Kurt's magnum opus, a 4,000-word blog post covering: how he was persuaded to 'save' the Cube; what happened on The Night; an encounter with Caine; doctoring the puzzle cards; getting friends killed; and whether it was all worth it.

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In Part II of her interview, Violet tries to explain what happened on the night she took the Cube, how Kurt was involved, and why the two of them planned to use the puzzle cards as a way of getting the Cube back safely.

She also admits to having made some serious and fatal errors of judgement. No kidding.

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An epic entry from Violet - in length as well as importance. Not only does she recount 'Operation Bayonet', but she also reveals how she discovered that Caine killed Anna. Turns out that 'Faberling' is not only the name of Caine's new single - it was also Anna's very secret pet name for her husband Fleming. Either Caine and Anna were having an affair, or she told him the name as a final clue to the others, pointing the finger just before she died.

Violet has been going out with a liar and a killer for a year. She's trying to deal with it.

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A short but powerful story from The Sentinel: Caine has been arrested for Anna's murder!

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The Sentinel reports on last night's daring rescue of Scarlett, revealing that details of the Third Power's membership were also discovered. Alas, two police officers lost their lives - as did four members of the Third Power, including the Academy's Roberto Solitano (Anna's old boss).

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A restless Violet tries to make herself useful. She's desperate to get in on the rescue attempt, but how can she convince Helena to take her along to Ascendancy Point?

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Caine, disturbed by a message from one of the Cube Hunters, withdraws from the conclave's investigations. He's worried that he might be a target; that he might have got Anna killed; and that someone inside the group might have betrayed them.

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Kurt meets up with Crypto Karen and asks for her help in identifying Special Project 487. She reluctantly agrees and comes back with another enigma: the word 'axiom'.

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Sente and the Council come into conflict over the big blackout. The official statement is here. Looks like the Academy is coming under more pressure to reveal their secrets and strategems...

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With a little help from Karen Moro, Kurt finds out more about who had ordered the stolen parts at the Academy. They were associated with 'Special Project 487'.

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Caine complains about Garnet's heavy-handed approach to management, which isn't raising anybody's spirits.

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Caine's car crash seems to have caused a split in the band (not that he minds that too much). Petty squabbles hold no charm for him. He points people towards Aiko's memorial to Anna.

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Violet and Kurt come to a decision: they can no longer risk people's lives in this investigation. Their own lives, perhaps, but not other people's. They can't face causing again the kind of misery they've seen in the Heath household. Vi also gives us an insight into how Caine and Scarlett have been reacting.

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Caine reports back from Anna's memorial service. It's a grim affair. And it sounds like he and Violet are going to have a Serious Talk soon.

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Scarlett finally hears about the death of Anna. It all brings back painful memories of when Scarlett lost her own mother.

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Anna becomes the latest victim in this deadly investigation. Her body is found in the catacombs. It looks like she was tortured before she died.

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Violet starts to wonder whether the Cube is really worth the lives of so many people. The shock of finding Anna's body seems to have hit her pretty hard.

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Caine breaks the news that everyone had been dreading: Anna is dead. He and Violet found her mutilated body down in the catacombs.

Now is a time for mourning and drinking.

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Kurt still hasn't heard anything from Anna. The police have been called in. They all fear the worst.

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After the whole AQSYS tracking exercise, Kurt realises that two things are missing: the lost equipment and Anna. She left home last night and didn't return. If she's gone for much longer, it may be time to call in the cops.

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The first worrying signs... Anna hasn't turned up to work. Where is she?

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Kurt switches on the AQSYS hack, giving the Cube Hunters control of hundreds of tiny aerial sensors above the city. As they track the four pieces of tagged equipment around town, he updates his blog to give everyone an idea of the bigger picture.

He, Violet, Caine and Karen are each trying to follow one part by car. Three parts end up at Grand Frederik's station, but the fourth (followed by Caine) suddenly heads south. Caine crashes his car - he's fine - but loses track of the delivery, which vanishes off the radar.

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Kurt recaps the whole plan: he, Caine, Violet, Anna and a Crypto researcher called Karen Moro are going to tag a series of high-tech parts, on suspicion that one or more of them may be stolen. They'll be able to track the movement of these parts by hacking into the city-wide AQSYS network of environmental sensors - with the help of Earth's Cube Hunters.

Of course, nobody knows when the potential theft might occur, so everybody is now just sitting and waiting. Karen thinks there will be a pick-up sometime this week. Fingers crossed.

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Anna gets itchy, waiting for the AQSYS plan to spring into action. At least it gives her a little time to enjoy her family.

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Anna asks Henrik to switch off some of the Academy's security systems, enabling her to sneak the isotope tags into the Crypto department without setting off any alarms. Henrik cannot refuse.

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Kurt gives his take on the Crypto backdoor files. He recognises the voice in the recording: it belongs to Karen Moro, a member of the Crypto faculty, whom he had lunch with back in July of last year. It's time he and Karen had another date...

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Anna takes a look through the files Henrik gave her, and doesn't find much - except a list of reference numbers relating to the kit stolen from the Academy.

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Anna meets up with Henrik and he reveals all he knows about the vanishing tech gear. He hands over a stash of evidence from his prematurely-cancelled investigation into the thefts - and it all points towards the Crypto department.

