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[CoffeeJedi]

yeah, the whole Blip thing was a mistake, for some reason i was thinking of a blip as an electronic hiccup, not a radar blip, i meant the blackout the whole time
i've edited the thread title to reflect this

anyway, back on topic

[Macavity]

[jitterBox]

Cause of blackout

[Extrasonic]

Although we have no direct evidence, I agree with those who think the blackout at the base was what allowed Durga to escape.

But I think this necessitates a more interesting question. Why would Durga want to escape from a military base, and why would a military base want to keep Durga imprisoned?

Here's my first indulgence in [WILD SPEC]:

Durga is being imprisoned because she is an agent of the enemy and ONI wants to try to figure her out/interrogate her/reverse-engineer her. Like the Pious Flea adapting to look like the SPDR to insinuate itself into Melissa's consciousness (and, as others have pointed out, like all Covenant technology - adapted from other races' pre-existing tech), Durga has become pretty darn good at posing as a human military AI. What did Melissa say when she was trying to build a voice? "A pleasing voice is the single most important component to a UI that will engender trust and confidence in a ship's crew." And what does Jersey say when Durga shows up? That she sounds like a porn ad - i.e. maybe overly pleasing?

Under this wild speculation, Durga sounds so much like Melissa not because she is Melissa, but because she's "undercover" as a human AI and knows their behaviors.

Yeah, I know, it's wierd... but it's all I've got at the moment.

[GunsmithCat]

Durga asks Jersey what she is "on board".

I think she was on a ship before landing on Jersey's computer. Total wild guess though. She might just refer to any being "on board" when it comes to any old box.

[Extrasonic]

[Blicero]

2 things are being over looked:

1) listen carefully to blip. she's not breaking IN, she's breaking OUT.

2) i think the blackout was caused by jan in order to either get passed some kind of security door or to use as a diversion.

[The Luggage]

[Blicero]

[The Luggage]

[improvius]

I think there is a "mysterious" event which causes the power to fuxuate at the beginning of each of the three scenes. I agree that it is probably a single event, and that all scenes begin at the exact same time. I do NOT think we have enough information yet to determine what exactly caused the spike/surge/whatever, but I think it is a VERY important part of all this.

I suspect that whatever it was, it may be the same thing that ended up sending Melissa back in time.

Now, if we assume the mystery spike is the same event in each scene, I think we can also assume that all three scenes take place in the same physical area. We can already be sure that Jan and Jersey are in the same location (apartment complex), so I think we can make the leap and put Kamal in the same general area. Does that get us anywhere?

-Imp

[Mtrip]

Has anyone had the thought that she might have wanted to be caught?? I don't know why she would, considering how freaked out her 'dad' was about it, but at one point the guy asks her something like, 'Aren't you too smart to be caught by a dumb sentry?', and the lie-detector tone sounds 'positive', as if to confirm this.

Also, when her dad walks in and she says "Hi Dad," the tone sounds negative, as if that statement was a lie. This, together with Durga's comments on Jan's dad being lint, nothing there (which Durga offers to look into but Jersey passes on) make me think maybe the relationship isn't biological at all, that it's just some kind of cover.

I only listened once though, so maybe I didn't hear it in all its fine detail.

[Blicero]

she tells her 'dad' what she was doing... and i doubt she's lying to HIM.

[improvius]

[CoffeeJedi]

to paraphrase Gold Leader in SW:ANH:

"Stay on topic!"