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The following is a transcript of a tape found in a box labeled as "pathogenic materials"

Hello, I'm Doctor Richards, and I'm here to explain what our neural emulation initiative is all about.

Neural emulation was born from initial research conducted by federal organisations around the globe. Results related to LSD & other psychoactive substances administration, torture methods, and electromagnetic treatments, among others were used to build the foundation of what we call a NEURAL EMULATION. Of course torture methods are fairly questionable, so we have explored non-violent alternatives to aquire similar results.

So, what exactly is "Neural emulation"?

Neural emulation is a process by which neural paths of separated people can be linked and modified, and each individual can act as a proxy for the other. By use of external stimulation and R.E.M. phase induction, subjects can be lead into a state we call the blank slate or induction state. In this state, the mind is oblivious to the sense of danger or present. Moreover, in this state the subject will act as a sponge. With little to none previous conditioning, the subjects will intepret some stimuli on a mechanical fashion.

We hypothesise that the human brain can connect with other in the right circumstances. In order to provide those circumstances, subjetcs must be submited to a psychological and physiological tests. They will be exposed to psycadelics in great concentrations, sedation and also imagery and audio.

Psycadelics and the sedation will leave our subjects in a state of mind which could be easily manipulated. To prove that mainuplation is real the audiovisual material that will be shown to them has been carefully selected. Yet that is not enough. We have to provide a system which can give us feedback on what the subject is really going through.

This system is still in an early phase of development, but nontheless is allows to obtain preliminary results which could be used to further refine the experiments. By use of electrodes and extremely demanding computing power, we were able to render frames from the visualizations experienced by the subjects by a technology we are still developing, called the Image capture module for N.E.S.. This has been tested on animals such as monkeys and orangutans, where we found encouraging results when these were exposed to memorable and pleasurable experiences such as new food and new toys.

It's our opinion that this method could be used to access the subconcious and aquire information without the subject needing to actively participate in any interrogation-like experience.

But, why?

You see, even when the main focus of the mind is on the freshest of memories, subconcious mind can easily disrupt in this state, slightly altering or distorting the pictures obtained.

To illustrate I'll use an example from our latest animal experiments on isolated individuals:

Here's is a picture of the subject's natural habitat. You can see it clearly as it was shown to subject IWF1853. Subject was exposed to this image for 24 hours in the induction state, and then introduced to one of our testing chambers where he was monitored for the next 24 hours. In that time we were able to render 60 low-resolution images from the electric signals detected by our equipment. The first set of images 1-7 seems to show what resembles a habitat much like it was shown to subject IWF1853. From there on, a more complex image was obtained as some elements seemed to pop in. This… is the 59th image we captured. As you can see, a cage is in between our subject and the background. Is to be noted that Subject IWF1853 was born in captivity, and it appears that he associated the cage as something "natural".

The 60th image is similar, but an antropomorphic figure in a suit resembling our haz-mat equipment can be seen.

After this render the subject started showing signs of physical distress and his vital signs became erratic. He was removed from the chamber and recovered in isolation with intensive care from our staff.

Success.

Our Neural emulation program will take this a step further, with a promise of unlimited information gathering and undetectable side-effects.

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