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That Helena Frye, she does like spending time underground. She contacts Kurt, telling him that she's near the Silburn-Griggs mine. Maybe all this digging will finally produce some results...

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Anna talks Henrik round - not as difficult as she'd feared - and is intrigued when he says that they can help each other. Looks like he has a plan for how the two of them can track down that stolen equipment.

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While Anna, Caine and Kurt busy themselves in the search for truth, Violet sits and waits. And she notices that her father is acting in a strangely similar way.

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Scarlett gives a run-down of her duties in Violet's little conclave: she's been given the task of, well, nothing. At least Vi has promised to keep her informed of any new info.

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Anna starts her approach towards Henrik Tanner. They were lovers, once upon a time, and Anna ended it - rather tactlessly, by the sounds of it - so she has a certain amount of back-pedalling to do before she can persuade him to be helfpul. They set up a lunch date.

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Anna resolves to rekindle her 'friendship' with Academy security chief Henrik Tanner, in an attempt to find out how Bernardo Holyoke could have ended up with stoeln Academy equipment. Her moral fibre seems to be wearing thinner every day.

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A long post from Kurt, detailing the aftermath of Miranda's death, his slow emotional recovery, Violet's big Sunday meeting, and Caine's progress with his investigation at Hesh.

It's good to hear that Kurt's on the mend.

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Violet reports on the big Sunday meeting between her, Kurt, Anna and Scarlett. They finally pooled their information and came up with three major action points: infiltrate Hesh and find out who V called from the studio the day after the Cube theft (with the help of Caine, whose blog is here); retrace the trail of stolen kit that led to Bernardo Holyoke; and find out what Helena Frye knows abou the Gillit Road clean rooms.

Looks like they're starting to get their act together. Let's hope Caine knows what he's in for.

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Violet takes charge and calls a meeting. It's time to share some information and start working together.

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Anna posts a few of the Cube Hunters' puzzles (see here) and starts putting together the pieces of Violet and Kurt's discoveries. Surely, sh thinks, there must be other Third Power agents within the Academy?

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Violet and Anna work out what the last page of the Granier diary really says. It sounds like Anthony Granier's Master (female) 'wanted the power for herself'. What power would that be then...?

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Anna has been brought up to date with Violet and Kurt's adventures. One consequence of the weekend's excitement is that Kurt will be off work for a while, so it's a good job that the Cube Hunters have been supplying puzzles to cover his absence. Here are a couple for everyone to try.

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She's been having a hard time. Violet looks after Kurt but receives a barrage of messages from the Cube Hunters urging her to go through Miranda's satchel. She consents.

Inside, she finds what looks like the real last page of the Granier diary. It differs from the version she saw previously, but again is hard to decipher... Anna is on the case.

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Violet finally tells Anna everything. About Miranda the murderer, about Kurt's wild pursuit of her, about the Cube thieves and the Third Power - everything.

Anna is surprisingly calm about it all. She decides the most useful thing she can do is cover for Kurt's absence from the CRT - so she asks the Cube Hunters to contribute puzzles that she can pass off as his work. Start devising!

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Kurt gives his assessment of the Ceretin 6 paper. In his opinion, it indicates that one person on the trial hasn't been taking their medicine. And that suggests that somebody was hoarding their pills in order to give Cymbalisty his overdose.

So the 'outlier' in the trial is likely to be our murderer. At least, that's Kurt's theory.

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Anna proudly presents the Ceretin 6 research paper, fresh from Oistin's sweaty palms. Was it worth all the effort? Take a look and decide for yourself.

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Anna apologises for being a bit slack. She posts news of Oistin's third and final test - go and enjoy the role-playing!

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Kurt sorts through his mail and finds one or two intesresting things. For instance, he urges everyone to check out part two of Oistin Meade's psychology survey - this time, it's a conceptual art challenge.

(Kurt doesn't have any idea about what Von submitted in the personality test, by the way.)

There's a brief nod of respect towards the Thirteenth Labour guys, then a huge swerve away from personal relationship issues. Kurt, Kurt, Kurt... if anybody needs a psychology test, it's you...

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Anna's colleague, Oistin Meade, has released his psychological study - more like a personality test, really - and is asking people to participate.

Take a couple of minutes and visit his little questionnaire here to do your bit, and maybe Oistin will hand over that Ceretin 6 research paper at last.

(Be warned - Oistin is definitely on the eccentric side of genius.)

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In order to get hold of the forthcoming report on Ceretin 6, Anna does a deal with a Natural Sciences researcher named Oistin Meade. She offers to help him contact the Cube Hunters on Earth and conduct a study of some kind. No news on how that will work yet...

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Kurt suspects that trouble is brewing at Cognivia - possibly in connection with Cymbalisty's death - and Miranda goes away for a couple of weeks, leaving Kurt all on his ownsome.

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Here's the text of the Cognivia report - more of an update than a full-on annual report, fortunately, though it does include one or two hints that all is not well in the land of cognitive enhancement.

There's also a tantalising last line regarding the latest generation of Ceretin: "Proof copies of the forthcoming C6 research paper will be available to CE professionals in April 269."

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