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zeighy
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 		Was going through the mp3, the left channel has the main voice louder... or at least it sound better on that channel, while the right channel has the background voice louder and can be heard much clearly... I'll try to transcribe them...

EDIT: My transcription of the main voice: (roughly)

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This is an emergency transmission from ??Margun?? Facility. This process is to report that we are on lockdown and facility self defence is activated. This is facility manager James Larg. I'm not sure who the intruders are. They have infiltrated the facility. I don't know if they can override the system so ?????????? defeat them. Please send in help ASAP. We will be expecting help. Please come. I don't know if this transmission can last long but I said enough and please come. We need help. I don't know if transmission will be ???cut?? from us.


EDIT 2: My transcription of the background voice: (roughly, both did by ear, no editing of the mp3)

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To stay in their current location. This facility will lock all doors and interarea access pathaways ?????. All employees and personnel must wear their identity tags while on lockdown. All humans without identity tags ?????. ?????????????? and your hands must be visible to the camera. Failure to comply will result in death followed by incineration. This is a ???failtech??? (it's either I was thinking I heard failtech or I it was something else) protocol 5 alarm. This facility is on lockdown. A facility breach has been detected at level 17. All employees and employees are mandated to stay in their current location. The facility will lock all doors and interarea access.........


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 		great work - well done!
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punxtr
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 		I've played FAILTECH since day one, trust me, this is definitely in the same universe. Whether or not the PMs want this separate from FAILTECH, that remains to be seen.
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 11:27 pm
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Jonttu
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 		I asked him about Failtech

punxtr wrote:
Sorry if I just replied today, I think you've already heard or know what has happened around here. FAILTECH used to be that "I have no idea about what FAILTECH is" but the alarm hours ago mentioned something about FAILTECH. if I can remember it right, the alarm message said "This is a failtech protocol 5 alarm."

So who is this failtech?


So, can anyone tell in just a few words what exactly failtech is? I don`t know myself, other than it is a shady company.

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 		FAILTECH is a giantvcompartmentalized organization that is known for its amazing research and development. It may have gotten all of its inventions entirely from a future version of Earth; the race called the Afyg. LAINSY is their prized AI, that may just be an actual future human/Afyg mind.

This NUMBER guy may be a part of FIRST, which is some acronym for a security force. The guy who's leading FIRST is a dick, by the way, and I can't get much info out of him.
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punxtr wrote:
I've played FAILTECH since day one, trust me, this is definitely in the same universe. Whether or not the PMs want this separate from FAILTECH, that remains to be seen.

10-4 punxtr. Well, first off, there is a FAILTECH wiki here,
http://argwiki.failtechnologies.com

And there are mirrors of episodes 1-3 at e1,e2,e3.failtechnologies.com.

FAILTECH can best be described as a VERY large research and development company specializing in technology that is very much the stuff of science fiction. They sell their products to the highest bidders, but keep some of the best stuff for themselves. There is a board of directors, several of which we have email contact with, and there are at least 10 levels of security clearance. The story revolves around an employee by the name of Genus Orein and an AI computer named LAINSY. FAILTECH is BIG in their universe and able to challenge countries due to the powerful weapons at their disposal, all the while keeping a low profile as they bring in investors and sell interesting stuff to whoever is willing to pay them enough.
We have had to solve ciphers, interpret messages, and solve riddles to do everything from find usernames and passwords to security levels to stopping the AI, Lainsy from destroying the earth. The CIA has gotten involved and there have been some very tense momonts in the story. Everthing is still very mysterious as we may have a love triangle, missing characters, and right now, we think that Orein has traveled into the future to do something to a race of humans called the Afyg.
There really is too much going on to try to describe everything here, but there are several of us that have been playing FAILTECH from the start, and this one is definitely part of the Failtech universe. Not sure if this one is made to stand alone or not though. I figured with Episode 4 coming soon, that the PM's were attempting to call our attention to Number 45459 as he would fit perfectly into the Facebook announcements that Failtech has had recently. I can't wait to see where the story goes from here!

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 		If this is Failtech (which judging by the reply jonttu got, I'd say it is; never touched Failtech myself), I think we may be seeing 'Failtech: ZER0' type of arc/ARG, given what godder said about them being big in-universe vs what jonttu's reply (the one he got, not the one he made) saying that before the alarm '[the person in question had] no idea whar FAILTECH [was]'. Unless I'm misinterpreting godder's 'big' comment (ie: unless by 'big' he meant 'large/powerful' as opposed to 'well-known/famous').
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godder
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OmegaX wrote:
If this is Failtech (which judging by the reply jonttu got, I'd say it is; never touched Failtech myself), I think we may be seeing 'Failtech: ZER0' type of arc/ARG, given what godder said about them being big in-universe vs what jonttu's reply (the one he got, not the one he made) saying that before the alarm '[the person in question had] no idea whar FAILTECH [was]'. Unless I'm misinterpreting godder's 'big' comment (ie: unless by 'big' he meant 'large/powerful' as opposed to 'well-known/famous').


Sorry, maybe I should have been more specific. I meant 'large/powerful'.

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duke9509
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 		No one seems to have posted about this, so I'll go ahead and do so.
Also, should I just post in the FAILTECH thread now? Or do we want to use this thread for 45459 stuff that doesn't have any major implications with the main game (such as this post)?

Anyway:
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Still Alive
I don't know what happened for the past hours, and I am still definitely trapped here. The network was down for hours and it just got back up. The alarm is gone as well, but yes there was an alarm about some intruder. I don't know how it resolved itself or what happened or is happening. It's been hours since it happened, so far nothing seems to be happening to me. No, I didn't cause this. I was actually trying to do something else but not of this scale.

I am still trying to see if I can escape, maybe in a way this event would have opened up some compromise to help me escape. I'm still figuring out if there is, and how. So far, internet is back up which is why I can post on my blog again. I also saw that automated post on this blog. I can't open the file since I can't access Docs. I'll just leave it that way. Maybe later on I can open it or what not.

I don't know if I should feel scared right now. I know I'm not scared, but should I be? Right now, I'm focusing to see if I can escape. I hope you guys have suggestions, or have a knowledge of what's happening outside of my room. Yes, I have also not been fed for hours. I'm not starving, yet. But soon enough, I will. So until my captors make contact with me one way or another, we need to figure out something.

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punxtr
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 		I would say keep it in this thread. This ARG may only nod to FAILTECH, yet have its own storyline.
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 		new blog post..looks like he escaped..It seems he needs to talk with someone named Rudy
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zeighy
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 		you mean ruby?

wait, isn't Arnold, the failtech cleaning robot?

http://e3.failtechnologies.com/sfs/L1/ then look at number 4

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punxtr
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 		Yes, it is Arnold! Ha ha.
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zeighy
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punxtr wrote:
Yes, it is Arnold! Ha ha.


what makes me wonder is he's a computer here, and a robot on failtech? maybe they're two different arnolds?

and I just realized where they probably got the name Arnold... TERMINATOR!! with Arnold! hah,

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zeighy
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 		Just a thought, if this arc is the same universe as FAILTECH, and FAILTECH is involved, maybe we can also query LAINSY for information? Seems like it will take a while for any clues could come up since 45459 is away and would be hiding himself...

lainsySPLATfailtechnologies.com feel free to send her an email and ask... worth the try?

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