Editing Aurora Programme (section)

==Document leaks==

===First leak===

The first set of Aurora leaks happened during the peace negotiations taking place in [[Haven]], [[Sanctaria]] to conclude the [[Second Lauchenoirian Civil War]]. The leak consisted of a number of documents pertaining to the identity of Charissa Clarke revealing that she was not, in fact, Lauchenoirian. 

These included a birth certificate for a woman named Amanda Cartwright born in [[Restricted Region|Region 17]] in Kerlile, alongside a [[Kerlian Citizen Identity Database|Kerlian Citizen Identity Number]] (KCID) which later appeared in other documents, indicating that the child named Amanda Cartwright at birth was sent to an Aurora Programme training centre<ref>Have I Got Coups For You, https://idugov.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1813&pid=17862#pid17862 (3 Sept 2018)</ref>.

The KCID number also appears on several documents included in the leak, including emails in the style of spam sent to Charissa Clarke at her parliamentary email address and on an online messaging service where references to "Operation Unicorn" are made. It is widely believed that Councillor [[Carmen Robinson]] leaked these documents.

===Second leak===

The second leak occurred on the 30th October 2018, where documents were sent to Lauchenoirian news outlets. These documents pertained to the Pierre family's involvement in the Aurora Programme, leading many to believe that they were an attempt to have [[Pauline Pierre]] found guilty of war crimes. However, during Pierre's trial, in spite of this evidence being submitted<ref>Truth & Reconciliation Commission, https://idugov.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1894&pid=19115#pid19115 (20 Jul 2019)</ref>, she was acquitted. 

The documents included paperwork used to found the Aurora Programme and purchase premises for training with the signature of Pauline's grandmother [[Susanna Pierre]], though it did not give the location of said premises. While this set of documents linked the Pierre family with the Programme, they were less focused on Pauline individually, though they did state that the Pierre family commanded the Programme to this day.

Further documents included in this leak detailed the organisational structure of the Programme, naming it as entirely separate to the Kerlian Intelligence Service. Included was a diagram of a command structure, but no individuals were named and the titles listed did not correspond to any known Kerlian rank system.

The source of this second leak is unknown, with some suspecting Carmen Robinson as in the first case. However, Robinson has openly denied responsibility for the second and third leaks, though she has not publicly answered questions on the first. 

===Third leak===

A third set of leaks were released on the 23rd November 2019<ref>The Hunt for Auroras, https://idugov.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2000&pid=20328#pid20328 (24 Nov 2019)</ref>. This was the most comprehensive set of documents on the Programme leaked from the Matriarchy, with the bulk of the leak being numerical figures for how many "Auroras" were sent abroad, and to which countries they were sent. According to the documents, approximately 10 had been deployed yearly since 1980.

These documents also detailed the Programme's methodology: orphan girls would be tested at the age of two or three, with those testing highest on a mix of physical, mental and psychological tests being admitted into the Programme. They would then train until the age of 14, mixing espionage training with normal schooling, before being assigned a country to infiltrate and sent off with false documents.

As a result of this leak, a number of nations began a process of systematically "hunting" down Auroras and imprisoning them. One case in [[Eiria]] led to a Kerlian agent being convicted of espionage for being part of this Programme.