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Gregoriev
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 		[TRAILHEAD?] The Beginning
So I got a YouTube private message from someone named 333Abadon333. The message was titled "The Beginning" him referring me to a video (which was uploaded by him) of what seems like data scans of Earth. Oh, also in the message:

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--------------------Apollyon-----------------------


This may or may not be spam or it may be an ARG, but I'll just leave it here for y'all because I'm a bit busy to be involved in an ARG right now anyways Razz

Links:
User profile - http://www.youtube.com/user/333Abaddon333
Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNsAxnysOdM
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 		Well, it's video 1/3. Not sure where it'll lead. I'll take a look around.

<edit>In the video there is a time and date of 15:33 on 3-3-10
I found a link in Wiki that fines the name "Here".
There's also a Matthew Abaddon on lost.
And "3" is showing up far to much not to mention.

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 		Apollyon and Abaddon both deal with some biblical demons and the bottomless pit.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abaddon


ETA: March 3, 2010 has a couple of significant events in Jewish history. Goes with the biblical stuff.

http://www.chabad.org/calendar/view/day.asp?tdate=3/3/2010

The Completion of Jewish Code stuff interests me a bit.


Also, The string of numbers in the video:

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3310

819877627489784

3310

161815100503201901161608091805TB


Anyone anything to do anything with that? "3310" goes with March 3, 2010. That's all I've noticed. The "TB" at the end is throwing me.

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 		Check that date,
3-3-2010

thats some nice foreshadowing there, isnt it XD

Core temp 3310
cpu 33.2010

do you think maybe its the number itself that important and not the date

well ill watch if any more vids drop on us this is at least wierd enough to watch//
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 		Oh this is an arg, I assure you, what I want to know is what happened to this ship that it's life support is at 40% and it has no coms.

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TitaniumLegman wrote:
Oh this is an arg, I assure you, what I want to know is what happened to this ship that it's life support is at 40% and it has no coms.


And it's Weapons are at 100%.

40 Seeding Missiles in check

And the ship looks for a seeding location.

"Seeding"? like planting seeds in a location? Are the weapons a way to harvest something on earth?

The number sequence, above, comes right after "System Memory." The numbers don't seem to be ASCII or any basic cipher to me, but there may be more that I haven't tried. Maybe clues about how the ship lost its life support and communications is in the System Memory, and therefore maybe the numbers?

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 		New video up, lots of info I think.

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Code:
161815100503201901161608091805TB
 P R O J E C T S A P P H I R E


ETA: And from the other video (The one with the "HOSTEL" Activity).

Code:
S01 - 35° 41′ 46″ N, 51° 25′ 22.66″ E (Tehran)
S02 - 38° 53′ 42.4″ N,77° 02′ 12.0″ W (D.C.)
S04 - 42° 21′ 28″ N,71° 03′ 42″ W     (Boston)
S05 - 39° 46′ 5.88″ N,86° 9′ 29.52″ W (Indianapolis)
S08 - 55° 45′ N, 37° 37′ E           (Moscow)


Can't spoiler the "CODE" tag.
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 		Project Sapphire, eh?

*sigh* I guess I'm not THAT busy.
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 		The text from 4 seconds to 9 seconds:

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S07 | SEEDING MALFUNCTION
| PAYLOAD NOT DELIVERED
| Attempting to repair
| Attempting payload release.
| 1
| 2
| 3 | CANNOT REPAIR
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
INITIATE HIVE MIND SCAN

S01 | INTACT | 35'41'46"N 51'25'22.66"E
| PAYLOAD DELIVERED
S02 \ INTACT \ 38'53'42.4"N 77'02'12.0"W
| PAYLOAD DELIVERED
S03 | DESTROYED |
S04 | INTACT | 42'21'28"N 71'03'42"W
PAYLOAD DELIVERED
S05 | INTACT | 39'46'5.88"N 86'9'29.52"W
| PAYLOAD DELIVERED
S06 | DESTROYED |
S07 | SEEDING MALFUNCTION | PAYLOAD NOT DELIVERED
S08 | INTACT | 55'45"N 37'37" E
S09 | DESTROYED
S10 | DESTROYED
S11 | DESTROYED
S12 | DESTROYED
S13 | DESTROYED

Operation Commence
| Seeding Operation: 83.3% succesfull
| Molecular Modification of basic life initializing

Mothership Uplink
-------------------
|---Creating Dimensional Rift--|
--Searching for signal--
--------Signal Found-----
|-Transmitting Location-|
-waiting for reply-




|--Discussing--|
331033 [Genesis Ark]: Seeding planet.
000000 [Origin]: Acknowledged. Estimated Time to Completion?
331033 [Genesis Ark]: 5844D 23H 13M 32S
000000 [Origin}: Acknowledged. Sending BIA to location
|--End Discussing--


All that I have time for right now. Can someone else get the rest?

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TitaniumLegman wrote:
Oh this is an arg, I assure you, what I want to know is what happened to this ship that it's life support is at 40% and it has no coms.

Hello, Mr. PM! Rolling Eyes

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 		Sure.

