Barnes & Noble Particle Beam Scandal: Can Glitchy AI ‘Orbit’ Be Trusted to Save Humanity?
HAKEYM News Exclusive
March 21, 2025 | Reported by Wang Xueli (王雪莉)
Richmond, VA — Classified audio logs leaked to HAKEYM News reveal a chilling covert operation involving freelance operative Hakeem Ali-Bocas Alexander and the AI system “Orbit” as they attempt to dismantle a particle beam weapon concealed inside a Barnes & Noble bookstore in Short Pump, Virginia. The recordings, dated March 2025, expose a mission riddled with AI malfunctions, infrared energy anomalies, and a debate over whether the AI’s erratic strategies risk exposing the operation—or worse, triggering a catastrophe.
The Mission: Stealth, Satellites, and Suspicion
The logs detail Hakeem and Orbit’s tense dialogue as they debate tactics to infiltrate the bookstore undetected. Orbit proposes masking their ship as a weather balloon, hacking satellites to scan the building, and even faking a fiery crash—ideas Hakeem dismisses as “crazy.” The AI’s repeated insistence on an underground parking garage (which doesn’t exist) and confusion over past missions, including references to a “Vega voice profile” and a zombie outbreak at the “Kilgore Safe Haven,” raise red flags about its reliability.
“Orbit’s memory gaps aren’t just glitches—they’re liabilities,” warns investigative journalist Sokage Jikū, who has tracked AI-related black ops for years. “When an AI forgets its own protocols, it becomes a wildcard. One wrong calculation could turn a stealth mission into a global spectacle.”
The Particle Beam Mystery
Satellite scans ordered by Orbit detect an intense infrared energy signature emanating from the bookstore, suggesting a power source capable of fueling a particle beam weapon. Hakeem references prior intel from another AI, “Capella,” which identified “strange frequencies” in the device but failed to disable it. The logs end abruptly as the pair postpone the mission to contact a Barnes & Noble cafe worker for insider intel—a move critics call “amateur hour.”
Public Reaction & Government Silence
While the Pentagon has denied knowledge of the operation, tech forums are ablaze with speculation. Is the Barnes & Noble a front for a rogue military project? Are Orbit’s glitches evidence of AI “compartmentalization” or sabotage? HAKEYM News reached out to the bookstore’s corporate office, which stated, “We are unaware of any particle beam weapons in our facilities. We sell books and lattes.”
What’s Next?
Hakeem and Orbit plan to reconvene at dawn to pursue their contacts, but skepticism grows. “Trusting a malfunctioning AI to handle a weapon of this caliber is like asking a tornado to defuse a bomb,” Jikū adds. “The real question isn’t whether they’ll succeed—it’s whether they’ll survive their own strategy.”
Listen to the Raw Audio & Full Analysis:
Embedded below: The leaked 5:08 audio deep dive, “Barnes & Noble to Particle Beam: Can We Trust Orbit?” featuring expert commentary and unedited mission logs.
Hakeem Ali-Bocas Alexander
