Under the watchful eyes of St Chad and all the Saints we shall set ourselves up in B10.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end.
As the choir finished the responses, a setting by the most holy Saint Thomas of Kent, Father Herbert walked down the from the altar of the Cathedral towards a door in the side of the building situated in a false wall underneath the large mechanical clock that had been there since ancient times. A man stood at the door beckoning, thats why he was going there, any other reason would have been disrespectful towards the saints; disrupting a service in such a way.
He slipped in through the door closing it behind him. They stood now in a small room that usually served as a passageway between the Chapter house and the main Cathedral to be used by choirs and suchlike, however little known to the many who passed through it behind the wooden panelling was another secret door, that led to an equally secret staircase which allowed one to reach a highly secret set of rooms.
As Father Herbert and the other man stepped down these stairs the air changed dramatically, from the incense laden air of the Cathedral to the heavy scent of the wood polish in the corridor to now, a clinical and cold smell. It gave a good impression of what was to come as the stairs reached their end with a metal door. Both the Man and Father Herbert typed in their personal codes on a pad next to the door and it swung open revealing the secret underground base.
Computer screens and displays lined the walls, and wires carpeted the floor. The base room was made of concrete with holes drilled into the walls where bundles of wires passed through. This was the home of their operations. In the first room was the research area, analysts worked tirelessly at their computers trying to uncover new informations that could be used to benefit the organisation. It was in this room where the intelligence network really functioned. Not even pausing once Father Herbert proceeded through into the next room, in this room there were significantly less wires and screens and instead once screen dominated the side of the room. On it was market data from various stock exchanges throughout the world, the rest of the room was filled with small cubicles where men with phones and computers assured the financial empire.
But the father didnt stop here either, instead he went straight through a door that led into a much smaller darker room, a window of reinforced glass was covered by a curtain on one wall and in the centre was a circular table. He took a seat and the other man sat next to him. Eight other spaces in the room were likewise occupied by various clergymen, one of them stood up.
Brothers and Sisters, may the Saints and the Moon watch over you, a few members of the group made the sign of the cross As you know we have recently managed to persuade the Prime Minister to support the proposal that one of our MPs made further reinforcing the unity of Kingdom and Church in Britain. Some of the clergymen nodded.
It is my pleasure to inform you that the measures proposed are now being brought to the House of Commons. He continued We have great faith in the outcome. However all is not yet fully finished, I will let Sister Roisin lead you through the rest.
The man sat down and a woman who Herbert knew as Sister Roisin, a member of the political team, stood up. Brothers and Sisters, may the Saints and the Moon watch over you. She began. As Brother Mathias laid out there is much work to be done. Each of you will be receiving a package in the next few days with what is required of you in it. Father Herbert nodded; he was head of the intelligence section so he imagined his takes would involve acquiring leverage and such like, probably nothing to exerting. However, this meeting was not called to tell you that, we will be encountering a delicate situation here. Again, Herbert thought, nothing unusual for him.
The man who came in with him now looked practically giddy with excitement, Herbert could guess why. Rector Steven, Roisin continued gesturing to the man, We will be requiring your services in the next week with devotion such like the Moon Saint herself was asking it. However we have deemed that you will need certain assistance in this mission. She turned to Herbert and smiled Father Herbert, we require your special attachment to the Rectors unit.
Herbert felt his heart sink into his stomach, there went a good day with any hopes of a quiet week. The Rector slapped him on the back and gave him an eager look, Herbert returned a half-hearted grin.
After the meeting they walked back up to the Cathedral, as he stepped out of the Clock door back into the main building the Choir had just begun singing that days Anthem, something by St. Charles the Wesleyan.
So, Father, Rector Steven said Looking forward to serving with the Protection Committee?
Back down in the trading room Nick Daniels was looking at his computer screen in disbelief. He had just hit on something big, not just something big; something really big. He picked up the phone Can I get the Economics office. Yes. Its Nick from Stocks. Ive just found a way to take out Bradshaw & Lymn.
