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addlepated
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 		IRC chat on #shift
SHIFT came into the #shift room on irc.thegamebox.net. The chat's attached.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 02, 2003 11:19 pm
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MageSteff
Pretty talky there aintcha, Talky?


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 		a few interesting snippets
Here is just a smple of the conversation we had... Shift works or once worked for NRU

Quote:
SHIFT: Reggie/Marcus/Turk/Mephisto came to me when I started working for NRU. Via Yahoo chess...…

RAMiles: SHIFT did you work for a certain Prof. at NRU
SHIFT: I worked for a few different professors.

SHIFT: I'm working on my Masters. It's a systems engineering degree. Specifically for systems integration and design.

SHIFT: You people seem to know alot about NRU.
SHIFT: Who the hell told you about SPECTRUM?
Magesteff-: Someone who thinks it is being repeated on campus

SHIFT: You guys don't know what happened to SPECTRUM?
Magesteff-: Earthquakes
SHIFT: The earthquake was caused by SPECTRUM.
Magesteff-: Yes. Tabas
SHIFT: SPECTRUM isn't threatening Reggie.
SHIFT: Who told you about SPECTRUM?
SHIFT: Red Knight?
SHIFT: How do I find out who Red Knight is?
Addlepated: Red Knight is also known as Caretaker or T Jones
katya2032: SPECTRUM agents wanted to use Reggie to reveal who Red Knight is. We are still unsure of his identity.
SHIFT: So the person who's looking for me is the person who told you about SPECTRUM.
SHIFT: Katya, that's NOT possible.
Magesteff-: Not certain they were SPECTUM agents either could be Echelon
SHIFT: Echelon would find Reggie in a heartbeat if they wanted him.
SHIFT: No one who was involved with SPECTRUM would care about
reggie.
SHIFT: The only person I know of who was involved in SPECTRUM wouldn't harm Reggie.
MosServ: Was Turgenev involved?
ozarkcat20: can you tell us who that was
SHIFT: God Damnit. You know about Turgenev too?
Magesteff-: And where he is
Magesteff-: and who he is
SHIFT: This caretaker has his fingers in a messy pie. Who is he and what does he want?
Magesteff-: SOmeone who does not want to see Spectrum repeated Magesteff-: And Ex intel


MosServ: SHIFT: But who are you?

SHIFT: Someone who's about to go back under with the knowledge that caretaker's putting people's lives in danger.
MosServ: We know that people want him badly.
MosServ: How do we know you're not associated with them?
SHIFT: If there were any survivors of SPECTRUM. I can only think of a few people they would want badly.

SHIFT: Alright. I can tell you this much. SPECTRUM was light years ahead of the world in research.
SHIFT: Soviet funded. They worked on all kinds of technology. All of it for military use.
SHIFT: From what I've learned from reading documentation they worked on the first attempts to build a spaced based laser.
SHIFT: They did work on timetravel too.
Addlepated: Did the work result in anything tangible?
SHIFT: The project for SPECTRUM was based where the biological problems occured.
SHIFT: They were able to send small objects back in time but russians couldn't figure out how to isolate the quantum state long enough send larger objects back.
SHIFT: Hell they couldn't accurately pinpoint WHEN they were sending stuff to.
SHIFT: Tabas was such an event.
RAMiles: so they could send small things back but didnt know how far back they sent it?
SHIFT: They somehow sent a box back and it came back in the middle of a fault line.
SHIFT: There were other failures and then a HUGE leap in successes..
SHIFT: Then nothing but critical failures.
SHIFT: Does any of that fit with what you know?
Magesteff-: How much mass became a problem Shift?
SHIFT: I don't think it was a mass issue. They had enough power to send back an elephant if they could stablize the quantum state.
SHIFT: The successes weren't so much "Sending a chicken back in time" but they were able to narrow down energy requirements, proper safety against damaging items sent back.
SHIFT: ozarkcat the tried sending a couple men back in time but they were never able to recover them.
SHIFT: That's what I meant by monumental failure.


And even more interesting:
Quote:
SHIFT: Caretaker's name is all over one of the docs I just saw.

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PostPosted: Fri Oct 03, 2003 10:20 am
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MageSteff
Pretty talky there aintcha, Talky?


