Estleback Corporation

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Operation Advance

 

The past few days have been thrilling ones for the Estleback Corporation as we discovered new lows but also new highs.

 

On the 2nd of October, we suffered an incredible setback as we were under attack by Fulcrum once again. On this particular day, we had scheduled a meeting with two ex-Fulcrum associates that were informing us of what our traditional enemy was planning. Upon our arrival at the agreed destination, we were greeted by four Agents of Fulcrum, who had assassinated our informants and their designated protection. This caused great alarm as it was obvious that Fulcrum had infiltrated our communications and destabilised our work against them. These agents, who lacked discernible features, made a barrage of threats against us before passing on the news that our headquarters had been set alight.

 

When we raced back to our headquarters, it was indeed in flames, with more Fulcrum Agents assembled outside who were watching us blankly. It became clear to all of us that this was a coordinated attack, and as a result the corporation shifted itself into an underground phase while we assessed our own internal security and how we could respond to this growing threat. Our response was Operation Advance - a secretive mission that would see us locating and detaining Philip Marlowe, the leader of Fulcrum.

 

On the 6th of October, our brave and loyal personnel arrived at the Outlands Bar, where we conducted a briefing on Fulcrum and their history with the Estleback Corporation, both in EvoCity and internationally, bringing our operatives up to speed on the complex enemy they were to be working against. Once our operatives were both rallied and readied up, two separate squads of undercover Estleback personnel headed towards the city centre, where our intel suggested Marlowe was. They were led by CFO Jeremy Curtis and SFO Edgar Halliwax, with sound advice from former Director Steve Burwin.

 

 

Instead of a simple 'spot and grab' job, Estleback members faced a conundrum when two individuals were spotted who matched our description of Marlowe - leading to pro-active methods of identifying which individual was actually the man we were after. Whilst we were conducting this, the occupants of one our vehicles flagged that they were being followed avidly by another vehicle. Fearing that their cover had been blown, they engaged in a series of evasive manoeuvres to try and shake the tailing car off. When these attempts failed, decisive action to lead and block the car in any alleyway to resolve the issue was taken. In the end though, it simply turned out to be a massive fan who had somehow managed to recognise us. He was released without further incident.

 

Refocusing on our operation mission, we managed to identify the real Marlowe and hatched a plan to carry out a discreet detaining of him. Once again, our operatives employed pro-active methods of achieving this aim. After Marlowe was secured, he was transported to the Industrial area as a mysterious fire on the road prevented us from making our way back to the Outlands Bar. As we were setting up an impromptu base while awaiting for Estleback International personnel, a Fulcrum Agent appeared and quickly made his way inside, before attempting to flee with Marlowe. As luck would have it however, sirens blared loudly from outside as police had been called to the scene by a concerned citizen. Using the sudden police involvement to our advantage, a smoke grenade was activated to obscure our positions and to secure Marlowe. Once the smoke had cleared, the Agent had disappeared - we're sure that we will meet him again though.

 

After some brief police involvement, we were able to successfully conclude Operation Advance with Philip Marlowe under Estleback Corporation detention - ensuring that Fulcrum and the rest of its leadership do not attack Estleback personnel or property for at least some time. Enough time for us to reassert our place as the defenders of good and progression in this marvellous city.

 

With that being said, the Estleback Corporation thanks you for reading this latest update on our operations. For those of you who found this to be an interesting recollection of events and would like to contribute to the betterment of EvoCity, we'll be hosting a Recruitment Centre on the 9th of October from 8pm BST so feel free to drop by.

 

Below is declassified photos from yesterday's event.

 

Spoiler: Operation Advance photos