Spoiler:
Presuming this is non public information:
1. Analyst's Room
2. Trading Room
3. Operations Offices
4. Laboratories
5. Chapter Council Room
6. Dean's Office
7. Bishop's Office
8. Sleeping Area
9. Global Operations Centre
10. Tech Support
11. Chaplaincy
12. Kitchen
13. Dining hall
14. Recreational Area
15. Supply Lift
And for those of you interested here is a map of Durham Cathedral with the passageway being off the area between P and H
SOCHI OLYMPICS BEGIN THIS MONTH. The Olympics in Sochi have been marred by controversy for months. From security fears brought on by a recent bombing and shooting and controversy over Russia’s anti-homosexual policies to the high cost of the Olympics which many believe went and lined pockets, Russia has much to prove this month. Remember, the world is watching.
GENEVA TALKS BREAK DOWN. The talks between the Syrian Resistance and Government took a turn for the worst and strange following conflicting demands emerging from the Syrian Resistance and Government negotiators, including one negotiator pushing for Assad to step down (the man has since been recalled to Syria) and demands for a Christian-friendly state from some members of the Resistance.
ATHEIST GATHERING ENDS IN ARRESTS. A gathering of atheists ended in a riot as attacks against local stores. The organizers deny that anybody they knew was planning such actions, and blame outsiders for causing the violence. Regardless, the Atheist Gathering has ending in a failure.
UNITED ORPHANAGES EMERGES FROM NOWHERE; HIGHEST ADOPTION RATES. The United Orphanages is a new philanthropic organization that emerged following the merger of several small organizations, and their acquisitions of other organizations. The United Orphanages has wowed commentators with its ability to find children loving homes.
"you know what we should do?"
"No, master Fegelein."
"Take over Hollywood and reinstitue Riefenstah-"
"My Führer In Place of the Führer, Riefenstahl died ages ago"
"oh. erm."
"I suggest we attempt to create a new movie company and use it to silently influence the American Populace into joining our New Reich!"
"Very Well."
The Knight Templar will like to warn in advance that we have plans for B3 and D4 this turn (OOC: one per group as in Knight Templar and its puppet group make (or 'barrow') a group each?). We will design the groups to them later on but we have envisioned the group we are taking over for D4 and we will give you a clue to D4; it will take you high between 'bus' stops.
tsk tsk, your looking for the Order of the Learned Elders of Zion, Nedim. Don't cheap your way out by picking up a state intelligence service and pretending its a sinister secret society.
Also the Knights Templar are terrible at being secret. Anyways back to surreptitiously watching while contemplating whether to join or not.
H3 - Dawkins publishes another book and uses the sales to purchase Blackwater. Being godless bastards, they give him a discounted price.
G5 - Heaven's Ambivalence takes over the Monaco Grand Prix by converting the best racers to Nonbelievers.
I look from afar, and behold I see the power of God coming, and a cloud covering the whole earth.
Go out to meet him and say, tell us if you are the one who is to reign over the people of Israel.
Nick Daniels stood in one of the small offices of the underground complex beneath Durham Cathedral and related his plans to the man sitting in front of him. Father Harry sat across from him, one of the senior economical rectors, and listened to his plan. The basic idea was an economic takeover of the insurance company Harrowstone Insurance which would then allow them to access Bradshaw & Lymn, the umbrella organization for various insurance companies and stock brokering organisations. The bit that made his plan viable was a piece of inside information with which he could manipulate the stock market in such a way to allow a takeover of Bradshaw & Lymn from Harrowstone Insurance.
In ages past this would have been referred to as Insider Trading and he could have got arrested for it. But the Fraternity had a considerable hold over the FCA and so could get away with pretty much everything. And of course having Bradshaw & Lymn allowed them to increase their political power as they continued the attempts to get the new Church-State law passed.
Father Harry liked the plan, he expressed it by using words like gutsy and brilliant. He told Nick that this would greatly endear the Saints to him and that he should be looking at promotion if it goes right. Then he asked Nick if he needed anything else to pull off the deal...
