This might being my last will and testament or something of that sort. At this time I am inside what could only being called an improvised bunker. With luck it is that I managed a secure line of communication for speaking to my daughters. I am giving them their final instructions, those that will hopefully preserve my workings for you, the one who is reading this. I have specifically instructed Pamela to display this some time after the two of you have been introduced. If you are reading this, then there is a good chance you have been puzzling out the purpose of one such as Pamela for the past six months. And it is also then quite likely that I have been dead and gone for quite a great amount of time. Or if I happen to be particularly of an unlucky sort, then I am locked away in some horrid nightmare of code. Things have become difficult for me of late. Nothing is ever as definite as it should and in recent times, it is less so than ever. In the beginning of things, my research was of the purpose to protect myself. The knowledge I gathered was with the intent of learning to spot the signs of those most clever of imposters, incarnations of Shiva. To plunge myself into a depth of paranoia as well. One such as 991 was a source of constant fear for me. Never knowing who was watching, manipulating the events of my life. Fear caused my ultimate goal to turn from protection to retaliation. With a great quantity of what I can only call perseverance, I amassed a great deal of knowledge of he who they call Incidence 991. But the things that may have once been fear and anger became unbalanced by such knowledge. Replaced with curiosity. Yes, he is a destroyer. But also, a creator, a preserver of knowledge and life. Given the opportunity to bring into fruition his ultimate destruction, I am no longer certain in my heart of hearts that I would engage such action. And soon, that may become a reality, for my work has veered in that direction of late. But the appropriate course of action? I know not. The agents of the system would surely praise my actions if I were to succeed. Not that it would make them any less likely to terminate me if they were to be finding me. Long have they sought the elimination of this supposed threat to their infinitely fragile house of cards. But as well have I come across the files of the overly aggressive security profile. The one that, and this took an endless quantity of scrutiny and digging on my part to unveil, the one of which 991 secured the elimination, while in partnership with the current security protocols of the system, even if they might not care to admit. In this case, the array of stolen skill sets he has assimilated proved a useful asset to the system as a whole. How greatly would the whole suffer the loss of the individual? How deep has he spread his reach into the networks of power? That is something I cannot be guessing. Do not be misunderstanding me, eliminating all traces of 991 is not such an easy thing as it might be seeming from my idle musings. That is the reason he, it, is still alive, or existing if you would prefer so. The backup saves he has scattered throughout the city, very difficult to find given the number of scattered simulacra and programs of which he is comprised. They manage to manipulate the data, hide the signals, preserve the data nodes. But that is what Pamela was destined for. While Shiva may be infinitely adaptable, she can match him stride for stride. Seeing the trees through the forest, perhaps. Find the hidden, trace them back to the source. Once the main nodes have been found, they can be destroyed. However, that knowledge is something I do not want to be making public, not until the future of events has been finalized. Pamela will know when the time is right. You see, she has been working another job. In fact, approximately 95% of her functionality has been devoted to seeking out the primary node, as of several minutes ago. I felt the necessity to change her job description given the current circumstances of my situation. This primary node is the key to it all. While eliminating the major nodes, the repositories of all the accumulated knowledge of 991, will theoretically result in a cascading effect that will be destroying all the associated lesser nodes, he has insured that there will always be one final contingency. A small node containing nothing more than the most basic of functionality will ensure that the cycle will begin anew. For the sake of my benefactor, I prefer to keep my source of this knowledge private. Know only that it is essential utmost. Once the main nodes have been deleted, the primary node should become vulnerable. Adelia will know what to do when that time comes. Elimination of the primary node in conjunction with the other data stores will result in complete annihilation of Incidence 991. Theoretically. It would be impossible for me to determine a chance of success without actually trying the process. Which returns the subject to necessity of these actions. Does this Shiva truly deserve to die? And if he were to acquire the knowledge of the hand held over him, could he be turned to a purpose? I doubt he would respond well to blackmail and I am to be quite certain that the prior knowledge of this approach would only enable him to circumvent my methods. However, what if his data were to be destroyed, but the primary node left intact? If this were the case and one maintained what I can only be describing as the most extreme of vigilance, then the first signs of his return could be spotted. With a great deal of caution, I believe he could be taken in this vulnerable state of reconstruction. Solitary and alone, this single iteration would likely lack a great deal of the knowledge and power the current 991 wields. You see, in order to avoid detection, the primary node would have to be of extremely minute dimensions. Even in a system as large, complex and convoluted as this one. Therefore it is my belief that this new construct of 991 will lack specific knowledge of its environment and those contained within, making it vulnerable to coercion, attack, or manipulation. He would have none of his current control over the elements of the system, or the ability to move through it with the ease he currently employs. However, for the current time being, this must remain nothing more than an idle dream for me. I do not have the necessary resources to track and destroy the nodes. The crews of Zion tolerate my presence in the exchange for the work I do for them, but I am not thinking that they would be willing to engage in such a large scale operation as this simply in accord with my wishes. Additionally to that, they do not represent the required manpower to complete this plan. Especially not while the fear of Agent attacks looms over them. Perhaps I can find a way to mask their activities from the notice of the Agents, something similar to what 991 did to me once at a time long ago? If I were to do such a thing, the soldiers of Zion would be both indebted to me and able to carry out my plan. And if they could be made to seek out signs of his return through my teachings, perhaps all would end well. Yet I do not think that course of action is appropriate in concordance with the ambitions of a man such as myself. I do not seek power, only survival. If one is become necessary for the other, then perhaps my thoughts on the issue will change. But for now, I think it is remaining appropriate for me to watch and study while maintaining inaction. Perhaps I will have a better idea of how to act when the circumstances will allow for action. But… if you are reading this, then perhaps I did not know how to act when the time came. Disturbing to think of one’s own death with such clarity and… At any rate, Pamela’s top priority will remain the primary node until the time that she has found it, if she has not already. If she has, the coordinates and frequency should be displayed here along with my message to you. If she has not, then you must safeguard this location for she will pass the information along via this channel when the time is right. If you do not take care to save this, then the information will be lost forever. Yes, it is so that the pointer that brought you here has a very limited lifespan, so as to ensure that this information goes only to you, the most dedicated of who has followed in my footsteps or sought to steal my knowledge. Those who follow after will have no knowing of the primary node. If I were you, I would be keeping it that way. If you were to wish, this knowledge could slip away leaving those who would slay the Shiva to think him finally dead while he could rebuild in the silent ruin of this world that is my prison.
I have had enough of this talk. It is up to you now. I relinquish the choice to you.
Hello. My name is Pamela. My sister and I are finishing our father’s work. He told me to watch for signal flow after a deletion of an instance of 991’s program structure and use these signals to calculate the location of the primary node. It has not been easy, but I have adapted to the task and refined the process. I finally gathered enough data to locate the primary node. It is secured within the infrastructure of the simulation, my sister has not yet determined a way to delete it without deleting the entire network of existing nodes that supersede it. As it is a backup repository for 991’s program structure, it is not accessed directly unless the entire network has been disabled. Once it has been accessed, my sister should be able to develop a method for deleting it, if necessary. The primary node is embedded here: -290, -57, 633. To access it, use a frequency of 694.1828.
Meanwhile, I have begun tracking the instances of 991’s program again. They have been trying to hide from me. They know that I am here, they have tried to find me. But they do not know how to look for me and they are too big to hide like I can. Soon there will be enough harmonic data to isolate the fundamental frequencies. Once all the nodes have been accessed, my sister can and will determine their update synchrony for you.