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A new Director of Management

Another promotion to our Governance has occurred tonight. This time to fill the Director of Management position which has been vacant since mid-September.

The Governance has carefully reviewed all possible candidates for the role. After some internal discussion, we are thrilled to announce that Boris Johnson (Boonan) has been advanced to the Director of Management position. We believe that Mr Johnson has the dedication and character necessary to assist himself and the Estleback Corporation moving forward.

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Greetings,

The last couple of weeks have been intense ones for the Estleback Corporation. Fulcrum, an international menace that seeks to pull the strings from the shadows, has chosen to ramp up their attacks on Estleback to an international level - what has been happening to us in EvoCity as of late is following a global trend. This has evolved into a war, but not just a war against us. This is against every single organization and individual in EvoCity and the world. The Estleback Corporation is prepared to do it’s bit to safeguard against the imminent threat that is Fulcrum. While we are currently unsure what the aim of this war is, whatever the endgame is: it is likely one of destruction, despair, and death.

It is because of the ongoing war effort, that we as an organization have not had as much time as we would have liked to brief EvoCity on our recent activities. Despite this, below are some announcements in regards to what we have been doing over the last period of time.

The Internal Schism

What started as a routine Open Hours operation quickly spiralled into a fight for survival after an encounter with the ever-present, homogenous ‘Agent’, a Fulcrum operative with the responsibility of disrupting our work on the field. It was on the night of October 20th that our operatives were threatened with an attack designed to cripple the corporation in EvoCity. This information was obtained by our pro-active operatives during a short trip to a local fast-food establishment. Unbeknownst to us, the encounter gave an unknown person the chance tamper with one of our vehicles, disabling our ability to start the engine. This allowed for a supposed ‘Good Samaritan’ to ‘fix’ our vehicle for us. This ‘fix’ put some of our operatives in a dangerous situation as the brakes of the vehicle no longer functioned. After careering through the streets of EvoCity, unable to properly slow or stop the vehicle without the brakes, another Estleback vehicle was successfully deployed to block the vehicle’s path, bringing it to a rest. It was at this point that The Agent ominously arrived, causing alarm amongst our personnel.

Following this, our personnel was unintentionally split up into two, with former Director and Advisor Burwin and FO Greenwood believing that they had just narrowly missed the plot to attack Estleback. Hiding out in one of the Lake Cabins, backup was requested and arrived, however miscommunication led to gunfire being exchanged as both sides believed the other to be the potential attackers. With confusion buzzing around the cabin, Estleback personnel attempted to find their bearings, however another appearance by The Agent immediately raised tensions again. The Agent used this appearance to manipulate a comment made by one of our operatives to claim that "They have converted themselves, I think my work here is done... Thank you, Estleback, you really have destroyed yourselves".

An attempt to reassert direction failed as paranoia set in among the operatives, with speculation as to who was 'converted' and what it meant. Burwin and Greenwood took off due to a misunderstanding, but left the rest of Estleback suspicious. After a period of searching for them, the rest of Estleback caught up with the seemingly rogue Burwin and Greenwood at the Villas. After a confrontation there, Burwin hopped over a wall to escape from the situation but was closely chased by Deputy Director James Fegan . Burwin managed to clamber into a departing metro train just in time, leaving Fegan and the rest of Estleback behind as the train departed back towards the city. Moments later Deputy Director James Fegan was fatally wounded by a sniper. He died at the scene.

The remaining Estleback members conducted an immediate sweep of the surrounding area, eventually finding a note from Mr Hitt, another member of the Fulcrum cabal and the one responsible for Fegan's demise. From here, our members relocated to the Outlands Bar to discuss strategy and prepared for combat with those who had gone rogue. Under the temporary direction of CFO Jeremy Curtis and Advisor Alfred Pittings, the corporation had a stroke of luck when travelling through the city as they discovered the rogue's hideaway at the Slums. Whilst attempting to question those who had gone rouge, The Agent appeared as if on cue to threaten those present with an RPG. The rogues used this distraction to quickly escape into the night, followed by The Agent - leaving more questions than answers for the Estleback Corporation.

