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Disciplinary Logbook IV
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A logbook that details various disciplinary action meted out to individuals stationed here long ago.

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Quest reward from [103] Dereliction of Duty (Heritage), started by Captain Boshinko in High Keep: The Bloodless Incursion [Contested] (-100, -75, -31).

Discovered on 29 Apr 2014 at 23:16:40 PDT.
This is a ledger that keeps track of disciplinary infractions, investigations and actions. Paging through the document, you come across several entries that detail the investigation into Captain Boshinko...
We have gotten several disturbing reports that Captain Boshinko may be indirectly responsible for what can only be called the assassination of our prison warden, Sergeant Kilgresh Oman. Sergeant Oman had come to us with some concerns over the behavior of Captain Boshinko, mostly in regards to veiled threats and odd rumors that seemed to source from the Captain's mouth. You will not find these incidents detailed elsewhere in this log as, to our chagrin, we ignored the issue. The Captain has been a stalwart ally, and has served well in his duties for many long years. The Sergeant was a relatively new member of the High Keep contingent, and the council did not know him well. At the time, the Sergeant's report seemed either a matter of professional jealousy or a badly executed ploy for advancement.
Be that as it may, the Sergeant is now dead, found with a knife in his back at the bottom of the stairs leading into the jail proper. Given that the jail is inaccessible to visitors and well guarded, it must have been one of the contingent stationed here. We have three reasons to believe that the perpetrator may have been the Captain -

1: Oman's own testimony against the Captain

2: A watchman's observation of the Captain smuggling in an unidentified humanoid late in the night.

3: The Captain's odd, furtive and antisocial behavior in the last few days.
It pains me to think that the Captain may be responsible, and we will be taking no action against him until he is able to first defend himself against our inquiry. To that end, we will be assembling a tribunal in the next few days to conduct the interrogation. I will report the results of the tribunal in a forthcoming log.
I am aghast at what I have to report today. The tribunal assembled to interrogate the Captain has seen all three of its members killed last night. There is only one possible suspect in this matter, and that is Captain Boshinko.

We currently are holding Captain Boshinko in a cell and have questioned him at length. He claims that he has been "set up," and that the person responsible for this deadly conspiracy against him is a former prisoner named Bronin Higginsbot. He points at the 'evidence' left in the Higginsbot cell - a bloody shank and a note detailing plans to ruin the Captain's good name.
I put 'evidence' in quotes, as on Higginsbot's departure, the cell was thoroughly cleaned. It is simply not possible that these conspicuous articles could have been missed in the three weeks since his departure.

That is the first oddity. The second is that if this story were true, it would have been the act of a very inept and very inexperienced person. Even a novice would-be assassin would be better able to cover their tracks than this. Higginsbot may be many things, but stupid is certainly not one of them.
The third oddity is that the note contains writing that bears a very strong resemblance to the Captain's own hand - when compared side-by-side with other reports he has written, the script is almost identical.

The final oddity is motive. Higginsbot has no motive to act against us. We have come to a mutually beneficial agreement which he has much to gain from. He was released on his own recognizance because of this. Any such agreement would be null and void were he to act in this matter, in a petty act of revenge against an officer he barely knew.
Given the narrative at play here, we have no choice but to lie the blame squarely at the Captain's feet. Not only were his intentions murderous, but they were treasonous as well. The Captain's mental state has continued to degenerate, and he seems in a constant panicked state with high levels of paranoia. He refuses to take responsibility for his actions, and fabricates more outlandish stories about this matter as time goes on.

I fear that in order to get a confession from him, we will have to resort to the iron maiden. This will be the first time we've had to use the device on one of our own men, but it has never failed to bring results.

I will report more when the situation changes.