Mission to Wastelands

Mission to Wastelands

We are looking for the base of operations of a cyborged pilot named Ardra. Ardra had been hired to transport something belonging to the Zenobians, but has been also linked to the transport of the PAX that was stored at the "Angels of Mercy" and the organ harvesting operation we found on the derelict ship. We want to find that base and anything in it. In our last fact finding mission, we were attacked by a replicant.

This operation has been linked to grievous crimes, so I expect the worst. I called upon the some dangerous friends: Gallagher, LilyBell, Gabe, Emma and Vega answered the call.

Emma’s dangerous, she ripped apart a replicant and Ardra with her fashionable shoes.

Gabe summed it up: See a bad thing, point and shoot? See anything interesting, pick it up.

I warned people to defend themselves at all costs, these people harvest eyes and kidneys from the living for a living. Please do not get separated, but if you do, keep in touch on the radio.

We had an encounter with Ardra the day before last, so she knew we were looking for it. Ardra's objective seems to be destroying records.

Cross referencing our slowly increasing file base, we found an area in the Blackburne wastelands that was a probably location. Gallagher gave strict instructions to keep everything in house and no one go near the locals.

I scouted ahead for a landing spot. No sooner do we all land but Gabe is shot by sniper fire. It took a minute or so of running around, but Vega, Gallagher and LilyBell ran him down and put him down. Lily shot him many times with her bow and Gallagher finished him off. "LilyBell save best for you."

In the meantime, Gabe was fixing up her wounds and of course we misplaced Emma.



"EMMA!" I end up saying early and often. I don't know if Emma is not a listener, not a follower or just easily distracted. I am getting used to reconstructing what happened to Emma by looking at her helmet cam pics. I specifically say "Stay together" and her first question is "Then we split up?"

Emma: "I'm noticing a trend on these missions Jai... I always get bitten!"

DUH! Stay with the group why don't ya?

Some kind of partially cyborgized reaver. Emma took it down, but not before she was bitten, AGAIN. She said that it seemed to be under external control and was fighting said control.



I radiod Emma and Gabe to catch up with us.

Why the Alliance guy? Dunno. This is the first appearance of the alliance and an officer no less, not a mere grunt. No one seemed to make any thought about it. Evil things happening, Alliance, of course.

In any case, the Alliance officer had some documents on him indicating Mini Zebes lab. Gallagher had a lead on this lab a while back, but nothing came of it. Maybe we were premature in our assessment.

Gallagher had a vague idea of where it was and LilyBell seemed to know a lot about it.

"Lily know that very well. It where Mindo had the big brain. Here mades DNA transfers and coding. IT gots 5 levels. Bad things inside.

Gallagher, Emma and LilyBell make their way down to the bottom level. Meanwhile I got stuck in some pink good and am paralyzed. Vega and Gabe are still catching up.

We hear Ardra shout: "KILL ME!"



Gallagher is calling for us to get down there, but I can't move. Vega and Gabe find me.

Ardra shouts: KILL ME

LilyBell: "nonono, nothing good here.

Gallagher Aeon: Get down here.

Ardra shouts: I SAID KILL ME

Gallagher Aeon: Now!

Jai: HELP! "Paralyzed. Can't move."

LilyBell: This a bad place.

Ardra shouts: LESS TALK! KILL ME NOW

I think that's when the shooting started. Ardra activated some automated defenses and shot at Emma, LilyBell and Gallagher. For hesitating to kill her? Suicidal Cyborg logic.

It seemed to remember Emma, called her "the waif". Which is odd, because it was completely destroyed.

LilyBell taps on the glass

Data Screen whispers: Scanning.... Data 2 Downloaded...

LilyBell connects to the gencon but has not gotten a response. Looks in awe at the creature, "It beautiful, like Miss Raids."

Emma: "Can't help but agree..."

LilyBell: It talking to me. No move me

Jai: Find records and stuff

Gallagher Aeon: "There’s a warbot here."

LilyBell: "Her not a warbot. her....her like me."

LilyBell puts away her weapon. "Chemical data transfer. Run. Go. it self destructing."

Gallagher Aeon shouts: "Everyone get out!"

Ardra shouts: 10...9....

Jai: "Everyone out!

Ardra shouts: 8...7...

LilyBell stands staring at the creature, "No, Lily not leave it."

Ardra Aurotharius shouts: 3.....

