Handout 04: the letter of authority
An in-world university document, not a run. The most valuable object in run 04, and it is a piece of paper.
Print it: handout-04-letter-of-authority.pdf. One typed page, ready to hand over. Everything below is the same document as text.
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES Institute of Thaumaturgical Studies · Field Operations Kinsey Hall, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles
LETTER OF AUTHORITY · FIELD RECOVERY 60-118
Date: ________________
To whom it may concern.
The persons named below are engaged by this Institute as its agents for the recovery of Institute property from the site described, and are authorized to enter upon that site, to take possession of the listed property, and to transport it to this Institute. They act on the Institute's instruction and the property is the Institute's throughout.
| Site | The unincorporated parcel above Las Flores Canyon, Malibu, reached by the fire road from Rambla Pacifico. Uninsurable, unowned, no registered proprietor since 2054 |
| Property | Per the manifest overleaf, being instruments, samples and records deposited by Institute survey team 58-04 and not since recovered |
| Period | Fourteen days from the date above, extendable on application |
Named agents#
| 1 | ________________________________ |
| 2 | ________________________________ |
| 3 | ________________________________ |
| 4 | ________________________________ |
| 5 | ________________________________ |
| 6 | ________________________________ |
Agents may be added by the undersigned by endorsement. A person named here is an agent of the Institute for the purposes of this recovery only.
Insurance#
The Institute's field policy (Coast Underwriting, GL/UC-2210) is extended to cover the named agents, one vehicle, and the property in transit, for the period above. This endorsement is made by the undersigned on the Institute's authority.
Requests#
Any person having an interest in the site is requested to permit the agents to pass and to contact the undersigned rather than obstruct them. Any peace officer, patrol contractor or private security service is requested to do likewise.
Dr. June Halloran, Associate Director, Field Operations Institute of Thaumaturgical Studies, UCLA (signed, and stamped with the Institute's die-struck seal)
Overleaf: recovery manifest, survey team 58-04#
| # | Item | Approx. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Instrument cases, three | 20 kg each | Serial numbers on the cases, listed in the deposit record |
| 2 | Core-sample tubes, rack of thirty | 60 kg | Fragile. Rack does not disassemble |
| 3 | Data drive, one | — | Survey team's working record. Priority item |
| 4 | Field notebooks, two | — | Hand-written. Priority item |
Nothing else at that site is Institute property and nothing else is authorized.