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[SKY][TRAILHEAD] The Sky Remains
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typoartist22
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 		Here's the details before the scan, just so that we're all on the same page

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DETAILS - ENGRAVED ON PLINTH FOUND AT
THESE CO-ORDINATES: -83.773007, 2.636719
POSSIBLE LINK TO THE LOCATION OF SHARDS OR KEYS


So, you say it's Antarctica. Which would explain the ice.

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carmenmiranda wrote:
markzpot has solved this and isn't telling.


He's all alone and asking for help in Bronze... I sent him a PM just in case he doesn't know we exist. Smile
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Pied Piper
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carmenmiranda wrote:
The coordinates listed for where the artifact was found are in Antarctica. I thought maybe the ice stood for artifice.

markzpot has solved this and isn't telling.


I don't know if it matters, but which country holds jurisdiction over that part of Antarctica? Or is it in a place where no country has a base camp?

EDIT: Oh, yeah, and looking at the drawing again, I think that both of the things swimming around in the fountain are fish.

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typoartist22
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 		from http://www.patagonia-argentina.com/i/tierradelfuego/antartida/antartida_2006.htm

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One of the main differences is that Antarctica is a continent, whereas the Arctic is not. The distinction is an ice cap, and an ice layer that covers a rock plinth or base, a subglacial set of rivers and lakes, earth, in brief, submerged under the ice.


I remember that in the files about Wendy's family, it described her grandfather as "mysterious" and their relationship as "The tip of the iceberg".

also, from wikipedia:

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The Antarctic Treaty was signed in 1959 by twelve countries; to date, forty-five countries have signed the treaty. The treaty prohibits military activities and mineral mining, supports scientific research, and protects the continent's ecozone. Ongoing experiments are conducted by more than 4,000 scientists of many nationalities and with different research interests


no one owns Antarctica!

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typoartist22 wrote:
from http://www.patagonia-argentina.com/i/tierradelfuego/antartida/antartida_2006.htm

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One of the main differences is that Antarctica is a continent, whereas the Arctic is not. The distinction is an ice cap, and an ice layer that covers a rock plinth or base, a subglacial set of rivers and lakes, earth, in brief, submerged under the ice.


I remember that in the files about Wendy's family, it described her grandfather as "mysterious" and their relationship as "The tip of the iceberg".

also, from wikipedia:

Quote:
The Antarctic Treaty was signed in 1959 by twelve countries; to date, forty-five countries have signed the treaty. The treaty prohibits military activities and mineral mining, supports scientific research, and protects the continent's ecozone. Ongoing experiments are conducted by more than 4,000 scientists of many nationalities and with different research interests


no one owns Antarctica!


You know, the references you've given on Harry I think are important. I read the instructions again on the task we're given, and it says to "Try following up leads on 'Harry Skinery'."

As for no one owning Antarctica, that's true, but certain countries have made "claims" on certain areas. Their claims are recognized by some countries, and not at all by others. What I was trying to figure out was if the coordinates happened to fall in one country's claim or not. Here's the wikipedia on that bit:

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Antarctica has no government and belongs to no country. Various countries claim areas of it, but while some have mutually recognized each other's claims, no other countries recognize such claims. The area between 90° W and 150° W is the only part of Antarctica not claimed by any country as of yet.


Minor edit: I spelled "Skinery" incorrectly.

MAJOR EDIT: When you put in "http://www.wendyspage.name/harryskinery.html" it takes you to the doll head page. I'm wondering if "I know what happens before it even happens" has any bearing on this puzzle?

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coffeegirl18 wrote:
What did it say for the start, and 1st and 2nd part of Case One?


I just noticed something on the main page for the game that should help you with this. There's an "ARCHIVES" link on the home page when you have logged in. There, you can replay any video or whatever that you've already viewed.

The game PMs for this are VERY savvy, I tell ya.

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 		Harry Skinery
Just found this by doing a google search for "Harry Skinery." It seems like it has to be relevant somehow, since it mentions Sri Lanka, where Wendy's page says that her grandfather traveled. It is also a comment about satellites, and those appear on the drawing Harry made.

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Do all satellites contain hydrazine fuel? Does the US military ultimately have the right to shoot down any satellite - in theory?

- Harry Skinery, Sri Lanka


Here's the web page on which it appears:
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/world/article.html?in_article_id=99145&in_page_id=64

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Russell
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 		Btw the phone number ofr task 2 is actually valid and gives a sky remains voicemail box

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nitefoll
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 		Just been bending my brain around task 4 and wondered why there was a spinning scale9 grid on the scanner page. So I had an idea, and it may be crazy but what the hell.

If you scale up the scale9 grid and overlay it onto the symbols, it fits quite neatly, and hey look if you rotate it... It becomes a kind of crayzeee Zodiac Sudoku

I'm extremely tired, but there ya go, there's some home work for everyone, see you in the morning!
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Pied Piper
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Russell_k wrote:
Btw the phone number ofr task 2 is actually valid and gives a sky remains voicemail box


Any chance you can give a spoiler of what the voicemail says, for those of us who can't afford the call clear to London?

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Russell
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 		also love the hidden text at end of task 2

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If you do happen to be a fictional character, then we would like to ask you to cease to exist here and continue to propagate your character in your original published content. Many thanks again, TSR administration.


The voicemail says :

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
After laying low for several decades the sky remains has become active again

Since many of our original agents are now aged and dying we need new recruits

Do you have what it takes to become a member of the sky remains

We think you have potential you must live up to it


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nitefoll wrote:
Just been bending my brain around task 4 and wondered why there was a spinning scale9 grid on the scanner page. So I had an idea, and it may be crazy but what the hell.

If you scale up the scale9 grid and overlay it onto the symbols, it fits quite neatly, and hey look if you rotate it... It becomes a kind of crayzeee Zodiac Sudoku

I'm extremely tired, but there ya go, there's some home work for everyone, see you in the morning!


You might be on to something here...

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Replacing the letters on the left with their respective numeric values, 1-9, it creates a sudoku grid with a unique solution:

5 6 9 4 2 7 1 3 8
1 7 4 5 3 8 2 6 9
2 8 3 6 9 1 7 4 5
4 2 8 9 7 3 6 5 1
9 3 5 1 4 6 8 7 2
6 1 7 8 5 2 3 9 4
8 9 6 7 1 5 4 2 3
7 4 2 3 8 9 5 1 6
3 5 1 2 6 4 9 8 7

That makes the four cells 3, 1 (hilighted), 7 and 1.

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nitefoll
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 		Got the word, it was a guess based on Nigthawks, extrapolation of my crazy suduko theory, so well done us:)

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The word is: cage


EDIT: changed to lowercase
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 		Nicely done. I'd wondered what the crosshatch on that side was for.

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 		Bah, so I was a letter off... Wink

*EDIT*
It's case sensitive: type it in lowercase
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