Roger does some paperwork before seeking counsel from Lady Erzulie Dantòr at Judy’s Shrimp Shack.

Left for the reader: the question of how plausible it is that Redstone Arsenal would have a gift shop with stationery sets in 1973.

Kendrick Mead, Head of Field Memetics for ALLOCHTHON, distributes a white paper about the UFO memeplex.

Archie and Marshall learn about a UFO sighting in nearby Xenia, Ohio, and tap the remote viewers at SRI for intel on the ALLOCHTHON subduction zones.

Jocasta and Charley conduct some on-the-ground human intelligence gathering in Cairo.

Operation summary report from ALLOCHTHON central command for the morning of Wednesday, October 10, 1973.

Jocasta communes with the Great Lynx.

Marshall convinces Archie to try something different in an effort to resolve an incipient subduction zone. It doesn’t work.

Mitch is exposed to the Enemy’s tricks, is memetically quarantined, and meets a famous rocket scientist. He also eats two cheese sandwiches.

A review of where things stand in the Cold War against the Kings as of Tuesday, October 9, 1973.

Archie and Marshall blanket the Columbus noosphere with patriotic memetics to sedate a nervous populace • Jocasta tells Charley what she’s learned about southern Illinois • Charley investigates the Kincaid mounds • And invents motion-detection technology • Then she travels into the Deep Astral • Mitch bears witness to a mass proxy baptism, of sorts

Marshall and Archie introduce themselves to their assigned team in Ohio, and then visit a cornfield with bad vibes.

Roger arrives in Biloxi, where he introduces his new team mate to Papa Legba.

Jocasta and Charley arrive in scenic Cairo (pronounced “KAY-ro”), Illinois, where they engage in some preliminary research and investigation.

Aided by some special berries, Mitch explores a subduction zone and successfully intimidates a few Hare Krishnas.