Re: You can't Hide what's Inside (Archer)
Pam had hit the jackpot. Well, not exactly, but there were at least three or four leads here, though nothing solid in its own right. There was definately something strange going on with the development of the city itself, though it was very well covered up.
For starters, it seemed that the moderization that occured around sixty years ago was helped along quite a bit by a few big corperations. There were five or so, never all funding one project, but generally linked together in more then one place with each of the others. All had their headquarters in the city, spread out nearly evenly, in fact, if the student remembered where these buildings were. They were pretty public and big name, after all, it was just very few would probably ever know how deeply connected they were!
Next, there were alot of government contracts involving the military and other R&D located in Clover Grove. Many of such were common knowledge, after all, the countryside was desert, very good for weapons testing, aided by two major bases East of the city, everyone knew about those. However, there was alot of funds unaccounted for, or codewords and projects that only their name was known. Some covert stuff to be sure, and as such, Pam would have to do more digging on that to know where to look next down that lead's line.
There was also, of course, the stories about government corruption. City officals were pretty shady in these parts, sometimes, and while every once in awhile a big story would break and a scandal would happen, for the most part nobody suspected anything big, just small time power plays, but upon closer inspection, there were alot of links between corrupt officals and the afore mentioned "big five" of Clover Grove. The seat of government was nearby, and might have more answers, but it was deeper towards downtown, and therefore probably more dangerous.
Lastly, there were some conspiracy theoroys about strange animals, both of the giant, hairy, man-like ape variety and the sea-monster type. Every place had them, world-wide, generally, but Clover Grove had alot more of these types of things it seemed. After all, within this country, all the urban ledges seemed to take place on this coast, though most of the time up North, not down here in the desert, but still... Either way, while no follow ups presented themselves on this lead, it was something to keep in mind.