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[schummbo]

All this info can be confusing for simple folk such as myself. Wouldn't it be great it someone who had a bunch of free time made a huge web diagram of all the in-game characters and their relationships based on the information that we have? Sort of for quick reference? (hint, hint..)


Not me though, I dont have the patience for that

[matt_the_pale]

[theShaggy]

I like the (yet another) reference to Geronimo Jackson. Just to remind everyone that he exists In-Game.

[Wulfgirl]

Rachel said in her latest blog post that she worked for Widmore and that her severance pay has been paying for her search all over Europe. Some people (Matt the Pale included) have challenged this statement, thinking Persephone had previously stated in her hacks that she worked for the Hanso Foundation.

Nowhere in Persephone's hacks did she say she worked for the Hanso Foundation. "She was an employee of the foundation" probably refers to Rachel's mother. "I work for criminals, always have always will," is either a reference to Peter Thompsom or a self-reference to a 2nd Hacker, the one who hacked Persephone and said, "Persephone, I know who you are."

We keep thinking there was only one hacker, but Sean (in the comments section of Rachel's blog) said the handwriting was different when it said "I work for criminals...." Maybe Persephone/ Rachel was the hacker who was working for Widmore and someone else (DJ Dan/ Peter Thompson?) was the hacker who is still working for the Hanso Foundation.

BTW, for anyone who wants a quick link to the latest DJ Dan podcasts or other info hidden at the Hanso directory, save this address and go here directly:

http://www.letyourcompassguideyou.com/usr/

And while your at it, ask yourselves WHY does DJ Dan have a link to his podcasts hidden on the Hanso Foundation directory under the file name of owells (for Orson Wells). Don't you think DJ Dan might be an employee of the Hanso Foundation, since he has a file hidden at their directory page? I think he might even be Hacker #2.

[Cavalos]

[schummbo]

[Vesta]

[matt_the_pale]

[Vesta]

Someone on the blog at Rachel's post suggested that the capitalized words are indicative of a code – they seem to be capitalized in odd places, and there are too many of them (i.e. more than usual).

Here are the words:

HACKED
THAT
I'M NOT SURE
GOOD
REAL EVIDENCE
HAD
WHO
REALLY
RESPECT
KNOW
TON
FORGIVE ME
TEAM (? comes from a fan's name, Team Lena. However, Lena herself did not capitalize the word Team)
THOUSANDS OF DEAR FRIENDS
SILENCE
TRUST
ARRIVED

Segmenting the text, like one might see on a telegram, could yield:

HACKED. THAT I'M NOT SURE. GOOD REAL EVIDENCE HAD. WHO
REALLY RESPECT. KNOW TON. FORGIVE ME TEAM THOUSANDS OF DEAR FRIENDS. SILENCE. TRUST. ARRIVED.

Fleshing this out a bit, could yield:

Hacked. I'm not sure about that. I had good real evidence. Who should I really respect? (Who/I) know(s) a ton (?/.) Forgive me, Team, thousands of dear friends. (There will be/There has been) silence. Trust (in me). (They have/I have) arrived.

Basically, that she might have been hacked; had info at some point but it may not have been reliable; that she is aware of her own silence; we should trust in her; and perhaps she did stow away on the boat, and they have arrived at the destination. This decoding sounds like typical Rachel. (This would also answer peoples' complaints that the complete entry did not sound like Rachel at all.)

Not sure if I'm correct, or if this helps at all.

[SpiralBoundBook]

[Wulfgirl]

Matt_the_Pale,

Excellent Post! I want to reread it and think on it more when I'm more awake. Also, look at the map in the background of Rachel's public blog. Isn't it the same area where "she was an employee of the foundation" appeared in mirror writing on the MFI map? I think this has to more than a mere coincidence. Is Rachel's mother Russian? Why did that message appear near the Volga river?

Vesta,

Also an interesting post that I want to think about more.

Here are some more ideas I've been pondering tonight, relating to who may be assisting Persephone, who the 2nd hacker might be, and who DJ Dan might be (Peter Thompson???).

I'm wondering if the page at the Jeep (Let Your Compass Guide You) site showing a Hanso Foundation directory

http://www.letyourcompassguideyou.com/usr/

might be a copy or mirror of the actual Hanso directory page? It's too weird that it would have an address at a Jeep webpage.

Look at the Lost Experience timeline (February 24, 2006, March 3-5, 2006, March 10, 2006, May 17, 2006 and June 19, 2006)

http://tletimeline.blogspot.com/

We can see here that William T. Kilpatrick was warned by Persephone about the Hanso Foundation's intended use of the Jeeps just before he canceled the contract with them.

I think this was also after the orginal date on the Capetown Inquisitor article (January 26?). She told him the Jeeps were being used for transport of some kind. Then she apparently told him more in the "missing_organs.zip" file she sent him. Maybe WTK set up the copy or mirror site of the Hanso directory at the Jeep site?

It may or may not be relevant that Peter Thompson was also involved in that Jeep contract that was canceled, although it's interesting that his signiture seems to be forged on one of the letters.

[Strings]

[matt_the_pale]

[SpiralBoundBook]

[Vesta]