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 		All in a name:ACHERON
SHIFT: Wait..
SHIFT: did you say he worked in computers when NRU was being built?
Addlepated: yes
SHIFT grins.
katya2032: *nods*
SHIFT: I know how he does it.
MidKnight9: share with us SHIFT
SHIFT: He's built a backdoor into Acheron the software NRU runs for security.
Addlepated: The software name is Acheron?
SHIFT: Yep.
SHIFT: I don't remember the revision but remember the logo.
SHIFT: always looked wierd.
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 03, 2003 10:37 am
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aliendial
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 		addlepated - you got the irc address just right! Razz
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 03, 2003 5:14 pm
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addlepated
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 		Nuh uh! I would never do something like that. Wink

PostPosted: Fri Oct 03, 2003 5:38 pm
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konamouse
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 		SHIFT = Jake!!
ession Start (irc.thegamebox.net:#shift): Sat Oct 04 07:29:34 2003
*** Now talking in #shift.
*** Topic of #shift: (null)
*** Set by SHIFT 947 minutes ago
*** Users on #shift: konamouse MosServ DocVego|movie @Z MidKnight_sleep Case_justin999
*** End of /NAMES list.
*** SHIFT (crudeSPLATcyberpass.net) has joined channel #shift
*** Mode change "+q SHIFT" for channel #shift by ChanServ
*** Mode change "+o SHIFT" for channel #shift by ChanServ
<konamouse> hi shift.
<SHIFT> What are you people doing here?
<konamouse> waiting for you.
<konamouse> Mephisto sent a message to find you.
<SHIFT> Marcus wouldn't do such a thing. Caretaker's moving him right now.
<konamouse> first reggie disappeared, now mephisto. i miss my friend.
<konamouse> he's being moved to another facility?
<konamouse> i thought caretaker was in New York.
<SHIFT> If we play things right I can be home and back to normal. I need to speak to a friend who's to come to this channel. If he sees you in here he's going to leave.
<SHIFT> I just want to go back home.
<konamouse> you don't want anyone in here?
<konamouse> or just my nick?
<SHIFT> Correct.
<konamouse> which?
<SHIFT> anyone.
<konamouse> well, you have op status, i suppose you could boot out everyone else.
<SHIFT> I need to speak to him about how we're going to bring me home.
<konamouse> what do you mean, "be home and back to normal"?
<konamouse> where are you now?
<SHIFT> Can't say.
<SHIFT> Been in a holding pattern since caretaker came to see me.
<konamouse> who is your friend?
<SHIFT> Turgenev
<konamouse> when did Caretaker come see you?
<SHIFT> Couple nights ago.
<konamouse> Turgenev is at NRU, right?
<SHIFT> Yes.
<konamouse> are you in NY?
<konamouse> or are you in AZ?
<SHIFT> No.
<SHIFT> I left NY a few days ago.
<SHIFT> I'm moving closer to home every so often.
<konamouse> where did you go?
<konamouse> Jake???
<SHIFT> All over.
<SHIFT> Yes?
<konamouse> We're all looking for you.
<SHIFT> I know.
<SHIFT> I've heard.
<SHIFT> I'm just so tired. I want to go home.
<konamouse> how did Marcus know to give us the code to find you in this room?
<SHIFT> I told him a long time ago if he needed to find me I come to this room.
<konamouse> we haven't seen him in this room.
<SHIFT> I set it up for other purposes but I figured he was safe enough.
<konamouse> i haven't heard from him since the day Caretaker saw him.
<SHIFT> I haven't seen him in here either.
<konamouse> we chatted very late into the night, then the next day he provided the clue to this room.
<konamouse> he was online for a short time, i think long enough to make sure i had the clue (and a few others), then logged off. and haven't seen him log in since.
<SHIFT> My ride to the airport is here. I gotta run.
<konamouse> he beat up another patient and i think was given shock therapy.
<konamouse> will you check in here again?
<konamouse> what about Turg - what is his nick?
<SHIFT> I'm sorry I have to clear this room so Turgenev can come in and wait.
<konamouse> maybe we can greet him with a code word so he knows we are friends.
<konamouse> is there a way we can be here 'invisible'?
<SHIFT> No.
<konamouse> we want to help bring you home.
<SHIFT> He's very paranoid.
<konamouse> yeah, we know. we can't even contact him via email.
<SHIFT> I have all the help I need if I can talk to the powers the be.
<SHIFT> I know. Security is TIGHT.
<konamouse> who are TPTB?
<konamouse> is there a backdoor email for him?
<SHIFT> People who cleared me to work on this project.
<SHIFT> I can't say anymore.
<SHIFT> I MUST go.
<konamouse> please come back soon.
<SHIFT> You can stay. Tell Turgenev you know who he is. He *might* stay long enough to listen.
*** SHIFT has left #shift
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 04, 2003 11:37 am
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 		This may make no sense at all but I think SHIFT is from the future.

He says they are trying to find a way to take him home.

He also says that he is constantly getting closer to home (the future)

Just something to toss around

PostPosted: Sat Oct 04, 2003 4:27 pm
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Lance_Lake
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 		From the Future?
That is way out there.. It's impossible that it is correct. I mean.. From the Future??? Time Travel is impossible.

PostPosted: Sat Oct 04, 2003 6:44 pm
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addlepated
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 		Lance_Lake,

Speculation is welcomed and encouraged. In fact, time travel is a recurrent theme in Acheron. Nothing is impossible. Try to keep the conversation constructive, ok?

Do you have some speculation that you would like to add?

PostPosted: Sat Oct 04, 2003 6:53 pm
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 		Well you may be right, Lance, but we like to keep an open mind here. Cool
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