Gallagher Aeon runs back in

Ardra shouts: 2....

Ardra shouts: ...................................................

Ardra is Offline.



LilyBell: "WHY YOU TAKE ME OUT?"

Gallagher Aeon: "I went back in for Lily."

Emma Ditko lets out a gasp... "That was close..."

LilyBell Snoodle stares at the ground

Vegaslon Plutonian: "Oh God."

LilyBell Snoodle: "Why you make me leave her?"

Gallagher Aeon: "She wanted to die. Wasn't gonna let you die with her."



LilyBell: "Her thank me. We talked. It not a machine actually. It genetic construct, like this one, but not."

Jai: "The one we saw the other day was mechanical."

Gallagher Aeon: "...with a metal skeleton and no skin."

LilyBell shrugs, "Lily talk to this one, just fine to me."

Gallagher Aeon: "Looked like a warbot to me, with angel wings."

Emma: "It's not a warbot... Its... something else"

Gallagher Aeon: "She was in pain, she was suffering."

Gallagher Aeon wonders why Lily is shaking.

LilyBell just looks at them "We all suffering. Lily want go home, bad place. No come here no more. Bad."



We went back to the hemlock, Gallagher had to pilot. After a while, I got the feeling back in my limbs and I could move.

Folks were not much for debriefing, a little shaken maybe. There was a data chip which turned out to be a homing beacon of some sort. Gallagher cut it off in time and said he would use the equipment in the big radio tower to try and figure out its source.

The equipment we found was all genetic data encoding and retrovirus transplant, the stuff you use to overwrite someone's DNA.

The only other data is uploaded into Lily's head and she did not seem inclined to share it. All she told us is that it was some chemical data. I think Ardra like Raids touched a certain delicate spot in LilyBell. I did not press the matter.

I just wanted to lie down. I will maybe figure something out tomorrow. No one was hurt too bad. Hopefully we will figure out what to do next.

Ardra on Derelict

The records Darth Gallagher got from the Dharma raid on the Zenobian "Angels of Mercy" Medical Research Facility (which was stockpiling PAX), plus what he was able to recover from the corrupted data chip we got from the Bland Corporation ship, cross referenced with the information Gallagher was able to glean from his access to some Alliance records, he determined that Ardra has made transshipment for the "Angels of Mercy".

As the unregistered organ transplant operation on Zenobia was linked to both the "Angels of Mercy" and the illegal organ harvesting we uncovered some months back, we decided that we could maybe get more leads to track Ardra if we went back to the derelict ship where we first discovered the organ harvesting.

The Bihar Sanctuary curator, Feargananym, originally uncovered Ardra as being hired to transport the coveted "Coffin of Saint Zenobius" to Splintered Rock. How they are all linked together is not clear. Why the "Coffin of Saint Zenobius" is going to Splintered Rock is also a mystery.

I was not happy about going back to the derelict ship, named "The Persephone" I discovered. Necessity is not just the name of my ship and my company, it’s a way of life.

It is an abandoned ship and merely a fact finding mission, but Gabe, Emma and Zade agreed to accompany me anyway. Our objective was to find the main medical lab and the command center and download whatever files we could and take whatever samples we could find. Stay together and don't sit on anything. Seriously, DO NOT SIT ON ANYTHING. Easy Peasy, right?

Right out of the airlock, Emma and I got separated from Gabe and Zade. And found a vivisected Saint Peter.



We were still in radio contact with Gabe and Zade and there was only one exit. I went first, all clear. I radioed back for Emma and she somehow got slipped out to the other side of the ship. She is the fallingest girl I have ever met in my entire life. We told her to stay in radio contact and we would meet up as we worked our way thru the ship.

Emma required some occasional prodding to speak, "EMMA!" was frequently heard dialogue.



Safety Begins with Teamwork. YOU GUYS READ THAT? Nooooo. Zade got separated from Gabe and I less than 10 minutes after we got separated from Emma.



Z stayed in radio contact and we would catch up. Gabe found what she thought was a command center. Turned out it was the crew lounge. The vending machines had been inoperable for years, poor bastiches.

Gabe found a medbay....



....and dead bodies.



We were briefly attacked by a replicant. Looked like the same make and model as Krenshar, but this one seemed to have a female body shape, kinda. She wielded a pipe and attacked us both. It did not seem very motivated in the attack, just attacked us as she fled from the room. She headed to where Z was last seen, we lost radio contact with Z around that time.

