HRC-PROT-86

Halcyon Protocol, bound volume 1986

Dated: 1979–1986
Kind: Document
Chapter: Chapter One: The Nightwatch Ledger

Nine years bound by year. 1986 is three times thicker than any other.

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THE HALCYON PROTOCOL — BOUND VOLUMES BY YEAR

1979   88 pages    mean observation period 8h 00m
1980  102 pages    mean observation period 8h 00m
1981   96 pages    mean observation period 8h 00m
1982  110 pages    mean observation period 8h 00m
1983   94 pages    mean observation period 8h 00m
1984  118 pages    mean observation period 8h 00m
1985  126 pages    mean observation period 8h 02m
1986  391 pages    mean observation period 11h 14m

From March 1986 the periods lengthen. Not gradually — in steps, and each step
follows a movement of gel 114 out of the cold store and back.

11 Mar: 9h. 02 Apr: 10h. 19 May: 11h. 07 Jul: 12h. 23 Aug: 13h. 14 Sep: 13h 30m.

12 Nov: 14h 06m.

Somebody was walking a line forward one hour at a time and writing down where
it got to.

This document is fiction, written for ADRENOCHROME: The Halcyon Protocol. It does not describe any real facility, programme or person.

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