EMTERR

The 'Decreto de Recaptura Cívica', a set of regulations from 81. Drinking age raised to 16, limits on public assembly, and stringent gun laws. All tied to 'stabilisation' packages arranged by EMTERR.

"Dad thought certain words said into the right phone gets you attention from the wrong people. He was convinced EMTERR was behind it all."

"After saying the keywords, I woke up in a secret EMTERR jail."

"EMTERR?"

"Maurito said your dad thought EMTERR had it tapped?"

"So you're saying EMTERR got Gilmar, and then they got your dad?"

"So you're saying your father said some special words on that payphone, and EMTERR got him?"

"Why did he think it was EMTERR making people vanish?"

Who he is doesn't matter to EMTERR. It's what he did...

"I think I may have seen your father in the files of a secret EMTERR jail."

"And what's the EMTERR type according to Bagman?"

"I can confirm that he was taken by EMTERR."

"I might give EMTERR a ring."

"Your dad was onto something -- EMTERR is disappearing people. I just got interrogated in a secret jail by the Quisach roundabout."

Why would EMTERR care about a couple of impressionable old men?

If you don't get back on track, there's a chance you'll both end up in an EMTERR work camp.

"But you know what happened to your dad. EMTERR got him."

"I didn't tell you before, but EMTERR got him -- he's been deported."

"His friend, Gilmar, called him from that phone after he'd spent the night following around some EMTERR guys. They were both big into the conspiracy stuff."

"I can confirm that he was taken by EMTERR."

"I'm gonna give EMTERR a ring."

EMTERR, a.k.a. L'Empire sans Territoire, a.k.a. 'The Bank'. Equal parts global development fund and spy service. Linchpin of the Developed World.

It also doesn't make sense... Karolina was the one who was uncovered in the EMTERR-backed dream study...

Operant CYLINDER (Status: LOST) was convinced EMTERR were behind it -- though he could not ultimately prove it.

EMTERR, a.k.a. L'Empire sans Territoire, a.k.a. 'The Bank'. Equal parts global development fund and spy service. Linchpin of the Developed World.

If your read is correct... this place is EMTERR.

EMTERR is finally investing seriously in the Arts.

If your read is correct... this place is EMTERR.

EMTERR, a.k.a. L'Empire sans Territoire, a.k.a. 'The Bank'. Equal parts global development fund and spy service. Linchpin of the Developed World.

Hold on... this place is connected to EMTERR?

'ESZTI NEWITZ, HEAD OF HUMAN CAPITAL, EMTERR.' A familiar name, stamped in green ink.

Hold on... this place is connected to EMTERR?

"What did you need all that EMTERR money for?"

"We received a generous grant through EMTERR's foundation for basic research, though I have to say it was an uneasy match."

"It was all technically EMTERR property -- the machinery, the data. They took it all. We were only left with one unit -- barely functional, not even with the cost to move, they said. And then someone stole that too."

"But you know about this already. Mind you, after EMTERR closed the Dream Study, certain things came out about Gonzalo's activities that led to his trouble with the medical board."

"When her turn as a participant concluded she begged me to stay on. I thought, 'Well, what harm?' There was no real limit on our grant from EMTERR, and Gonzalo agreed we needed an assistant of sorts."

"EMTERR pulled their support, the study was shut down within days. All our data seized. I was investigated too, of course. Along with Gonzalo. The official part dragged on for several years before they finally closed it."

"Because you got into bed with EMTERR?"

"EMTERR."

"Definitely an EMTERR dead drop. They're going to fuck us again."

"Question, Yana: Why's an EMTERR operant with weird headphones shooting at me?"

"From EMTERR, basically." (Lie a little bit.)

"So not the Weeping Eye... EMTERR... That one's the Big Bank, right?"

"I could've sworn the headphone guy was with the Luzians... But you say EMTERR, again." She exhales dark smoke. "Either way, doesn't matter. He's a midnight prick, like you."

"EMTERR got him. Know anything about them?"

"How did you discern that he's EMTERR?"

"How are we to divide credit between three bureaus -- EMTERR, ourselves, and M.I.H.O.?"

"EMTERR..."

"The Opera. He's EMTERR."