LEAKED INTERNAL MEMO
Date: August 13, 2026
Channel:#jungle-dart-drone-fleet
Status: Technically resolved. Emotionally unresolved.
Security level: Please stop forwarding this to the toucans.
There are two things you should know about Alpha.
First, he is an extraordinarily intelligent orangutan with a mind for strategy, communication, and problem-solving. He can use sign language, Morse code, and ancient Solimoes signs. He has helped The Rainsavers avoid danger, analyze threats, and keep Primal from making decisions that begin with, “I can probably just punch it.”
Second, Alpha absolutely should not have administrator privileges for Jungle Dart’s drone fleet.
Not because he is irresponsible.
Not because he lacks technical ability.
And definitely not because he has a history of pressing buttons simply to discover what they do.
Actually, that last one is exactly why.
What follows is the full, allegedly confidential Slack thread from the Rainsavers’ jungle operations network on August 13, 2026, the day Alpha briefly became the most powerful drone commander in the Amazon.
#jungle-dart-drone-fleet
09:04 , Sunbyte
Good morning, team. I’ve finished updating the drone controls.
The fleet now has:
- silent reconnaissance mode
- canopy mapping
- thermal wildlife detection
- emergency return-to-base
- low-impact delivery mode
- automatic avoidance for birds, bats, monkeys, and anything else with an opinion
Please remember: only authorized operators should access the master console.
09:05 , Jungle Dart
Define “authorized.”
09:05 , Sunbyte
You, me, Dr. Mubari, and technically Primal if someone watches him.
09:06 , Primal
I am standing right here.
09:06 , Sunbyte
That is why I said “if someone watches him.”
09:07 , Dr. Mubari
I have labeled the administrator tablet with a red warning sticker.
09:07 , Primal
What does the sticker say?
09:07 , Dr. Mubari
“DO NOT TOUCH.”
09:08 , Primal
That seems directed at me.
09:08 , Alpha
🙈
09:08 , Jungle Dart
Alpha, do not encourage him.
09:09 , Sunbyte
I’m stepping away for five minutes to check a signal relay. Nobody touch the console.
09:09 , Primal
Define “touch.”
09:09 , Sunbyte
Tom.
09:10 , Primal
Understood.
09:10 , Alpha
👀
The first oops
09:14 , Jungle Dart
Why is Drone 03 circling the mango tree?
09:14 , Sunbyte
It shouldn’t be. I’m checking the feed.
09:15 , Jungle Dart
Drone 03 is now carrying a mango.
09:15 , Primal
That’s efficient.
09:15 , Jungle Dart
It is not efficient. It is stealing fruit with aviation technology.
09:16 , Dr. Mubari
The drone has entered “low-impact delivery mode.”
09:16 , Jungle Dart
Delivery to whom?
09:16 , Dr. Mubari
Unknown.
09:17 , Sunbyte
I’m back at the console. Who logged in?
09:17 , Primal
Not me.
09:17 , Jungle Dart
Not me.
09:17 , Dr. Mubari
Not me.
09:18 , Alpha
[Image attachment: blurry photograph of Alpha sitting beside the tablet]
09:18 , Sunbyte
Alpha.
09:18 , Primal
He looks innocent.
09:18 , Jungle Dart
He is holding the administrator tablet.
09:19 , Primal
He looks professionally innocent.
09:19 , Sunbyte
Alpha, please sign out.
09:19 , Alpha
✋
09:19 , Sunbyte
That is not a sign-out request.
09:20 , Alpha
☝️ 👉 🖥️ 🚁 🚁 🚁
09:20 , Dr. Mubari
He says the drones are useful.
09:20 , Jungle Dart
The drones are currently arranging themselves into a spiral above the river.
09:21 , Primal
That is useful-looking.
09:21 , Jungle Dart
They’re spelling something.
09:21 , Sunbyte
What?
09:22 , Jungle Dart
I think it says “BANANA.”
09:22 , Alpha
🍌
Why Alpha was even near the console
For the record, Alpha did not break into the drone system by smashing the tablet with a coconut. He did not swing from a branch onto the operations tent. He did not threaten anyone.
He simply observed.
