I think you did an excellent job in accomplishing your goal here. I love the nonchalant demeanor in which Phil somewhat expects the UN raid, like it’s a monthly inspection or something.
I’m not quite geeky enough to understand what that email says, but I love the authenticity of it. It feels very natural and real. Very well done.

I’d have to echo John on the authentic, gritty feel to it all, not at all dressed up for the sake of drama but left ‘as is’.

Thanks guys, authenticity was exactly what I was going for here. John put us into a great position to turn the tables and arm our protagonist with some valuable information. I always enjoy when that sort of thing isn’t delivered on a silver platter but the characters have to work at it.

The email format for the ficlet was something I was also waiting for an opportunity to play with and I’m semi-satisfied with the results.

Very nice. Now I am going to have to rack my brain for a suitable follow up – should have something by tomorrow. Good night, all :-D

It’s great…I haven’t read the prequel, so there’s a wonderful mystery to this due to my lack of context.

Thoroughly enjoyed!

Nice job with the very technical and believable e-mails and description of the UN troops as if this happens every day.

I’ll echo the sentiments of the others in saying it seemed realistic enough of an email, although I have no clue what it’s talking about. And the response to the raid was priceless.