[arthurdent11389]

posse, you left out a letter "N" (where it turns to gibberish) when copying the tweet.

otherwise, great job !

i'll leave it for you to post the result...

[posse]

Okay I've been working on the coded message Tweet from last week and while I've made progress I don't think I have the entire thing, so I need some help.

The transcription of the tweet is the following:

Quote:

2 4 1 3 Z-EOAEIDPWHKCDLR EMLHFZFQNTSYQIHCOKSJ FQSUBIFYMZGJLOKYETDC V--ZGJOTIQNJQQSJZSU RZBWLBXFWH--QWIQNQHI IKLTXUROCQSYXAFXLWA#

Here's my solution so far:

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Okay so far I've worked out 2 parts. First is the column transposition of the first line (Z-EOAEIDPWHKCDLR) using the number sequence given (2 4 1 3). You get: ACZPED-WILEHDROK Which doesn't mean anything but I then used the two "words" to do a keyed Vigenere decryption of the message block. So using an alphabet key of "WILEHDROK" and a passphrase of "ACZPED", you get this: THEGATEOPENSANDTHEBE GINNINGOFTHEENDSTART S--THEKEYGOESINANKV MVDPPCRAUU--OIBMCASL BDXCFVMHRAKZRROJPIQ# or THE GATE OPENS AND THE BEGINNING OF THE END STARTS -- THE KEY GOES IN ANKVMVDPPCRAUU--OIBMCASL BDXCFVMHRAKZRROJPIQ# I believe there must be a third step (and hopefully that's all!) to translate the gibberish at the end.

Any thoughts??

[julieaurora]

Quote:

Good news! I have now located the RMSS and one of the probes were moved closer in attempt to establish communications link. So far, it appears the regular communications array is offline, and the emergency array has not gone online. I cannot perform remote activation of the emergency communications array but any crew should now be able to use their personal communications device via the probe. I will continue to observe what happens from here.

So at least it sounds like the ship is not destroyed, and if they try to call out on the emergency communications, we can maybe talk to the crew!

ETA: There is a new post in "It all started"

[posse]

Got an email from LAINSY last night:

Quote:

Hello, in my most recent gate activation 20 minutes ago an unexpected broadcast on the 6215 kHz frequency was intercepted. The raw recording of the broadcast in the 6 minute activation window of the Hyperdimmensional gate is attached. Additional information from the broadcast was received and logged. I believe I can perform a risky move to establish a solid real-time communications link to the RMSS via the Hyperdimmensional gate through a Negative Space communications probe. I will attempt to perform this operation on the next gate activation window.

I've attached the mp3 attachment, which is a 6-minute audio file. Here's what the gist of it is:

• First minute or so: same automated message as heard previously
• 1:40 - Unknown crew member talking to Tiana Vel (who is not heard), he is asking if he should turn off something
• 2:30 - After some digital noise, it sounds like an RMSS AI emergency recorded message:

  Quote:

  This is S7-RX-A000A02 Repertum Mobile Science Station of FAILTECH and the Galactic Union broadcasting in the known emergency frequency, requesting emergency assistance from any receiving party. Universal Coordinate 0 Z-743-00-00-AXO.

• 4:14 - More digital noise, and then it's like it reverts back to the regular alarm message that is heard at the beginning of the audio.
• 5:30 - SOMETHING BAD. ALARMS. "IMPENDING HULL BREACH WARNING. MOVE TO SAFTEY."
• 5:42 -

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  BOOM. (Hope your volume wasn't turned up.)

• 5:55 - Static.

[julieaurora]

This just in from LAINSY:

Quote:

I am notifying you to inform you the my last attempt to connect to the RMSS yielded a result on the analysis of a foreign digital transmission over radio communications. No changes on the status of communications to the RMSS. It appears the digital stream comes from a separate source, possibly an interference on the Hyperdimmensional layer that is currently being utilized. While it does not significantly degrade the analog transmissions from to and from our end the cross-talk between the two transmissions may degrade or alter the digital signal of the other transmission.

i have asked lainsy for a file of the foreign digital transmission.

Maybe this also could point to another way to clean up the audio file from earlier? Maybe the noise, isn't really "noise". Maybe it's an overlaid signal? Don't know how to check that out, and maybe i just watched too much Contact when i was younger...

[Russell]

http://failtech.info/ confirms that the terran site was the undiscovered site and is now active.

[julieaurora]

Looking through the terran.systems data now.

Also, probably irrelevant, but terran.systems is really http://sqlk.oriruserku.org Adding the endings on to that web address work just as well. So terran.systems is just a mask for more parts of oriruserku.org site.

ETA: Some of the pages for terran.systems don't seem to be up and running yet, however they don't produce errors either, just blank pages.

[posse]

julieaurora wrote:

Anyone had any luck with the newest code posted up on twitter?

