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[Trailhead???] Xenomata- Numann Turing Mining Corp.
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Doug52392
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irc_log.pdf contents

Quote:
Logfile: monolith/usr/ejohnson/secure/zai5/rccapture.log
+++ SIPRrc +++
Nov 30 2007
19:20 CET
+++
Enter ZAI+5 authorization code:
**********
authorized
+++
Connected to: node 5/executive area/general discussions
Mode: Hidden
+++
<lrichards> sure
<twillis> that aside - could you perhaps fill me in a bit here? the
news I've been getting from ZA don't sound too promising
<lrichards> in short: multiple lockdowns, like doors that won't open,
perfectly valid access codes apparently invalidated, entire subnets
dead
<jmiller> total mess
<twillis> I just fail to see what we're doing there in the first
place... the whole place is supposed to be shut down since, what, two
years?
<jmiller> we had good reasons to keep you out of the loop
<lrichards> deniability
<twillis> ability to deny what exactly?
<lrichards> see how that works? Smile
<lrichards> but seriously though, the guys on site have told us it's
Shimura. He seems to have lost it completely since he got canned back
in 05
<jmiller> yep, I can confirm this. It seems he set up camp there right
after leaving HQ following the official announcement... well, right
after you took his place, Theresa
<lrichards> I know this sounds completely unreal, but from what we can
tell he went totally Colonel Kurtz after just a few months
<jmiller> which isn't all that surprising considering
<twillis> I can't believe I'm reading this
<lrichards> makes sense though. completely isolated up there, the rest
of the staff long gone, only those droids keeping him company
<jmiller> he did design all of them though, probably feels right at
home
<twillis> looks like a bad ARG plot or something
<twillis> anyway – what can we do about is?
<twillis> / it? /
<lrichards> it boils down to a few important points...
<lrichards> For starters, we've scanned for PDT signals, and come up
with a few interesting things. The whole demolition team is still there
with Shimura, apparently alive, don't ask me how that is possible – but
even more surprising is the fact that Philip Smith is there as well
<jmiller> technically speaking, we found his specific PDT signature. it
doesn't necessarily mean he's actually there. we've found an unknown
signature as well, coming from somewhere near or in the main infirmary
<lrichards> at any rate, we have to assume Shimura is holding them
hostage somehow, using the droids as his personal army, or something
along those lines. It's totally possible he's managed to recruit one or
several "converts" among the demolition team members as well to help
him out
<twillis> I'd really doubt they've been there voluntarily all this
time, right?
<jmiller> that's pretty much our conclusion as well
<lrichards> furthermore, we have to keep in mind that Shimura is
entirely dependent on the power plant. Without it, all droids would
stop working within maybe 6 – 12 hours, unable to recharge their
batteries. And more importantly, he'll not be able to communicate with
them at all as soon as the mainframe goes down
<jmiller> this is all just theoretical though
<twillis> why? assuming I understand things correctly, all we need to
do is to take the power plant offline, then somehow neutralize Shimura
and extract the hostages
<jmiller> in a perfect world, that's exactly what we would do
<twillis> what are you getting at?
<jmiller> you probably don't want to know, but the guys upstairs...
they feel that the risk of having even one of the demo team guys leak
something to the press afterwards is unacceptable... they can't "afford
to have The Group associated with scandals of such magnitude"
<twillis> admittedly sounds just like something they would say
<jmiller> and disturbing as it may be, it's perfectly possible to just
make it go away – the place doesn't even exist anymore, officially
speaking. Nobody would ever find out.
<lrichards> in short, we're under orders to blow up the entire site as
soon as possible, whether there's people still in there or not, just
bury everything
/quit
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3914 bytes (metadata not included) stored in 'rccapture.log'
+++

Wow, I guess they're blowing up the site even though that guy who was fired is held up in there, and most likely whoever is using the e-mail address is still in a holding cell there to.