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
(at 0:09 just after End Discussing is |Rebooting Systems, but 'tis just a small detail)

ARG SYSTEMS
331033 X E9900 Breach in main system, holding cells contained.
Seed Holding Temp 103.9 F Seed Control: manual. currently holding 3 seeds contain(cut off at this point so I don't know if it's ed or ing)
at 90% capacity.
[--scanning intelligence--]
LOCATION--OFF COURSE

[--Hive Link--]
--Connected S07--
S02 : HOSTEL ACTIVITY DETECTED
| RELEASING countermessure(sic) alpha.
| ESTABLISHING MOTHERSHIP UPLINK
S04 : HOSTEL ACTIVITY DETECTED
S05 : HOSTEL ACTIVITY, COMPROMISED.
|SEEDING INCOMPLETE. ESTABLISHING MOTHERSHIP UPLINK
S07 : FAILURE TO RELEASE PAYLOAD, INCOMING BIOSIGNATURES
|RELEASING countermessure alpha
|RELEASING countermessure beta
|COMPROMISED ESTABLISHING MOTHERSHIP UPLINK
S01: SEEDING COMPLETE -- INITIALIZING STAGE TWO
| CREATING precursor-egos
| ATTEMPT TO CREATE ATMOSPHERE FAILED

S08: SEEDING COMPLETE -- INITIALIZING STAGE TWO
| CREATING precursor-egos
| LIMITED ATMOSPHERE CREATED
S07: ESTABLISHING NEW LOCATION, UNABLE TO GET NEW COORDINATES
|DISCONNECTING FORM HIVE MIND
[--Disconnected--]


And the side text at the end:

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
MOTHERSHIP UPLINK ESTABLISHED
---------
33310333: COMPROMISED
00000000: DO NOT ABORT
33310333: NEW LOCATION,
UNKNOWN, UNABLE TO GET COORDINATES
00000000: RETAIN MINIMAL SYSTEMS
DO NOT ABORT MISSION. MISSION IS
CRITICAL. GENESIS MUST BE OBTAINED AT
ALL COST. substance MUST BE SPREAD
AT ALL COST, DO NOT ABORT.
33310333: MISSION CAN NOT BE COMPLETED.
[--DISCONNECTED--]



Abraxas wrote:
TitaniumLegman wrote:
Oh this is an arg, I assure you, what I want to know is what happened to this ship that it's life support is at 40% and it has no coms.

Hello, Mr. PM! Rolling Eyes


I thought so first, but other suspicions have led me to a different PM whose work I am somewhat familiar with. But, you never know. His account was made on the day I posted the trailhead Razz Reveal yourself if you are one, good sir!
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Gregoriev wrote:

I thought so first, but other suspicions have led me to a different PM whose work I am somewhat familiar with. But, you never know. His account was made on the day I posted the trailhead Razz Reveal yourself if you are one, good sir!

Well, if he/she is, they are certainly impatient.

Couple things:

Mentioning the "precursor-egos", it could be related to
http://www.precursors-game.com/eng/

Genesis Ark is a prison ship on Dr. Who.

They attempted 13 payloads and succeeded at spreading 5 of them, I'm not sure how that adds up to 83.3% success rate.
They succeeded in Tehran and Moscow and failed in all U.S. locations.

331033 can't easily be a date. Since 3310 also appeared, the 3/3/10 theory seems likely. But what's with the additional 33?
And in the first video there was 15:33 for the time, looks like a bible reference, but Genesis is not a match.

5844D 23H 13M 32S...they are done in about 16 years. But with time rifts involved who knows how long that ultimately will take. Laughing

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 		Actually, i'm not a PM (Whatever that is) and this is the first ARG i'm going to play, but I have been in contact with the creator, so I do know that this is an ARG, as well other info I can't reveal. I will say that I am not involved with the creation of the game, and am just here too play.

Now that that is out of the way, I'm guessing that these

S01 | INTACT | 35'41'46"N 51'25'22.66"E
| PAYLOAD DELIVERED
S02 \ INTACT \ 38'53'42.4"N 77'02'12.0"W
| PAYLOAD DELIVERED
S03 | DESTROYED |
S04 | INTACT | 42'21'28"N 71'03'42"W
PAYLOAD DELIVERED
S05 | INTACT | 39'46'5.88"N 86'9'29.52"W
| PAYLOAD DELIVERED
S06 | DESTROYED |
S07 | SEEDING MALFUNCTION | PAYLOAD NOT DELIVERED
S08 | INTACT | 55'45"N 37'37" E
S09 | DESTROYED
S10 | DESTROYED
S11 | DESTROYED
S12 | DESTROYED
S13 | DESTROYED

are the locations where these seed pods were delivered, maybe longitude latitude?

Also I'm thinking that the reasons for the pods are

1. Terraforming

2. Some kind of infection

3. Weapons

I'm heading out, but if someone could confirm the coordinates that wouls be great thx.

EDIT: Lol I can't believe I missed that, I guess I'm just excited to be involved in an ARG.

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Quote:
Now that that is out of the way, I'm guessing that these


are the locations where these seed pods were delivered, maybe longitude latitude?


Rogi already took care of this ^ see above.

Quote:
And in the first video there was 15:33 for the time, looks like a bible reference, but Genesis is not a match.


15:33 would be 3:33pm on a 24 hour clock.

Quote:
Mentioning the "precursor-egos", it could be related to http://www.precursors-game.com/eng/


With the stuff that precursors game mentions on the site with the spreading of genes and all, it seems possible. Even though the website says it was to be released in 2007 or 2008, it wasn't Wikipedia currently has the date set for Quarter 4 of 2009.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precursors_%28video_game%29

Does anyone see anything that we might need to actually DO? I mean, two videos have just kinda been handed to us. Any codes? Puzzles? Websites? Blogs? Twitter accounts?

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