Redwood Bureau, Episode: “MANTLE SUPPRESSION HARNESS” - RBP Phenomenon #0089_7

Date: February 14, 2026
Host: Eeriecast Network — Voice of Agent Conroy: Josh Tomar

Episode Overview

This chilling episode of Redwood Bureau dives into the classified file on RBP089, known as the “Flesh Jacket,” and the Bureau’s attempt to weaponize it through technology called the Mantle Suppression Harness (MSH). Agent Conroy (Josh Tomar) and a field operator detail the Bureau’s reckless experiments, culminating in a harrowing, personal account of an MSH mission gone very, very wrong. The narration exposes unethical containment and weaponization procedures of an alien, predatory organism, blending bureaucratic horror with body horror and existential dread.

Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Discovery and Existence of RBP089 — "Flesh Jacket"

• [02:00–06:00]
  • Agent Conroy uncovers a secret Bureau file, RBP089 (“Flesh Jacket”), through a chain of bureaucratic accidents.
  • The entity is a living, skin-like organism that attaches to people, keeps them alive, and uses them intelligently.
  • Conroy highlights, “It’s predatory and it’s methodical... It doesn’t just kill them. It keeps them alive to use them.” (Agent Conroy, [04:00])
  • Conroy reveals the Bureau did not accidentally lose containment. The Flesh Jacket was deliberately introduced to a town for testing.
  • The organization iterated on containment with copper rings and advanced enclosures, showing intent for repeated usage, not elimination.

2. The Mantle Suppression Harness (MSH): Philosophy & Design

• [07:34–09:00]
  • The MSH is designed to "suppress" (not control) the entity, essentially chaining a dangerous, alien organism to a living person.
  • Diver (field operator) describes firsthand the cold, utilitarian, and profoundly unsafe fitting process.
  • Notable quote:
    • “They never called it a suit... as if slapping an acronym on it could make it feel less like strapping an alien garbage disposal to your skin.” (Diver, [07:34])
    • “You keep the bands intact, you keep yourself intact. You lose a band... there’s going to be some parts of you we can’t fix.” (Supervisor, [08:25])
  • Physical horror: The harness is a multi-ringed, copper-banded device; tight, uncomfortable, and engineered to keep the flesh jacket from overtaking its host. Touchpoints with skin are “damp and slimy, like an eel... with just a hint of electricity.”

3. Anatomy of the Mission: Descent & Confrontation

a. Into the Flood Tunnels

• [11:01–16:13]
  • Diver (field operator) is sent underground wearing both the MSH and a full diving suit, on a mission to “find it and kill it.”
  • Sensory detail: Claustrophobia, weight of gear, oppressive darkness, and mounting tension as he enters the water.
  • Describes atmosphere: “You move like a blind man in a hallway... My light did little more than create an illuminated area of moving particles directly in front of me.” (Diver, [12:45])
  • The organism under the suit shifts restlessly — a constant, threatening presence.

b. Encountering the Other Entity

• [16:13–24:28]
  • Diver discovers evidence of a massive, hostile subterranean creature.
  • Violence erupts:
    • The creature attacks, jaws enormous and crowded, dragging Diver, nearly tearing him apart.
    • The Flesh Jacket responds to trauma by forcibly constricting Diver’s torso, keeping him alive (barely), as the Bureau hoped.
    • Fight is brutal, disorienting: harpoon gun, knife, screams trapped in the diver’s helmet, body battered against steel and concrete.
  • Standout quote:
    • “It was trying to hold me together because my rig kept it attached to me. I die. We both die.” (Diver, [18:33])
  • Trauma and pain escalate — the suit and flesh jacket prolong survival at immense personal cost.