"Your Safety is In Your Hands". Yes, it is also in your butt. Do not sit anywhere. The last time we heard from Emma, she said something about being bit and attacked after sitting on something. With both Z and Emma out of radio contact, we had to prioritize finding them. Especially now that we were not alone.



Elevator shaft, ladder, ventilation shaft, hallways, tunnel, ladder, chute. Or some combination like that. I found the biology center and the replicant found me. We were in a small room and I was able to hold my own against the pipe thrashing replicant. I normally go down quickly, but in this smaller room, I was able to keep the attack on. We were both pretty close to done and one pipe hit before I could activate the heal stims, I radioed that the replicant took me down as I hit the floor.



I was in that dreamy place where I am a foreign exchange university student when Emma found me. It was all over by the time I found my feet working again. Emma went boot knife kung fu on the Replicant and apparently Ardra.



Ardra did not really look like the Ardra I was shown in the pictures. Previously Ardra had an organic body. Ardra was KO when I got there, but came to within a minute or so. Activated a self destruct and attached herself to Emma. Emma ran around and was finally able to use a doorway to separate herself from Ardra. In the meantime, I was able to stop the self-destruct and abort the data dump.



Gabe caught up with us as the Replicant dissolved and the automated part of Ardra fled. Emma laid down as Gabe and I ran after Ardra. She lost us quickly.

We downloaded all the files we could, and even stopped the EVIL RickRoll Virus from corrupting the remaining files. If you ever go to hell, Rick will be waiting for you. We took as many bio samples as we could and found an Incubator Unit.



It was time to get out of there. Z was stashed somewhere safe and we found everything we could.

Emma said something about being scratched or taking off her helmet in the quarantine area. Emma had very little interest in doing anything except laying down, until we mentioned food.

By the time we were near Hale's, it was clear that Emma was symptoming. I called for emergency landing near the medbay. Emma avoided the medbay and ran around like LilyBell (on all fours) looking for food. She ran out of steam in the Hemlock and crashed out. Then up and running a bit. I put out an open wave for a doctor and kept an eye on Emma while Gabe went to get something for Emma to eat.. Dr. Footpad came and in desperation I brought her to the Hemlock. I was just briefing her about what happened when Gallagher came.

Gallagher was angry that I brought an outsider to the Hemlock. He obsessed a bit, but we were able to get him back on track of paying attention to the patient. We were able to move Emma to the medbay and Gallagher initiated containment and quarantine conditions. There was a lot of medically stuff involving adrenaline, antibodies, tests and comparisons. Mixed in with a few lectures about bringing outsiders to the Hemlock.

Fortunately Emma had been inoculated several times by AuroraBlue bites. AuroraBlue bit Emma often because "she smells funny". She will mostly recover in a month or so. Doctor Footpad gave Emma an treat for being a good patient.



Emma was still exhibiting LilyBell type behavior and contrasting between aggressive manic food obsessing and extreme lethargy. She was chilling on the couch when I left her.

I left a copy of the files with Gallagher to see if he can figure out anything more.

I hooked up with Z later, he was grumpy but fine.

I will check with folks tomorrow to see if they want to go to the wastelands and track down further.

Retrieving the Relics of Saint Zenobius

Retrieving the Relics of Saint Zenobius

I am finally back from my long trip, details some other time maybe after I am caught up a little more.

Recapping the events of the past two weeks, now that everyone has finally updated me. Okay sure, I'm partly to blame as I was travelling. I would super appreciate it if folks would take pics too, it really helps. Thanks and love, beautiful people.

The curator of the Bihar Sanctuary Museum, Feargananyn Karillion, was contacted by a supposed art dealer about the possibility of the sale of an Earth Heritage Artifact. A .1 gram sliver shard sample from the casket was authenticated, so there is a real one somewhere. It is being offered up for sale on the black market.

Curator Feargananym Karillion


The museum's authenticator, Mirra Zanzibar, made contact with the Zenobian Estates Manager, Ms. Zeno Baxton, and procurred permission to scan the relics, which were being put on display in their newly built chapel which was to be dedicated to Saint Zenobius.

http://zenobian-times.blogspot.com/2009/08/chapel-of-st-zenobius.html

The non-invasive scans were sufficient to determine that the coffin was a forgery.

