Von Neumann’s War

by John Ringo and Travis S. Taylor

The Commando’s Prayer

Give me, my God, what you still have; give me what no one asks for. I do not ask for wealth, nor success, nor even health. People ask you so often, God, for all that, that you cannot have any left. Give me, my God, what you still have. Give me what people refuse to accept from you. I want insecurity and disquietude; I want turmoil and brawl. And if you should give them to me, my God, once and for all, let me be sure to have them always, for I will not always have the courage to ask for them. Corporal Zirnheld Special Air Service 1942

Dedications:

To the soldiers, contractors, analysts, scientists, and engineers who press daily to maintain our nation’s security


CLASSIFICATION: TOP SECRET
SPECIAL ACCESS NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH
Neighborhood Watch
Final Report
Development and Results of the Mars Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Probe “Percival”
Prepared by Roger P. Reynolds, T. C. Powell, Alan J. Davis
Prepared for the National Reconnaissance Office
Contract # TNW1-01-2007

INTRODUCTION

This document contains all data developed under the Top Secret Special Access Program codenamed Neighborhood Watch. Neighborhood Watch was developed to investigate the albedo-changing phenomenon currently taking place on the planet Mars. Neighborhood Watch initial analysis suggested that a planet-changing phenomena of the magnitude which is occurring on Mars is of non-natural origin. It was also determined to be statistically improbable that all manmade probes that had previously been sent to the planet Mars have gone quiet in a short timespan, including those which had been functioning nominally on the surface.



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