4. Loss of Control & Gruesome Outcome

• [26:43–38:53]
  • During the battle, the MSH is damaged; the flesh jacket starts to take full control of Diver’s limbs for the fight.
  • Detailed body horror: Arms bent beyond their limits, severe wounds, and ultimately catastrophic injury:
    • “The mantle was in now, exactly what I didn’t want... The fight accelerated.” (Diver, [27:45])
    • Diver’s left arm is destroyed, the flesh jacket continues to use the stump as a weapon.
    • “The mantle didn’t value the limb the way I did...” (Diver, [34:24])
  • The diver loses his legs entirely; consciousness fades.
  • The flesh jacket, acting independently, escapes the host and binds itself to the creature, forming an even more dangerous union.
  • The consequence: RBP089 now exists merged with an unknown subterranean animal—likely at large in open water.

5. Final Deconstruction: Bureaucratic Cruelty & The Real Threat

• [39:38–41:04]
  • Agent Conroy’s final analysis is damning:
    • “The MSH failed because of a simple, predictable bit of damage... From that point on, the operator wasn’t a person... just a platform that was bleeding out and breaking down. And 089 treats a failing platform the same way it treats... any used body. Discard the dying host and take the more suitable living one.” (Agent Conroy, [39:38])
    • The hybridized entity is now “loose, mobile... It’s already proven it can take from other anomalies and come back altered.”
    • “They didn’t create a suit. They created a way for a predator to learn what else it can do.” (Agent Conroy, [40:30])
  • Note of alarm: There’s no way for the Bureau to track RBP089 in its new form. The risk is now existential, and the Bureau has lost control.
  • Conroy’s closing warning: “Stay vigilant. Stay alive.” ([40:50])

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “I found it in the aftermath of a wipe... This was a deliberate scrub. A research node got decommissioned. Somebody signed off on destruction.” (Agent Conroy, [02:25])
• “Strapping a monster onto myself and plunging into the dark waters below the city. Right into the jaws of another monster.” (Diver, [09:55])
• “You keep the bands intact, you keep yourself intact.” (Supervisor, [08:25])
• “Your job is simple. You find it and kill it.” (Supervisor, [10:00])
• “It was trying to hold me together because my rig kept it attached to me. I die. We both die.” (Diver, [18:33])
• “The mantle used that recoil to yank me sideways... changed the whole geometry of the fight.” (Diver, [30:50])
• “The mantle didn’t value the limb the way I did... With a short, brutal whip, my hand stopped answering, and red poured out into the murk...” (Diver, [34:24])
• “They didn’t create a suit. They created a way for a predator to learn what else it can do.” (Agent Conroy, [40:30])

Timed Segment Highlights

| Timestamp | Segment | |------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 01:06 | Agent Conroy’s introduction & file retrieval story | | 04:00 | Description of RBP089 ("Flesh Jacket")’s sentience and intent | | 07:34 | Diver’s recount of being fitted with the MSH | | 11:01 | Descent into the tunnels begins | | 16:13 | No maintenance recently — indication of anomaly activity | | 18:33 | First direct attack and suit's horrifying attempt to preserve host | | 24:28 | Comm/Signal interruption; shift in the battle’s stakes | | 26:43 | Suit is breached—flesh jacket begins taking over | | 34:24 | Diver loses an arm, then legs — becoming hostage to both suit and entity | | 38:53 | Diver loses consciousness; flesh jacket merges with attacking creature | | 39:38 | Agent Conroy’s closing analysis, ethics, and warning to listeners | | 40:50 | “Stay vigilant. Stay alive.” |

Tone and Style

The episode’s language is hard-edged, clinical, and deeply personal; alternating between Agent Conroy’s measured, bitter insight and the diver-operator’s raw, wrenching ordeal. The horror here is both institutional (callous experimentation) and bodily (extreme violence, loss of autonomy). Despite the supernatural angle, there is a grounded, disturbingly realistic sense of bureaucratic machinery running on human suffering.

Summary

This episode is a disturbing exposé of the Redwood Bureau’s amoral containment and experimentation ethics. “Mantle Suppression Harness” meticulously chronicles a disastrous encounter between a human, a predatory entity (the “flesh jacket”), and the result of the Bureau’s hubris. The aftermath is a new, more dangerous hybrid anomaly loose in the world, with no way to track or contain it—a stark warning about the catastrophic costs of weaponizing the unknown.