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The first wreckage/shard pair has "gallows" as the wreckage. In that opening statement, we also read: "Whether or not you agree with what was done to the informer after we intercepted this email..." implying they did something bad. They likely killed (maybe they hanged?) the informer. The second successful wreckage/shard pair has "gasoline" as the wreckage. In that shard, we find a mother who cannot get to her child in part because her old gasoline-only engine seized up and she couldn't complete the mandatory child-rearing classes she was assigned. We currently have a wreckage, "sickle", that lacks a shard. If sickle's a reference to Communism, then perhaps there's a clue somewhere around Be The Hammer? --[[User:Mr z|Mr z]] 13:11, 14 March 2007 (PDT)
:Speaking of links between wreckage names, note the definition of "atropine":
:''A poisonous, bitter, crystalline alkaloid, C17H23NO3, obtained from belladonna and other related plants. It is used to dilate the pupils of the eyes and as an antispasmodic.'' (courtesy The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition)
:So atropine directly links back to 2 other wreckages, "belladonna" & "bitter", as well as being a possible reference to Opal (its effects on the eyes) &/or Parepin (antispasmodic = calms certain organs down, in a sense...ok, maybe this one is a stretch ;). (For the hell of it, Skinny Puppy fans may also note that another word for "antispasmodic" is "spasmolytic". Probably no connection to the ARG, but hey.) And in keeping with the death-related imagery of many of the wreckages, atropine is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atropine named] for Atropos, the Fate in Greek mythology who decides how we all die.
:Not going to dissect (heh) all the other wreckages here, except to point out that "wetwork" is a slang term for assassination (especially by government intelligence operatives), and "corrida" means "bullfight" in Spanish. [[User:Vestanpance|Vestanpance]] 03:31, 4 April 2007 (PDT)
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