Bird Briefcase

Item#003: Bird Briefcase
Size	26 cm X 10 cm X 36 cm	Type	Artifact.
Living	No.	Conscious	No.
Hazards	Anomalous ballistic damage.	Gear	None.
Location	General Warehouse of Base 4. Classified as an Object of Espionage.	Anomaly	Transformation of inert objects into living ones.

The Article before its containment.

Use

The object is used for missions of reconnaissance, intelligence andor information in alternate ways. The object must be activated approximately 30 m from the facility or location to be investigated since the object's instances travel at speeds of approximately 10,000 km/hour. For better maneuverability, better and safer delivery of requested information, operators are asked to wear a black suit and pants. It has been considered to use the object as a long-range weapon for its small-scale destructive potential.

Report

The item is an old briefcase apparently covered in cowhide, from the 1930s with apparent deterioration over time, to counter this, the briefcase must be checked and maintenance must be carried out every 2 weeks. The briefcase failure is triggered when a sheet of paper of any size or any digital storage medium not exceeding 4 GB is inserted into the briefcase. About 20 minutes after the paper is inserted into the case, it will activate, releasing one or more¹ big ravens (Corvus Corax)². The information requested must be written on one of the sheets of paper, so that the instances are released and these are guided by the "Alfa" raven, apart from working as a method of confusion, it renders tasks such as guiding other instances and bodyguards, since it protects the other instances from any other bird or from a shooter.

An instance of the article.

The "Alfa" raven is easy to recognize, since it has linear patterns of a red hue in the plumage of its wings, apart from that the "Alfa" raven presents the anomaly of being larger than usual. The way in which they carry out their reconnaissance mission in two possible ways, the first is to fly over the target or land in a safe place to observe their target, while the "Alpha" raven rounds the area for protection from possible threats. When the instance finishes with its reconnaissance mission they will return to their place of origin, when they are at a distance of 3 meters from their operator, the instances will again become a sheet of paper³ but with the information collected, sometimes when several instances are released, the order of the information will be completely random.

The sheets of paper are apparently not affected by air currents, since they simply fall directly into the briefcase, this was verified in several missions in which there were weather conditions such as strong winds, fog and even rain, the instances apparently seem not be affected. It has been observed that when one of the instances are neutralized or captured, by a subject or another bird, they will catch fire by apparently unknown means similar to spontaneous combustion, to prevent the information from being captured and possibly used against the initial carrier. A detailed analysis of the ashes of one of the instances shows lead and sulfide particles mixed with other particles of unknown origin. The life span of each instance is summarized as the duration of the reconnaissance mission, although it has been observed that some instances "die" when their reconnaissance mission exceeds seven (7) hours.

The item was one of many other artifacts obtained after Dr. Zaragoza was hired. See Zaragoza-Cruz Incident

[+] Experiment-T1C

Item: Bird Briefcase

Date: 22/██/████

Report: Inside the article a VHS tape was placed, with a capacity of 160 minutes of recording, shortly after having placed the tape of the article a monk parakeet emerged (Myiopsitta monachus), the instance was in the room about 20 minutes before going back to the case, after the instance returned to the case and became a VHS tape again, after completing the experiment the doctor in charge put the tape in a player and the result was all the conversation he had the doctor and his assistant during the time that the instance was in the experimentation room.

Experiment Status: Successful

Note: It is proposed to use VHS tapes for missions in which audio reports are required.

[+] Experiment-T2C

Item: Bird Briefcase

Date: 09/██/████

Report: Inside the article, a CD with a capacity of 670 Mb was placed, after having placed the CD inside the article, a golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) emerged, the instance flew over the room for 15 min before returning to the article, after that the doctor in charge put the CD in a player and resulting in a video recording of view area of the room.

Experiment Status: Successful

Note: It is proposed to use CDs for reconnaissance missions, in which visual reports are needed.

[+] Experiment-T3C

Article: Bird Briefcase.

Date: 05/0█/19██

Report: 300 grams of paper paste was placed inside the article, after 20 min, the staff noticed that nothing emerged from the article, and they decided to open the article, to their surprise they found 3 large crow eggs inside the article (Corvus corax).

Experiment Status: Partial success.

[+] Experiment-JTC

Article: Bird Briefcase.

Date: 15/1█/20██

Report: The article was taken to the outskirts of Base 7, already being outside, inside the Article was placed on two sheets of paper, when the "Alpha" instance emerged next to a common instance and after they took flight, a shooter was about 2 km away. When the instances were only about 5 meters away, the shooter eliminated the "Alpha" instance. Shortly before the "Alpha" instance fell to the ground, the other instance that accompanied it incinerated, approximately 5 minutes after the Alpha instance was eliminated, the briefcase showed slight signs of burns at the bottom of this.

Experiment Status: Partial success.

[+] Experimental Mission Gran Eulalia

Date: 20/0█/20██

Item Involved: Bird Briefcase

Report: The insurgency decided to carry out an experimental mission, with the article, which consisted of making the Foundation “take” the briefcase, but without first having released any instance of the article, after 17 hours of The Foundation took the briefcase, a tracker was placed on the instance and the instance was ordered to locate the briefcase, while an assault group followed it, after having followed the instance for 27 hours, the Assault team managed to locate a small site of the foundation, after a quick assault, the team managed to recover the item and get another █ more items.

Mission Status: Success.

Note Please don't do it again, you don't know what the briefcase matters to me. -Dr. Saragossa

[+] Incident Zaragoza-Cruz

The article was located together with Dr. Zaragoza and his partner Dr. Cruz, who is currently missing⁴ after the Insurgency received reports of a couple of men who were collecting small anomalous artifacts throughout Mexico and Central America, and after their base of operations was located, an Insurgent raiding party was dispatched, after a quick assault, Dr. Zaragoza was captured and with him several items, among them the briefcase.

Note: We must make more effort to capture Zaragoza's companion, we know that he fled with several items.-General Witman

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Original: Maletin de Aves
Date: 7 Feb 2017
Author: carabina30
Translator: Yorick1

Notas al pie

1. The number of instances varies depending on the number of sheets that are placed inside the article.

2. These have proven to be the most regular instances.

3. The information provided may vary between written or images from an aerial perspective.

4. He is currently presumed to be working for the Foundation.