Ursula Torquatus

Template:CharacterInfobox Ursula Torquatus is an Imperial Senator. In February 3308, the Affiliated Counter-Terrorism unit identified Torquatus as a member of the Lords of Restoration, a secret Imperial cabal that assisted the Neo-Marlinist Liberation Army and took Emperor Arissa Lavigny-Duval captive, after independent pilots helped track down the Omega Grid network and decrypted files retrieved from the network's beacons. Torquatus was arrested for her part in the conspiracy by the Imperial Internal Security Service on February 9.

Logs

Imperial Beacon (Decrypted)

Log No.	Log Text
1/1	Omega Grid 1 this is torquatus. abandon work on establishing a new nmla figurehead. no existing candidates have sufficient support to replace theta seven. his martyrdom was expected but has unfortunately happened ahead of schedule. for now concentrate on avoiding detection. there will be other chances to remove the remaining duvals.

Unidentified Beacon (Decrypted)

Log No.	Log Text
1/1	Omega Grid 2 ursula its alberto again. you have to help me. ive left capitol with my family to avoid iiss questioning. what if that landau woman really can crack our omega grid? karl promised me that was impossible. you know ive always been loyal to you and the other lords but i never dreamt our work could expose me personally. do something.

Communication Beacon (Decrypted)

Log No.	Log Text
1/1	Omega Grid 4 this is torquatus. colonel brock our agents within imperial intelligence have warned us that act is making progress on accessing our network. you are ordered to transfer cryogenic pod e-16 from the summerland complex to an alternate system as soon as possible. this must be our top priority. if we lose arissa the project is finished.

Timeline

Template:Scrollbox-begin 09 FEB 3308

• Emperor Arissa Lavigny-Duval has been found alive after being secretly imprisoned by the private military firm Darkwater Inc. The Imperial Herald published a special report on recent events: "The absence of the Emperor from public life for over a year has prompted much speculation. The Senate claimed that she was being kept safe from assassination attempts by the NMLA, and that they remained in contact with her. In truth, she was being held captive by the NMLA's secret benefactors. This group of Imperial senators referred to themselves as the Lords of Restoration. They were revealed only after ACT recruited independent pilots to help decipher the terrorists' dark-comms network. Chancellor Blaine immediately ordered the Imperial Guard into battle against Darkwater soldiers. A ship fleeing from the Summerland system was intercepted, aboard which was a cryogenic pod containing the Emperor herself. She was swiftly returned to Capitol, and is currently under the care of the Imperial Palace medical team. The IISS has launched a security operation based on ACT's information. This reveals that groups within the Senate, Darkwater and Imperial Intelligence formed a long-running conspiracy to fund and empower the NMLA. Senators Alberto Gereon, Karl Nerva, Ursula Torquatus and several others have been placed under arrest. ACT has stated that it will provide additional information soon."

03 FEB 3308

• *Pilots' Federation ALERT*
  The Affiliated Counter-Terrorism unit has launched an effort to locate and decipher the NMLA's dark-comms network. The request was sent by Captain Saskia Landau, one of ACT's co-leaders: "ACT is working to gain access to the Omega Grid version that was provided to the NMLA by its mysterious benefactors. Most of our agents seconded from the IISS have been recalled, and some Senate leaders are blocking our progress. Therefore, we urgently need support from independent pilots, which will contribute to our wider efforts to decrypt the network. To begin with, we have triangulated the possible location of an Omega Grid beacon somewhere within the HIP 290 system. If it can be found, this will validate our strategy and quickly lead to further discoveries. Messages relayed across this network are likely to be encrypted. Our analysts have put together a partial cipher key from other data. Any files recovered from the beacon may help with deducing the rest of the cipher. If the beacon in the HIP 290 system is found, any pilot who scans it can expect further instruction on subsequent days."
  The partial cipher key is as follows:
  A = H
  B = G
  C = J
  E = L
  F = K
  L = Q
  M = T
  O = V
  P = U
  Q = X
  S = Z
  T = Y
  U = B
  V = A
  W = D