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[BoL/SiD]GMS Console
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Twiler
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 		[BoL/SiD]GMS Console
There looks to be a lot of information here, so we probably need a new thread.

Based on some of the things here, we don't want to mess with these guys.

...Unless it's really fun.

Try DOSSIER [keyword]. All the characters look to have entries.

Also, logs can be read by entering the file name directly into the prompt. Of course we need to know the file name first.

Found this log (INT20080624):

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
INTERROGATION 01 - June 24th, 2008
Location: Los Angeles, California - Secure Location B
Subject: Jada Robertson, a.k.a. "Firebird", a.k.a. "Asia Diamante"
DOB: 08/18/1983

KEY:
INT01: GMS Interrogator 01
INT02: GMS Interrogator 02
SUBJ: Subject, Jada Robertson

Interrogation begun 06/24/2008 @ 01:22pm

INT01 and INT02 behind one way glass.

SUBJ in primary interrogation room, sitting on chair.
NOTE: Subject believed to still be recovering from effects of tranquilizer



INT01: State your name for the record.

SUBJ: What? Who's there?

[SUBJ stands, noticeably disoriented]

INT01: State your name for the record.

SUBJ: Where the hell am I? What... what... What the...

[SUBJ falls to one knee]

INT02: Answer our questions and you can go free.

SUBJ: Who the [expletive] are you? What the hell am I doing here?

INT01: What is your relation with Nyxtel?

SUBJ: Who?

[SUBJ rises, then sits in chair]

INT02: Nyxtel. Nyx telecommunications. What is your association with them?

SUBJ: Who are you people? What do you want with me? What'd I do?

INT01: Answer the question.

[SUBJ stands up and charges towards one way glass]

[SUBJ begins screaming incoherently, beating on glass with fist]

INT02: You either tell us what we want to know or you will never see daylight again.

[SUBJ stops, then begins to cry]

[SUBJ falls to one knee]

INT01: We have all the time in the world. Tell us what we want to know. What is your relation with Nyxtel?

[SUBJ stops crying]

[SUBJ stands and walks back to chair]

[SUBJ takes hold of chair with right hand and throws it at one way glass, cracking glass and destroying chair]

SUBJ: (screaming) [Expletive] YOU, YOU [Expletive]!

*** END OF SESSION - 06/24/2008 @ 01:31pm ***

Subject forcibly restrained and returned to containment.



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Agent Lex
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 		Important commands:

DOSSIER ROSARIO CHUSCO (or CHIARO OSCUROS or COSCUROS or RCHUSCO)
Quote:
DOSSIER - Rosario Chusco, a.k.a. "Chiaro Oscuros"

DOB unknown (location unknown)

Center of Operations: Unconfirmed, believed to be Palomar Mountain, California

*** LEVEL SIX SECURITY WARNING ***

Wanted for espionage and corporate sabotage.

* LOCATE AND TERMINATE WITH EXTREME PREJUDICE *

(plus attached image 1)

NET
Quote:
FIREWALL 01: *** ACTIVE ***
FIREWALL 02: *** ACTIVE ***
FIREWALL 03: *** ACTIVE ***

All outbound traffic from Janus currently suppressed pending security audit.

Important to find...

DOSSIER JANUS
Quote:
DOSSIER - Janus Artificial Intelligence Platform

Kernel: v2.01, 03/01/08

Core Operating System - GraueMacht Security, U.S. Division

Email: *** CLASSIFIED ***

(plus attached image 2)

DOSSIER PATRICK MONAGHAN (or PMONAGHAN)
Quote:
DOSSIER - Patrick Monaghan

Born 03/05/74 (Greensboro, South Carolina)
Executed 02/14/08 (Near Oak Ridge, Tennessee - Team 07)

Senior Account Manager and BeaconStar Scientist - BlueGenics Research Institute
Beacon of Light and Finder - Lightbringer Society

Formerly engaged to Jessica Valenti (JValenti)

Center of Operations: Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Known associates:
Jessica Valenti (JValenti)
Helios
Christopher Rybeck (CRybeck)
Janice Atreva (JAtreva)
Gabriel Rehan (GRehan)
Katia Eridani (KEridani)

*** INFORMATION CLASSIFIED - LEVEL THREE CLEARANCE REQUIRED ***

(plus attached image 3)

DOSSIER JASON NYX (or JNYX)
Quote:
DOSSIER - Jason Nyx

Born 02/23/63 (New York City, New York)
Executed 06/08/08 (Hampton Bays, New York - Team 03)

Chief Executive Officer - Nyx Telecommunications
Upper Cabal - The Umbrati

Center of Operations: New York City, New York

Brother of Galen Nyx (GNyx)
Brother of Helen Nyx (HNyx)
Brother of Adam Nyx (ANyx)
Brother of Kevin Nyx (KNyx)

*** INFORMATION CLASSIFIED - LEVEL SIX CLEARANCE REQUIRED ***

(plus attached image 4)
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highwind767
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Location: In the skies

 		My personal favorite so far is:
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
DOSSIER NIGHTHAWK

Gotta love that one Very Happy

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pancito
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Joined: 24 Feb 2008
Posts: 2095
Location: In my happy place.