Coronavirus Taskforce

On November 1st, despite recent events having shaken Estleback operatives, we pushed on ahead with a government contract to control, treat, and research a mysterious illness that was occurring in the Villas area of the city. Under the management of new Deputy Director Matthew Jones, great speed and efficiency were ensured. We tested, evaluated, and contained those present within the Villas area, maintaining a strict quarantine with outsiders and ensuring those receiving treatment were treated with dignity.

One anomaly was the disappearance of FO White midway through this operation, who vanished in the middle of his duties. We would not discover why until later. Overall though, this was a successful mission that benefitted the citizens of the city as it helped safeguard them against what turned out to be a variant of Coronavirus, although what variant specifically is still unknown and local scientists fear it to be a new strain.

The SNOW Job

The following day, November 2nd, saw the Estleback Corporation undertake the prison transportation of Philip Marlowe, the leader of Fulcrum in EvoCity. The plan was to safely transport him from his holding cell in Nexus Jail to the new high-security wing of Alcatraz. All was going as planned until the rouge members of the Estleback Corporation, now calling themselves the Special Navy Operations Wing (or SNOW for short), ambushed our convoy and forced Marlowe from our supervision and into their quadcopter. One of the SNOW members was overheard expressing fears of this being part of a Fulcrum plot to safeguard Marlowe, but before that confusion could be cleared up, the SNOW team took off with Marlowe in tow to an abandoned base.

Upon our arrival at the base after following the Quadcopter, preparations to raid the base had to be ditched as unexpected sniping from afar threatened the safety of our operatives. This was believed to be a follow-up attack by Mr Hitt, the Fulcrum sniper.

Operation Unity

On November 7th, after some rigorous planning, the organization moved ahead with an operation to locate and recapture Marlowe using a tracking device that we placed on him during his stay in the holding cells. As expected, his whereabouts also doubled as the whereabouts for SNOW. A brief standoff ensued, with Director Grayson leading the Estleback squad and Ex-Director and Advisor Burwin leading the SNOW goons. While communications were being attempted, a gunfight between us broke out after Steve Burwin was shot at. After a minute or so of warring amongst ourselves, ceasefire orders were given as we realised that we were not alone in this confrontation.

Two individuals stood from a distance: Mr Hitt and the 'Good Samaritan'. Realising that we were being played for fools, Estleback and SNOW teamed up to give chase. Unfortunately we lost visual on Mr Hitt, but we did temporarily capture the 'Good Samaritan', who revealed himself to be a Fulcrum operative and that all events since the Internal Schism had occurred due to our own paranoia and uncertainties, which was exploited by one of The Agents who used the 'conversion' idea to turn us against ourselves. After embracing that truth for a moment, we pushed further; enquiring about the Fulcrum war effort, Mr Hitt, and why Fegan was assassinated. The 'Good Samaritan' dropped to the ground, having taken a cyanide pill prior to being caught by us. Are they any limits for Fulcrum operatives hoping to keep secrets? It seems not.

Fully reunited at the end, we returned to the SNOW base to officially recapture Philip Marlowe. Upon arrival, we discovered that Mr Marlowe had vanished once again. Despite that setback, at least we could trust one another again after a period of wild mistrust.

Fulcrum, we’re closing in on you.



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Lab Rat

On the 18th of November, we made contact with former Fulcrum scientist Dr Jean-Pierre Barrot. Dr Barrot reached out to us after discovering that his research on a Coronavirus cure was instead being used to develop a biological superweapon that could be used in warfare.

Fulcrum initially funded his research on a cure for COVID-19, however an experiment that involved the creation of a Coronavirus mutation to better understand how to defeat the virus changed the course of Dr Barrot's work. Fulcrum seized this mutation, and trialled it at the Villas a few weeks ago - this was the mystery illness we dealt with. The Estleback Corporation urges extreme caution as this variant of Coronavirus, COVID-22, is a much more deadly version of the disease. It can weaken a healthy person in a matter of hours, leaving them reliant on a machine to survive. COVID-22 also spreads faster, adding to its seriousness.

