Session 20

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Investigation Special Team: The Pump Mystery (2024-12-28)

Corporate Inquiry at the Research Clinic

• Jace, Judy, and Tila continue their investigation at the clinic where the intercepted package was delivered.
• The corporate representative is initially skeptical but agrees to let them examine the package, a water pump for medical equipment.
• The investigators suspect the pump was used to store and transfer sensitive data, possibly as part of a corporate espionage operation.

The Pump Examination

• The clinic's techs found nothing unusual about the pump during their tests.
• Judy requests the presence of police techs for an independent examination.
• The clinic representative refuses to release the pump without a court order but agrees to let the police conduct tests on-site.
• The original packaging of the pump has already been destroyed, making forensic analysis more difficult.

Arrival of the Police Techs

• About 20 minutes later, a non-marked police vehicle arrives with two police techs:

 - A dwarf woman wearing a shirt that reads "Kiss this dwarf, get wrenched!"  
 - A flamboyant elf wearing a Hawaiian shirt, smirking knowingly.

• The elf cryptically mentions that a "tech mage" would be useful in this situation, implying that magic may have been involved in the data transfer.

Analysis and Revelations

• The techs confirm that the pump is normal but data was downloaded from it. However, what kind of data was stolen remains unknown.
• The elf jokes that it could have been anything from wire transfers to porn, but the investigators take this seriously.
• Judy warns Wilson, the clinic’s representative, that the pump could have been compromised, suggesting he order a replacement instead of using the current one.
• Wilson insists that the pump functions perfectly, expressing confusion about how any data extraction could have happened.

New Questions and Leads

• The missing data raises several questions:

 - Was the pump simply a carrier for secret information?
 - Did the three delivery people steal the data, or was it extracted after they left?
 - Could someone within the clinic’s tech team be involved?
 - What type of data was meant to be stored on the pump, and who would benefit from stealing it?

• The investigators decide to track down the clinic’s tech personnel for questioning.

Next Steps

• Judy sends a request to headquarters to investigate the manufacturer and distributor of the pump.
• The team also requests an extended search of traffic camera footage to track the van’s movements from the moment it picked up the pump to the crash site.
• Jace and Judy prepare to question the clinic’s tech staff to determine if they had any involvement in the data theft.
• Tila remains preoccupied with her desire for food.