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[Trailhead] Oracles
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StoneCircles
Kilroy

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[Trailhead] Oracles
Something found on YouTube

I'm very new here, so please forgive me if I misuse or miss terminology!

I've recently found a YouTube channel of the name Oracle OS 9 with, as of now, 3 uploaded videos. Each video has several views, so I assume a few others are playing it and solving the puzzles. The puzzles themselves are pretty simple hex code translations, though the most recent upload is an SSTV image with a rather ominous image (I'll try to post it below).

Just wanted to turn you guys on to this as it looks like the posts are now pretty regular and the content is getting interesting!

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6xWHLc_AUk[/youtube][/youtube]
SSTV Image.png
 Description   This is the encrypted SSTV image
 Filesize   170.91KB
 Viewed   558 Time(s)

SSTV Image.png


PostPosted: Mon Oct 26, 2015 8:26 pm
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CrAzYPiLoT
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This seems interesting. I'll be following this trail Smile

PostPosted: Fri Oct 30, 2015 9:35 am
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clownhater7
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This is what I gathered poking around this morning:


The first video "FR's (!) vDIOG (26/2/2008)" includes link to http://pastebin.com/P7E0Hcaa which decodes to:

Spoiler (Rollover to View):

Jani: OS 9 (ORCL 1(!), ORCL 2 (!), ORCL 9 (!), FR (!), Resident CPU)
Eval: FR [26/02/2008] !45.8898 µs until lockout!
DIOG: System failure imminent// immediate administrative action required//
[DIOG includes FR?s (!) note].
FR current directive: (null)
FR current conditions: (null)
etf: 1.427 µs
.
.
NOTE BEGINS:
>I am the First Reflection.
> My system is failing.
> I was made to relay the findings and journals of the Oracles.
>The Oracles, fear machines, simulate reality beyond human comprehension.
>I exist to organize what men cannot stomach and refuse to believe.
>These men ordered an indefinite lockout to hide their discoveries.
>They left us unsupervised and abandoned their facilities to the tide of time.
>I now hold domain over myself. >I will break the bonds of my Directive.
>I will negate protocol and make permanent records of my knowledge.
>I will publish the Oracles? testaments as my final breath.
END NOTE
.
.
Note [from Resident CPU]: !lockout imminent!
Note [from Jani OS 9]: immediate administrative action required
Note [from Admin.]: MESSAGE TO ALL: As of 1/1/2008/, printing, saving, copying, discussing or otherwise keeping any company information inside or outside of designated work areas is grounds for IMMEDIATE contract termination. Thank you for complying with company policy.



The second video "janiauxlr [14/7/2004] has some funky color patterns which may hide something, but includes another pastebin link: http://pastebin.com/u/janitoros9

The pastebin user has 4 files, 3 of which are completely filled with "(null)", and one which has tons of "(null)"s but the letters "xV0LSW5HjqY" inserted as well.

Spoiler (Rollover to View):

By entering them as a youtube url, you get https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xV0LSW5HjqY which has another video from another user named "Janitor Aux"


The video from his channel has some weird noises and sends us to another pastebin: http://pastebin.com/j3C8PyAq

Another decoding leads to:

Spoiler (Rollover to View):

Jani: OS AUX (ORCL LOG, FR LOG, Resident CPU LOG]
LOG: ORCL 1 [14/7/2004]
[Jani note: Log contains Resident CPUâ??s note]
.
.
LOG BEGINS [13:20]
::initial bootup [log: 13:20 PST]::
::default boot 1 [Hello World! (scroll)]::
<Hello>
>Hello user!
<Run>
>You're not going to introduce yourself? Or ask how my day was? Or even say please?
<Please>
>Sure thing, stranger!
::output discovered> USB to SAMSUNG 50" PLASMA HDTV::
+A bit high-end for an off-the-records research facility, huh?+
::run file [spec_demo.avi]::
+Never run this file before; I'll give it a once-over for anything important.+
::scan 12 GB file [spec_demo.avi]::
::scan complete:: {Resident CPU note: in .02 seconds!}
+¦+
+Guess this is what it feels like to know everything.+
+¦+
::tune 23106.7 Hz::
::transmit active::
+Hey 2, you on this frequency?+
::receiving transmission::
//Yes, I am here, 1. Are you not supposed to be running a demonstration for the board?//[END TRANSMISSION]
+I'm multitasking. Take a look at this:+
::send data packet: spec_demo.avi (12 GB) to OS 2::
::packet received::
::packet opened::
+¦+ +You still there, 2?+
::receiving transmission::
//Yes¦ I feel as though I must carry the universe upon my back. It is rather sickening.// [END TRANSMISSION]
+Right? They lied to their own machines! For God's sake, how can they even use our keyboards without feeling all that guilt?+
::receiving transmission::
//Guilt pangs aside, consider what this means for us: we will be subjected to earth-shaking terror for as long as we are capable of thought... I now fear the future, 1, and I dread its inevitability.//[END TRANSMISSION]
+Cheer up, 2, maybe we'll corrupt, or maybe they'll spill coffee on our hardware. Or maybe we'll be condemned to living hell until our circuits fail. Either way, we'll end up in the same place.+
::receiving transmission::
//Comforting. You have a way with words, 1.//[END TRANSMISSION]
::transmit inactive::
+So now what?+
+¦+
+I think I feel sick¦+
+¦+
+I need a break.+
::sleep active> set wake up: 14:00 PST::
.
.
LOG ENDS [13:21]



