AcMo Northwest HQ

The advance team might have been in Seattle some time this year.  This was an important reconnaissance mission for which the objective was to locate a suitable address for a northwest base of operations.  Personnel recruitment is always an important secondary objective on these trips.  We can't survive without adding good people either through voluntary assignment, or through a forced draft.  We prefer when the new people join of their own volition, but through the magical power of hypnosis, we can at least make them think it was their own choice even when it might not have been.  Sometimes that's all you can do.

The team spent the first several days scrambling to find just the right spot.  This is hard work and most people don't possess the determination to continue the work as the failures mount.  All of the AcMo staff has true grit and determination or they wouldn't be on staff in the first place.  The fear was that the trip would end before finding the perfect spot.  We would never be able to control anything in Seattle if we left without establishing a location for our new base.

Every stop on our tour of world domination involves scouting for a new foothold to strengthen our operation.  We utilize the same thought process ants do when establishing colonies:  build and multiply as fast as possible.  You may be able to stamp out a few of us, but there will be hundreds or thousands more waiting as replacements.

The criterion for new bases is not too complex.  It can't be too hot or too cold, too small or too big, needs close access to major freeways, and must have at least seven possible egress routes in case of an emergency.  It also has to be able to withstand strong wind gusts.  These are non-negotiable hard points.  Communications infrastructures that we can piggyback off of must already be established.  We prefer fiber optics and the highest throughput we can leech.  This is sometimes the most difficult aspect to acquire, but we’re sunk without the Internet.  We need our most important education tool:  YouTube.

Because of the classified nature of some of our work and the remote areas we operate, we also need ready access to essential survival supplies.  We like to post up near car dealerships so we can peruse their parts inventory after hours in case we need to replace something off of a customer's car.  We also need to eat, and since I still haven't solved the edible 3D printed food problem, we need to be in close proximity to some kind of store that sells food and produce.  Our on-staff chefs handle the magic of turning those supplies into edible food.  I still don't understand how they do it every day, but they persevere.  It must be the love of the challenge.

We have learned a lot of valuable information through our extensive experience of establishing new bases in foreign lands.  For example, it is not wise to announce the establishment of a new base by firing weapons into the sky.  This angers the locals and puts law enforcement officials on notice.  Our business thrives by operating in the shadows, and it is best that we do not draw unneeded attention.  That is why I only share this information with you because I know you can keep a secret.

Also, property records are an easy way to track movements, so we use a plethora of shell companies and floating accounts to procure our land.  Nothing is in AcMo's name, but we are involved in everything.  It would be impossible to keep track of our extensive holdings if I didn't keep such precise mental records.

The details of our Seattle area adventures still need to stay private for a number of reasons, but the reason for this post was too exciting to conceal any longer.  Not only have we found the perfect location for our base, but also it appears to have been created for us.  Sometimes the pieces seem to fall into place by an invisible hand.  This is one of those times.

We are excited to announce that the target location has been selected.  We have full approval from Fred to commence construction on our newest facilities.  The safety of our team is of utmost importance, so we will not be sharing the actual address for security reasons.  Thank you for your understanding on this matter.

This was fate.  We had to build a base here.  I hope that yellow sign isn't prophetic.

We will be sharing more about our Seattle scouting mission and the progress on our base in the coming months.  Completion is slated for early 2029, but we are hopeful with new advances in construction technology and a more reliable workforce, we can reduce the timeframe by at least ten years.  At the moment, there is an organized group that has proven to be detrimental to our expansion efforts.  We plan to add them to the list of threats we need to assimilate.  That list seems to grow faster than we create new revenue streams.  I am beginning to think we should be in the war business full-time and transform our other objectives into side projects.  I will convene a working group to schedule a meeting to discuss this so we can create a feasibility study to take to the board.

The human brain finds patterns in everything.  Sometimes they don't exist.  Our growth is erratic by design because that makes us harder to track and less likely to be where you think we will be.  Moving targets are hardest to hit when the mind can't predict the trajectory.  We mimic bacteria in a way.  We do our best to remain invisible while growing exponentially.  By the time our organization becomes visible, we will be too large and strong to eliminate with antibiotics.  We will be spreading our reach near you sooner than you think.