The Fortec Conspiracy Author:Richard M. Garvin, Edmond G. Addeo Fortec is a super-secret inner sanctum where it is rumored that three aliens, recovered from a crashed saucer in Norway, were being kept. Barney Russom believes the reported suicide of his twin brother, a researcher at Fortec, has something to do with the downed saucer story and goes off, sniffing like a bloodhound.