The Allies

Our recent announcement that "Gertrude" was nothing more than a piece of software has caused a severe tightening of security at the New Company, and, unfortunately, one of the operatives of the Allies has been discovered.  He was going by the name "Enrico" at the New Company, and had penetrated to the highest circles of management after being hired while "Viktor" was busy with the human/non-human conflict the Allies had caused for us.  He escaped with his life, but our most senior source of information about the secretive New Company is no longer available.  While we are saddened by the loss of this information, we are excited that we can finally explain what the Allies told us last July.

The Allies had been working for many months to infiltrate the New Company, and had positioned some operatives in key positions.  These operatives are still in place but should be nearly impossible to detect, even with "Enrico" having been compromised.  These operatives had discovered that the position that was being opened and that "Enrico" succeeded in obtaining was really nothing more than a trap for our chief operative "Viktor," and that, much like Prince John tried to lure Robin Hood to his archery tournament, they were trying to get him in a compromising situation where they could kill him (after torturing him).  The Allies responded by trying to keep "Viktor" busy with other missions, but when, due to his unusual efficiency, they were unable to keep him busy, they had to resort to pitting the human and non-human supporters of the GPD against each other and putting "Enrico" up for the position before "Viktor" could interview.  When the New Company saw how efficient "Enrico" was they thought he was "Viktor" (in disguise, of course) and hired him, making it impossible for the real "Viktor" to get hired.  We then made it clear that "Viktor" had not interviewed for the position, but because "Enrico" was so efficient they kept him on staff and suspected nothing.  Now that he has been compromised the Allies have reassigned "Enrico" and we believe that everything will work out for him.

We couldn't explain why the Allies had not really betrayed us until now, and we had to keep up the appearance of intense irritation with them, but we are nothing if not pleased to be finally free to treat them as what they are, our Allies!