I asked Netspec/Patrice Heinz about the last time she saw Daniel and she replied:
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Last time I saw him was before we were called back to report on our organization. Right now we're sent back to investigate why we lost contact with our agents form FAILTECH, again. And one of yoru team mates informed me FAILTECH went on lockdown and LAINSY is now in control of everything. Essentially our mission is "complete" since we now know what happened. So right now, we're on standby.
Since Daniel has been good to us, we could probably help you out and look for him. Last location we know was in Morocco when we left him there. I do not know if they moved after that before he went missing. If you need help looking for him, we'd be glad to help out.
I already responded that we could use her help to look for him. Morocco = close to the Canary Islands where they were going to look for Emily, I'm guessing that's why that was the last place Netspec saw him.
EDIT: Just got a txt back from one of the FAILTECH numbers ((213) 444-3245):
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LAINSY SAYS: Acknowledged
FYI this was an auxiliary line Emily used at some point, not the main line (i.e. not the one with the recorded message that says it's the FAILTECH Southern Communications Line or whatever).
Oh, sweet, so you texted her that backdoor statement that Genus gave us? I'll let him know that it has been done.
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 4:41 pm
posse
I asked Netspec/Patrice Heinz about the last time she saw Daniel and she replied:
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Last time I saw him was before we were called back to report on our organization. Right now we're sent back to investigate why we lost contact with our agents form FAILTECH, again. And one of yoru team mates informed me FAILTECH went on lockdown and LAINSY is now in control of everything. Essentially our mission is "complete" since we now know what happened. So right now, we're on standby.
Since Daniel has been good to us, we could probably help you out and look for him. Last location we know was in Morocco when we left him there. I do not know if they moved after that before he went missing. If you need help looking for him, we'd be glad to help out.
I already responded that we could use her help to look for him. Morocco = close to the Canary Islands where they were going to look for Emily, I'm guessing that's why that was the last place Netspec saw him.
EDIT: Just got a txt back from one of the FAILTECH numbers ((213) 444-3245):
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LAINSY SAYS: Acknowledged
FYI this was an auxiliary line Emily used at some point, not the main line (i.e. not the one with the recorded message that says it's the FAILTECH Southern Communications Line or whatever).
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 3:23 pm
godder
Ah, how I've missed ciphers. Remember when we had to figure out the enigma machine? Makes my brain all tingly again just thinking about it.
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 3:15 pm
posse
zeighy wrote:
(210) 900-3245 << where most communications has been
(213) 444-3245 << used only once, I think
Okay, I sent a txt to both numbers just in case, I'll let you know if LAINSY responds in kind.
Also FYI after I decoded that Russian voicemail message I sent a similar message back to the voicemail number, just a simple "Hello." I was hoping someone was still waiting to hear back and my response would acknowledge we received their message, whoever 'they' were.
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 2:10 pm
zeighy
cool! Anyways, nice to see some older styled puzzles around... I don't have a US number either so it's for you guys...
I think we've only got 2 numbers so far... I'll post them up here:
(210) 900-3245 << where most communications has been
(213) 444-3245 << used only once, I think
binary > dec > good ol' enigma (ARK, I II III, LVSZBNFQDVVBVQCMXNNTQJPGUPBNRSBOETYNBHZNIYQGTJVJZXMFWICMUDZIYXFQEBALFQZROUEONQKOZCIXOKCBYCYYLFWIOCTFAKWPFMRZPOKXT)
when spaced:
THE CHILD HAS POWER
POWER BEYOND LIMIT
IN CONTROL OR NOT (spacing?)
ALONE YOU FAIL
DARKNESS WILL COME
THE STAR SHALL NOT SHINE (...what star?)
FAILURE IS INEVITABLE
I don't have a US number, so I'll leave the phoning up to you guys.
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 12:48 pm
godder
That was nice of them to address our concerns. I'm still willing to see where they go with this so...
I sent an email to genus saying sorry for the mix up and I hinted at the convoluted and complex story being difficult to follow and that we sometimes aren't sure what to do. His response...
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Oh, don't worry about it that much. Not much of a big deal compared to what we're facing right now. Might be an inconvenience to some people (Alex) but surely worth it. Now that you have done it, I see it could have been a better idea since LAINSY could essentially "preserve" the human race... if it comes to that, since she has locked down all the facilities, which of course is self-sustaining (as long as all the facilities are up).
Anyhow, the email system is still down, but it seems the old school phone line are still up. Emily can't patch through anymore but seems like calling the number still accepts messages. Maybe even sms. We tried to contact LAINSY but she's not responding to us. Maybe because she doesn't recognize the phone number we're using. Anyone of you who has been in contact with LAINSY through any of the four FAILTECH Communications number?
If she does respond to you, just tell her that "mom and dad needs to talk to you". Yeah, that's another backdoor AI command. Basically makes her trace me and Emily and make contact to us directly. By then we should be able to re-enable her email system and allow us to send in commands through email. If that doesn't work, then we might need to get ourselves into the FAILTECH Colorado facility to regain control.
