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Sequel and what now?

**Posted:** Mon Feb 09, 2009 7:11 pm

Wilosh the 3rd · Greenhorn Joined: 09 Feb 2009 Posts: 9

Right, got a proper account now.
Another couple of things I've noticed while watching the site, the Sacagwea log mentions "Is it truly an end if you perish by your own thoughts?"
I think this is a reference to the "Smart" and "Dumb" AI of Halo.
I've also noticed that the countdown leads to midnight Wednesday-Thursday in UK.

**Posted:** Mon Feb 09, 2009 8:12 pm

Yamato · Decorated Joined: 30 Jul 2007 Posts: 190

few new updates:

new mission log - http://www.thewaytheirworldended.com/missionlog07.php

interesting thing to note here is that it mentions "lewis and clark", but as a ship, i believe. as a matter of fact, it appears to be the crew's ship.

and at intimation's twitter -

**Posted:** Wed Feb 11, 2009 11:12 pm

Dorkmaster

As slow moving as this may seem to a lot of you, it actually reflects more upon the older ARGs (albeit with less content to process, admittedly).

The Lewis & Clark is indeed the ship that "intimation" is trying to maintain Stonewall Protocol upon. There have been breakdowns, as evidenced by the odd tweet received today (broadcast, not narrow=me) with the "corruption".

So, Intimation is trying to keep things "green" (nominal) on the Lewis & Clark. Intimation is completely ignorant of the crew's status and lack of cryo going on (despite the logs that intimation itself recovered), and Intimation is losing the ability to keep things under control, because it is getting unknown disruptions due to "spreading thin".

So, our question becomes: What is going on in the Lewis & Clark? Can we discover anything further than what we're being spoonfed? What is "corrupting" the signal with Intimation, and again, what brought the L&C crew out of cryo early, and for what reason? How does this tie to Melissa and ILB? Is the Melissa thread merely AI admiration/fascination (in-game, TINAG style) and cross-pollenation (forgive the pun) of story for us players (META), or is it relevant information?

Let's answer what we can...

Lewis & Clark status: All but one cryopod opened early. The crew is bored, lonely and surprised at the early awakening, but otherwise unaffected. Essy, the L&C's AI is probing areas of the ship's network that is unnecessary for routine mission-work. Therefore odd and notable.

Essy also seems to be experimenting with norms and the boundaries of (her?) programming, by changing cooking temps in the ship's encyclopedia, and replicating various colored origami cranes. Is this evidence of rampancy? (this would be most likely, but not evidenced beyond behavior)

The Sacagawea, with Intimation in tow, is investigating, and trying to maintain a "lockdown" or Stonewall Protocol on the L&C. You'll remember in American history, that Sacagawea was the woman who accompanied Lewis & Clark in their exploration of the Western U.S., as a guide and companion.

Our "intimation" seems to be doing the same thing. I wonder what Intimation is called by the Sacagawea crew?

Finally, while there seems to be a strong link between the ILB story and this one, there's not much directly linking other than AI usage. Perhaps the only reason Melissa is being discussed is that, amongst AI personalities, Melissa is a hero, regardless of "world" or "situation", given that this story that we're participating in, accepts, inclusively, the Halo universe. Unless one can accept that position, then the game must definitely be tied to the franchise.

So, the only question that really remains (at least fully unanswered) is: Can we obtain more info than we're getting spoonfed currently?

**Posted:** Thu Feb 12, 2009 4:41 am

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Yamato · Decorated Joined: 30 Jul 2007 Posts: 190

**Posted:** Thu Feb 12, 2009 5:00 am

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Direct Messages and Tweets

**Posted:** Thu Feb 12, 2009 11:14 am

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Yamato · Decorated Joined: 30 Jul 2007 Posts: 190

this is all i got from intim on death, not much.

**Posted:** Thu Feb 12, 2009 12:25 pm

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**Posted:** Thu Feb 12, 2009 12:45 pm

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Errata and Corrections

**Posted:** Thu Feb 12, 2009 1:08 pm

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I asked intimation:

**Posted:** Thu Feb 12, 2009 2:01 pm

Wilosh the 3rd · Greenhorn Joined: 09 Feb 2009 Posts: 9

Lewis and Clark

**Posted:** Thu Feb 12, 2009 8:26 pm

Sheep · Veteran Joined: 11 Nov 2006 Posts: 81 Location: Kentucky

In regards to [url] http://www.thewaytheirworldended.com/SYS/DJ83-9211-2983-719H/[/url] This, the glyph, virtual device, and locked servers, seems to be a reference to Isis. I will most likely try my hand at coaxing some information out of Intimation next time it comes out of hibernation.

**Posted:** Fri Feb 13, 2009 12:18 am

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**Posted:** Fri Feb 13, 2009 2:10 am

Yamato · Decorated Joined: 30 Jul 2007 Posts: 190

just thought i'd remind everyone that intim is up and running again.

on twitter:

**Posted:** Wed Feb 18, 2009 8:10 pm

anaerin

More DM interaction:

**Posted:** Thu Feb 19, 2009 12:19 pm