I just remembered... we're missing one more Director aside from Pedro... he's been unheard of since a the last 2 episodes, I think? I wonder what happened? PMs dropped the character? or something happened? I feel so stupid to realize this just now....
Heard from Jean, who explains why she's able to build the power cores now:
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Ah yes, well you see, I think you already know what happened. Daniel mentioned you guys were already in contact. We did go to the future, correct? So, from the future, I was able to get some help from the future LAINSY. As much as I wanted to help her, we had no means of traveling to where she is. Instead, I queried her for blueprints of power cores. Of course, to avoid disrupting the flow of thing, I only needed to get the one for this the upcoming things we need to do and not something way beyond in the future. Are you getting what I mean?
So yes, even though someone stole our files, that time traveling trouble we went through actually helped us in a way. However, I feel sad I wasn't able to help her. Anyways, yes, Pedro is still missing and it's a big concern because we don't know if he's still in the future and acquiring some future tech way beyond our current capabilities. You see, if I was able to do the same, don't you think he was also able to do it, too, in one way or another?
So it's possible that Pedro is doing something with future tech... Do you think that it's possible that is the reason why he and 45459 and some others aren't showing up yet? Maybe they can mask their locations now or something.
I see... Well, we're already off close proximity to any FAILTECH facility. We're currently at our Alberta hideout safe and sound. Thanks for the heads up. So that's what happened. Now I understand why it seems everything was happening all at the same time. It was all because of some time travelling things. Anyways, just so you know that five beacons are still active until now. Which I find peculiar knowing eveyrthing is going back to normal. We have now managed to pin-point the location of each beacon, which I hope can help you solve it.
It can't be triangulation, there are two more points. It looks like a W, but there's no connection there. We have Canada, Brazil, Iceland, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Russia.
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 12:50 pm
posse
I sent word along to Netspec about it, so I'll wait to hear back from him. I asked Dan who would be running the drones:
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No one is exactly in control of them, they are fully automated under Arnold's control, that is is they are assigned to their standard purpose. However, if I retask them such as in pursuit of Pedro, Scarlet can take control. Of course, Pedro can't control them anymore, his access to the system has been disabled already. So need not worry about that.
I voiced my concern about LAINSY's vulnerability to hacking that we saw a few weeks back, and he said:
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Ah, yes, but remember we've updated LAINSY? All her security systems has been updated as well, so any hacker would need to re-learn all her security before they can do anything, plus we've got a shiny new intrusion detection and counter-measures system which can detect and thwart such hacks, or at least mitigate them to give enough time to stop them. It is, in theory, about 50x harder to hack LAINSY this time compared to the last version. We've managed to collect data about how the hacker enters the system, and we've rooted out all backdoors and other kinds of things. So yes, right now LAINSY being compromised is something we don't see happening. Plus, her AI is now running independently form the command and control systems, which means her AI now functions as a regular system operator instead of having direct access to the systems so that if her AI systems are compromised the rest of the systems doesn't need to get shutdown.
I'll take his word for it for now until bad things start happening.
EDIT - email from Netspec earlier today, sorry I forgot:
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Ok, I hope this time this message goes through. We were quite busy the few days back, and I've also lost communication with you. If you do receive this, please respond.
The facilities were not there, and now back there. It's weird, and unusual. Do you have any knowledge of hwo this happened? Or are you as clueless as we are? Anyhow, we've managed to make contact again with our contacts in FAILTECH, unfortuntaley, it seems we still havne't made contact with Emily. Furthermore, we have already retrieve the necessary things we need to disable Kid's nano particles in him, and possibly read data in those particles flawlessly. The only problem is locating where he is, we hope he's still safe. If you have his location, please tell me and we'll head there as soon as we could.
So I gave a brief update with Netspec and passed along the warning about the drones.
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 7:22 pm
duke9509
posse wrote:
Doesn't sound good for Netspec and his group...
Yeah, if you get in touch with him, you should warn him. Though I think his team has already been staying away from FAILTECH lately, considering recent events...
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 7:12 pm
posse
I briefed Daniel about what happened in the future, the state of LAINSY and how Earth was missing, how we managed to get back through the RECALL device, and the messages we received from him at that time that showed the ships he's building were successful. I then asked about who else is missing other than Pedro and 45459. His reply:
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I see, although that's a lot to process and take in I recommend we get through from this point to the future in a much proper way. Knowing what lies ahead, we should probably try to ignore what's in the future and let things work out. Anyhow, what's revealing is what you a message from me I am supposed to make a few days from now speaking of the ship. In fact, just today we have completed the assembly and would proceed with testing, then by the 17th we will use it for flights between Space Command and the EGS to prepare it for boarding. I guess things are going quite similar to this other timeline you came from.