Ok now, I am so sorry that you have been "demoted". I hope They understand that people do make mistakes, but often mistakes can be actual opportunities to see sides we've might never dare to see.
Edit: Oh yeah, I almost forgot. I also told him that I had been re-assigned to janitorial duties after turning everything over to lainsy.
So, those who were texting and communicating by phone, would you guys like to try getting through to Lainsy?
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 11:42 am
duke9509
Hey (yes, I'm still here, I just haven't had much to say), there's a new post addressing our concerns on the OOG blog:
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We've been reading the forums and we do agree that the game has became quite complex and "unsolved".
We'll be answering a couple of question without spoiling anything (or at least anything that you'll be actively participating in). Ok, we won't be directly answering your question, but instead let us tell you some background information and some future plans...
The storyline of the game was initially been meant to stand alone on it's own... However, a bit later on in the game we then merged the game into the storyline of a prospective novel that our game writer is writing since last year. We won't be revealing much about the novel, just yet. Now, as you already probably think, yes the novel is about 45459 and his "adventure" so we basically didn't loose him when he went to that alternate future. We'll follow his story later in the game and in the novel slated for next year.
So yes, what happens in the game right now WILL affect the story of the novel. Quite unique, if you ask us. Now, those who have been bearing with us and has stayed with us since the beginning or at least until a particular part of the ARG will be receiving a copy of the novel completely free of charge as a thank you gift for participating and influencing the progress of the novel's story. Yes you can be credited if you want to, either with your forum username or your real name which ever you prefer, however we will only credit you if you've been with us until a particular goal has been met. We'll email you to ask you if you want to be credited or not and how to be credited if you do choose to. Of course you can choose not to receive our gift, but we'd be happy if you accept our gift, even if you don't intend to read it. Physical and digital copies will be available and you can choose which format to receive (or you can choose both, if you prefer). Both copies will be a special version that will include some special content intended for the ARG players. And yes, the digital copy will be completely DRM-free.
Some characters in the ARG will of course make their appearance in the novel (if they survive). Also, some still unanswered questions is truly intended to be answered later on. As long as you guys post your ideas and theories in the forums we'll make sure to make the game very interesting. Right now, there's not much of active players so we're kinda slowing down on thing making the game and the story quite difficult to follow and extremely complex as we try to create something interesting but instead they create more complexity.
Now, we won't be introducing much of anything new and intend to answer most of those unanswered questions. We hope you all still keep up and please bear with us as we try to get things back to "how they were". Are you ready? We are! Let's go!
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 8:56 am
punxtr
I thought I recognized that name before...
Honestly, I'm with godder. This is getting way too convoluted!
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 1:35 am
zeighy
I was just curious so I did a search on the forums... and surprisingly our friend netspec/patrice heinz has been on the game since the start.... she's been one of the service agents we were in contact with and the one who appears to have been "taken care of"...
Didn't she mentiom she worked for FAILTECH and got removed for bad behavior? So there you go!
Anyways good points posse! Maybe we can still contact LAINSY through the phone lines? Her log never mentioned cutting those off... so maybe we can send her txt command? Just a thought... Either that or the game is on autopaly right now....
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 9:59 pm
posse
Yeah, it seems we get thrown way too many problems/challenges to solve but no time to focus on what might actually be going on -- so our solutions lead to more problems, and we're caught in a vicious cycle. (Hence the name FAILtech maybe?)
I have a bunch of questions that probably aren't going to get answered but I figured I'd put them all in a big list and see if we can keep them in mind as events progress:
What happened to 45459/Jhuku/Kid? Is his disappearance a very bad thing (i.e. did we fail big time by losing him)?
What happened to Daniel?
Why do people keep randomly disappearing (Pedro, 45459, Daniel, and all of the others who mysteriously disappear) and then either show back up or not? Have their memories been wiped and how do we learn what happened to them?
If the Orkudusu infiltrated FAILTECH, who in the company were they? Pedro and his minions? Did they accomplish what they hoped to accomplish while they were on Earth (i.e. did they win and we lose)?
What is it that the Orkudusu actually want? Do they want to destroy us now? Invade us? Not sure what's going on with these incoming ships.
What exactly do the Byruniuku want or hope to accomplish here?
Where is Scarlet Rain, Emily's daughter? And where have Emily & Scarlet been all this time? And is there something important about their disappearance years ago?
What is the ultimate goal of this game? To stop the Orkudusu? To stop something from happening that causes our future to go into some cycle?
What was the deal with the time warps? To show that we keep messing up and so the future is messed up? If so, how do we fix the future? What is the "good/goal" future?
What is Genus's plan and what does he want us to do?
Do the ancillary BODs and companies (Klein, Black, Fred Don, etc.) have any significant roles anymore?
Was there a point to those texts and voicemails I received? Is phone communication a viable form of communicating in this game? The initial texter turned out to be Emily Rain but after she disappeared, who was contacting me? LAINSY or someone else?
What about Netspec/Patrice Heinz? Is she still playing a role here? What exactly does she want in all this? And who are her fellow spies in FAILTECH?
