**Author:** Sully **You Can Find Me At:** u/2ully --- TO: CIA DIR. M. RENOIT FROM: S. WARNER DATE: NOVEMBER 15th, 2046 RE: REPORT ON THE NOVEMBER 14TH NON-PATRIATED HIJACKING INCIDENT <br> On the night of November 14th, 2046, only an hour before the third anniversary of  "Renewal Day," an informal holiday celebrated by No-Pats Globally, several American radio stations were simultaneously hijacked and used to broadcast a live message denouncing the United States. The hijacking and broadcast were produced solely by an as yet unidentified male Non-Patriated person. The intrusion affected several stations across the country, including those broadcasting in the states of Florida, New York, Illinois, Arizona, California, Texas, and Minnesota. There have been reports of Non-Patriated groups and subversive civilians distributing recordings of the hijacking as a form of propaganda. Rest assured that the agency is working swiftly to remove recordings of the incident from public circulation as well as transmit counter-information campaigns en masse. A transcript of the broadcast message has been attached below:  -TRANSCRIPT BEGAN- \[Sounds of a bottle being uncorked, followed by drinking and a sigh] HIJACKER: Hello America! \[Laughs] HIJACKER: Hope y'all are doing well this afternoon. Got a Lil message here for ya. Ah, do you remember Flight 1734? Passenger flight that crashed over Florida in 2040? No? Of course you don't. It was just another one lost in the Blackout; who knows how many planes crashed into the fucking ground that day. Ya know, the same blackout we know was caused by America! The one they tried so hard to sell you a line of bullshit on, blaming it on the Russians or the No-Pats Anything to avoid taking responsibility. HIJACKER: Do you really think they care about you? About anything other than enriching themselves and taking down their enemies at anybody's cost but their own? My husband was killed when that plane impacted with his location. \[Sounds of a bottle being chugged] What have they done for you, America—and I mean really done for you? Well, I can tell you what I did for them. HIJACKER:  I served my country back in 2014 and 2020, sure fucking did. Semper fi! Joined up straight out of high school, gave most of my life to the country. Lost my buddy in the Azadegan oil field, but hey! At least he died for something greater, making sure the US got access to that sweet, sweet oil instead of Russia. I killed my first man when I was 19. That was in Iran. \[Drinking followed by coughing] First of many. HIJACKER: What the fuck was it all for? Huh? I didn't ask back then. It's funny how the ones who start this shit in Moscow and Washington are never, ever the ones doing the fighting. They think, War after war, sure! Why not? It's not us dying after all. Who gives a fuck to try too figure it out together? Let's just send the kids into the meat grinder. 2020, my best friend was KIA in Hainan. Left behind a son and a daughter. Near the end of the war, a mortar shell took my foot and all hearing in my right ear. That's when they sent me back home with a pat on the back and some trinkets to stick on my uniform. All used up, like a battery. They discarded me back in Florida without a clue as to what the fuck I was doing after so long in the service. Now in 2046, they're playing the same old game as always. How many lives, how many wars will it take to satisfy our leaders' in the West and the East's grudges over each other? HIJACKER: When I got out, I couldn't find a job, a decent place to live, couldn't even find friends. Besides him. If I hadn't met him, I would have been dead a long time ago. He was someone who comforted me after every nightmare, even when they went on for three weeks straight; he was someone who did their best to understand me; he was someone who gave a shit! When I said till death do us apart, I wasn't expecting it to be so soon. HIJACKER: Sons of Bitches (unintelligible, sounds of keyboard clicking, and an error message.) Woo! Okay, where was I? Yeah, back home in Florida. I'll tell ya, it sure as hell was not our happy ever after. The storms robbed us all of whatever was left when the sea levels went critical. Down in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean, it was even worse. I know you've seen the footage of Florida on the news; well, imagine that, but even worse. Difficult huh? Yeah, they made sure you didn't see all the No-Pats from further south. Didn't want y'all sympathizing with the enemy. They tried to keep as many of the displaced as they could outside the US. Wanna know what the lucky ones like my husband and I got? We got evacuated from our homes and shoveled into overcrowded, underfunded, refugee camps. The rest of them tried to drive as far back into the ocean as they possibly could. Well, at least until the sea claimed the camps too. I barely got out alive, escaping on a South American refugee ship under fire from the coast guard. Funny, I got more sympathy from people I didn't even speak the language of than I ever did from my own country. Guess that's my reward for my service! \[Laughs] HIJACKER: I will tell you now, if you are listening to this over the radio, there is nothing preventing you from being just as, if not more, expendable than I was. No-Pat, civilian, military— it doesn't matter. If you take one thing away from an old man's story, let it be this: For the first time in a long time, you can call the shots, November 15th was the ultimate proof of that. If you want a better world you'll have to fight to create it. Think for yourself, know who your real enemies are. Who are the ones that will use you up and abandon you the second you become a liability? HIJACKER: Twelve on the dot. Happy Renewal Day, fuckers! -TRANSCRIPT END- An hour after ending the source of the intrusion was traced to an abandoned radio station in Florida. Agents arrived on the scene however were unable to find any trace of the Hijacker, besides fresh graffiti of a No-Pat N in the broadcasting studio. Investigations are ongoing to find the location and identity of the Hijacker, who is suspected to have since fled the country. Also underway is an investigation into how exactly the Hijacker was able to compromise such a large swath of stations for so long and how to prevent similar incidents in the future. The agency is determined not to allow the ramblings of a disgruntled drunk to taint the image of our country. Unlike previous Staff Operation Officers, I can truthfully promise you will see results. He will be caught; it's only a matter of time. -S. Warner