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Arne
Boot
Joined: 25 Aug 2005 Posts: 12 Location: New Jersey
[INTERACTION][EMAIL] Personal emails from Orbicon employees I sent a bunch of emails to the list of people on the Contact Us page and I got a reply back from Davina!!!
Quote:
Subject: request for more information on Orbicon Corp
Mrs. Bronco,
I have had a passion for space travel my entire life. I was excited to see the news release about the Ribbon Cutting for the space elevator.
Do you have any more information that you can provide me about Orbicon Corp? I would like to see if there is anything I can do to be more involved.
Thank you for your consideration.
Eagerly yours,
I got a reply in just a few hours:
Quote:
Hello Arne Hedstrom!
It\'s good to see that there are still people out there who are excited about space exploration! With the stagnancy that has plagued the industry for the last few decades, interest has definitely waned. Hopefully, Orbicon will be able to inject some life back into space travel!
Now that we\'ve gone public, I believe we will have several employment opportunities if you\'re interested. You can find out more information about Orbicon Corporation at our website - www.orbiconcorp.com. Feel free to let me know if you have any other questions.
*Miss* Davina Bronco
Not much in the way of information, but it is still kinda cool... Any suggestions on what to reply with?
Thanks Dudes, Arne[/quote]
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Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 2:50 pm
Last edited by Arne on Fri Nov 18, 2005 11:15 am; edited 2 times in total
Arne
Boot
Joined: 25 Aug 2005 Posts: 12 Location: New Jersey
This is some crazy speculation:
Davina anagrams to DNA VIA (Bronco)... Is it possible the whole reason for an Orbital facility is to engage in human cloning?
Davina made it a point to say *Miss*... hmmm.
Where is Davina's mom? Igor's wife?
This is just stream of thought stuff, i may be way off.
Later for you - Arne
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Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 2:54 pm
Machina Kyrios
Boot
Joined: 17 Apr 2005 Posts: 45
I think the emphasis on miss was because the email to her said mrs. Just a theory, though.
Speculation: Igor's wife left him due to Orbicon. I won't be surprised if I see a _____ Bronco in an organization against Orbicon.
I'm thinking of tossing an e-mail to Igor Bronco himself. I am, after all, "deeply interested in the possibilities of AI to solve Man's problems" or something to that extent. ^_^
Speculation: Intelligent Machines are going to be a big part of the ARG.
UPD: E-mail sent. Time to see if Dr. Bronco takes the bait.
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Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 3:48 pm
Last edited by Machina Kyrios on Thu Nov 17, 2005 8:12 pm; edited 1 time in total
AmberJoy
Veteran
Joined: 26 Sep 2005 Posts: 140 Location: SW Ontario
My email to her:
Quote:
Congrats on being Employee of the Month!
What did you do that set you above the rest?
Amber~Joy
Her response to me:
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
From: Davina Bronco
Date: 11/17/05 13:33:07
To: Amber Joy
Subject: Re: Orbital Colony
Hello Amber Joy!
It has been quite awhile since I\'ve been able to correspond with anyone down on Earth! Until the space station was announced, we weren\'t able to communicate with anyone besides other station inhabitants. So it\'s wonderful to finally be able to speak!
So you want to know how I became Employee of the Month? I didn\'t do anything all that spectacular really. We\'ve all been working so hard up here to make our unveiling a success. There have been long hours and long nights spent furiously working to get everything finished. I only hope the press will be kind after seeing all of our hard work!
Sincerely,
Davina Bronco
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 4:00 pm
2wicked
Boot
Joined: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 65 Location: Vermont
Maybe I'm reading too much into the above correspondence, but:
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
anyone else wonder why every contraction used in this message contains a backslash?
It\'s good to see...
Now that we\'ve gone public...
if you\'re interested....
May be nothing, but struck me as odd, and thought it was worth mentioning.
_________________~2wicked
The answer is: 00101010
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 4:52 pm
Arne
Boot
Joined: 25 Aug 2005 Posts: 12 Location: New Jersey
Friendly email from Martha Crappert Another Email from an Orbicon Employee, i sent here a 'remember me from CSU email' just to try to prompt a response:
Quote:
I certainly do remember you Arne!
We were in the Science Fiction and Fantasy club! Saturdays playing games in the Lory Center. Summers when the town practically was deserted! The Hardee's in the lobby that closed up if they didn't make $50 in an hour! How is Jenny? I've e-mailed Jeff Wilson a time or two, but haven't had time to keep up with many people. Everything was so hush hush up here for the past year, it was difficult keeping in contact with everyone.
It will be some time before I can get back to the States, I'm lucky if I can get enough time off to take the climber down the beanstalk into Malé, have a few hours to go shopping then get back on to come back up here. If I am very lucky I can schedule my downtime for when they have the routine maintenance, then I can stay somewhere overnight for a day or two. It will be a few years before I will feel comfortable leaving my baby in someone else's hands for an extended time. Even leaving for the ten days or so a round trip takes is hard for me, especially with more people coming every day.
I'll keep your cell number handy in case I need to talk to someone who is not part of the local ecology.
Great to hear from you,
Martha
I was a little shock that she said she remebered me, but that is pretty cool! I am hoping to keep on emailing her to see what else i can learn...
BTW; i have no idea who 'jenny' or 'jeff wilson' are, but i will play along... anyone want to try to be Jeff Wilson (or is someone already)?
Interesting points that might be critical:
- nickname for elevator: climber and beanstalk
- she has a baby: there seems to be a lot of children...
- she will keep my cell # handy; it would be awesome if she calls... i will have to try to be ready to tape it.
this is pretty cool!
'glad there is some action' - Arne
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Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 11:14 am
tallerbird
Decorated
Joined: 11 Oct 2005 Posts: 278 Location: Birmingham,UK
I think i found Jeff Wilson. Check out http://www.meanspc.com/~jeff_wilson63/
At first i didn't think anythink of it but he does mention: I do most of my gaming at the Science Fiction and Fantasy Association at CSU,
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 11:45 am
luke
Decorated
Joined: 07 Jun 2005 Posts: 244 Location: Twa
I wrote an email pretending to be an interested student doing a research paper to Martha,
Here's the Reply I received:
Hello Luke,
Well, Liftport (www.liftport.com) is the company that constructed the Space Elevator
(SE) for our facility, they are very helpful and willing to share information on how
some of these problems are being met. You might try a web search someplace like
Google.com for references to a space elevator for additional questions.
I'm in charge of the space station, but many of the challenges in the SE are very
similar. However, the SE will only need to handle things like waste storage and
recycling for approximately 5 to 7 days. It dock either at the space station or at
the ground station, and much like the waste receptacles in a Recreational Vehicle
the waste that has been generated is removed from the vehicle.
Hope this helps,
Martha
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Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 12:18 pm
tallerbird
Decorated
Joined: 11 Oct 2005 Posts: 278 Location: Birmingham,UK
Re: Friendly email from Martha Crappert
Arne wrote:
Quote:
I certainly do remember you Arne!
If I am very lucky I can schedule my downtime for when they have the routine maintenance, then I can stay somewhere overnight for a day or two. It will be a few years before I will feel comfortable leaving my baby in someone else's hands for an extended time. Even leaving for the ten days or so a round trip takes is hard for me, especially with more people coming every day.
- she has a baby: there seems to be a lot of children...
I think she may be refering to the Space Station as her "baby", the same way i call my computer my baby. I'm sure i'm not the only person that does that.
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 12:27 pm
Arne
Boot
Joined: 25 Aug 2005 Posts: 12 Location: New Jersey
Re: Friendly email from Martha Crappert
tallerbird wrote:
Arne wrote:
Quote:
I certainly do remember you Arne!
If I am very lucky I can schedule my downtime for when they have the routine maintenance, then I can stay somewhere overnight for a day or two. It will be a few years before I will feel comfortable leaving my baby in someone else's hands for an extended time. Even leaving for the ten days or so a round trip takes is hard for me, especially with more people coming every day.
- she has a baby: there seems to be a lot of children...
I think she may be refering to the Space Station as her "baby", the same way i call my computer my baby. I'm sure i'm not the only person that does that.
Tallerbird, I think you are right... good catch with the Jeff Wilson as well. I wonder if he is involved out-of-game.
(Easy, Arne, breath deep, focus, dont panic...)
Thanks, Arne
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Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 12:41 pm
Abraxas
Unfettered
Joined: 27 Aug 2005 Posts: 736 Location: Cologne, Germany
@2wicked
The /' certainly mean something. You need escape-characters like that in coding so a weird thought...Davina is an artificial intelligence who needs to type in code - very stone-age-y, if you keep in mind such AIs would be around...
And it doesn't make sense. We know that Davina exists and that she looks like a person as anyone else. She could just type like anyone else, right?
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 11:57 pm
Bleth
Kilroy
Joined: 21 Oct 2005 Posts: 1
Notice, wild speculation to follow:
This is one of the first times I have partcipated in an ARG, but as I have been reading some of the posts in the forums, I noticed that the recent phone survey asked the question about nano robots. Perhaps she is an early prototype nano robot that writes in older code because that is the logic it follows.
Feel free to believe, rework, or totally dismiss. Just an interesting thought I had.
Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 4:39 pm
Thunderwolf
Unfettered
Joined: 18 Aug 2005 Posts: 419 Location: The Sprawl
Abraxas wrote:
@2wicked
The /' certainly mean something. You need escape-characters like that in coding so a weird thought...Davina is an artificial intelligence who needs to type in code - very stone-age-y, if you keep in mind such AIs would be around...
Well, either that, or she's using a php webmail client which doesn't use the stripslashes(); function
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Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 3:37 am
Dionysus
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Joined: 18 Nov 2005 Posts: 612 Location: Philadelphia Area
So I sent a Ms. Bronco (and others) Email the other day and got an interesting response from her!
My email to her was as follows
Quote:
Dear Ms. Bronco,
Congratulations on being Employee of the Month. It sounds like a wonderful honor, especially since I'd image you are all high achievers. Believe me when I say I'm envious of the opprrtunity you have to work for a company like Orbicon. I'm a recent graduate of Aerospace Engineering, so as you can imagine, you work for a dream company to me. Anyway, I just wanted to congratulate you and say keep up the excellent work.
Sincerely,
Now I sent this over the weekend, so Monday evening I got the following response
Quote:
Thanks Andrew!
Most of the people here are high achievers. As my father always says, "Hire the best and stay one step ahead of the rest!" or something like that. My father seems to have a saying for everything.
The benefits of working for Orbicon Corporation seem pretty obvious - working with bleeding-edge technology, having co-workers who are the absolute best in their fields, being amongst the first group of people to actually ride in a space elevator, etc. Unfortunately, there are always drawbacks to every benefit. But isn't that how all of life is?
You said that you recently graduated? Congrats to you too then!
Sincerely,
Davina Bronco
Clearly, the most interesting part is "Unfortunately, there are always drawbacks to every benefit. But isn't that how all of life is? "
So something's up with Davina. I'm putting together an email right now to inquire more as the what the "drawbacks" are. I'll keep ya updated.
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 2:59 pm
Umbra
Greenhorn
Joined: 19 Nov 2005 Posts: 9 Location: New York
Something I've noticed that is really confusing me is, why do she use the term 'bleeding-edge'? I've never heard that before. Cutting edge, yes; bleeding edge, no. I've seen it in more than one place. I guess it's a family thing or something because her father uses it too.
Am I missing something or is the term more common than I think it is?
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 3:45 pm
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