multiple Proto-Norse dialects cover his body. S-539 has been observed to carry a vast wealth of knowledge pertaining to surgical procedures, treating injures, diseases, intense physical trauma and chemical intoxications. S-539’s anomalous properties is determined by the use of his hands. He was employed by the Initiative after securing him in [REDACTED], Norway, where he was at the time, treating the lo...

Anomaly Class: Lunar Item: L-325 Threat Level: Yellow Containment Procedures: A perimeter has been established around L-325 to prevent civilians from trespassing in the area. Outpost-12 has been established to ensure safe containment of the anomaly in addition to the construction of an induction tower. The project was proposed to and received approval from the A-9 Council. Based on Nikola Tesla’s Wardenclyffe designs, they are to draw energy from L-325 to store and utilize for future use. Biological and organic matter are not allowed within a 3(m) of the anomaly. Description: L-325 is a class-1 dimensional rift capable of drawing energy in the form of electromagnetic force. Energy drawn from L-325 originates from this other dimension. Observational studies indicate that the energy is free-flowing into our dimension and dissipating. L-325 was originally discovered in [REDACTED] Russia on June, 1939 where Site-32 received reports of energy surges from recon operat...