Mirra Zanzibar and Zeno Baxton


The coffin is carved from a solid block of silver, which has prevented most scans and has ironically prevented detection of the fraud for quite some time. It is an expert work of forgery, someone actually found correctly dated materials and possibly even a likely body.

The key to uncovering the forgery was the painting that was the coffin's neighbor for over 500 years. Above the shrine of Saint Zenobius was the painting "Last Supper" by the lesser known renaissance artist, Giovanni Balducci. The counterfeiters did not think to include chemicals that would link them or could not, as the painting Last Supper by the lesser known renaissance artist, Giovanni Balducci, is not in circulation. But the sliver from the art dealer had the correct residue.

Zenobia's terraforming was complete in 2308, the relics were transferred to Zenobia at the dedication ceremony and were kept in the Castle's private vault until recently with the exception of during the war years. During the war however the Military leadership took charge of various artifacts from Earth-That-Was, all were supposedly returned after the hostilities however.

The "Coffin of Saint Zenobius" is a masterpiece work by the great Renaissance Master Lorenzo Ghiberti in 1440, and was on display at the church of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence Italy, an Earth Heritage Site. As such, the coffin itself is an Earth Heritage Artifact. Prior to that, the reliques were kept in Basilica di San Lorenzo di Firenze, the parish of the Zenobian's rivals, the Medici's, who did not get along well by most accounts.

There are three windows of opportunity for this crime, in 2308 when it was transported to Zenobia, during the war, and when it was moved from the castle vault to the chapel just recently.

Mirra Zanzibar collected two separate .1 gram samples taken from the surface the counterfeit coffin, and took samples from the vault where it was stored and the crates it was transported and stored in. Including dust and air samples. Comparing the samples to samples in Castle vault and also with the Alliance Ministry of Antiquities on Londinium, Mirra determined that the theft took place during the war when the Military leadership took charge.

Since the theft happened during the war, some of those people are still in power and means a broader conspiracy and would be harder to prove or to prosecute. It also points to a possible theory that the Alliance is looking to destabilize the government for their own purposes.

If the authentic relics were under military guardianship during the war, it is possible that an alliance was made between one of the great houses and someone in the military leadership. The most probable confederate would be one who knew that his own claim was weak or even false. Without the reliques, his claim can also not be disproved.

The Zenobian ruling class bases its right to rule is based on genetic heritage. Without the remains, no claim can be verified as mandated by their own traditions which are the basis for their claim of leadership.

The Bihar Santuary's contacts in the art and artifact grey and black market has created numerous leads. Too numerous to search themselves with their limited manpower. Mirra made contacts with various local agents based on the recommendations of Zeno Baxton.

Duncan Cooperstone, based on MacLaren's Drift, formerly with the Independent's 12th Air Calvalry, and Ms. Baxton's former captain. Mr. Cooperstone was originally contacted by the Bihar Sanctuary's curator, Feargananym Karillion. Mirra recently contact him and JJ Zackerly and hired him officially. Ms. Baxton was to arrange payment and terms. JJ Zackerly, a former companion and MacLaren's Drift's physician, informed Miira that they have an archaeologist in residence.



Captain Falcon Neox, based on Splintered Rock. Mirra contacted Captain Neox directly at his offices on Splintered Rock.

Captain Falcon Neox


Captain Neox is working with a group of Independent Traders, captained by an outworlder named Brazen.

Mistress Brazen Bondar


Cursa Charisma, Brazen's first officer and navigator.


Jezebelle Bimbogami, crew


Teetopwilli Neiro, a roguish supposed antique rug dealer, based on Shadow but also operates on Splintered Rock. Mr. Neiro was not a recommendation by Ms. Baxton. Mr. Neiro was originally a suspect, who we are monitoring. We have no evidence related to Mr. Neiro, he just happens to coincidentally operate in all of the theatres we were investigating. I met Mr. Neiro and his first mate on Splintered Rock, where he maintains a trade office.

TeetopWillie Neiro


Brooke Rhea, Tee's First Officer


Feargananym's contacts with the Companion's Guild gained him a few leads. Primary among them is a rogue Ex-Navigator's Guild Steersman, a drug addict by the name of Ardra, has been contracted to take a parcel from the rim to Splintered Rock. Ardra usually deals with smuggling illicit drugs and black market medical supplies, and operates out of the Uroborus Asteroid Belt orbiting Blue Sun. Recently he/she (we are unsure of Ardra's gender, but are leaning towards female) has been spotted around the Lux systems of Hera, Aphrodite and Shadow.

