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OPERATION SUMMARY

Operation Designation MAN OF HONOR

Tasking Division MTF Omega-1

Overseeing Officer Captain Justice

Field Command Officers

Second Lieutenant Blackwood

Second Lieutenant Preliminary

Field Operatives

Operative Gavel

Operative Psalm

Operative Curtesy

Primary Location Foundation Site (REDACTED)

Mission Type Posthumous ethics investigation, personnel accountability, Internal Affairs liaison

Clearance Level Omega-1

1. Objective

Junior logistics officer Emil Vas was discovered deceased in his on-site quarters. Though officially ruled accidental, a pending data transmission linked to Vas’s credentials triggered automatic escalation. Internal Affairs had received a partially corrupted but verified ethics report authored by Vas just hours before his death.

The report outlined a systemic abuse of authority by several Site Command personnel, including coercion, falsification of testing results, exploitation of D-class personnel beyond protocol, and psychological harm to junior staff. Vas had reportedly refused multiple offers of promotion and departmental transfer in the weeks prior to his death—each traced back to efforts by command to suppress his documentation.

MTF Omega-1 was deployed to recover the full report, confirm foul play if present, and hold all responsible personnel accountable under Article 33 of Foundation Ethics Compliance.

2. Operational Timeline

0612 hours

Omega-1 arrived under pretext of routine compliance audit. Operative Curtesy, recently assigned to replace Moth, joined the operation. Though newly integrated, Curtesy demonstrated early empathy in handling site personnel and the deceased’s personal effects.

Upon entering Emil Vas’s quarters, Curtesy removed his helmet and quietly restored the officer’s fallen nameplate to the wall. He was later heard saying:

“Someone should’ve stood up with him. He shouldn’t have had to carry this alone.”

0631 hours

Operatives Psalm and Gavel recovered encrypted fragments of Vas’s final report from his personal workstation. The contents included:

Verified violations of containment ethics and improper anomaly use

Audio testimonies from junior personnel subjected to gaslighting and procedural intimidation

A signed letter to Internal Affairs titled “To Those Who Still Stand”

Vas’s transmission had failed mid-upload, possibly due to a local firewall override.

0704 hours

Second Lieutenant Preliminary and Blackwood coordinated cross-interviews with command staff. Deputy Director Elsbeth Coyne claimed no awareness of Vas’s report. However, Psalm later recovered internal communications from Coyne's terminal including:

“Vas is well-meaning but out of his depth. Give him a corner office and no paper to push.”

“Promote him or stall him, but stop him. IA won’t act unless there’s a body.”

By then, they had one.

0733 hours

Operative Gavel uncovered the full, final version of Vas’s report hidden in the subfloor beneath his bed. Inside was his security badge, folded once down the middle and sealed inside a latex glove.

A final note, scrawled in his handwriting, was attached:

“This place survives if someone tells the truth. Today, that someone has to be me.”

0815 hours

Blackwood stood silently over Vas’s desk for several minutes before speaking. His words were recorded in the team’s log:

“He was offered every reason to stop. He didn’t. He picked the hardest path and walked it without a name behind him. He gave them every out, and when they took none, he gave us the truth.”

3. Field Reflections

Operative Psalm

“He left everything. Every detail. He didn’t hope we’d come. He trusted we would. That’s heavier than hope.”

Operative Gavel

“Most people fold long before anyone leans on them. Vas didn’t fold. He knew the cost.”

Operative Curtesy

“He didn’t want to be a hero. Just someone who did the right thing, even when no one else would. I want to be that kind of someone.”

Second Lieutenant Preliminary

“His name was on the report, on every page. He didn’t hide. And now, neither can they.”

4. Command Review and Recognition

Following mission closure, Captain Justice issued the following to the Ethics Committee:

“Emil Vas stood where we all should. He died proving the Foundation can still be saved from itself. I move to enshrine his name where our best belong.”

Article 9 Recognition Approved

Emil Vas is posthumously inducted into the Ethics Archive of Honor, reserved for individuals who acted on principle in defiance of institutional fear.

A replica of his badge, still folded, now hangs in the Omega-1 memorial wing. The plaque reads:

“He chose to speak. So we never forget to listen.”

5. Enforcement Actions

Subject Status

Emil Vas Deceased. Commendation archived and formalized.

Deputy Director Coyne Removed. Tribunal scheduled.

Site Director and three senior staff Suspended. Ethics audit in full effect.

Omega-1 Team Commended for legacy preservation and full report recovery.

6. Addendum – Private Log, Second Lieutenant Blackwood

“He could’ve lived quietly. He was offered silence with perks, promotions, handshakes. He refused. Not once. Not ever. Secretary used to say some men build shields out of truth. Vas did. And when the wall cracked, he made sure the message still got through. I’ll carry that shield now. And I won’t let them forget who built it.”

Operation MAN OF HONOR concluded. Tribunal proceedings underway. Archive updated. Ethics Committee formally notified.

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