TO UNIT 3 Chicago
FROM DIRECTOR
IMPORTANCE: Critical
SUBJECT Specimen Retrieval
TARGET Shadowy hunter-killer teams, ID'ed via signature kills worldwide.
Identifiable only by skull-spine removal from victims. No witnesses, no
forensics, no particular race targeted. On rare occasions, scraps of
what appear to be playing cards found at murder sites.
OBJECTIVE Locate and capture any member of such teams. MUST be taken
alive for study and observation.
AUTHORIZATION APPROVED FOR USE OF OUTSIDE CONTRACTOR Individual ID'ed
only as Cross and his team. A pure mercenary outfit, well known
throughout criminal underworld--no inside informants available.
Ruthless, undeterred by risk, rumored never to fail, but UNDER NO
CIRCUMSTANCES to be trusted. No known political or social objective, but
has proven treacherous when retained by government in the past.
UPDATE Cross and his team claim to have identified a pattern to the
signature-kills, and believe they can predict a forthcoming strike. They
are prepared to personally confront-and-capture, but financial
arrangement alone not sufficient. What you describe as a Get Out of Jail
Free card is hereby APPROVED.