THE UNKNOWN · THE PLOTS · WEEK 4

The First Alias

Work the case by doing the math. One marker at a time.
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RANK ON COMPLETION: CADET WEEK 4

LT. IRIS LOCKE: "An alias is a variable wearing a coat. Strip the coat with arithmetic and see who shivers."
THE MISSING VALUES DOCKET // EPISODE 1 // THE FIRST ALIAS
Case file one. A signature authorizes payments all over the county: Mr. Gray. There is no Mr. Gray. There is a ledger with positive and negative entries, and a man hiding in the difference.
THE CASE Shell officer Percy Vail signs as Mr. Gray on accounts that swing positive and negative by the same amounts, two days apart. Solve the swings and the coat comes off.
Filed by the quartermaster, Pippa George.
Crew name: Class key:
The run will not start without a name. Ten markers, three hint tiers each. Written work handed in class is the gate: no paper, no credit.

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