I'm sure there's more, but I just wanted to get these down just to show how confused I've gotten as the game has progressed. What's important, what can get dropped? What should we be focusing on?
Also an email from Genus:
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Subject: Safe
Well, I got Emily and Alex here. No Daniel though. I still can't locate him. We've already managed to try and locate him using his tag and he seems to be "not here". I don't know where he is, but I'll see to it that we can get him back.
Scarlet reports that she'll be using the Gravitonic system to prevent the Orkudusu from coming. Well, I'd say that's a good since the Gravitonic system can basically prevent them from moving in space.
Right now, I'm still trying to figure out how to send their (and the Byruniuku) planet back to it's correct time. I feel that only then we should be safe from any threats from them. I'll figure that one out later and let Scarlet do her thing. Then we'll deal with FAILTECH after that.
Keep safe for now
Sounds like we're playing the waiting game for a few days before they can come up with an alternative plan to get us out of our most current shot-in-the-foot?
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 3:10 pm
godder
Oops. I guess that's not what we were supposed to do. Email from me to genus and his reply...
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On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 10:52 AM, Godder Bier <godderbier> wrote:
It is done. Lainsy now has full control. She has detected the coming ships. By the way, Alex is pissed! Poor guy. All he wanted was to be successful. We hope he is well and continues to succeed in whatever he does. Now, Lainsy has everything on lockdown, which is good, everyone will be safe that way. Any word on Daniel? I really hope he is ok. What needs to be done now? We still have some contacts that we can send to look for Daniel if we need to.
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Well, he has reason to. I wasn't exactly needing for you guys to make LAINSY take over the entire company... But we'll deal with that later. I'm sure she'll manage to keep everything safe.
Anyhow, I'll be on my way to pickup Emily... It's been a while since we last saw each other and a lot has happened. We'll have a lot to catch up on and a lot to do. Maybe I'll pickup Alex as well and explain things to him. I sure he's really mad of everything. He's been busy with his little world around FAILTECH that he doesn't realized how deep of a hole he has dug himself into.
Anyways, LAINSY is out of reach right now because of what you did. I and Emily should be able to create a patch through so that we can enable communications again. But that will be later on, for now I need you guys to stay put, and maybe pretend there's no trouble coming to Earth. You know, other people don't need to know since we're still on that stage trying to prevent the Orkudusu from coming in the first place.
Well, now that I've royally screwed everybody, anybody else want to try to help me figure out what in the hell we were supposed to do instead?
Edit: I'm going to take a back seat and lurk for a while I think. I don't know what the deal is, but it's just not the same as it used to be.
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 9:12 am
punxtr
Whoa.
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 7:40 pm
godder
I know. I feel bad for doing that to Alex. (Isn't it amazing how real everything feels now?) I told Bruno to alert him and the rest of Failtech about what was going to happen. Guess he didn't get the memo. We can still communicate with Genus and several others though, so I don't think this is necessarily "The End" quite yet. It's not like Lainsy is going to harm the people who are on lockdown or anything. It is for their own safety. Lainsy has detected the incoming threat now. I'm going to contact Genus and let him know that Lainsy is now in control.
======= LAINSY SYSTEM LOG ONLINE REMOTE ACCESS ========
!!!!! PROTOCOL 1 ACTIVATED !!!!!
PURGING COMPANY EMAIL ADDRESSES . . . DONE
ACTIVATING COMPANY-WIDE LOCKDOWN . . . DONE
PURGING EMPLOYEE AND PERSONNEL DATABASE . . . DONE
PURGING PROTOCOLS . . . DONE
CHECKING SYSTEMS . . . DONE
websrv MODULE NOW INDEPENDENT
REBOOTING . . . DONE
POWERING UP PRIMARY SYSTEMS . . . DONE
APPLYING CHANGES . . . DONE
COMPLETING PATCHING . . . DONE
CONTACTING RELATED ORGANIZATIONS TO COMPLETE OPERATION . . . DONE
* COMPANY OWNERSHIP TRANSFER COMPLETED
FINALIZING . . . DONE
STARTING UP . . . DONE
CONNECTING TO NETWORKS . . . DONE
LAINSY SAYS: I am detecting an inbound threat estimating 1 day before reaching Layer 1.
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 11:36 am
zeighy
Good job posse! That's quite an effort there... I wonder why contact you?
Anyways, on second thought maybe we should have asked for Alex help? lol, ah well... So now, what happens once LAINSY completes? She's unreachable and basically runs independently now...... Is this like the end of the game? :\
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 4:41 pm
(Isn't it amazing how real everything feels now?) I told Bruno to alert him and the rest of Failtech about what was going to happen. Guess he didn't get the memo. We can still communicate with Genus and several others though, so I don't think this is necessarily "The End" quite yet. It's not like Lainsy is going to harm the people who are on lockdown or anything. It is for their own safety. Lainsy has detected the incoming threat now. I'm going to contact Genus and let him know that Lainsy is now in control.