THERE'S AN ANIMATED HOLOGRAM OF ARDRA, SOMEONE PLEASE SEND ME A COPY!

We are unsure where the handoff will take place, whether in the rim or in and around Shadow, but the trail shall pass thru Shadow on its way to Splintered Rock.

Current instructions are not to apprehend Ardra until we are sure that he/she has the artifact in his/her possession and only if it can be retrieved without damage. If Ardra is taken before he/she has the artifact, we will lose our only current lead and he/she might not have any useful information making interrogation worthwhile. As a Guild Steersman, his cargo is virtually undetectable by sensors, bureaucratic interference or sensitive approaches. The key will be to act during the handoff, the stop-over or at its destination.

In a addition to being a drug trafficker, Ardra is a drug addict who uses mind altering substances which he/she believes makes him/her a more skilled pilot. This may open possible leads in locating Ardra.

Since the terrorist attack on the Medical Research Facility on Zenobia, the mainland has been sealed and off limit to offworlders.

http://zenobian-times.blogspot.com/2009/08/terrorists-strike-medical-research.html

The alliance has taken possession of the forged coffin for reasons that remain unclear.

http://zenobian-times.blogspot.com/2009/08/antares-leaves-orbit_22.html

The families of the ruling class have gone offworld to supposed summer-residences.

Insurection and civil war on Zenobia is close at hand.

The Estates Manager is hoping to recover the relics to prevent dissention among the ruling class and will hopefully prevent civil war.

The Alliance maintains jurisdiction over all Earth Heritage Artifacts and the Estates Manager wants the matter resolved without involving the Alliance or alerting them in any way.

Since the primary motive for stealing the relics is political, the fact that it is being offered up for sale before the civil war leads Mirra and Feargananyum to suspect that whoever planned this has either lost control of their confederates or is short on funding.

Mirra have not ruled out religious fanatics as either the end buyers or as third parties. Saint Zenobius was known for numerous miracles while he lived, including no less than raising the dead on 5 separate occasions. Several incidents of attempts to steal or otherwise procure the reliques have occurred thru its colorful history. King Louis of France spent large sums of money for the acquisition of the Ring of Saint Zenobius, hoping it would heal him. Several people were killed in the attempt to procure the ring.

WHODAT?

WHODAT?

That's me in my spiffy Dharma uni, Gallagher is a great photographer. I've been gone for a week, figured you might have forgotten what I look like.


This is Aurora, formerly AuroraBlue, she's all organic now. I am hoping she worked out that little quirk about planning to kill all organic life. She promised to kill me last if I helped her. Maybe, hopefully.


This was Aurora saying goodbye, x0x0 got all weepy. Seana hauled Aurora off to Ariel to live on their family compound. They are probably used to high-strung smarty kids.


This was Emma standing up to Gabe about Raids. I don't think that Gabe was going to do anything, but Emma got defensive. When Venice "Red Eyes" and the always heavily armed Autharius came, I think Emma feared the worst.


Emma's solution was to hide Raids away, so that people didn't obsess about the mechanical killing machine. We got a little tied up and neglected to inform Nack in a timely manner. Emma apologized on our behalf, she's the nice one.


I thought that story was pretty much over, but then Seana asked me to retrieve Raids so that they could dismantle her power core. I checked it out, but apparently, Raids was blown up. We are investigating some theories in that regard.

Once again I thought that story was pretty much over, but ....

Turns out Raids is a Von Neumann 'bot, which means she can rebuild herself. I guess except for the motivator chip. Raids is back at Firefly's Bar. LilyBell informs me that Raids likes Radishes. If Raids eats, then.... well.... Who cleans up after that?

Captain Griffy was sniffy around for a bit, hung out with Gallagher, hung out with Zade.



Those who read the Hale's Moon Herald, know that Reece "No Spellcheck" ShawBridge got his foot blown off in the Loyalist bombing attack a couple weeks back.


LilyBell thought she maybe found Reece's foot. Well....maybe, but it seemed a tad big to be Reece's foot, and it had pink nailpolish and it was still gushing blood. She said she'd keep looking.


