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Research Their Operations
Solution
Research the "Alien Operations" project when it becomes available.
Description		Resolution
The aliens are infiltrating our society, using their abduction victims as pawns. We need to investigate their patterns of behavior to learn what they're attempting to accomplish.		It is now clear that what we are facing is nothing less than all-out invasion. The aliens have some way of subverting their captives that leaves them under alien control. Countries in which the aliens have been active are seeing rapid upswings in pro-alien and collaborationist views. People of influence – politicians, celebrities, media personalities – are suddenly changing their views and agitating strongly for pro-alien policies. The process is frighteningly fast. People who oppose the new policies may be fired, imprisoned, or killed, or they may also have a sudden "conversion." It's like watching the spread of a cult, except a thousand times faster. We need to stop this, but how? Eliminating the humans who have been brought under alien control is impractical – the contagion spreads far too quickly and widely. What we really need is some way to identify exactly who has been compromised, but it's hard to see how we can do that without being able to track alien activity. <h>We have activated an alien threat monitor that estimates the likelihood they are going to target our interests directly. It is visible in the top-right of the main game view.</h>
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Colonel, the enemy is infiltrating our society, turning our people against us. We can trust no one.
Prerequisite Objective(s)
Investigate Returned Abductees
Can be completed by Project:		Alien Operations
Unlocks Project(s):		Crisis Diplomacy
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Research Alien Operations
Solution
Research the "Alien Operations" project when it becomes available.
Description		Resolution
We have now received dozens of similar reports of strange behavior among returned abductees. More worrying still are early indications of shifts in governmental policy among nations with a high abduction rate. We recommend immediate analysis.		The situation is worse than we had feared. All of the countries with high abduction rates are now showing aberrant political trends. We have tracked rapid swings toward pro-alien views in ways that are extremely concentrated by geography, spreading in ways that more closely resemble infectious disease vectors than communications networks. These changes are being accompanied by sharp shifts in policy, with key officials and leaders either being replaced with pro-alien figures or – more disturbingly still – abruptly changing their beliefs and publicly expressing conciliatory views toward the alien presence on our planet. Multiple independent reports have noted sudden and uncharacteristic behavioral changes in these individuals, describing them as aloof, phlegmatic, and disinterested in any issues other than human-alien relations. None of our sources were able to offer any explanation for these changes. In the absence of any real evidence, attempting to explain these developments is difficult. We have found ourselves falling back on theories drawn not from field reports, but from science fiction. At present, our best guesses are as follows. 1) The aliens are capable of mind control, perhaps via telepathy, a parasite, or some form of advanced technology. 2) The aliens are replacing abductees, either directly (using some sophisticated method of disguise) or via clones. Whatever the explanation, we must act quickly to attempt to slow the growth of their influence. Earth is engaged in a shadow war, and at present, the aliens are winning. <h>We have activated an alien threat monitor that estimates the likelihood they are going to target our interests directly. It is visible in the top-right of the main game view.</h>
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We can only conclude we are at war, Commander, but most of humanity doesn't believe it yet.
Prerequisite Objective(s)
Investigate Returned Abductees
Can be completed by Project:		Alien Operations
Unlocks Project(s):		Crisis Diplomacy
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Research Alien Operations
Solution
Research the "Alien Operations" project when it becomes available.
Description		Resolution
It seems we can no longer avoid making a focused effort towards analyzing the aliens' goals. Based upon what we have discovered about the alien abductions, we should be able to learn more about their operations.		Our research has demonstrated strong evidence of aberrant behavior in those countries that have been targeted by alien abductions. Public attitudes are rapidly shifting in a pro-alien direction, driven by key figures in the media, political, and scientific establishments. People close to these figures have independently and consistently commented on their sudden shifts in personality, growing more aloof and seemingly disinterested in all matters not related to human-alien relations. The alien ability to influence their targets appears far stronger than we had initially believed. Their method of influence is so far unknown. Various wild theories have been concocted, including implanted parasites, technological mind control, biological mind control, highly advanced drugs, or outright replacement by clones, replicants, or infiltrators. We must investigate further to narrow down the possibilities. <h>We have activated an alien threat monitor that estimates the likelihood they are going to target our interests directly. It is visible in the top-right of the main game view.</h>
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They have come from the stars to exert control over human behavior, Director. Humanity is in crisis.
Prerequisite Objective(s)
Investigate Returned Abductees
Can be completed by Project:		Alien Operations
Unlocks Project(s):		Crisis Diplomacy
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Research Alien Operations
Solution
Research the "Alien Operations" project when it becomes available.
Description		Resolution
All evidence now suggests that the aliens have designs upon human governments. They are clearly spying upon human power structures – but why?		We have our breakthrough, and the news is troubling. The countries previously targeted by alien abductions are now displaying sudden and dramatic shifts towards a pro-alien viewpoint, with key figures in public and private spheres disappearing or being fired while pro-alien figures take their place. Most disturbing are the cases where the figures are NOT being replaced, but are instead undergoing what can only be described as a total shift in personality. Public figures who in the past have advocated for nationalism, independence, or other ideologies are now suddenly declaring fervent support for the aliens. In several cases, figures who are (or were) sympathetic to our cause have undergone this sudden shift – in all cases, they have cut off communication immediately and refused to answer our requests for information. It is clear that the aliens have some method of influencing or controlling humans that is beyond anything available to us. By our current projections, if they are left to expand their influence unchecked, they will come to dominate Earth in a few years at most. The alien method of influence is the key to this conflict, and all of our resources should be devoted towards understanding it. <h>We have activated an alien threat monitor that estimates the likelihood they are going to target our interests directly. It is visible in the top-right of the main game view.</h>
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This appears to be some kind of hostile takeover effort on the part of the aliens.
