Rescue is Aegilo Emergency given away. Every quarter we take on one or two cases free of charge: people facing a decision that deserves real intelligence work, who can't fund it. You get the full product — the same sourcing, triangulation, and red-teaming as paid work. In exchange, we ask permission to publish a sanitised account of how the work was done.
To be exact about the word: what we send is a report. We don't drive, escort, or coordinate anything on the ground, and we can't come and get anyone — that's an operation, and a different business. What we can do is make sure the decision in front of you is made on the best available read rather than on rumour, and do it fast.
When the war started, we got our own family out of Ukraine in time — at the cost of a plane ticket. Not because we had money or connections, but because we had the knowledge: what to watch, what it meant, and when to move.
For those who waited, the price of the same decision changed. An evacuation from Kyiv after the invasion began ran around €12,000 per person — a seat on a bus, with no guarantee of getting out.
That's the difference intelligence makes. Deciding early costs airfare. Deciding late costs more than most people have. Rescue exists because the knowledge that saved our family shouldn't depend on being able to afford it.
The full account — what was planned, what it cost, and what we got wrong →
A free case gets the same standard of evidence as a paid one. That's the point.
The published piece is about tradecraft — what was checked, how, and what didn't pass. Never about who you are.
The cases we're looking for.
Real decision. Someone is about to act on the answer — travel, commit, withdraw, hire, move.
Real constraint. You genuinely can't fund the work at market rate. We take your word; we're not auditors.
Sanitisable. The case can be told honestly without exposing you or anyone in it.
Capacity is one or two cases per quarter — most applications will be declined. If we can't take yours, we say so quickly and, where we can, point you somewhere useful.
Most firms treat this as a legal appendix. For an intelligence firm it's part of the product: the question you asked us is itself confidential, before any answer exists.
Founder-led — your application reaches the analyst directly, and is treated with the same discretion as paid client work.
→ A clear yes or no, quickly → If yes: a scoped brief and an honest timeline → Strict discretion — applicants and cases are never disclosed