[posse]

Not sure what happened, but it looks like LAINSY rebooted and is coming back online. From http://lainsy.net:

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30/05/2012-18:36:27GMT : SYSTEM REBOOT COMPLETED! 30/05/2012-18:36:28GMT : DIAGNOSTICS AND INSPECTION INITIATED!

From http://lainsy.net/scarlet:

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Reboot completed! Performing disgnostics and inspections...

From http://lainsy.net/arnold:

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SYSTEM REBOOT COMPLETED! ALL OK

From http://lainsy.net/martin:

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CONNECTION TO BASE ESTABLISHED! SYNCHRONIZING DATA ...

The FAILTECH website is back up, and the intranet and Agent Portal are also back online. Same goes for Klein Energy, Black Industries, and Duo Corp.
Nox Ordo pages have also been updated. http://noxordoarchives.org/ reads "BLUR" and the commented HTML reads:

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<!-- //ask -->

http://noxordosystems.net/ reads "NOLINK" and the commented HTML reads:

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<!-- Looks like they're back -->

I'm guessing "they're back" means that FAILTECH is back online? Otherwise, not really sure what to make of all this. Anyone know what happened?

[Lystella]

Maybe James Barron in case he or at least someone still looks at his email?
james.barronSPLATfailtechnologies.com

Ah...I find myself hesitant to email them since I haven't made any contact with them before.

[posse]

Ok! Missed stuff going on during the holiday weekend, doh!! But I've got word that Matthew Johnson will let us talk to the other Nox Ordo guys:

Matthew Johnson wrote:

Yes, it is fine time you ask them. Whether they were responsible for this or not can only be answered by them. Here, to help you out tell them I sent you. No need for any codename, just tell them Matthew Johnson sent you. I will notify them ahead to entertain you.

I assume that's open to everybody, let's hope one of us will be able to get some answers. So the emails that I sent out where to Billy Chan (billy.chan03SPLATfailtechnologies.com) and Joseph Dillinger (joe.dillingerSPLATfailtechnologies.com). Anyone else I'm forgetting?

[Lystella]

It sounds like the rift he went through sucked Inno through as well (my response for context). I wonder if Nox Ordo has anything to do with him being summoned here.** I was finally asked about them, too:

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Lystella Accidents do happen, and at least the chair survived from the sound of it. It is a shame, however, that Inno will be unavailable for an extended period of time given LAINSY's current state, and that the chair probably wouldn't be a suitable stand-in for him. So, considering what you mentioned earlier, what kind of services does a rift jumper like you have to offer? Rift Jumper Lots of things, actually. You see, the Void is almost closing on this side and I can't jump anytime soon. I have a slim chance of jumping out of here and getting the other guy back here. It was just a small bit of accident that I got here in the first place. But, I did get a message summoning me here before I get here. Let's just say, I was called here forcibly. Unless I determine who sent me the message and got me into this trouble, I won't be a happy guy. And what does this unhappy guy can do? Quite a lot thinking of the circumstances. Now now, do you know these Nox Ordo?

I'll check in with Skyfall today as well.

**Edits: I'm not really sure if what he's mentioned to me is reliable so far. I'm not the best with communication, so for all I know, I'm giving him nice tidbits to string me along with (like the accident bit, which seems to contradict what he mentioned to posse about taking Inno out for being a nuisance). XD I'll keep going, though.

I told him that I had nothing solid, just speculation and hearsay (feel free to poke me mercilessly if that was the wrong thing to say), and received this response:

Rift Jumper wrote:

I see... Now if only these Nox Ordo would really show up so that I can get this done already. I have about 2 days left before I can jump again, and roughly 4 days before the void closes on this side. And if I get stuck and have the void close on me, I won't be really happy with it.

May 28 Update:

Rifter wrote:

I'm jumping back in a few hours... No one seems to be going to actually meeting up with me, so I'll just go. Nice having a conversation with you.

I didn't know what else to say, so I asked about Inno.

Rifter wrote:

Woops, it appears I can't jump out... I've been locked out! aaaarrrrrrggggghhhhhh!!!!!! There's an open time stream tunneling through the void which means either I get tunnel to where it goes, or I'm stucked here! THIS IS NOT GOOD!