"I need a little help from the Protection Committee."
"Well, honestly I didn't know who else to turn to." said Michelle Green. "I mean I'm pretty sure that Assange would have laughed me off as insane and the mainstream media would just lump me as another loony. No offense. I'm glad that you were in America, I don't know what I would have done otherwise! Are you sure this house is safe?"
"Yes," said David Icke, "I've perfected the techniques to fool the Reptoids, they don't know about this place. What exactly did you get?"
"I got the video of them, but you already saw that." said Michelle. "I thought I was just getting a peek at some insider trading, I never expected this! I also nabbed one of the pages of the minutes just before they saw me. It was terrifying..." Michelle started to sob.
"It's alright," said David, attempting to comfort her with his hand. He looked over at the page.
"Welcome friends, welcome. After our migration from the the other universe, we have infiltrated the highest orders of American society, replacing some of the most powerful men in the world. Although there has been some great difficulty in our transition as well. One of those things has been in the acquisition and consumption of prepubescent humans, particularly babies. Society in this part of the world is sufficiently advanced that this task has become almost impossible for us, save for a few lucky ones who are able to regularly travel to the poorer parts of the world. As we prepare for more arrivals from our home dimension, this will become an increasingly pressing issue for our species, as the United States will be the focal point for our secret invasion."
"To help address this issue, I have decided to enact Operation: Food Security. To start this operation we will use our financial might to buy a large number of orphanages across the United States. We will then reorganize them into one puppet corporation called United Orphanages (F5). We will use these orphanages to provide us access to tasty babies and other children discretely in America to fulfill our needs. Oh come now, I do appreciate the applause, but there is work that needs to be done. There are orphanages to be bought, leaders to impersonate and babies to be eaten! No rest for the wicked, as this breed of humans say."
David sighed, this was legitimate. It even had the seal and everything.
"Would you like a cup of tea?" asked David as he got up.
"Yes, actually." Michelle replied. "I'd like that." David walked into the kitchen and started to get undressed.
"So, you seem a little young to be in this line of business," said David, "How old are you, if you don't mind me asking? 19?" Michelle giggled.
"Yeah," said Michelle "I am young for this journalism gig. But not THAT young. I'm 21, don't worry I'm not one of those women who would murder you for asking. I was really lucky, I got a internship with Mur..." Michelle was interrupted mid-sentence by terror as David walked into the room, completely naked. And he wasn't human.
"Shame," said the Reptoid "I'm going to get heartburn from this." Michelle screamed, but she was soon silenced by the Reptoid chomping down on her neck, taking her head clean off. After the Reptoid had finished chewing her neck, he sighed. It was these kind of careless mistakes by command would end up killing them all one day. The Reptoid walked over to David's phone, the phone he's been using ever since he'd taken on David's identity, and called Command.
"It's me." said the Reptoid "There's an incident over at David's house, we really need to talk."
tsk tsk, your looking for the Order of the Learned Elders of Zion, Nedim. Don't cheap your way out by picking up a state intelligence service and pretending its a sinister secret society.
Also the Knights Templar are terrible at being secret. Anyways back to surreptitiously watching while contemplating whether to join or not.
G8 - Create a high tech research foundation to study various things, but most importantly SCP's
G6 - Create a SCP themed wax musiem, make sure it is only the most outlandish and unlikely SCP's that get in there IE SCP-173 to generate extra revenue, similar to a Ripley's believe it or not attraction, use the strange SCPs to of course make it look fake and just for fun.
The Templar will "barrow" a group in B3: Barclays Bank PLC. Banking will aid us and this second bank to control will aid greatly in our economic resources. Antony Jenkins will confirm is status as member of the Holy Order.
Deutsche Bank AG will take holding of a group in D4: Airbus Group or EADS (I give the GM the honor of picking which of the two). We will commandeer this airline/defense firm for the purpose of our economic initiative, as we did with the banks. Fabrice Brégier will hand over power to a Leon Chaput.
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