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|products = Private investigation service | |products = Private investigation service | ||
|area_served = Galaxy wide | |area_served = Galaxy wide | ||
|key_people = [[Benjamin Chester]] (Co-founder) | |key_people = [[Benjamin Chester]] (Co-founder)<br/>[[Erik Gunnarson]] (Detective)<br/>[[Francesca Wolfe]] (Detective) | ||
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The '''Wallglass Investigations Agency''' is private investigation company that operates throughout the [[Core Systems]]. Notable cases it has been contracted for include the search for missing heiress [[Talitha Ambrose]], the murder of [[Alliance]] [[President of the Alliance|presidential candidate]] [[Fazia Silva]], the conspiracy behind the [[Starship One]] disaster, | The '''Wallglass Investigations Agency''' is private investigation company that operates throughout the [[Core Systems]]. Notable cases it has been contracted for include the search for missing heiress [[Talitha Ambrose]], the murder of [[Alliance]] [[President of the Alliance|presidential candidate]] [[Fazia Silva]], the conspiracy behind the [[Starship One]] disaster, the mystery of the ghost ship [[Adamastor]] and its sister ship [[Hesperus]], and the origins of the [[Neo-Marlinist Liberation Army]]. | ||
== Timeline == | == Timeline == | ||
19 MAR 3307 | |||
*Private investigators [[Erik Gunnarson]] and [[Francesca Wolfe]] review the [[Neo-Marlinist Liberation Army]].<br/>Gunnarson: "We don't usually get involved with political cases, but it's hard to ignore the largest terrorist attack in history. The NMLA is a radical offshoot of Marlinism, a democratic movement named after the [[Republic of Achenar]]'s original ruler, [[Marlin Duval]]. Most are peaceful protester types, but Neo-Marlinists want to overthrow the government by permanently removing the [[Imperial Family]]. What nobody knows is how the NMLA went from minor troublemakers to interstellar terrorists. The starport bombings last September came from nowhere, and their assassins have killed many [[Empire|Imperial]] bigwigs including Prince [[Harold Duval]]. Smart money was on them being funded by Empire's enemies, but now the NMLA treat the [[Alliance]] and [[Federation]] as equal targets. Hitting all three superpower capitals was a hugely symbolic gesture, and should have been impossible. How did they bypass security and plant explosives without detection? Who the hell are these people? Even Wallglass doesn't have a clue. But we won't stop searching."<br/>Wolfe: "Despite my enquiries – and some unauthorised snooping – there's no trace of the rumoured NMLA bomb factory in LTT 1935. But it did once exist, because the Empire captured its occupants. Not that they'll admit it. 'There is no such place as [[Serene Harbour]]', right? Well, I've been to R CrA Sector AF-A d42 3b and seen it myself. It's bleak. Hope-crushing. And yet the NMLA prisoners listed as Theta Group escaped, broken out by what seems like [[Imperial Intelligence Service|Imperial Intelligence]] double-agents. That genuinely scares me. If the NMLA can worm inside the most shadowy security organisation in known space, they could be anywhere. And none of us are safe."<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/60549ee6523a1708b207c060 GalNet: Galactic Mysteries: The NMLA]</ref> | |||
10 MAR 3307 | 10 MAR 3307 | ||
*Erik Gunnarson and Francesca Wolfe, two detectives from the Wallglass Investigations Agency, examine the background of the [[Adamastor]] [[megaship]].<br/>Gunnarson: "When Wolfe and I started this project, we knew this case would come first. We're both protégés of [[Benjamin Chester]], creator of the Wallglass Archive. He retired years ago, but that old spark kicked in when a 'ghost ship' turned up on his doorstep! The Adamastor is a 200 year old derelict that drifted into the Chukchan system on autopilot. It's still there, with the [[Alliance Salvage Guild]] poking through its guts. Chester investigated its owners, a super-secretive company called [[Azimuth Biochemicals]]. We don't know what they were searching for, but what they found was possibly the first recorded [[Thargoid]] encounter. I've since tracked down evidence that the Adamastor had a sister ship – the [[Hesperus]] – which in 3113 was sent to… somewhere! Neither ship returned, but we only know what happened on the Adamastor mission. Of course, Wolfe had to go see that with her own eyes."<br/>Wolfe: "Musca Dark Region PJ-P b6-1 is a busy system nowadays, but was unexplored when [[Penelope Carver|Professor Carver's]] survey team were there. Listening to their logs from two centuries ago while examining the [[Geological Survey 23B|research base]] was chilling… ghost voices from a ghost ship. There was evidence of blast scars, but I've seen enough battlefields to know what exchanged gunfire looks like. Azimuth's mercenaries weren't just firing at Thargoids, but at someone who shot back with laser rifles. Gunnarson tells me Azimuth was swallowed up by a rival called [[Pharmasapien]]. Did they infiltrate the Adamastor and try to take over? Or did the thing that Carver captured drive everyone insane? This is a seriously cold case, even for us. But maybe one day, more tantalising clues will emerge. And that's what we live for."