And news from Skyfall in terms of the recent turn of events:

Skyfall wrote:

I had already told Posse a couple, but to make it short, I still not completly sure of what is going on... But the presence of a Rifter (someone from a rift) is a sign of big trouble. I need you to ask more and possibly getin contact with the Nox Ordo to know if what their goal is in bringing a rifter at this point of space and time... Also, I had been sent to this present past because of an inbound connection from this point in time, roughly, that was rejected. I was sent in to investigate how the communication lines are compromised and who is attempting to contact us.

I'm going to mention the time tunnel the Rifter mentioned earlier.

[posse]

Skyfall is here! If you want to talk to him, his email is skyfallSPLATinsurer.com.

Skyfall wrote:

Glad to hear from you again. I suppose you guys had been involved in this recent incident, again. That's not the BIG problem right now. Our communications link seems to have been compromised, and someone has attempted to connect to us in the future. Of course, it was not completed. I had been sent to check things and see that everything turns out well. Yes, I had been physically been sent back to the past, again... Or rather you present time. After all this, I suppose you guys are open for doing something for Oriru Serku directly? We'll talk about that after all the current fuss is over. Let's get things up to speed and tell me what's up.

I gave him an update on the situation, but I'm sure he'd like to hear from you guys too. Do you think Nox Ordo had attempted to connect to Oriru Serku? I asked "Inno" (Rift Jumper) about the real Inno, and about Oriru Serku:

Rift Jumper wrote:

Oh he's fine. He's just not here today. Or tomorrow.... Or yesterday.... I don't know who those guys are. I'm not going to start any trouble for no reason. There is a reason, we just have to know.

He seems pretty insistent on finding out what we know. I've been trying to stall until I figure out what he is after. I have no idea what exactly he wants to know.

[Lystella]

I just sent Inno an email, but I doubt I'll be able to get anything out of this person.

In other news,

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------- INBOUND LINK ACTIVE ------ ================================== --------- DATA LINK OPEN --------- Receiving data . . . 3 of 4 BULKS         ::INBOUND MSG:: ATTN: EXPERTS MSG: CONFIRM CONTACT. STANDBY ---- Nro Shoreli Yat Pragako -----

Edit: So, does that mean contact is confirmed or they're asking to confirm contact? Nevermind!

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----------- LINK ACTIVE ---------- ================================== ----------- CONNECTED ------------ Secure Communications Tunnel OPEN Full Spectrum Transfer AVAILABLE Q-Data WAITING ---- Nro Shoreli Yat Pragako -----

Also, here's some development about Rift Jumper as I'll now call him:

Rift Jumper wrote:

Well, he won't be available for a while... A long while, maybe. I don't know hios contacts so I can't really tell everyone of his inavailability. I'm just someone who just happened to be sitting on his chair with his email client open. That's pretty much it. Regarding that thing, I think it broke. I jumped into this seat through a rift and the rift might have damaged it. I'm not sure.

[posse]

I had sent this message to "Inno":

posse wrote:

Posse Tue, May 22, 2012 at 9:01 AM To: Inno Ellis I know about Nox Ordo. Do you know about them?

Got a reply today:

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Inno Ellis Wed, May 23, 2012 at 12:13 PM To: Posse Of course I do. I am. What is Nox Ordo for you? Inno Ellis External Contacts Agent, FAILTECH

Okay, I think more people should be talking to this guy besides just me. Maybe we can figure out what he wants?

[Lystella]

Hope you had fun at the wedding! \(^_^)/

I hadn't contacted Inno in a long while...*embarrassed glance to the side* I wonder how long Inno's email (and possibly account?) had been compromised. Also, it doesn't seem like he/she/it has accessed Agent Portal (and thus our investigation info there) if they're repeatedly asking what you know, but I can't be certain.