Me neither! I'll try and work on it a little more tonight when I have more free time.

julieaurora wrote:

Also have started querying lainsy about connecting to repertum. In "it all started" tiana talks about thinking that lainsy isnt responding because there isn't anyone back home to respond. Maybe we can get lainsy to connect to the ship and help the crew?

So here's what I've been up to so far:

First off, there's a new log entry from Kalvin Zior (dated SOL 0506-3678).

I spoke with Rion Gnute under the guise of a reporter and learned more info about the crew of the ship and the status of Project Repertum. Either he's being professional or he honestly doesn't know if anything is wrong.

I suggest you try asking LAINSY to do anything you think might help! I have been in talks with LAINSY about setting up a radio communication link but optimized with Negative Space communication (since radio comm is only light-speed while Neg Space is faster-than-light). This seemed to trigger some new characters from FAILTECH and the Galactic Union who contacted me and I am in the process of explaining the situation.

The person from the Galactic Union used the email hubSPLATterran.systems and so I got curious and I think I found a new in-game website: http://terran.systems/. I haven't explored much of it but it looks to be more of an explanation of the Galactic Union.

[julieaurora]

Anyone had any luck with the newest code posted up on twitter?

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All i could think to do was convert the numbers at the top into letters, bdac, but then no idea. The dash in the line below the numbers throws me off. The bottom chunk looks like a vigenere again possibly, but im stuck.

Also have started querying lainsy about connecting to repertum. In "it all started" tiana talks about thinking that lainsy isnt responding because there isn't anyone back home to respond. Maybe we can get lainsy to connect to the ship and help the crew?

[julieaurora]

Queried LAINSY, and protocol 43 = biohazard contamination.

[posse]

julieaurora wrote:

New post up on twitter. Looks like something in the vexill alphabet from earlier and then a block of crypted regular text after that. When i tried to convert the vexill to english it still seemed like a jumble of nonsense. There dont seem to be any vowels after the first one. Spoiler (Rollover to View): i get ABFJRT FWBXHS for the first part

Right track, julie. Just needed to take it one step further:

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It's another keyed Vigenere cipher. Key: FWBXHS Passphrase/Cryp: ABFJRT decrypts to: YOUAREGETTINGDANGER OUSLYCLOSETOAPROBLE MYOUSHOULDNTWORRYAB OUTWEKNOWWHOYOUARET HISISNTWHATITSEEMS# or otherwise: YOU ARE GETTING DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO A PROBLEM YOU SHOULDNT WORRY ABOUT WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE THIS ISNT WHAT IT SEEMS#

I wonder who is sending these messages? Has anyone tried tweeting @ProjectRepertum?

Also, there's a new coded message on the Twitter page. This one looks a little different.

[posse]

I asked LAINSY to monitor the frequency 6215 KHz for any FAILTECH or unusual communication. It took a day but here's what it came up with:

Quote:

Hello Posse, while monitoring the frequency 6215 kHz as requested, a peculiar looped transmission was intercepted today 3 hours ago. Triangulation of the source resulted in no results as the signal strength seems to be nearly equal at all broadcast receiving points with just slight variation of about 0.002+/- decibels across points. I attempted transcribing the transmission and all I was able to transcribe are the words "preventive counter measures will be deployed" and "do not attempt escape ... please remain calm". Due to the limitation of my transcription ability and the severely low receiving level of the transmission, I decided to send a copy of the transmission to you attached to this email. The signal has been boosted, but had also increased the noise levels.

The mp3 was attached. There's a lot of background noise so I can't make out too much of the words, but I'll see if I can clean it up a bit.

EDIT: Okay so I attempted to clean up the audio but there's a bit too much reverb for me. Instead, here's what I hear:
0:00
[can't understand] ... have been detected. Preventive countermeasures will be deployed
0:14
Do not attempt escape. [can't understand] Protocol 43 is in effect. Please remain calm until external assistance arrives
0:40
(repeat of message)

[Russell]

Also the statuses of the websites has changed:

Quote:

lainsy.net [ACTIVE] (was standby) oriruserku.org [ACTIVE] noxordoarchives.org [STANDBY] (Was active) itallstarted.com [ACTIVE] UNKNOWN [UNDISCOVERED] (New)

[julieaurora]

New post up on twitter. Looks like something in the vexill alphabet from earlier and then a block of crypted regular text after that. When i tried to convert the vexill to english it still seemed like a jumble of nonsense. There dont seem to be any vowels after the first one.

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i get ABFJRT FWBXHS for the first part

Also got a response from rion.gnuteSPLATfailtechnologies.com letting them know about the interrupt just to see what they would say:

Oh my, no I am not aware of this. Although, if anything was sent that I
did not intend to, please ignore it. I may as well just send a new
publication soon to rectofy the issue. I will ask my staff to
investigate. Thank you.

Rion Gnute
Department Head
Deep Space Sciences Department

[posse]

julieaurora wrote:

This may be obvi, but how do you ask Lainsy?

You can query and command LAINSY by emailing commandSPLATlainsy.net.