IN COLLABORATION WITH CODLOREFACTS

ALGERIA AID REQUEST


Gorev


An old Army buddy asks Gorev for help when a remote Algerian oil facility is caught in an outbreak.


Document Text:
Zympel-Channel decryption – TOP SECRET

EYES ONLY: Gorev – Spetsgruppa Omega

I hope this reaches you. I do not even know your rank these days, but I did hear you were assigned to Omega. Do you remember me? My name is Viktor Krupin. We entered Special Forces training together back in ‘72. Now I am on assignment for KGB in North Africa. My papers say I am a hydrocarbons expert advising People’s Oil of Algeria on extraction and refinement techniques. It is usually a rather boring assignment, but not today.

I was “inspecting” a drilling station in the desert, using their computer network to hack Algerian government databases. Then came a sound outside -- like a thunderstorm turned inside out. And then all I heard was men screaming. I ran out to find the drillers attacking each other like rabid dogs. Whatever affected them, they no longer look human.

I locked myself in the communications office and sent a distress call to my Station Chief in Algiers, but he commands no assets in the region that can perform a rescue. And so, old friend, I turn to you.

Gorev, we have not spoken in years, but we were like brothers once. I followed your career as best I could and I know you have some pull at the Lubyanka. If my friendship ever meant anything, get Moscow to send a full NBCP unit to secure this area. If this is a bioweapon, I hope it is ours. And I hope we never have to use it.

Viktor Krupin - KGB