 		Thanks Twiler, Lex. Madness in chat... I'll wiki stuff as soon as I get a chance... Updates here appreciated.
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Omega
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Location: Utah

 		Here's a collection of the dossiers found thus far:

Quote:
dossier coscuros
dossier firebird
dossier valentine
dossier janus
dossier gnyx
dossier hnyx
dossier jnyx
dossier anyx
dossier helios
dossier pmonaghan
dossier jatreva
dossier grehan
dossier keridani
dossier crybeck
dossier nighthawk
dossier white rabbit
dossier jabberwocky
dossier izeloff
dossier jlinardi
dossier bfalken

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 4:29 pm
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Twiler
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 		Transcribed text from Chiaro Oscuros image:

54 E1 C7 B9 DF A8 C4
F9 49 A1 C9 E1 F4 9D
A2 02 4E 9F C9 E2 DD
BB E1 C8 59 AF C2 D0
FE E0 B9 A2 55 BA CE
A9 C2 ED DF F4 52 F1
9C BD C7 A0 EC D3 4C

33 73 38 71 66

The last part converts in ASCII to "3s8qf". The rest only turns to gibberish. I'm guessing the first part can be decoded to lead to a rabbithole, and the last part is a password of some kind.

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highwind767
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 		Lex managed to get this from a data bar code thingy in the Janus image:
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Through the travail of ages,
amidst the pomp and toil of war
Have I fought and stroved and perished
countless times amongst the stars
As though through a glass and darkly
the age old strife I see
For I have fought many battles, with many names
but always me.

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Seems to be a quote of the 1st and 22nd stanzas of the poem "Through a Glass, Darkly" by George S. Patton, Jr. Link


PostPosted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 4:38 pm
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Mavado
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Quote:

Transcribed text from Chiaro Oscuros image:

54 E1 C7 B9 DF A8 C4
F9 49 A1 C9 E1 F4 9D
A2 02 4E 9F C9 E2 DD
BB E1 C8 59 AF C2 D0
FE E0 B9 A2 55 BA CE
A9 C2 ED DF F4 52 F1
9C BD C7 A0 EC D3 4C


Looks like a hexadecimal number pattern. Converted top 3 lines. Most convert to 3 digit decimal (base 10) numbers.

PostPosted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 4:58 pm
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Agent Lex
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Location: No longer London, still in England

 		More trail-y things!

First off...
Twiler wrote:
The last part converts in ASCII to "3s8qf". The rest only turns to gibberish. I'm guessing the first part can be decoded to lead to a rabbithole, and the last part is a password of some kind.


http://tinyurl.com/3s8qf leads to the Jabberwocky.

DOSSIER JABBERWOCKY
Quote:
DOSSIER - *** SYSTEM ERROR ***

> CL20080312

... FTWR ...

(plus the Jabberwocky image from the tinyurl page)

Two leads here. First is FTWR - Find the White Rabbit (not the Wost Ring)
DOSSIER WHITE RABBIT
Quote:
DOSSIER - The White Rabbit

Born 03/01/08 (Boca Raton, Florida)

Core Operating System - GraueMacht Security, U.S. Division

Email: wrSPLATgrauemacht.com





"All good things come to those who wait..."

Hm, he looks familiar. Anyway, the other lead from the Jabberwocky page is:

CL20080312
Quote:
- Chat log 03/14/2008 12:02PM
E00129: You sure about this place?
E00125: Look, they're one of the largest security agencies in the world.
E00125: They're giving us a prime location to put him. And they're promising a boatload of money, to be honest.
E00129: It's not about the money; you know that.
E00125: We can be like we once were in days. It'll be good for him, trust me.
E00129: I'm just afraid on how he'll react. He's been away for some time.
E00125: He'll be happy to be alive again. And this is a great opportunity to show off what he can do.
E00125: He's only filling a supporting role here; it'll give him time to get back up to speed.
E00125: And they're giving the three of us guaranteed jobs for at least a year.
E00129: Do I get the same level of access to him I did before?
E00125: Absolutely. Wouldn't have it any other way.
E00125: And he'll have the best support in the country by his side.
E00132: Woohoo!
* E00132 flexes
E00129: OK then. I trust you know what you're doing.
E00125: You know we can't keep him in a box forever.
E00129: The world can be a nasty place for those still learning to be part of it.
E00129: I don't want it to end like the last time.
E00125: He'll be fine. He's a big boy, after all.
*** END OF LINE ***


Draw what conclusions you will. Considering this all came from the Looking Glass. *cough*

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 		I know what I'm assuming until it's disproven Wink

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Twiler
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 		Ha! Knew it.

The rabbit is stegged with jphide (assuming stegdetect is accurate in this case).

I've tried [no phrase] and "All good things come to those who wait". No luck yet.

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highwind767
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 		I will post this with as much control as I can muster...
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OMGYAY! Look what's here!

DOSSIER BFALKEN

DOSSIER JLINARDI

DOSSIER IZELOFF

Very happy here. Guess what this means?

Very Happy

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redct
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 		Well, it seems that there are a bunch of returning characters from OFL's other project LGLabs (read his endgame summary at lglabs.net). Look at the character list and do a "DOSSIER" on them. There are even email addresses, but unfortunately:


Quote:
Thank you for contacting GraueMacht Security Network Operations.

At this time, due to recently instituted security measures, we are not authorized to respond through this email address. Please relay all communications through our Customer Service group at supportSPLATgrauemacht.com.

Thank you for your cooperation.

GraueMacht Security

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Mavado
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 		Converted from Hex to base10 numbers:

84 225 199 185 223 168 196
249 73 161 201 225 244 157
162 2 78 159 201 226 221
187 225 200 89 175 194 208
254 224 185 162 85 186 206
169 194 237 223 224 82 241
156 189 199 160 236 211 76


The only thing that stands out to me is: there are 2 digit numbers running diagonally (upper left to lower right)

Hope this helps...

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Twiler
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 		Hang on, this is a redundant clue. Convert to ASCII and remove all but the capitals:

TINYURL

Now what?

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