<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/6048c2093f1eb018c339555a GalNet: Galactic Mysteries: The Adamastor]</ref> | *[[Erik Gunnarson]] and [[Francesca Wolfe]], two detectives from the Wallglass Investigations Agency, examine the background of the [[Adamastor]] [[megaship]].<br/>Gunnarson: "When Wolfe and I started this project, we knew this case would come first. We're both protégés of [[Benjamin Chester]], creator of the Wallglass Archive. He retired years ago, but that old spark kicked in when a 'ghost ship' turned up on his doorstep! The Adamastor is a 200 year old derelict that drifted into the Chukchan system on autopilot. It's still there, with the [[Alliance Salvage Guild]] poking through its guts. Chester investigated its owners, a super-secretive company called [[Azimuth Biochemicals]]. We don't know what they were searching for, but what they found was possibly the first recorded [[Thargoid]] encounter. I've since tracked down evidence that the Adamastor had a sister ship – the [[Hesperus]] – which in 3113 was sent to… somewhere! Neither ship returned, but we only know what happened on the Adamastor mission. Of course, Wolfe had to go see that with her own eyes."<br/>Wolfe: "Musca Dark Region PJ-P b6-1 is a busy system nowadays, but was unexplored when [[Penelope Carver|Professor Carver's]] survey team were there. Listening to their logs from two centuries ago while examining the [[Geological Survey 23B|research base]] was chilling… ghost voices from a ghost ship. There was evidence of blast scars, but I've seen enough battlefields to know what exchanged gunfire looks like. Azimuth's mercenaries weren't just firing at Thargoids, but at someone who shot back with laser rifles. Gunnarson tells me Azimuth was swallowed up by a rival called [[Pharmasapien]]. Did they infiltrate the Adamastor and try to take over? Or did the thing that Carver captured drive everyone insane? This is a seriously cold case, even for us. But maybe one day, more tantalising clues will emerge. And that's what we live for."<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/6048c2093f1eb018c339555a GalNet: Galactic Mysteries: The Adamastor]</ref> | ||
02 FEB 3307 | 02 FEB 3307 | ||
*Evidence presented at the trial of Fleet Admiral [[Lucas Vincent|Vincent]] suggested financial links to Federal shipbuilding corporation [[Core Dynamics]]. This significant development was covered by [[Ethan Takahashi]] for The [[Federal Times]]: "The initial investigations around [[Starship One]]'s destruction in 3301 were outlined by the prosecution. When the [[Federal Attorney's Office]] revisited this historical data, traces were found of financial transfers routed through non-[[Federation]] banking systems. The FAO brought in the expertise of the Wallglass Investigations Agency, which discovered that these transactions were made via shell companies created by Core Dynamics. Fleet Admiral Vincent, as well as several other naval officers, received billions of credits through these companies that went undeclared. Vincent refused to answer any questions about this evidence, once again claiming that he is the victim of a conspiracy to hand the presidency to [[Felicia Winters]]." Despite multiple requests from the press, Core Dynamics has not made any public comment. There are unverified reports of large-scale activity taking place at some of the corporation’s centres of operation.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/60194d23d0851778df338afc GalNet: Core Dynamics Implicated in Starship One Sabotage]</ref> | *Evidence presented at the trial of Fleet Admiral [[Lucas Vincent|Vincent]] suggested financial links to Federal shipbuilding corporation [[Core Dynamics]]. This significant development was covered by [[Ethan Takahashi]] for The [[Federal Times]]: "The initial investigations around [[Starship One]]'s destruction in 3301 were outlined by the prosecution. When the [[Federal Attorney's Office]] revisited this historical data, traces were found of financial transfers routed through non-[[Federation]] banking systems. The FAO brought in the expertise of the Wallglass Investigations Agency, which discovered that these transactions were made via shell companies created by Core Dynamics. Fleet Admiral Vincent, as well as several other naval officers, received billions of credits through these companies that went undeclared. Vincent refused to answer any questions about this evidence, once again claiming that he is the victim of a conspiracy to hand the presidency to [[Felicia Winters]]." Despite multiple requests from the press, Core Dynamics has not made any public comment. There are unverified reports of large-scale activity taking place at some of the corporation’s centres of operation.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/60194d23d0851778df338afc GalNet: Core Dynamics Implicated in Starship One Sabotage]</ref> | ||