[Draconis1025]

So the question I have is, did the mechanic defect? Is he the bad guy now? And how did he get in the operator's channel? And most importantly, did I screw everything up by giving them Wallace's location?

God, I really hope I don't screw up the first ARG I try.........

[Distraction]

amandel wrote:

Kaerie wrote: Interestingly, that was the same blog post where he mentioned Rose, who use to draw concentric rings on quaderille (graph) paper. What's it all mean? Dunno yet, but hopefully we will! Am also quite curious, hoping we get to meet Rose & THX for the transcript, Distraction. By now y'all have noticed there are two vids on the AB YouTube. 4773.293.838 has a blurb called A SANG ARM (=ANAGRAMS) and its tags include "ayd tft ". Ayden signs off his comments with AYD. Am wondering now if that's an acronym?

Wasn't this...the first song? I recognize the circus music. More and more, I'm convinced that there is instructions buried in that thing. Anagram search brought up nothing. Just for giggles, A .tft file is generally an unknown extension file...so that's no help. Also, check out those pictures on the video. Oh look! Our ferris wheel that was posted on the word press site.l.but Disneyland?! An airplane engine?! What a peculiar assortment.

[amandel]

Kaerie wrote:

Interestingly, that was the same blog post where he mentioned Rose, who use to draw concentric rings on quaderille (graph) paper. What's it all mean? Dunno yet, but hopefully we will!

Am also quite curious, hoping we get to meet Rose & THX for the transcript, Distraction. By now y'all have noticed there are two vids on the AB YouTube. 4773.293.838 has a blurb called A SANG ARM (=ANAGRAMS) and its tags include "ayd tft ". Ayden signs off his comments with AYD. Am wondering now if that's an acronym?

[reytrx99]

Guarantee you is ancient aliens. Circles an squares are involved in crop circles and ancient architecture

[Kaerie]

I wasn't able to get anything out of that that you didn't already get, Distraction. Good job!

All of these Minos references reminded me of a portion of one of Wallace's blog posts.

Quote:

Once, when I was fourteen, I remember working in an old caldera. Dusting. Vacuuming. Sifting. Clay pots. Bones. Ash. Ocean. At the bottom of that caldera was mud. Or dried mud. Left over from tides about 20,000 years old. Men. Minotaurs. All of them the same. Three quarters of my life made up studying myth.

Interestingly, that was the same blog post where he mentioned Rose, who use to draw concentric rings on quaderille (graph) paper.

What's it all mean? Dunno yet, but hopefully we will!

[Distraction]

[Distraction]

I LOVE the fact we now get a voice with a character..I'm easily amused with something like this.

Satchmo..someone should get Aydens thought on the music..La Vie en Rose...yeah?

Rose..thats a name we've heard before..

Also, that picture...looks a bit like Greece.

[booba]

New song up at http://alliedbroadcasting.wordpress.com/

Satchmo. I like their taste.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IJzYAda1wA

[Lystella]

amandel wrote:

Clever pick-up! Just reread everything and reckon Distraction is spot-on about the Mechanic's possible defection or some damage b/c right after listening to the "RECONFIGURED" broadcast with his ?android? ears Ayden (who's quite adorable imo) begins "to determine where exactly one is in space"

Yes, nice catch, Distraction! \(^_^)/ I wonder if the first broadcasted song also might have had an effect on Ayden and what kind of effect it was.

And another Minos tidbit to add to the pile:
There's an asteroid, 6239 Minos, that orbits near Earth.

[reytrx99]

Mmkay. So. Europa is a moon that orbits jupiter (romanized zeus [minos's dad] itll be important in a minute) and is named after the europa that was banged by zeus in a bull form, and bore minos. (And possibly the minotaur. I dont remember) when she died she was supposedly turned into a moon. Minos (if i remember correctly) was her FIFTH son. So europa perhaps? Or jupiter.

[Distraction]

It makes sense. Ayden mentioned being a mechanic..and has had his subroutines compromised. What's to say this mechanic didn't have the same happen?

[amandel]

Distraction wrote:

So..contact with the mechanic has been severed...and Ayden has just revealed he was also a mechanic. ( just tossing that out there). So..the mechanic...did he defect? The transmission merely stated he disappeared.. being that he had the coordinates of Wallace from one of us..this may not bode well for Wallace.

Clever pick-up! Just reread everything and reckon Distraction is spot-on about the Mechanic's possible defection or some damage b/c right after listening to the "RECONFIGURED" broadcast with his ?android? ears Ayden (who's quite adorable imo) begins "to determine where exactly one is in space" and he then says:

Ayden wrote:

I have to take a nap to check in on my sub-routine. I am pretty sure I have some explaining to do.

[Distraction]

Minos..was a planet in the Star Trek universe..As well in Bioshock ( although I think it was more of a system there )...maybe it was Mass Effect,

Minos was also the son of Zeus ( Now, I'm really showing my geekiness)..

That's all I've got on Minos.

[reytrx99]

They said the broadcast was possibly reconfigured to get info about wallace. So unless aydens message was all code, i think were fine for now. I did notice both posts talk about "minos" doing research now

[Distraction]

So..contact with the mechanic has been severed...and Ayden has just revealed he was also a mechanic. ( just tossing that out there).
So..the mechanic...did he defect? The transmission merely stated he disappeared.. being that he had the coordinates of Wallace from one of us..this may not bode well for Wallace.