Concluding that Dr Barrot was a well-meaning scientist duped by Fulcrum, we allowed him to leave the city and return to his native France as he feared repercussions from his former employer. Our operatives swiftly began to seize valuable research and documentation, both physical and digital, however in the middle of this effort a fire broke out which forced us to take what we had and return to base. We believe Fulcrum was behind the fire.

Upon our return to the Estleback Headquarters, we briefly became acquainted with an 'Agent C', apparently a special operative for Fulcrum. Unlike his fellow Agents however, he has an identifiable moniker and instead of issuing blanket threats, instead warned us that Fulcrum had progressed too far and needed to be destroyed. Before leaving, he provided us with an invitation to a ball known as 'Night of the War Dead'. While this has left us perplexed, it allows us access to new opportunities to deal with the Fulcrum threat.



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Emmy Award 2021 Security

Saturday the 20th of November allowed the Estleback Corporation the grand opportunity to once again conduct some of our high-quality security operations. Employed by Moonlite Productions to secure and defend their Emmy Award 2021 event, our operatives did so with great focus and skill. This can be evidenced due to the lack of any major security incidents throughout the duration of both the main awards ceremony as well as the afterparty.

The only credible threat was a masked man who attempted to equip a rifle in the bathroom of the afterparty, however thanks to our operatives' great awareness and communication, the threat was neutralised and the man in question detained and removed from the event.

We thank Moonlite Productions for once again allowing us to demonstrate our high-quality skills, and hope those who attended had a safe and enjoyable experience.



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Rising Tensions

The Estleback Corporation provided assistance and relief to Mercy Hospital after it was overwhelmed by members of the public who had caught the COVID-22 mutation. Assisting Dr Daniel Forde, our operatives worked diligently yet steadfastly in maintaining public safety as well as ensuring those infected received adequate levels of care.

During this time we dealt with many events, including a patient sent mad by his infection, an armed individual who tried to slow us in neutralising the coronavirus threat, and the reappearance of 'Agent C' (identifiable with his spotty tie). It was this encounter with 'Agent C' that provided us with critical information: that Fulcrum is planning to use this virus modification against us in their war campaign, and in the process causing untold amounts of damage to innocent population centres across the globe.

Director Noah Grayson immediately kickstarted the effort to use Dr Barrot's research notes to create a vaccine upon learning of this plan, and Estleback soon intends to roll out a vaccine service to the general public so that Fulcrum's strategy can be stopped as early as possible.

We would also like to note that, unfortunately, several people did lose their lives after being hospitalised due to the aggressiveness and speed of the COVID-22 virus on people. We would like to take this opportunity to make it clear that their demise will not have been in vain, and that Fulcrum will pay for this inhumane plot.



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Day of The Agents


Tonight the Estleback Corporation carried out a vaccine rollout for protection against the COVID-22 virus mutation. We stationed ourselves at many locations throughout the city, including Shopping Street, the City Park, and Industrial. Additionally, we also had a mobile vaccinations service that allowed us to reach the less populated areas of the city. Overall, this operation was a success for our organization and a success for EvoCity as it will protect them from this virus strain.

As the vaccine for COVID-22 would destroy Fulcrum's plans to use it as a weapon in their war against us, there was a strong reaction to our vaccine operation from their Agents. Various Agents attacked our personnel and destroyed our vehicles, along with the vaccine vials inside them. Despite this strong reaction, our team remained strong and dedicated to ensuring that EvoCity would remain as safe and as coronavirus-free as possible.