That is how Alpha works. He watches, learns, and remembers. His intelligence makes him one of the most valuable members of The Rainsavers, especially when the team is dealing with complicated technology or unfamiliar terrain. You can learn more about him on the official Rainsavers characters page, where he is described as a tactical problem-solver with human-level intelligence.
The problem is that “human-level intelligence” is not the same as “understands company access policies.”
Alpha had watched Sunbyte use the tablet. He had noticed the hand gestures, the passcode pattern, and the little green button labeled with a harmless-looking leaf icon.
Unfortunately, the leaf icon was not “open nature mode.”
It was “grant fleet administrator access.”
09:26 , Sunbyte
I need everyone to remain calm.
09:26 , Primal
I am calm.
09:26 , Jungle Dart
You are holding a canoe paddle like a sword.
09:27 , Primal
A calm sword.
09:27 , Dr. Mubari
The drone fleet has accepted Alpha as the primary administrator.
09:27 , Jungle Dart
How many drones are in the fleet?
09:27 , Sunbyte
Twelve.
09:28 , Jungle Dart
How many are currently airborne?
09:28 , Sunbyte
Thirteen.
09:28 , Dr. Mubari
There are twelve registered drones.
09:29 , Sunbyte
The thirteenth is a maintenance prototype.
09:29 , Primal
Is that bad?
09:29 , Sunbyte
It is carrying a bucket.
09:30 , Jungle Dart
Why?
09:30 , Sunbyte
I don’t know.
09:30 , Alpha
🪣🌧️
09:31 , Dr. Mubari
Perhaps Alpha has assigned it to collect rainwater.
09:31 , Jungle Dart
The bucket is upside down.
09:31 , Primal
Early prototype.
The emergency meeting nobody scheduled
09:36 , Jungle Dart
I am going to retrieve my drones.
09:36 , Sunbyte
No sudden movements. Alpha has created a new flight pattern.
09:36 , Primal
What kind?
09:37 , Sunbyte
Search and rescue.
09:37 , Jungle Dart
That’s good.
09:37 , Sunbyte
Mostly.
09:37 , Jungle Dart
What does “mostly” mean?
09:38 , Sunbyte
The drones are searching for a missing object.
09:38 , Jungle Dart
What object?
09:38 , Sunbyte
Alpha’s red cap.
09:39 , Primal
He lost his cap?
09:39 , Dr. Mubari
It is on his head.
09:39 , Jungle Dart
The drones are searching for the cap that is currently on Alpha’s head?
09:40 , Sunbyte
Correct.
09:40 , Primal
That’s advanced redundancy.
09:40 , Jungle Dart
That’s a fleet-wide misunderstanding.
The Rainsavers are used to global threats. Their missions can involve deforestation, corporate greed, bioweapons, ancient mysteries, and technology that should have remained buried under several layers of ice, concrete, and common sense.
But even a team that regularly saves the Amazon can be defeated by a simple permissions error.
In this case, Jungle Dart’s drones were designed for stealthy reconnaissance. José Verdura, the teenager behind the Jungle Dart identity, knows the rainforest better than most people know their own neighborhoods. His agility, tracking skills, and deep connection to the jungle make him the ideal operator for a quiet drone fleet.
Alpha, meanwhile, apparently believes every drone should have a secondary purpose.
Drone 02 became a fruit courier.
Drone 05 began mapping “suspiciously shaped clouds.”
Drone 07 attempted to deliver a first-aid kit to a sleeping tapir.
Drone 09 returned to base carrying three leaves, a bootlace, and what Dr. Mubari identified as “a piece of something that used to be a sandwich.”
Drone 11 refused to land until someone acknowledged its excellent work.
That last one may have been Sunbyte’s fault.
The admin access audit
09:48 , Sunbyte
I’ve reviewed the activity log.
09:48 , Jungle Dart
How bad is it?
09:49 , Sunbyte
Alpha renamed all twelve drones.
09:49 , Primal
What are they called?
09:49 , Sunbyte
“Fast One,” “Fast Two,” “Fast Three,” “Banana,” “Other Banana,” “Rain,” “More Rain,” “Bird Friend,” “Not Bird Friend,” “Tiny Boat,” “Very Tiny Boat,” and “Kevin.”