[posse]

I was away all weekend for a wedding. But I wanted to report something interesting. Have any of you tried emailing Inno? I did and I noticed that "Inno" is acting very odd:

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Posse Thu, May 17, 2012 at 12:44 PM To: Inno Ellis Awaiting instructions. Inno Ellis Fri, May 18, 2012 at 9:09 AM To: Posse Oh look! My first contact! So, tell me what you know? Don't worry, no one else can know what we talk about from this end to yours since the emails are routed securely and unsupervised. Yeah, failtech's fault for doing it that way. Oh, I haven't mentioned but we've taken him out since he's quite a nuisance. Would you report that? I bet not, or else they might just shut this email and loose the chance to ask anything from me. Inno Ellis External Contacts Agent, FAILTECH Posse Fri, May 18, 2012 at 1:22 PM To: Inno Ellis Who is this? I know that you're not from around these parts, right? Inno Ellis Fri, May 18, 2012 at 11:50 PM To: Posse not from around here? Well maybe we could put it that way if that's what you like. Now again, what do you know? InnoEllis ExternalContactsAgent,FAILTECH Posse Tue, May 22, 2012 at 9:01 AM To: Inno Ellis I know about Nox Ordo. Do you know about them?

My last email I hadn't replied until this morning, so I'll update once I hear from him again. Now I'm not exactly sure what happened to Inno and who this guy is. Some Nox Ordo person? They seem to claim responsiblity for taking Inno out (or are they referring to LAINSY?). Ideas?

[Lystella]

*prepares the welcome back party* \(^_^)/

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------- INBOUND LINK ACTIVE ------ ================================== --------- DATA LINK OPEN --------- Receiving data . . . 2 of 4 BULKS         ::INBOUND MSG:: ATTN: EXPERTS MSG: SKYFALL ARRIVING. STANDBY ---- Nro Shoreli Yat Pragako -----

[godder]

Ok, so I got a reply from Genus.

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Hello! Yes It's been a while... While I am aware of what happened, I do not know this Nox Ordo. And as it sounds, they're another group of trouble makers... aaahhh, when will this end? If they have advanced technology, something that sound like ahead even for FAILTECH, why do they even NEED failtech? Sounds funny to me. Anyway, I can't help right now because I've been sent to do a couple of away tasks.... We've been tweaking the DSN because failtech has some plans in the near future. From my end, Ruby and Martin seems ok. However, it does seem like there's no link between the EGS down to Space Command. I've managed to link up some (slow and crappy) old school communications, thanks to NASA and was able to contact Alex about the situation and also told me of what's happening. Seems like a mess down there. I suggest checking up with Alex or Daniel... Also I've heard you're under Inno? He might have something regarding this. P.S. Don't worry about Scarlet, she's not plugged in... Well at least the real her is not. We've developed an electronic brain and copied scarlet's onto it so that LAINSY can function with nearly the same facilities as the real scarlet. It's still in developmet so we'll have to see how that works out.

So I think we should contact our old friend Daniel.

[Lystella]

And things are indeed not going well. =(

Ryan Bruno wrote:

There has been a HUGE compromise in LAINSY. It seems LAINSY's lowest level systems are compromised and has shutdown the rest of her systems. We have already begun fixing, but this WILL take a looooooong while. We'd have to replace hardware, tons of them. Luckily, emails aren't routed through LAINSY otherwise we'd have emails down as well. Everything else seems to be down. Or at least as far as to what we can see. We're working manually right now. Feels like we're back to the stone age. Hopefully no data is lost or damaged.

Edit: Also if anyone wanted to query Arnold, Ryan has given an O.K.

Ryan Bruno wrote:

It should be ok to send him queries, as long as he has the capability to do your query. We're not even quite sure which Arnold is able to communicate with emails right now.... I mean, if you knew Arnold, there's virtually a copy of him on each hardware each with distinct versions to match what is minimally required by the hardware and having them linked up once there's a full boot to get a sophisticated version of him.

[godder]

Whatever is going on, it can't be good. I think it I will shoot Genus an email. We can still contact him without going through LAINSY.

[posse]

Matthew Johnson isn't really willing to confirm or deny anything about what's going on and whether Nox Ordo is a part of it. I did ask about the keystone, and he said:

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Nope. We haven't found it, yet. Maybe someone managed to mess with it and ended up with something.... Catastrophic? I can't know for sure. Or maybe if I did, I don't think I'd tell.

Maybe the keystone has something to do with what happened? I sent an email out to Netspec. Sent an email to Skyfall but haven't gotten a response.

[themedic274]

Looks like they got shut down:

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----    OUTBOUND LINK LOST    ---- ================================== ------------ STANDBY ------------- LINK CLOSED FROM END POINT! MSG: YOUR LINK IS UNATHORIZED ---- Nro Shoreli Yat Pragako -----

Still worth a shot to email Skyfall, though...