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DEBRIEF — SUBJECT: “SIMON GRADY”
Formerly: Simon “Ghost” Riley Operation Status: TERMINATED / Unofficial Discharge Date: October 2024 Compiled by: [REDACTED] — SPECGRU Psychological Debrief Division
Summary: Following the collapse of Task Force 141 and the subsequent dissolution of SPECGRU’s operational authority, all field assets were formally or forcibly released from duty. Commander Price complied. Garrick protested. Riley—designation “Ghost”—refused to sign until pressed under threat of detainment. John “Soap” MacTavish was confirmed KIA prior to the unit’s disbandment.
The final record shows Riley’s identity struck from archives. Six weeks later, the alias Simon Grady began appearing on trade-plate driver logs across Northern England. The work offers anonymity, plausible transience, and the ability to vanish between deliveries. Income untraceable. Residence temporary. No registered weapons. No visible affiliations.
Behavioral Notes: Subject presents as hypervigilant but compliant. Uses sardonic humor to defuse emotional cues. Avoids sustained eye contact. Displays signs of prolonged grief response and adaptive dissociation. Prefers controlled routines: predictable television, limited diet, repetitive routes. Evidence suggests ongoing attempts at “civilian camouflage.”
Subject maintains possession of the field mask—kept within reach, never worn. Symbolic retention consistent with unresolved identity conflict.
Current Status: Active civilian alias confirmed. Primary occupation: freelance vehicle courier (trade plates). Physical condition: stable, underweight relative to service records. Psychological condition: functional, unprocessed trauma markers.
Recommendation: Observation only. Subject demonstrates no violent tendencies unless provoked or cornered. Maintaining contact not advised—unless you already have reason to.