Loss of Contact with Cell Designated "Deimos"
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We recieved a Hermes alert relating to a phone call made by the leader of Diemos cell, a Robert Johnson, the team leader. He was in an agited state, and claimed the rest of his cell had been eliminated, assumed by enemy forces. There follows significant background noise, as if from a crowd, before the call terminated.

Deimos cell consisted of
Robert Johnson   (cell leader)     KIA
Dr Allen Miludes (cryptographer)   KIA
Suzanne Harker   (virologist)
Charles Danson   (USAF pilot)      KIA
Louise Umbuto    (hacker)          KIA
Brad Mitchell    (USAA)            KIA
Frank Zimmer     (CAPS)            KIA

Although no bodies were recovered in the course of our investigation, the deaths of all but one of the cell members listed as KIA is confirmed. It is concievable, though unlikely that one of these members is still alive.

The call was picked up by a CIA monitoring device installed in the payphone. Cursory investigations have failed to reveal why this was installed, it appears to be a high-level CIA operation of unknown purpose.

Upon travelling to the town of Dupont from which the call was traced, we conducted a brief investigation of the town itself. The payphone was located next to a rail marshalling yard. The glass in one side was cracked, with a trace of blood, which was matched to Mr Johnson. The surrounding area had been swept
thoroughly, and little other evidence was forthcoming.

Apart from the railyard, the only other installations of interest were the two shipping companies attached to it.

Upon examining the Hermes reports logged by the team, their last report stated that they were investigating a lead from a newspaper story relating to supernatural sightings in the region of Dupont. At first sight, the article appeared to be somewhat trivial to attract the attention of a seven-man cell, but later evidence suggested that Frank Zimmer instigated the mission due to personal interests.

The journalist who wrote the article, a Mr Peter Weaver was questioned about his sources from the article. Although Mr Weaver has proved something of an obstacle on this an subsequent occasions, we can find no evidence at this time that he has other allegiances. Similarly, no evidence was found that this report was
designed to snare the Deimos team.

After some investigation, we found that Ms. Suzanne Harker was resident in the motel we were staying in. She had not, as we had initally suspected, been killed with the rest of the team, as she was away on a conference, and had not been with the team. She was debriefed and sent to assist the CHAFF team with their
analysis of the extensive documentation found at the Deimos cell headquarters.

A review of the motel's booking register revealed a number of interesting facts. The Deimos team had been booked in here until recently, as had a Mr Sinclair, who was later identified as a member of the board of Cam's Cargo, one of the shipping companies. Further investigation revealed that Mr Sinclair owns both companies, and furthermore, has no birth certificate, or registration documents of any kind.

An examination of tyre marks in the motel's parking lot revealed what were concluded to be a recovery truck towing away the Deimos cell's van. At this point we began implementing a policy of extreme caution with regard to the village and its inhabitants.

Tyler-Hare and I proceeded to a nearby indian stone circle, which had clearly been recently visited by the Deimos team. Equipment had been installed there which was later established to be monitoring the levels of supernatural acivity in the area, and had been set up by Frank Zimmer. Tyler conducted a ritual to establish contact with the local presence. He ascertained that it was not the cause of the dissappearances, see his report for more detail on this matter.

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