Anyways, if Pedro or 45459 registers on the system, I have set LAINSY to inform me and you (your team). Regarding missing people, there are still a couple of employees and personnel who hasn't come back, yet. We assume not everyone or everything get's restored back to this time as the same time. Might take a while, so we are still in active supervision of the case. Fortunately, all facilities are 100% ok and is up and running. We are now attempting to stabilize the company, and in fact moving people around (promotions) well you see, we've taken out Pedro of the company. As well as his group of FIRST, anytime they will appear on the tracking system we've instructed LAINSY to capture them. I have authorized her the use of our new drones to capture them.
So it seems that people who got sent to the future are now trickling back over the next few days maybe? If I've got time today I might try and get in touch with Netspec and see if he's come across any of his people, and any of the Byruniuku they were investigating.
Also, new drones? EDIT - Asked Daniel about this:
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Ah, new drones designed for stealth and FAILTECH's exclusive use. Equipped with weapons designed to retrieve people and equipment. The drones are basically used for defense to prevent outsiders from entering and smuggling things from FAILTECH facilities. But, they can also be re-tasked to do other things such as pursuit operations to stun and "retrieve" a person. We'll be launching them tomorrow. Those are additional security for FAILTECH.
Doesn't sound good for Netspec and his group...
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 10:06 am
godder
I never really found anything specific about the signal locations. I mapped them, measured them, and tried to figure out some kind of connection. I don't know, anybody else have any ideas?
Edit: I'm going to be busy for the rest of the week so I'll let you guys do most of the investigating. I'll check in from time to time.
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 3:29 pm
zeighy
Sssshhhh, I'm on my phone at work... Just recalled, so where are we going about the five locations agin, any ideas? May they plot out sonething on the map?
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 2:18 pm
punxtr
I just read the first 30 pages of this topic again. Man, that was a wicked first week! I'm so nostalgic. Time, or EOS, was much simpler then.
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 10:50 am
godder
To kaelas, that's part of the fun of it though. You feel like John Connor alone in the bunker with a radio at the end of terminator 3. I'll send Dan a longer email when I get to my computer. Maybe I can query lainsy a little and see how many people popped back into this universe in the last 24 hours. Epic, truly.
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 8:04 am
Kaelas
Hey at least you weren't the guy with Lainsy Remote Command who was having to think all this through. That hurt my brain in mutlitudes of ways.
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 4:32 am
zeighy
posse wrote:
Gee, you move across the country in a week and you miss EVERYTHING!
Well, you know this ARG, things happen when you're (not exactly you) away... and things move fast (sometime slow), but yeah...
anyways,
OMFG WTF just happened here? Is that the reason why I stepped outside my house and it felt weird... and what's weirder was when I got to work?
kidding aside, reading through what happened, it was another mind-bending and time-bending thing that has gone by.... I feel like I have a headache now...
Ok, so we're back, and seems pedro and kid is still missing... is it possible they are still on the other universe? If not, probably somewhere else... gives us the reason to get the DSN up and running because it seems it might be next thing needed to be done...
My theory is that they have gone back to Afyg? That is if Pedro DID get kid already... which is sad, I hope he's ok.
Ok, back to sleep for me... sheeesh, why is Canadian weather so annoying...
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 4:09 am
posse
Gee, you move across the country in a week and you miss EVERYTHING! Anyway just got 2 emails from Dan:
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Ok this will be my sixth attempt to send an email, hopefully it gets through. If it does and you're reading this, I'll be very happy if you respond.
It's been days since you last contacted me. Alex is worried as well because all our emails bounce back (undeliverable). We are worried you might be taken by Pedro or some other people. Please please please please get this email through and I hope you respond.
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Oh wow, it did go through! I wasn't expecting that, although I was hoping for it to happen. Ok now, please do respond to confirm you are ok.
I replied I was ok and got the following:
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What happened? We were worried, as Pedro and 45459 also vanished off the system roughly the same time we lost contact with you. LAINSY reported they are are no longer detected on her tracking systems long range and from space. Up to this moment, I just checked and they are still has not registered on the system.
I kind of just told him how we (and Pedro and 45459) got stuck into the future somehow (or something). I've been away so I was very vague and short. Perhaps one of you involved could fill him in?
FYI the /lainsy page now says:
======= LAINSY SYSTEM LOG ONLINE REMOTE ACCESS ========
REMOTE COMMANDS DISABLED. REMOTE QUERY ACTIVE.
websrv module in offline mode.
The main page says:
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Hello! You've reached the FAILTECH website! Due to unforseen circumstances, our online services are offline.
You can still always reach us through your local FAILTECH office, or dialing their number up.
kleinenergyco.com and industriesblack.com are now back up (after having been blank pages all day like the FAILTECH page).
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 11:05 pm
Anyway just got 2 emails from Dan: