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[LOCKED] [TRAILHEAD] Halo 3 ARG (a real one, not ILB2 again)
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Raiden47
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FauxHammer wrote:
Assumption: AR is some sort of computer sentience. Software, essentially.

If AR is software, then there must be hardware somewhere where he is stored.

So, what if sometime last week, SOTA found the hardware that AR was stored on and brought it back to civilization. Maybe they stuck it in a lockdown lab full of argon or something. This would explain why AR suddenly popped up out of nowhere on the internet. Perhaps he joined a wifi network or something.

But now, whoever found him is trying to disassemble or reverse-engineer him. Hence his security measures are being tested.


Reaching way too far on this one. WAY to far. If you want to pretend it is an actual AI.. then disconnecting it from it's source of data and power, would not allow it to put messages up, because the data (files and such) needing to be accessed would not be on it's network. That, and the fact that you are reaching desperately far.
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 		The first post, about his security measures being tested, wouldn't lead me to assume that something bad was happening to him, just someone was probing him a little.

Then, after it found some weakness, the enemy entity attacked (I'm assuming some critical parts are under attack, as AR can only "retain integrity" for 22 hours), causing AR to have to actively repel the assault.

Either something is trying to destroy AR, or it's trying to take it over. Ever seen this before? (:

(Hopefully, I'm not reaching here)...
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FauxHammer wrote:
Assumption: AR is some sort of computer sentience. Software, essentially.

If AR is software, then there must be hardware somewhere where he is stored.

So, what if sometime last week, SOTA found the hardware that AR was stored on and brought it back to civilization. Maybe they stuck it in a lockdown lab full of argon or something. This would explain why AR suddenly popped up out of nowhere on the internet. Perhaps he joined a wifi network or something.

But now, whoever found him is trying to disassemble or reverse-engineer him. Hence his security measures are being tested.


AdjutantReflex could have been hibernating until the "incident" brought him online in order to analyze the source and extent of the problem.

We simply don't know at this point. The "robot" discovered by SOTA is till being repaired, as far as we know, and it's possible that their unearthing of the technology is the event that brought AR online. It's also possible that their repairs may have damaged or corrupted their find.

All spec, of course.

New AR text is a warning. "Something wicked this way comes." He's spoken of a malevolent entity before, so this is not a new caution he brings us, just an updated one, with more urgency, and now, action.

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darkmoonz wrote:
Either something is trying to destroy AR, or it's trying to take it over. Ever seen this before? (:

(Hopefully, I'm not reaching here)...


Shocked Cor..tan..a?

Sounds a lot more Halo esc.. I applaud your speculation, I now follow it.

Edit: Or gravemind.
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Urk wrote:
FauxHammer wrote:
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AdjutantReflex could have been hibernating until the "incident" brought him online in order to analyze the source and extent of the problem.

We simply don't know at this point. The "robot" discovered by SOTA is till being repaired, as far as we know, and it's possible that their unearthing of the technology is the event that brought AR online. It's also possible that their repairs may have damaged or corrupted their find.

All spec, of course.

New AR text is a warning. "Something wicked this way comes." He's spoken of a malevolent entity before, so this is not a new caution he brings us, just an updated one, with more urgency, and now, action.


how about this? AR is indeed that 'monitor' or AI of the Ark from HALO, as per the comic on halo3.com/comic, we know that the Ark was built by 'robots', i believe the valley in the comic, the valley in the trailer AND the valley that is on the Voi co-ordinates are 1 and the same valley.
[EDIT]*sorry this part of my post got lost in the thumb-reasoning that came up*
and the robot from sota from 'somewhere in Afrika' as well.
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Most of us agree that SOTA has a robot from the comic and they are trying to get it running again, what if AR is referring to this robot as a 'thumb' with the analogy of it being a mere extension of his body ( he's a AI so this robot would be no more then a 'tool' for him )?

what if he wants us to stop sota from starting that robot?

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I wasn't trying to point the valley thing out we all agreed on it a LONG time ago, my point was more the robot being the thumb AR is referring too, as in he knows somebody is messing with his stuff and doesn't like it...
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Raiden47 wrote:


Shocked Cor..tan..a?

Sounds a lot more Halo esc.. I applaud your speculation, I now follow it.

Edit: Or gravemind.


Well, actually, I was more referencing the flea and the spdr, but that works too.

On a side note, while I'm not "new" to ARGs, is it poor form to reference other ARGs when attempting to form logic chains, or is that generally frowned upon? Also, we don't know anything about the Halo universe, correct?

This probably could have been asked in a better place, but I figured it would be good to get the question out of the way now.
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Raiden47 wrote:

Reaching way too far on this one. WAY to far. If you want to pretend it is an actual AI..

Pretend? Isn't it pretty clear that AR is some sort of software process?

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then disconnecting it from it's source of data and power, would not allow it to put messages up, because the data (files and such) needing to be accessed would not be on it's network.

Assuming 100,000 year old technology works the same way ours does, and that AR isn't completely self-contained (like 343GS appears to be) or that he requires a physical connection to his data if it isn't local...

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That, and the fact that you are reaching desperately far.

Circular argument.
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mistic wrote:
how about this? AR is indeed that 'monitor' or AI of the Ark from HALO, as per the comic on halo3.com/comic, we know that the Ark was built by 'robots', i believe the valley in the comic, the valley in the trailer AND the valley that is on the Voi co-ordinates are 1 and the same valley.


Uhm.. yeah we knew and have believed this for a long time. Voi is a playable level in Halo 3 as well. It is also a real place, along the Mombasa-Nairobi highway.
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FauxHammer wrote:
Assumption: AR is some sort of computer sentience. Software, essentially.

If AR is software, then there must be hardware somewhere where he is stored.


That's not necessarily true. The problem with dealing with advanced technology is that we have no idea how they work. They don't have to be located in one central cluster of hardware, they could be utilizing a bunch of different processors. It's online, so we know it's interfacing with our systems, but it doesn't have to be on one.

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So, what if sometime last week, SOTA found the hardware that AR was stored on and brought it back to civilization. Maybe they stuck it in a lockdown lab full of argon or something. This would explain why AR suddenly popped up out of nowhere on the internet. Perhaps he joined a wifi network or something.


I can understand finding an ancient computer housing an alien AI, but I don't know if that makes sense with what we know . It would be more plausible if someone woke something up.

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But now, whoever found him is trying to disassemble or reverse-engineer him. Hence his security measures are being tested.


Yeah, disassemble or take over... but not really in a "physical" sense, as ARs most likely not a physical entity.
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FauxHammer wrote:
Pretend? Isn't it pretty clear that AR is some sort of software process?


I agree that AR is an AI construct. Whether or not he has a physical form is irrelevant at present as he seems to be able to perform his functions in whatever state he is in.

He has named himself as a facilitator. Nothing he has done so far would indicate that he is doing anything malicious. And since he is warning us, I would say at this point, we should assume him friendly and assist him in any way possible, though our involvement seems limited to this back and forth speculation at the moment. Wink

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Transmission Interruption - Go Dark /negative/
Possible Intercept - System Bypass Imminent

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 		Sorry to dissapoint you but we don't know that SOTA has found a robot.
We heard something like that on one of those myspace blogs (two22222 or averyfane) but it has turned out that they were both hoaxes.

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Auras wrote:
Sorry to dissapoint you but we don't know that SOTA has found a robot.
We heard something like that on one of those myspace blogs (two22222 or averyfane) but it has turned out that they were both hoaxes.


Is there proof that both are hoaxes?[/i]

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