Bloodshot's Secret Identity...REVEALED!

2000 hours: Freedom Corps Headquarters; Paragon City

Tania Lockemont entered the Freedom Corps base after having a long conversation with Bloodshot at the Dawn Patrol base and
walked up to the person she was there to meet. Smiling, she reaches out to give her a hug. “Good evening Jessica. How are you?”

Jessica Duncan; also known as the Heroine Ms. Liberty returns the hug “Tania! Its so good to see you. I heard you had returned,
but I hadn’t had the chance to come by and visit you yet. What brings you by?”

Tania raises a single eyebrow “You really need to ask?”

“Bloodshot.”

Tania nods and asks, “Can we sit down and talk?”

Jessica nods to her and says, “Follow me.” She leads Tania through the HQ building. They reach her office in Longbow Division and
takes a seat on a comfy looking couch, motioning for Tania to do the same. “So how do we handle this?”

“Simple. Restore his clearance and allow him go back to work without having to look over his shoulder every five minutes wondering
he’s going to get it yanked again due to every unsubstantiated rumor or uncorroborated piece of evidence put forth by a known villain
bent on embarrassing him and other members of the Dawn Patrol. I mean since when do the authorities not give Heroes the same rights
afforded to every criminal we ever apprehend? Suddenly its Guilty until proven innocent? This whole rescinding of his clearance is
absolute tripe and you know it.”

Jessica chuckles and says “Nice to see your gift for words hasn’t changed. Ultimately revoking Bloodshot’s clearance wasn’t my call.
It came from on high. You have proof that it wasn’t him on that video?”

Tania takes a jump drive out of a belt pouch and handed it to Jessica. “After Monstra attempted to infiltrate our base we decided to
take some upgraded security measures. Our base entrance portal was shut down and the entry algorithm was changed. I had a squad from
our own Internal Affairs, called Morgan Division, come over from Britain. Extensive medical testing, including DNA testing and mental
scans were done of all members.”

“Once that was completed and we were sure of who we had, each member of the Dawn Patrol was given a new navcomm that attaches to the
wrist of their uniform. Along with the normal functions like comms, gps, and onboard computer on there, we had the new portal algorithm
uploaded and some… other security measures. The unit sends out a continuous gps signal to our base computer letting us keep track of their
location along with keeping track of their vital signs and mental patterns, to make sure that nothing has changed significantly from the
new baseline we established.”

Jessica listens closely as Tania continues. “Other functions include if a member loses consciousness or someone attempts to remove the navcomm
without entering a security code known only to that particular member and our Morgan Division, it automatically sends out a priority alert
to all Dawn Patrol members to respond to the location of the fallen member. There is also one more security measure that only Morgan Division
and I know about.” Tania hesitates and says, “I need your word that this part stays between the two of us Jess.”

“You’ve got it.”

Tania nods and says “If a member inputs the code to remove the navcomm, it automatically sends a video and audio signal to the Morgan Division
offices at Homeland HQ. It records thirty minutes of video and audio to ensure that the member isn’t being forced to remove it under duress.
The same thing happens when the navcomm is placed back on the member and activated. Homeland wasn’t even going to tell me about it, under Lady Jane’s
orders. Once the Queen heard though, she insisted that I be informed. I don’t like it being done, but when I objected to the procedure, I got
overruled and told the policy could be reviewed once Monstra was captured."

Jessica nods and says “Your secret is safe with me. I’m surprised that the Queen is being kept in the loop on Dawn Patrol internal procedures
though. I’d think that she’d have more pressing issues to worry about, despite the fact that you’re related to her.”

“There’s a…” Tania hesitates for a moment before saying “Lets just keep it as saying that Lady Jane and I do not see eye to eye, and she is not
wholly trusted by a good majority of the Dawn Patrol or by Buckingham. Call it an extremely bad decision she made in the past. So the Queen is
keeping abreast of things and making sure that things are on the up and up. If there’s something she thinks I need to know, she tells me.”

“Sounds like there’s quite a story there. Wish I could hear it.” She plugs in the jump drive and says, “So I’m guessing that this is going to
show navcomm data from Bloodshot to prove it wasn’t him on the video?”

Tania waits for the data to be uploaded to Jessica’s computer and points at the data being shown. “So, this shows all the data accumulated by the
navcomm since it was issued to Bloodshot. His vitals and all, along with his location. As you can see here…” Tania points to a specific place “….
Bloodshot was in Kings Row at the time of the video broadcast in the Rogue Isles. And you can see that Bloodshot hasn’t removed his new navcomm
since it was issued to him.” Tania shakes her head and says “He really needs to learn how to take some down time… Anyway, I should think that this
should be enough to clear his status and reactivate his Hero Clearance.”

Jessica nods and says “Yeah, I agree. Frankly I argued against rescinding it in the first place without a proper investigation, but we’ve got an
Assistant Director that is leaning a bit too much on the “advice” of Hero Corps.”

Tania snorts “Hero Corps is no better than a criminal organization. A bunch of thugs and money hungry execs only out to pad their pockets.”

“I don’t disagree with you. So, anything else I need to know about?”

“There is one more thing, some actual conduct on Bloodshot’s part that could be considered…questionable.” Tania explains for several minutes.
Jessica finally says “For sure it wasn’t the best judgement on his part, but I don’t see the need of any severe punishment. I know you’ll be keeping
an eye on him. Let’s call it three months of probation on his clearance.”

Tania smiles and says, “I appreciate the help Jessica.” They stand up and Tania gives her another hug. “You should come by my place sometime to hang
out for non-business reasons. You can meet my daughters.”

“Wait, you’re a mother now? Get out!”

Tania laughs and says, “As I said, come on over sometime.”

“I will do that. I can’t wait to meet them. Well let me get started on this stuff. I’ll comm you when its finished.

“Thanks Jess. Talk to you later.” Tania heads out of the office.