Top Secret (short story)

Top Secret, incorporating; SSS Chain of Command, SSS Weaponry, Who Is Sara Kingdom? and SSS Headquarters; was a short story published in The Dalek Outer Space Book. It was composed of a series of files released to the general public.

Summary
Compuvac feels that the public would gain some reassurance if they knew of the capability of the Space Security Service in view of the grave danger that faces the world from the Daleks. It sends Colonel Marc Forest a series of SSS files and suggests they be published with some amendments. Included within these files is the dossier of Agent Sara Kingdom, whose daring exploits had been well-reported on Galactic Dimensional Television.

Characters

 * Compuvac

Continuity

 * Lots of the information here was previously revealed in PROSE: The Outlaw Planet:
 * SSS HQ is located within a mountain and its location is a secret to presidents and prime ministers.
 * Kurt Soren is in charge of weaponry, David Carson is in charge of space transport, Agent Seven is in charge of internal and field security and Sara Kingdom is in charge of field operations.
 * Agents are equipped with the Mk 6 variable effect hand weapon which has a range of one and a half miles and beams a troniun ray which can be varied in intensity. It can either immobilise, stun or kill.
 * Agents are also equipped with the electro knife which has a blade made from diametal, the hardest substance in the universe. In the handle of the knife is a Grauman power unit which, when switched on, the blade saws back and forth at high speed and can cut through inch-thick hardened steel. When thrown, it is propelled at the speed of a bullet.
 * Explosive belt buckles are worn by agents. They are made from neutrovon and automatically detonates when the prong is snapped off.
 * Blast buttons are also worn by agents and are made from a rare metal called magniflare. When dampened they burst into flame of a great intensity.
 * Homer darts are another weapon used by SSS agents that are used for night fighting. When the dials are set, the darts will seek out any metal weapons and home in and detonate.
 * Anti-torture capsules are used by captured agents. It deadens all nerve centres and makes one oblivious to pain for twelve hours but are dangerous to use more than two in thirty days.
 * Energetin tablets permit agents to continue without sleep, food or drink for one hundred hours. They are only to be taken in extreme emergency.