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[TRAILHEAD] BTYC - Episode 3
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Leyton Stone
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Okay nice work on finding the email.

What does she mean by leaving the key on any node on the DSG though? As a fellow target of TBG, I'd like to talk to her... Confused
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PC Tex Ripley
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I took it to mean that if you send her an encrypted email, leave the key to that code posted on one of the DSG nodes. I sent her some code, I left the key on my twitter seeing as it is now showing on the Noiz site. Maybe I should have given her an easier code...

I just mentioned that we had been warned off and that she and john may be in trouble...

Also, I noticed that the page that loads up on the www.qadhos.com site under the first clue we got 28.225 is http://www.qadhos.com/scene1.swf, so I tried scene2.swf

Other than potentially showing how the DSG powers up and the different stages, not sure it gives us anything - other than qadhos being spelled differently - quadhos - which reminded me of something else, so I went and played a bit of portal.


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PC Tex Ripley
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I got a Tweet from http://twitter.com/Sohdaq after sending my coded msg, I guess she must not have a 3-rotor Enigma machine handy, what is the world coming to Rolling Eyes so I've sent her something that she can do with pen and paper, a keyed rot-13 this time... so much for russian army training...

There has been a new tweet on there;

Quote:
INTERCEPTED! TRANSACTION RECEIPT FOR Manfred R. on March 31st, 9:59Am | YUL | American Airlines 4762


my first thought is that Manfred R. is a member of Barbizon, but I don't see the name on Bobby's list of names (although, that is old now). 4762 seems to fly to Dulles via JFK airport...

Also an email from Bobby after I had updated him on potential contact with Camilla
Quote:
Be careful Tex, you and your friends are by far our greatest allies. Without your help, I would never found so much on the Barbizon Group and their latest activities.

I have looked at the picture and it seems she is the same girls as the one at www.qadhos.com. Did you manage to reach her or get any feedbacks?

I renew my concern about the current situation. Although we know a little bit more about what is going on, I feel we are condemn to see and impending disaster unfold.

I will keep you posted on any progress on my part.


A load of new info at http://www.noiz-analytics.com/

EDIT

Blowfish code at Yellow Curtain gives outline of SoQ mission to stop the priests flying out to carry out what seems to be the Baphomet Incantation, and also how a certain informant should try a more simple code Rolling Eyes

Quote:
TO ALL AGENTS

Strong chance of major Barbizon activity in the followings days. 4 high priests have been appointed for a ritual of some sort.

Your priority is to intercept all four priests and terminated them. In this process, any information regarding the ritual must be sent immediately for analysis.

We will keep gathering intelligence to find the travel plan of each priest and send your mission briefing via intercept.qadhos.com.

We received a coded message from a non agent informant but lack resource to decrypt it. See folder Base64UEMgVGV4IFJpcGxleQ== on data server Z7a for more information.



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Leyton Stone
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Okay I'm a little lost...

Tex, could you; who seems to be almighty in knowing lol... Explain to me where we're at and wtf we do from here?

Sorry, I seem VERY dumb atm, but I am incredibly lost.
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 2:13 pm
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PC Tex Ripley
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An overview of what has gone before...


An email was received from Bobby Rondeau (bobby.rondeauSPLATgmail.com) it had an attachment the same as the morse code found here http://www.yce3.com/ the title of the page (genēthētō phōs) meaning let there be light.

The morse led to http://www.qadhos.com where a further solve (25.615), was needed to progress to the current page. Once this page was up, a video, which could be run by selecting your appropriate language presented with a html type code to be inserted into web sites, this provided a web-link button to http://www.noiz-analytics.com/. These codes, once sufficiently distributed would enable a DSG (a distributed server grid), and then something called destiny would be able to be powered from this grid. The site has a countdown.

Sometime later, the buttons went live and the Noiz site is as we see it now. This Noiz site maps sites that are part of the DSG, identifying Qadhos node, potential nodes, active nodes, enemy nodes and site that have potential clues detected.

Bobby Rondeau sent emails to various people this time with an attachment of a partial 'mission briefing'. This was one of three such pieces. The other pieces brought into play http://www.facebook.com/pages/YellowCurtain/22037945295, http://barbizon-group.blogspot.com/ and http://www.yellowcurtain.com/. When merged together the briefing outlined five missions, four of which by their date had passed, and one remains to be completed April 1st 2009. Only the first letters of the locations were given in the briefing. The briefing also had the four elemental symbols for earth, air, fire, and water, one next to each mission. The briefing was entitled 'Incantation de Baphomet'. These tied into some of the imagery from the 3 briefings and the other three websites.

