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[OC][UPDATE/PUZZLE]Orbital Colony Launch - ARGFest Puzzle
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Sin Vraal
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 		[OC][UPDATE/PUZZLE]Orbital Colony Launch - ARGFest Puzzle
I think the topic has been archived, so I can't post there - please move this at your leisure.

There was an Orbicon 0% interest credit card ad in my ARGFest welcome envelope - "Send your credit into outer space", call today to request your Platinum Orbicard (though no phone # is shown). I believe a number of people got this.

Anyway, on the back is the following fine print, in which is the puzzle:

"And for those with less than stellar credit satnding, we introduce the FIVE percent plan!

Beginning February 23, you can receive our incredible FIVE percent plan (through 09/24). The first twelve (12) people to respond to our fantastic offer will receive 5.27%, 5.09%, 5.23%, 5.12%, 5.19%, 5.25%, 5.16%, 5.08%, 5.24%, 5.05%, 5.16%, and 5.15% APR, respectively! Lucky number thirteen (13) will receive the great rates of all of our special customers: 5.12% for your first five (05) billing cycles. Customers in the UK will receive the same deal with 5.26% or 5.09% APR, depending on credit history and application (5.09% APR available on limited basis). Mention this ad and receive an additional 0.26% off your first billing cycle's APR!) Discount Code: 13.08.09.18.07.09 (UK Discount Code 23.24.09.26.09.18 )".

CreativeEmbassy and I started working on different portions of this and found that if you
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ROT-4 the paired numbers backwards (ignoring the initial decimal-y bits like 5. and 0.) and then translate to letters
it reads, with my punctuation added:

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SETH: WE SHOULD TALK, HAVE EVIDENCE - STEVE


This led us to hunt and find (with Hojo's keyboard tickling) to the following in-game site:

www.orbicon.net
redirecting to www.orbiconcorp.com

And we already knew about www.orbitalcolony.com

FWIW, I used the "Contact Us" on that website to mail the administrator with a message to relay Steve if not to give me his direct contact e-mail address with enough references to the puzzle/answer that Steve would know I intercepted Seth's message, apparently.

Enjoy!

** retagged and moved to new section -- jamesi

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 		Also there is a "NAME THAT ROCK" competition - which optional information includes AIM/YIM/MSN names...aswell as address.
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#orbital is in place for game discussion...

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Shaded Spriter wrote:
Also there is a "NAME THAT ROCK" competition - which optional information includes AIM/YIM/MSN names...aswell as address.


If you believe everything you read (I know _I_ do!) then in the news section, the Name That Rock competition details will be revealed soon. That implies to me that we should possibly not be trying to name a rock without knowing about or seeing the rock first, heh.

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 		Anyone else noticed the blinking red light on the black underside of the shuttle cockpit? Seperate GIF according to the source, but not clickable. Likely not entirely useless, maybe it'll be a link later on?

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EDIT: Entered the Name That Rock comp, and got a link to "support".
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Links to a non-existent webpage called webmasterSPLATorbiconcorp.com


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 		Re: Orbital Colony Launch - ARGFest Puzzle
Hey, cool, launch-time!

Sin Vraal wrote:
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SETH: WE SHOULD TALK, HAVE EVIDENCE - STEVE


This led us to hunt and find (with Hojo's keyboard tickling) to the following in-game site:

www.orbicon.net
redirecting to www.orbiconcorp.com


So the Steve mentioned in the message is presumably Steven Mae mentioned on the website?

Orbiconcorp.com wrote:
Orbicon scientist Steven Mae recognized by American Association of Aeronautics Research (AAAR) for his work on new "smart" environmental technology currently in use in all Orbicon vessels and prototypes.


Ofcourse, there's also the obligatory login page to access the Orbicon-intranet: http://www.orbiconcorp.com/intranet/loginform.php
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 		After doing a little snooping, I found this in the source:

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<!--<td></td>-->


The pic doesn't seem important, but just in case, I think we might try destegging it etc.

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 		Dang HTM supportL:

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<!--<td><img src="/images/orbicon_emboss.jpg" width="280" height="100" alt=""/></td>-->


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 		Whoo. I named mine 'Post-Modern Rock'. Boo! Hiss! Boooo!
Quick question...is Orbital Colony a sequal to something? Or am I thinking of a different game...Anyways, I'm in on this one!

Also, there's a page called 'Investor Relations' and they mention something about a newsletter. Anybody found that?

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 		Wooo!!!! Finally! I've been waiting for this to launch for quite some time now. Well, time to get to work.

And so ends another pointless post from spaceboy...

Edit: I named my rock Elvis. You know, the King of Rock.
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 		Also, I named my rock "Indie".
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