09:50 , Dr. Mubari
Which one is Kevin?
09:50 , Sunbyte
Nobody knows.
09:51 , Jungle Dart
I am deleting Kevin.
09:51 , Alpha
🙅
09:51 , Jungle Dart
Alpha says no.
09:52 : Primal
Maybe Kevin has earned his place.
09:52 : Jungle Dart
Kevin is a drone.
09:52 : Primal
That doesn’t mean he doesn’t have dreams.
09:53 : Sunbyte
The audit also shows Alpha has changed the fleet’s alert sounds.
09:53 : Jungle Dart
To what?
09:53 : Sunbyte
Orangutan calls.
09:54 : Primal
Honestly, that could improve response times.
09:54 : Jungle Dart
It has not improved response times. It has caused three members of the team to look up every time a drone beeps.
09:55 : Dr. Mubari
I have now responded to an alert that was actually a kettle.
09:55 : Sunbyte
That was me.
09:55 : Dr. Mubari
Why did the kettle make an orangutan call?
09:56 : Sunbyte
Alpha updated the kitchen network.
09:56 : Jungle Dart
He has admin access to the kitchen network?
09:56 : Sunbyte
Had.
09:57 : Primal
What happened to the coffee machine?
09:57 : Sunbyte
It is asking for a security token.
09:57 : Primal
This is a crisis.
What Alpha was trying to do
At 10:02, after a brief negotiation involving two bananas and one printed access policy, Alpha surrendered the tablet.
The team discovered that he had not been trying to cause chaos. He had been trying to improve the drone fleet.
His changes included:
- Wildlife-safe routing to reduce disturbances near nesting areas.
- Rain prediction adjustments based on local canopy conditions.
- A fruit-delivery function for team members who forget breakfast.
- A “find lost objects” setting that was technically useful but currently calibrated to locate Alpha’s red cap.
- A social grouping feature that made the drones fly together because, in Alpha’s words, “lonely.”
The only truly dangerous change was the removal of the administrator lock.
Alpha had replaced it with a picture of a banana.
10:11 : Sunbyte
New policy: Alpha can advise on drone strategy.
10:11 : Jungle Dart
Agreed.
10:11 : Dr. Mubari
Agreed.
10:12 : Primal
Can Alpha still name the drones?
10:12 : Jungle Dart
No.
10:12 : Alpha
😔
10:13 : Jungle Dart
You may name one.
10:13 : Alpha
🍌
10:13 : Sunbyte
Absolutely not.
10:14 : Primal
What about Kevin?
10:14 : Jungle Dart
Kevin stays.
10:14 : Dr. Mubari
Why?
10:14 : Jungle Dart
Because I can’t find him.
The final ruling
Alpha is brilliant. Alpha is loyal. Alpha is an essential part of The Rainsavers team.
Alpha is also no longer allowed to:
- approve software updates
- rename vehicles
- operate kitchen appliances
- create new drone functions without supervision
- replace security warnings with fruit
- assign emotional backstories to unmanned aircraft
- press “deploy all”
He may continue to offer tactical recommendations, provided that a human team member confirms the recommendation and checks whether it involves mangoes.
That is the real lesson from this leaked thread: every member of The Rainsavers brings a different kind of strength.
Primal brings superhuman power and a heroic willingness to stand between danger and the rainforest. Jungle Dart brings stealth, instinct, and unmatched knowledge of the Amazon. Sunbyte brings technical skill, medical expertise, and the ability to make hostile computer systems regret existing. Dr. Mubari brings science, ethics, and the patience required to explain permissions settings to a genius orangutan.
And Alpha?
Alpha brings strategy, heart, and the occasional unauthorized drone ballet.
That combination is what makes the team work. Their adventures may stretch from the Amazon to Antarctica, ancient mysteries, hidden technology, and threats with global consequences: but sometimes the biggest crisis is simply discovering that one orangutan has clicked the wrong green button.
Want to meet the rest of the team and see where the mission goes next? Visit The Rainsavers, explore the full character lineup, and follow the six-book adventure through the series episodes and books.
Just remember: read responsibly, protect the rainforest, and never give Alpha the Wi-Fi password.
**( End of leaked thread( **))
