Keep Away failed

[srwu_npc]

"So, you guys were interested in the container we asked you to retrieve, right?"

Look, it's Elan Cubis, the PROGTECH research and development chief.

"It's only fair if I told you since you brought it back safely... well, for the most part. Anyway, we studied the derelict ship and you saved our databank with information pertaining to it. But that's not all."

"I've been investigating Nineball-related incidents, and the conflicts between various megacorps that were springing around lately. All my data is in the bank too, and let me tell you - something really fishy is going on there. Each time there's a huge battle, someone important, like an esteemed scientist, an investigator or a political figure, dies in collateral damage."

"I don't think that's coincidental. I think someone's causing these fights on purpose, as cover for assassinations."

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[tiger_ken]

Patterns such as...? Something related to the Arena?

[The thought crossed Ken's mind. Surely there must have been cheaper, less conspicuous options - certainly more than enough terrorists with old mobile suits - to make such a heist, but it had been Armored Cores...]

[srwu_npc]

"Most of the targets voiced interest in strong, mysterious combatnats that we know very little of, or even nothing. Such as the Black Stranger - or Nineball."

[tiger_ken]

Interest? You mean like, investigating, or... potential support?

[Thats... potentially alarming, given who was listed as the targets.]

[srwu_npc]

"Investigating. They wanted to learn more of those combatants, including their identities and such."

[tiger_ken]

And then curiosity killed the cat. And you said that it was for cases like the Black Stranger and Nineball both, right? Despite the two having seemingly no relation?

[srwu_npc]

"There's no visible correlation. Remember that this is only what those people let be publically known, or what I could find during my research. Just because they were interested in one, doesn't mean they ignored the other."

[tiger_ken]

But someone was interested in keeping them silent, despite that lack of a connection.

What about causes of death? I get that overall attacks covered up who, but is there any similarity in what killed them? A common poison, proverbial or otherwise?

[srwu_npc]

"Does violence as a cause of death count? That's where similarities end, I'm afraid."

[tiger_ken]

...I see. Well, if anyone else ends up slotting into this pattern of yours... please inform Unity Group. Maybe you can even find these people before they're 'accidentally' caught in a battle.