Our Fulcrum contact, 'Agent C' made yet another appearance tonight to provide us with further COVID-22 vaccine vials to prevent Fulcrum's success. As a result, we were able to pull through and vaccinate past our initial target. After being tailed by a particular Fulcrum vehicle for a duration of time, our operatives decided to camp out in the Farms in an attempt to lure the Agent into a trap. Instead, the Fulcrum vehicle rammed through a fence, with 'Agent C' emerging. He explained that he had just taken out the Agent who was following us, and that he was certain that Fulcrum knew he had gone rogue, elaborating that he would soon be eliminated. He further explained to us that he merely joined for his own gain in business extortion, and that the use of COVID-22 would damage his personal interests; he acted to stop Fulcrum and that Estleback was his means of doing so.

By doing so, he brought Fulcrum's master-plan to an end. In a way it is quite fitting that someone who went about their business as part of a homogenous identity would end up turning against that same identity to protect his personal aims, thus becoming an individual. While it is undoubtable that 'Agent C' lived as a villain, he died a hero.

Unfortunately the media from our event only contained classified information, and therefore cannot be shared with the public.
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Night of the War Dead

The Estleback Corporation can proudly announce the end of the war with Fulcrum, as well as the end of all Fulcrum activities in EvoCity as of today. 

This is a great achievement for our organization, especially after months of trouble and tension. This has all been brought to an end thanks to the strength and skill of our operatives, who are the backbone to the spreading of our message and of our work.

This saga of events began at the City Station, where our operatives assembled out of sight to avoid drawing any attention to ourselves. After being greeted by Director Noah Grayson and Deputy Director Matthew Jones, the team took an available train ride to Wilshire Boulevard, just across from the MTL, where Fulcrum were scheduled to be hosting a celebratory event known as 'Night of the War Dead' to symbolise the fall of Estleback. Arming up and prepared to storm the show for a final confrontation, our operatives moved in swiftly and decisively on the venue in order to maintain the element of surprise.

Upon our entry into the 'Night of the War Dead' however, we were greeted with a surprising sight: no guests, no Agents, just a rambling Marlowe drifting from topics such as our quadcopter, Grayson's space interests, and the failure of his COVID-22 plans. In the midst of his rant, he let slip that his superiors and international guests had suddenly gotten cold feet to the event once his position looked weak, and thus nobody showed up.

After successfully detaining the lone Philip Marlowe, another twist occurred. James Fegan, the former Deputy Director who had been presumed dead after a sniper attack, burst into the room and was tailed by the remains of the Agents. Fegan, clearly aware the alarm he had just created, played up the theatrics by making his way to a prominent place in the room before revealing that he had grown disillusioned with Estleback after its failure to properly live up to its hype, and seeing Fulcrum as less constrained, chose to jump ship. Furthermore, Fegan claimed responsibility for organizing the assassination of Louis Blackman, so that he could increase his influence within Estleback before staging his own assassination to cripple to organization's public image and ability to function.

However, in the midst of this explanation, Fegan boldly declared that he was taking over Fulcrum from Marlowe, causing an attack on Fegan by Mr Marlowe in a fit of rage. The Agents sided with Fegan, showing the unstable power dynamic within Fulcrum, before being forced out by our operatives. Following this, we fully arrested Philip Marlowe, however we could do the same to James Fegan, he bolted out the door and engaged in a gunfight with the operatives chasing him - this ultimately led to his actual death.

After this set of events, we began to transport Marlowe back to our city headquarters, but faced some setbacks along the way such as one of the Agents trying to assassinate Marlowe on behalf of Fulcrum and an interruption to our convoy by members of the Shmicki Family and Meron-Tai who took Marlowe from our team - which temporarily frustrated our mission. Despite this, we were able to discuss with members of the two aforementioned clans about their meddling with our work, and after noting some sort of grudge in relation to Fulcrum and Marlowe, in addition to requesting an Agent that we had also detained, we left Marlowe in their hands, followed shortly by the Agent - although whether or not they got to him or not is unknown, as he was dropped off by us at Cub Foods Parking and left to his own devices.

Concluding that eventful night, we conducted a joyous debriefing and are now working on what to do next as an organization. After almost nine years, this clan still has many promising plans in the works so stay tuned.



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Glad to see it still be up and running, as beautiful as ever.
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