PostPosted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 9:02 pm
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agentKnipe
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if this is the case, what can we do to help get those guys out of there?

PostPosted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 10:35 pm
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ZeikHunter
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interesting.

our contact appears to have himself confined by a hostile faction, which makes it obvious that there are at least 2 sides on-site. the faction consisting of jmiller and the rest (the man as it were) is considering the destruction of the site. however, it strikes me that the same people who captured our contact (shimura?) are probably still loyal to the man (the demo team?) makes sense when the rest of the company off-site considers the demo team expendable.

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historys_past
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Location: Chicago, IL

Hey all - New to this game (as my other game abruptly ended)

I was catching up and went to the main site (which has an animation of coding) and went into the source.

It said:
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Still no word from Xeno. Satphone dead. No replies on email. They must have found his minipod. I'm working on a solution from here.


I didn't think this had already been posted....

PostPosted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 6:15 pm
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Doug52392
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new changes and hidden text in image

As historys_past just pointed out, the site changed again. I am doing homework now so I don't have time to check it out, but it appears that the picture that appears on the homepage thats the same color as the page changed. Checking it with Gimp now. EDIT: Gimp found 54 layers, and one has some text in it. I edited it so you can see:http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/2002/consoleby0.gif It looks like a Linux shell, and he's trying to hack into some sort of droid control program.

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phantomaz
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mmmhh it seems that we have two friends.....
we have "xeno",the one that abswered to the emails (i wrote but no answer), who is probably the same that posted the video on youtube, and another one that is the one that now is saying

Quote:

Still no word from Xeno.
Satphone dead. No replies on email.
They must have found his minipod.
I'm working on a solution from here.


maybe xeno has been attacked by shimura that now lives with the drones...
i think xeno is the one that is said to have an "unknown signature" during the chat beetween miller and richards....

PostPosted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 6:40 pm
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ZeikHunter
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damn waiting.

but im pretty sure xeno=shimura.

im a little perturbed now though, as theres no reference to "siptip" other than a possible VOIP protocol, and both SIPR and NIPR turn up nothing for "ntmc"

although, im pretty sure the PMs didnt account for a player with a TS clearance.

PostPosted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 8:13 pm
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phantomaz
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i'm playing a little with the console.gif.....
i can't get what we have to do...

from wikipedia:
hiatus : # A small difference in pitch between two musical tones
until now the "status: something" helped us to solve the problems.....
pfffttt while the game is on graphics i'm a little cut off....
anyway somebody tried to desteg the bd56_prospector_brochure.jpg ???

PostPosted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 8:14 am
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ZeikHunter
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hiatus also means a break. like, "im on hiatus from work". i figure it means we'll be playing the waiting game for a while.

PostPosted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 2:53 pm
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Doug52392
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Another change in the homepage

The title of the homepage has changed to F I N D X E N O. Maybe whoever is running the site does not know hes been captured? Or maybe hes escaped from the place he was being held in?

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phantomaz
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maybe are two??
also in the comments in the source it seems another person that speaks about xeno...

PostPosted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 7:56 pm
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ZeikHunter
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console.gif changed also. its just a constant black box

PostPosted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 8:03 pm
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ZeikHunter
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status update:tunnelvision

source code now contains
Code:
!-- Xeno remains out of reach.
    New information soon available.
    UltraTS transmissions later this week.
    Preparations needed for security clearance.
   
    ./zai6diagnostics.zip
    ./zai6archive.zip
--


im looking at the zips now

edit: theyre passworded. archive.zip seems to be a c++ program

PostPosted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 2:25 pm
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madnico
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Ok just found the password

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
It's tunnelvision


Not sure what to do with the files you get though Confused .

PostPosted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 2:39 pm
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ZeikHunter
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well, dont i feel stupid. thats about the only thing from the site i didnt try

edit: installing a compiler now. i think we need to compile the program from the archive, then use that to process the data from the diag

edit edit: cygwin pwns me. fuck.

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