The locations were Anzhero-Sudzhensk, Kurgan-Tyube, Kyoto, Taksimo, Mae Klong River. The already existing Barbizon 'extranet' site from Ep2, login changed after the occurance of the mission briefing. These five locations were required for the new login into http://www.thebarbizongroup.com/. This provides us with an updated case list; added were Camilla Boivin, and John Mitchel Black; The summoning of Baphomet at Cagaan-Ovoo (all five locations and the summoning point http://tinyurl.com/ce3jrr ); Leyton Stone upgraded from contract under review http://www.thebarbizongroup.com/home-98173.php to case open http://www.thebarbizongroup.com/home-123777.php

Bobby Rondeau was made aware of this information, who stressed that contact should be made with SoQ to update them of this info. An anonymous comment was added to this post http://anniepringle.blogspot.com/search/label/BTYC3. Contact was made with Camilla Boivin.

A blowfish code was left at http://www.yellowcurtain.com/ the keyword being the tag on the post 'Qadhos', as well as updates to the Noiz site showing where the cryptic posts had been made refering to booked flights of four people (twitter, youtube[spleen], craiglist, Explore-ideas).

A new page has been found at http://intercept.qadhos.com/ to input the code names and flights of the four Barbizon agents/priests

A new page has been found at http://91.thebarbizongroup.com/ with four pictures [SPEC] clues to the code names and links to the four cryptic posts re flights [/SPEC]

A very brief over view. Some sites are not listed eg., Camilla's Twitter, but all of these and any other important ones we know of atm, are listed on the Noiz site, and handily colour coded.


Where we are...

It would seem from the coded Blowfish message we should try to provide the code names and appropriate flight for each of the Barbizon agents/priests.



My concern atm is (other than interest in BTYC), where is the twist? I felt we were willingly led right up the garden path last time around, leading poor EP to her death in Ep2. Are we doing the same here somehow?

I have made some connections (afaik), between the four pictures and the four cryptic flight info posts. Although I'll leave some breathing space in case we are not heading in the right direction/others input, I feel I am hogging this topic. I'll post tomoz night with what I think I know... tweet/facebook/googlechat/email me (tex.ripleySPLATgmail.com), if anyone want what I have in the meantime and I'll obliege if I'm online... Also I'll see about reawakening the chat channel we had last time.


Tex...


[PS]also feel free to checkout my google notebooks where I capture, sort and note stuff as I find it.

EP2 http://tinyurl.com/c63aep
EP3 http://tinyurl.com/ctpozq

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PC Tex Ripley
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It would seem that things have come to a close, and the SoQ have taken an early bath; I received this email from Bobby


Quote:
Tex,

I have bad news. I expect about 7 new nodes to join the DSG before April 1st. It is far from what the resistance needed to launch Destiny. I have failed to raise enough attention and interest on the Barbizon Group and their dark biddings.

I understand how it is frustrating for you and your friends to work that hard with so limited resources and I truly am sorry that you are alone in this. I was expecting much more interest from the underground community and other factions. I have still a lot to learn for fighting such evil. Maybe my communication barrier hinders my ability to successfully gather that needed support and interest.

At least we manage to gather ourselves more interesting tools and technology since our last fight with the Barbizon Group.



Shame...


fwiw, I think the links to the four cryptic posts and the barbizon pictures were the four horsemen of the apocalypse and the colour of the horses, each post referenced,

Famine (Black) - the Monument to the Golodomor in Kyiv - Flight 902
Death (Green) - 918 americans died near the Peoples Temple in Guyana - Flight 148
Pestilence (White) - Alexandre Yersin, discovered the pathogen causing Plague - Flight 4727
War (Red) - Manfred Von Richthofen, the Red Baron - Flight 4762


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Leyton Stone
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So, what? Has this ended prematurely then or?

I hope not Sad
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Leyton Stone
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I sent an email to follow up:

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Bobby,

I heard from "Tex" that Destiny is a no-go...? I'm sorry I couldn't have been more helpful.

Where do we go from here then? Or, is there nowhere to go and I just sit tight hoping The Barbizon Group don't catch up with me?

-L.D.S.

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Quote:
I hope not Sad


I hope not also.

I sent the following to Bobby at the same time as entering the details into the 'Intercept' page on the Qadhos site, and a coded note to Camilla, that I would be uploading the info;


Quote:
Hi Bobby,

thank you for your reply. It would seem that the four horsemen of the apocalypse will ride on unhindered. You have been a source of inspiration and support, it is a shame that we will not be able to seek vengeance for those that have gone before us.

I will attempt to pass on what information I have to SoQ



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Just for completeness...

...and crawling back into my hole.


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