Prerequisite Objective(s)
Investigate Returned Abductees
Can be completed by Project:		Alien Operations
Unlocks Project(s):		Crisis Diplomacy
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Research Alien Operations
Solution
Research the "Alien Operations" project when it becomes available.
Description		Resolution
From studying the aliens' actions, it may be possible to infer their long-term goals. From there we can, perhaps, find some positive way forward.		From the beginning, the clandestine, aggressive nature of the alien actions was a puzzle. For if they were hostile, why take the trouble to make landfall? Even the most aggressively anti-alien voices within our debates have admitted that should the aliens wish to eliminate us, they could do so with little difficulty. We are at the bottom of a gravity well, they at the top; the disparity in power is enormous. Yet the aliens have made no moves towards open violence. The two most likely explanations: they have stayed their hand due to ethical concerns, or they seek to exploit us. Unfortunately, the second now appears the more likely. Countries are rapidly falling under alien sway, with governments and leaders being subverted or directly controlled. Perhaps we should be grateful that the alien intend conquest rather than xenocide, but as things stand it is small comfort. What do the aliens hope to achieve by taking control of our planet? What benefit could a subjugated species bring? As yet we have many questions and few answers. All we can do is continue to study their actions, in the hope that some key will be revealed. <h>We have activated an alien threat monitor that estimates the likelihood they are going to target our interests directly. It is visible in the top-right of the main game view.</h>
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Chancellor, given their technological superiority, there must be some reason they have not resorted to genocide. That reason may be our opening.
Prerequisite Objective(s)
Investigate Returned Abductees
Can be completed by Project:		Alien Operations
Unlocks Project(s):		Crisis Diplomacy
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Research Alien Operations
Solution
Research the "Alien Operations" project when it becomes available.
Description		Resolution
In the aftermath of the recent unfortunate incident with the abductee, further reports have surfaced. It appears that other events, bearing some similarity to the one we were involved in, are taking place with increasing frequency, and it does appear that the aliens may be at least tangentially involved. Public opinion towards the aliens is rapidly turning hostile. We must discover the truth as quickly as possible: If these cynical actors are able to shape the discourse, the result will be disastrous.		As days go by, evidence mounts that a shift in our world's climate of opinion is taking place. Countries that were previously anti-alien are rapidly swinging towards more moderate, peace-oriented political stances, driven by key individuals in certain regimes suddenly moderating their views or being replaced by less aggressive voices. Much as I would like to credit this to humanity collectively finding their senses, I fear that the conversions may have been less than voluntary. The mood among our people is uneasy. While we of course welcome the removal of so many extreme or hateful views, this plays into the hands of those claiming that the aliens wish to dominate or control us. Many of those who were previously devoted to the peace movement are now noticeably more subdued. Still, it is difficult to argue with results. The countries that have been "pacified" by this unknown means may not have done so voluntarily, but one must admit that their change has been for the better. <h>We have also activated an alien threat monitor that estimates the likelihood they are going to target our interests directly. It is visible in the top-right of the main game view.</h></h>
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Perhaps this is an opportunity to press for peace, Commissioner?
Prerequisite Objective(s)
Investigate Returned Abductees
Can be completed by Project:		Alien Operations
Unlocks Project(s):		Crisis Diplomacy
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Learn the Alien Ways
Solution
Research the "Alien Operations" project when it becomes available.
Description		Resolution
Control is the key. The aliens believe that only through control can they find safety. How could they not? Whatever has damaged them so, it has left them drifting, purposeless, and so in their confusion they lash out. To them, it must seem that exercising dominance is their one refuge in a frightening and dangerous world. But control can be an illusion. Once something obeys our direction, we come to use it, to depend upon it, until eventually all of our choices are shaped by what we persist in believing serves us. Tools are the subtlest traps of all, for they pull our attention outwards, away from ourselves. It is our own desires that are the most dangerous of masters. One who holds godlike power in his hands, yet who is unable to resist his baser impulses, is less free than the lowliest servant.		It is clear now that the emissaries have chosen the path of direct control, exercising their power over their Chosen directly. Nations are falling before them, as those in positions of influence fall one by one under their sway. Some among our species react with fear, others with anger. Peoples and countries are being torn apart as the Chosen and their enemies fight over the levers of power. We still have little understanding of how the emissaries control their Chosen. The great danger is that their form of control is so overwhelming, so far superior to our capabilities, that it will leave their servants as nothing but mindless drones. Still, I do not believe this to be the case. The Chosen that we have encountered are still recognizably human – different, yes, but not entirely transformed. If the power they exercise is a matter of loyalty, of devotion ... then we may yet succeed.
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Devotion and faith can lead us to true freedom, Superior.
Prerequisite Objective(s)
Speak with the Chosen
Can be completed by Project:		Alien Operations
Unlocks Project(s):		Crisis Diplomacy
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