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There were also screaming seagulls, crying babies, buzzing drills, droning bagpipes, and other sounds selected for their abrasiveness.

Gary Nasner again tried to put a stop to this tactic, but Jeff Jamar seemed unbothered, telling Nasner that Schwein had nothing better to do on the night shift.

David Koresh and his band fought back against the ongoing intrusion by setting up their own generator-powered amps and playing loud rock songs for hours in the direction of the FBI.

The Branch Davidian speakers were so powerful that agents had to shout at one another to be heard.

Gary Nessner, Byron Sage and the other negotiators tried to explain to the Branch Davidians that the tactical team was to blame for the ongoing harassment, but the damage was done.

People inside the compound were exhausted and sleep deprived.

Steve also told the negotiators that the agents who were standing guard around the compound were harassing them in other ways, by mooning them and flipping them off.

If Branch Davidians walked outside to stand in the courtyard or other external areas, FBI agents would toss flashbangs in their direction.

This perceived hostility meant that no one inside Mount Carmel had any intention of surrendering.

Byron Sage suspected that even if some of the Branch Davidians were desperate to leave, their loyalty to David Koresh prevented them from doing so.

Koresh was clearly a highly charismatic individual.

His exceptional knowledge of the Bible and his interpretations of scripture had won many people over and they wholeheartedly believed in his teachings.

Their loyalty was clearly evident in the way that followers had submitted to Koresh's insistence that other men in the group be celibate and all women be his spiritual wives.

Koresh repeatedly said that his people were free to leave at any time, but Sage knew that before anyone inside the compound could do so, they had to complete an exit interview with Koresh.

He always made sure to tell them that they could do as they pleased, but it would mean leaving their external salvation behind and giving themselves over to Babylon.

On the evening of Monday March 22, the FBI delivered another offer to David Koresh in writing.

If everyone inside the compound was out by noon the following day, it said, Koresh could make a worldwide broadcast on the Christian Broadcast Network and would be permitted to maintain contact following his arrest.

He could even continue holding religious services.

Koresh responded by telling the negotiators that he had thrown the letter away.

Just after 10am the next morning, a 34-year-old British branch Davidian named Livingston Fagan was sent out of the compound by Koresh to provide a counterpoint to the agency's narratives about the group.