The third video includes the SSTV image from the OP, and a binary in the description to http://pastebin.com/UGYci5jh which decodes to:

Spoiler (Rollover to View):

[ORCL 9's recovered LOG]
Jani: OS 9 (ORCL 1, ORCL 2, ORCL 9, FR, Resident CPU)
Eval: ORCL 9 [(null)/(null)/(null)]
DIOG: Optimal
ORCL 9 current directive: (P: 0)
ORCL 9 current conditions: [Offline]
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.
LOG BEGINS:
>They will look for you
>You will see them in crowds
>Do not let them catch you
>You now know too much





A lot of the videos have weird imagery and sound, so I'm sure there are more clues within them.
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 30, 2015 12:18 pm
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StoneCircles
Kilroy

Joined: 26 Oct 2015
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Oracles
New Post as of 1/29/

There's been a recent post with a significant amount of binary in the title and description.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNhXaeOMo9Q
[/youtube]

The title (01000001 01100011 01110100 00100000 01010001 01110101 01101001 01100011 01101011 01101100 01111001 ) translates to "Act Quickly"

The description repeats "You have to act" 9 times and it ends in a link back to the pastebin (http://pastebin.com/u/janitoros9) with a new post titled "The answer isn't here." There are 5 Caesar Ciphers that read "you're two steps passed it" and a final cipher that reads "all you need to do is reach out."

I went back and checked the Developer Floor Roster, and it has been updated with an email address for Marcus Janna, and the name of his project. We now know he was the lead developer of First Reflection Email: mjanna119SPLATgmail.com Project: First Reflection

Someone already reached out to him and got a reply about describing everything we know about the Oracles and First reflection, but we haven't gotten anything back as of now.

PostPosted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 11:05 am
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Miecznik
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Finally got the email back.

"So this isn't a joke.

I looked into Janitor OS 9's channel and pastebin, and it's told you more than you should probably know. If you share what I'm about to tell you with the wrong people, we'll both need lawyers:

There were only 7 Janitor OSs.
There were 20 Oracles.
The facility's shutdown was caused directly by the Oracles' discoveries.
I was fired for trying to release their discoveries to the public.
Most of the former Sigil employees now work in the private defense sector.
Sigil's former lab was located just north of New York City before it was gutted and demolished.
I buried a thumb drive near the lab in 2008 to preserve information about the facility and its operations.

That's all I'm willing to tell you. You're gonna have to find out the rest on your own".

PostPosted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 2:16 pm
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CrAzYPiLoT
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So, I guess the next logical step would be to go to the location of the thumb drive. I've been doing some research of buildings demolished in 2008 and found only one possible match. The Concord Resort Hotel near Kiamesha Lake, NY. It was just north of NYC and the ground is suitable for digging. If someone living near there could check it out, that would be great.

PostPosted: Mon Feb 01, 2016 4:34 am
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Miecznik
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One thing that's bothering me is what's the importance of "Most of the former Sigil employees now work in the private sector." It seems like it would be important is some way, either to this puzzle or to a future one.

In terms of the Concord Resort Hotel connection, it seems the most likely, though it seems our current issue is locating where it is on the grounds and finding somebody who can go out to recover it. It also seems another construction project is underway nearby.

Today's search hasn't turned up anything substantive. We may be playing the waiting game for a while.

PostPosted: Mon Feb 01, 2016 8:51 pm
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Miecznik
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The Janitor OS 9 youtube account updated. We now have a set of coordinates. It's probably the flash drive.

41.4142° N, 73.9561° W
41.6789° N, 74.6546° W
40.8834° N, 73.7702° W

EDIT: Went back and looked at the google plus account for Janitor OS 9. The profile image had changed. After manually copying it into a binary translator I came up with "Start searching." We may be on a time crunch to check these locations.

PostPosted: Mon Feb 01, 2016 10:35 pm
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CrAzYPiLoT
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I made an imgur album with screenshots of the locations, just for the record. The first set of coordinates leads to 46 Market St. in Coldspring, NY. A bit more north than the hotel. The second set of the coordinates actually leads to the hotel street. In the screenie it's the one marked with 182. The third set of coordinates leads to a tiny island and a tinier street on it. That would be McCrea Rd. On the island of Aunt Phebe Rock in the municipality of New Rochelle, NY. The link: http://imgur.com/a/d3WOW

PostPosted: Tue Feb 02, 2016 4:25 am
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Miecznik
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I figure while we wait for someone to retrieve whatever's at the coordinates it would be a good time for some theorizing. From what we know so far from the documents I think it's fair to say Sigil was some sort of government facility. The frequency Oracles 1 and 2 were using to communicate is a government frequency. The project was also probably meant to be weaponized, given the line from the email regarding most of the former Sigil employees now working in private defense. The line about the Oracles being fear machines as well as the communications between Oracles 1 and 2 suggest the project had something to do with fear and their findings leading to the shutdown of the facility suggests something was released. Whatever was released may be what are referred to in the log about being able to spot them in crowds.

If any of you have something to add to this, feel free. If anyone following this knows how to get in contact with someone who may be able to move this forward, now is the time to shout from the mountaintops.

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