This is Araya, she's a mechanic or engineer or something, BUT DEFINITELY NOT A COOK! Her former crew ditched her on Hale's Moon in response to and incident involving dosing her grumpy Captain's soup with an over-the-counter pleasure pill and an undisclosed fatal allergic reaction.


Araya has relaxed a little, here she is on "Thong Day" feeling all cleavagy. Or maybe the Laundry Day Effect is spreading.


I have been negligent in my duties with the Herald. I was preparing for a long trip. I am only just catching up now. This is Doctor Lina Footpad, a physician and fond of prescribing supositories. She had taken the job as the new doctor on Hale's Moon. By the time I got around to catching up, she resigned and moved, saying Hale's needs a surgeon more than a physician. She got another gig deep in Reaver territory.



This is Doctor Illyana Lovochkin, a surgeon. I am not sure if she is the new surgeon. I met her once before, but I recalled her being shorter.



Vegaslon, Vega for short, has been around for a bit, but he has a new look. Hair and apparently he has been hitting the weights.



HUZZAH! YAY! Leovinus Twine is back. The rim's best wasteland salvager. A very talented builder. Leo had been in the far end of the rim and out of contact for a few months. Good to see him back.



Duncan had also been scarce for a couple of weeks, something all secrety and important no doubt. I visted Immy every day, but she was never really conscious.


I don't know what kind of dressup this is, or if the Laundry Day Effect is spreading thru the 'Verse.


Krenshar has not been all there since having to use part of his positronic brain or something to help LilyBell and Aurora.



Krenshar had been acting quirkier than usual, dressed up like an alliance soldier looking for a replicant named Krenshar Magic. Going catatonic, more than usual that is.



He finally went and hauled himself off to someplace he had been talking about since I knew him, some replicant homeland or safehouse or something like that. If I seem unclear, it's because peoplea are unclear to me. Here, he scuffed up some of his infiltration skin falling down some incline. Emma was a little bit confused. LOOK AWAY EMMA!



That was shortlived, back to the usual Krenshar replicant skin, a little worn and tattered.


X0x0 has been working Emma so hard that she activated the Emma6 Recreation Unit that has bonded to mimic Emma. Sounds like a Cybertronics unit to me, but Emma didn't know who the manufacturer was. But, much like Emma, Emma6 has a tendency to get a little scratched up.

Journey to Planet Ralph

Journey to Planet Ralph

Zeno gave me the heads up that the shooting range was reinstalled in the new Zenobian Orbital Space Station. Emma, Gabe and I went there and tried our hand. Gabe kicked our ass, of course. Her high score on the Ego Buster setting of 150 still stands, try your luck. Gallagher came and Emma and I decided that we should make sure and keep Gabe and Gallagher in front. Gallagher decided that Dharma folks needed more training and with logic that makes sense in that dark scarey place known as Gallagher's Mind, he took us to a dark scarey place known as "RALPH".

Some folks may recognize the name "Ralph", a mysterious planet/moon/rock/town that Sheriff Gallagher disappears to every now and then. He usually comes back wearing bandages. Tourists don't go and the locals don't leave, it’s a perpetual warzone. I don't know what the fighting is about and no one is likely to stop shooting long enough to tell me.

Eventually Zade came about and the fighting escalated to really hot. Vega came by after I left.







(Pictures courtesy of Gallagher Aeon)

Turns out that Gallagher's old army buddy, Desmond Serenity, hangs out at Ralph, which is probably why Gallagher keeps going there. No one likely to find Desmond there.

The new General Store in Hale's has a lot of Dharma products. I am finding them around here and there, including a pack of chewing gum in the Zenobian Vault on Hale's Moon. In typical Dharma style, there was a secret message for me in the pack of gum. It was about the new railroad, but that's for a later time.



In case you're wondering, Phenylalanine is an essential amino acid found naturally in the breast milk with reputed analgesic and antidepressant effects.

Individuals with the disorder known as Phenylketonuria should avoid phenylalanine. A non-food source of phenylalanine is the artificial sweetener aspartame, sold under the trade names "Equal" and "NutraSweet", is metabolized by the body into several chemical byproducts including phenylalanine. Foods containing aspartame or other sources of phenylalanine must be labeled with a warning "Contains a source of phenylalanine."

I avoid soy, except for teriyaki sauce, miso soup, sweet noodle sauce, soylent green, tempeh, .... oh forget it, I probably eat too much soy.