Magnetic Audiotape, 1962

[Portions of tape have been weathered beyond recovery. Label reads: [illegible] Falkner, DZ; Richard Purnell, DZ'.] PUR: [unintelligible, 12 seconds] bickering about culture and anthropocentrism. They'll be at it for [unintelligible, 4 seconds] PUR: What matters to us, to you, is that they recovered three intact survival suits from Diablerets. PUR: [inaudible, 12 seconds] questions? FAL: Many. PUR: The most pressing, then. FAL: Will I be allowed to see one of the suits? PUR: See? Vic, you think [unintelligible, 4 seconds] [laughter] You're getting one of them, tubes and all. Not the wet stuff, Bio snatched that up—some kind of silicone-based micro-organism in suspension, they're saying—leave 'em to it. FAL: I did not believe it likely [unintelligible, 10 seconds] PUR: Oh, don't get me wrong. Chem, Bio, Tech, R&D—even Primes, for some reason—they all want a piece of the pie, and there's not enough slices for all of us. PUR: Moffat put the kibosh on giving one to Häkke in R&D at least—guns won't do us any good if we're not alive to pull the trigger, and the director's never liked that guy in the first place. Chem and Tech [unintelligible, 2 seconds] other two. PUR: The Diablerets suits [unintelligible, 3 seconds], but that's a solved problem for humanity already. We're looking at the next frontier. FAL: Transdimensional travel. PUR: Get your people prepped to receive the materials. And just so we're clear, this isn't charity. I'm expecting great things from you, Vic. FAL: I will not disappoint.