[posse]

Great work, zeighy. So I think the ID it is referring to is our ID from the FAILTECH ID cards that were sent. Mine was 05649 which I discovered by using an NFC-enabled phone to scan it. I called the private messaging line and put in 05649 and it said that the message slot had been reserved, but there were no messages, so it looks like a message will end up in there eventually.

Did anyone else who got a FAILTECH ID card manage to scan for their ID number? The easiest way is to use a phone that has NFC capability: http://www.nfcworld.com/nfc-phones-list/ I had to borrow a friend's phone to do it. I wonder if it's the same ID number, or we got different numbers. I wonder if the people without cards got assigned an ID number -- maybe Dan Miller or LAINSY might know?

Incidentally, I decided to email Fred Don with the phrase "THEMANWHOWALKSTHEWATERSOFHELL". Fred Don never replied to any of my previous attempts at contacting him, but today I actually got a reply:

Fred Don wrote:

I heard you were much brighter than giving a clue as an answer.

So I quickly emailed him my guess/answer:

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CHARON (the ferryman of the river Styx)

I'll let you know if I hear from him again.

[zeighy]

Finally something's up... Heh, last I remember, the rifter is undercover as Matthew Johnson, right? He might have got caught while trying to get an "id" if that's the case, I suppose it's the 6 digit phone id? Otherwise, it could also be a code for the 5 digit one.

Still wonder why send a cryptic message instead of an upfront answer... Haha,

EDIT:

Regarding the second piece of the numbers

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OLTSIYWSDOEYIUNORRU decoded to YOURNEWSLOTISYOURID by using Railfence, 7 rails offset 3 (from the 73 that came before it) essentially, it now says "YOUR NEW SLOT IS YOUR ID" not sure which ID it means. Might be relevant to what the rifter has sent. After all, the message slot has reached max updates so they need a new slot. Which ID is the problem now. Rifter's message might be the clue.

[posse]

Nice work punxtr, that's what I hear too. I don't know what to make of the jumble of letters at the end, or the random stream of 0's. I did notice a pause which may indicate a break between the jumbled letters:

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OLTSIYWSD OEYIUNORRU

But again nothing jumps out at me at the moment.

I received a strange email out of the blue from Inno/Rifter/fake Matthew Johnson. The subject line was "id" and the message was the following:

Quote:

PHONE BILLS, SUM OF ALL, THAT IS THE CODE

which is complete nonsense to me. Also, I hadn't been in contact with most of the characters for weeks now, so this is pretty suspicious that something happened. I've replied asking if he's ok and am waiting to hear back.

Today I also noticed that http://noxordosystems.net got updated to read:

Code:

## STANDBY [STANDBY] //ADVISORY //TESTA FAMILY TERMINATED

This is probably not good. FYI Matthew Johnson told me he was part of the TESTA clan. Though I'm not sure exactly what that means.

[punxtr]

This is what I heard from the message:

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36 37 20 37 39 20 37 38 20 37 30 20 37 33 20 38 32 20 37 37 20 36 32 20 76 32 20 38 34 20 37 32 20 36 39 20 37 37 20 36 35 20 37 38 20 38 37 20 37 32 20 37 39 20 38 37 20 36 35 20 37 36 20 37 35 20 38 33 20 33 34 20 37 32 20 36 39 20 38 37 20 36 35 20 38 34 20 36 39 20 38 32 20 38 33 20 37 39 20 37 30 20 37 32 20 36 39 20 37 36 20 37 36 000000 73 000 52 102 32 52 99 32 53 52 32 53 51 32 52 57 32 53 57 32 53 55 32 53 51 32 52 52 32 52 102 32 52 53 32 53 57 32 52 57 32 53 53 32 52 101 32 52 102 32 53 50 32 53 50 32 53 53

This is what I have decoded so far:

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CONFIRM>THEMANWHOWALKSTHEWATERSOFHELL 000000 73 000 OLTSIYWSDOEYIUNORRU

[posse]

Ok there's an update on the private messaging line (619) 722-3245. The message slots have been updated and it's basically a LONG stream of numbers. I'm on vacation today and so I'm just going to upload a recording of the message. Maybe someone wants to take a crack at transcribing or decoding it?

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Just based on listening to the message and on my experience, it sounds like the stream of numbers is hex, then convert to decimal. Though there may be a switch somewhere later in the message.

Good luck! I'll take a stab at it later on this evening if someone hasn't gotten to it already.

[punxtr]

Nothing yet.

