Theogiorick punitive expedition

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The Theogiorick punitive expedition was a campaign organised by the armed forces of the Benacian Union, Normark, and the Suren Confederacy aimed at the eradication of the Theogiorick enclave of an invasive alien species under the influence of a forbidden artificial intelligence.

Preliminary steps

Initial efforts revolved around inhibiting the ability of the artificial intelligence interface, masquerading as a digitised persona of Elijah Ayreon, to access the fragmented and decentralised global information networks operated on Micras. As the Defence Against Anomalous Phenomena had recently been degraded by a malicious cyberattack launched by rogue elements within the Imperial Forces of Shireroth, the primary effort against "Eli" was undertaken by the Commission for the Panopticon. The work of protecting the Benacian Data Network against intrusion, and isolating the points of interface exploited by Eli with regards to less secure global "internets", was the work of "Office G", a relatively small and specialist group, established in 1716 AN to focus upon "Cryptology & Linguistics" with an expansive remit which intruded significantly onto the digital domain.

Another significant focus of early activity was on the neutralisation of the gravship known as the "Kaiser Ayreon" which the stranded alien force at Theogiorick had been permitted to retain after the armistice concluded with the Raspur Pact.