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D.A.R.C. DEEP ARCHIVE
DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL & RARE CREATURES // EST. [REDACTED] // STATUS: ROGUE
Shadow Inquiry breach finalized. Decrypting origin files.
WARNING: Funding siphoned from KMO Logistics manifests detected. They are a parasite on the budget.
HISTORY_LOG_001: THE GHOST DEPARTMENT

Origin: Consolidation Era Black-Budget Division

Founders: Dissident Early KMO Officers

D.A.R.C. began as a biological research division buried deep in the KMO accounting system. Older than the Dean, older than the teachers. It is a rogue parasite that believes creatures are variables to be cataloged and contained.

FINANCIAL_LEAK: THE INVISIBLE BUDGET

Siphoning detected via:

  • "Lost" Airship Fuel Manifests
  • Ghost Payroll Entries
  • Fake Equipment Requisitions
  • Maintenance Rounding Errors

The KMO provides the lifeblood. The KMO does not know it exists.

SITE_LOCATOR: THE UNDERGROUND LAYER (EMBER FALLS)

Operations center located directly BENEATH Ember Falls. Subterranean complex disguised as abandoned mining shafts and sewer tunnels.

Level 1: Genetic Archives
Level 2: Resonance Scanners
Level 3: Containment Cells
CREATURE_REGISTRY: ANTHROPOLOGICAL THREATS
Likentrobes: Resonance-mutated humans.
Centaurs: Realm-merged hybrids.
Pickies: Magic-sensitive forest dwellers.
Rift-Touched: Unstable fracture exposure.
Shadow-born: Dim pocket dwellers.
Faun-kin: Ghost Vein-touched.
ACTIVE_MISSION_PARAMETERS

Identifying and classifying non-human species...

Mapping hybrid models and mapping weaknesses...

STATUS: Paranoia is the absolute directive.