[posse]

Got a message from Genus Orein's email (genusoreinSPLATgmail.com). I guess this was supposed to be sent automatically after a delay if Genus didn't return:

Genus Orein wrote:

Hello! Guess who's back?! Yes, it is me! Ironically, I am not actually back, yet. However, this is an automated message. Please reply to confirm your availability.

After replying to the message, I got this response:

Quote:

Availability, confirmed. If you happen to have received this message, it would probably because I haven't returned, yet, from that electromagnetic disturbance we have encountered in pursuit of the stolen ship. This message is automaed to report to trusted contacts in the event I do not return or make contact within a resonable timeframe. Report as follows: The people on board the stolen ship has been confirmed as a couple of Nox Ordo members. I haven't reported this soon because I wanted to investigate where they are heading. So far, they seem to have taken interest in the stranded ship in the middle of space. However, they are taking a rather precarious route of going through the electro magnetic disturbance. I will just have to pursue them through this path. The presence of the electro magnetic disturbance is closely similar to a space-time convergence event that allows travel across time and space. I am fairly familiar to this since, I am, or rather, me and my team, have already traveled a couple of times across time and space on board my ship. I requested that there be no rescues to be performed as in the event that entering the electromagnetic disturbance sends us to an unknown lcoation and time, there will be no further casualties.

So far, nothing new then?

[punxtr]

I received the same message as the other two. I'm not sure if I should text answer to that number, or wait for contact soon. I'll just wait for contact soon.

[posse]

Hey so the private messaging line got updated! Call (619) 722-3245 to hear the announcements yourself, here's what I was able to transcribe:

Quote:

00000: Announcement for the day of Sept 23 2012. System maintenance completed. 4 message slots updated marked as private and urgent. 4 message slots updated marked as locked and urgent.

Are the 4 message slots the ones we found on that mysterious message that the players who received the 4 FAILTECH ID cards got? I only know of 2 slots: 60119 and 85431. punxtr, godder, do you have your numbers and can you check to see if you got this message? This is the message recorded on those 2 slots:

Quote:

60119 & 85431: This slot has been updated. No audio attached with text msg. Text has been converted to speech and is follows: "A lot of things have been going on. I will be gone soon enough. I want to leave something to you. Can I entrust with it? It is something that means the world for me. You have been selected because you are trusted. I will be in direct contact soon. Be ready."

Waiting game a little bit longer, it seems!

[punxtr]

Genus is back in pre-recorded form!

[posse]

duke9509 wrote:

Someone should call one of the numbers. Perhaps he's left a message. Check that voicemail thing, too.

Okay I called the private messaging line (6197223245) and all I got was the same automatic message that was there the last time I checked.
The Nox Ordo line (2508002669) is still the same, don't know a 6-digit ID.
The FAILTECH Central Communication numbers are all the same message (please leave a message at the beep, if you want a callback leave your name and number). I usually text msg one of these numbers and it acts very similar to doing a LAINSY remote command. I decided to leave a message for Fred Don:

posse wrote:

Message for FRED DON: We heard you have answers and that the future is in our hands. We are listening. If you want to contact us, feel free to leave a message back.

I got a txt back from LAINSY saying that my message has been delivered in read, so I'll let you know if I hear anything else back. Until then, keep your eyes peeled I guess!

FYI the Central Comm numbers are (from the website):
SOUTHERN (210)900-3245
NORTHERN (313)744-3245
WESTCOAST (213)444-3245
EASTCOAST (813)444-3245

[duke9509]

Someone should call one of the numbers. Perhaps he's left a message. Check that voicemail thing, too.

[zeighy]

Got a new ping!

http://www.lainsy.net updated

Code:

20/09/2012-04:04:04GMT :: Data processing completed. Data has been archived and will be available at SFS.

I checked everywhere for the sfs, but the only sfs that "works" is at

http://www.failtechnologies.com/sfs

which comes up with a 403 error....

and also, the quote at the bottom states this:

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"I know you're looking for answers. I have them. Give me a call and I'll call you back. The future is in your hands." -- FRED DON

[richrock]

Just to say I've joined FAILTECH, but boy, what a backstory to have to work through! Going to catch up on events and pitch in whereever I can.

[posse]

It sounds like something big is in the works:

Dan Miller wrote:

I find the wait nerve wrecking... Nox Ordo is one tough cookie. As a side note, Alex is almost done with the company re-structuring. It didn't get along with the summer target, but it is finally getting through! You'll be bound to see a "new" FAILTECH soon.

I haven't talked to Alex in a while, maybe now's a good time to say hello and catch up.