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[Trailhead] Tempus Umbra
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muse
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Durr hurr. Knew I was missing something. I'll blame it on a stuffy brain for now. Thanks Cobalt!

Also, carrots. Smile

Edit: All righty, if I had to put money on identifying the stone the pyramid is made out of I'd definitely say it's lapis lazuli. Not a clue how it ties in but there's no other stone that matches as well visually, and I found some on the stone itself at this website: http://factoidz.com/gemstones-lapis-lazuli-the-royal-blue-gem-of-antique-utility/

Quote:
The name of this gem describes exactly what it is; lapis means stone in Latin and lazuli is from the Arabic al-lazward which refers to different shades of blue. Lapis lazuli's historical roots can be traced back five thousand years...


Sounds just a smidgen similar to the pseudonym being discussed earlier, at least to me.

PostPosted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 11:20 am
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muse
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Sorry for the double post, but there's a new vid up on the EVENT LOG page... looks like our buddy Zach is definitely being watched.

The interesting thing to wonder is this: is he on the facility's grounds in that vid, or just wandering along a trail? Because if the second is the case, it means that either the sentinel network is a LOT more far-reaching in terms of surveillance than just the fenced-in area... or the sentinels can move. O.o

I'm gonna go ahead and send him an email about it. He did respond to my first one but didn't mention anything that we didn't already know.

PostPosted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 12:01 pm
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Seadevil4
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Amon

Regarding the artifact page, the page is called amon.html. It probably means Artifact Monitor however have look at the wiki definition:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amon_%28demon%29#Marquis_Amon

Quote:
He tells of all things past and future.


I'm not saying Zach is Amon incarnate but perhaps the artifact is what Amon uses to see events in Time.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 2:15 pm
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Cortez
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I took Amon to be Amon Ra, the Sun god...which fits in with the idea of Umbra being the shades of the Egyptian underworld and general pyramid thing. Shades in Egyptian mythology are the souls of the dead who walk this plane...kind of like the shadows Zach is claiming to see.

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PostPosted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 2:23 pm
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GoldenNova
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I've seen that in none of the Sentinel Video, Zach never has his camera (or whatever he's using to take these videos with), which leads me to a few theories:

1) Zach has himself a rather secretive spy camera on his person, though I don't think the footage from Youtube and his movements from Sentinel videos match up.

2) Zach is taking second visits to all the sites he's shown us to get a more in-depth look.

3) Technical problems. Doesn't own another camera, perhaps?

I'm also wondering why the 'SENTINEL CONTROL NETWORK ALERT' noise isn't coming through here, especially since he's so close to the bunker.

Last thing: I've copy/pasted the code to get into the retrieval box, but I'm getting nothing. Anything else I should be doing?

PostPosted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 3:44 pm
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muse
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Okay, another fail on my part... I can't get the retrieval code to work no matter what I try. :/ Any suggestions?

PostPosted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 4:05 pm
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Twiler
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muse wrote:
Okay, another fail on my part... I can't get the retrieval code to work no matter what I try. :/ Any suggestions?


Are you typing KWNTUCAKEV SENCONSYSOPS?

You only need the first word, KWNTUCAKEV.

PostPosted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 4:08 pm
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This gets more intriguing with each new vid. Two are just up at Zach's Youtube Giggling Zach can't access Sentinel Control.

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Seyelback
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I do not know Javascript, but looking at the Archive source I found this:

Code:

<script>
swfobject.registerObject("FlashID");
</script>
<script>
swfobject.registerObject("FlashID2");
</script>


does it mean that there are two different videos in Flash?

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Cortez
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New vid up on the Event Log...this time of Zach approaching the bunker.

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Citizen Ed
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I'm not able to get the retrieval code to work either. You enter it on the archive page right?

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Seyelback
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Citizen Ed wrote:
I'm not able to get the retrieval code to work either. You enter it on the archive page right?


It works for me. I tried it again. Enter only KWNTUCAKEV and press enter

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Citizen Ed
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Thank you much! Finally got it to work. Not sure what I was doing wrong before.

PostPosted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 8:27 pm
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cherrytree98765
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Some more email shooting. Yay!

My email:
Looks like you've been causing a stir. On the diagnostic Report we're getting "Proximity-Breached" "Gate 1-Fault" "Gate 2-Secure"
"Gate3-Breached" "Intrusion Detecion-Class 2" Did you pass the 3rd gate. We also got acess to some kinda archive log about a project. We only know that he mentioned a project 127.
That's all to report.

Email 1:
Well I am a trouble-maker! Seriously, that's really strange. Still no sight of any people though so I'm still thinking it is all just leftover stuff.

Not sure what is what gate, but I've seen three so far. The first I guess would be the outside one that has a whole in the fence next to it. I keep meaning to take a picture of that one but forgot to. Then there are two others past that. The one is still in more or less intact. The other one is in worse shape and that is the one I've been climbing over to look around.

There doesn't look like there is any project there. Even the bunker I found has clearly been there for a long time and doesn't look used. You saw the roads - all overgrown.

I'm going back tomorrow to look around some more.

Finally I shot back an email:
Be very careful. According to how the video looks it's pretty old. Also the artifact looks like a triangle. There are only 4 more defense mechanisms left. "Emission Detection" (I'm guessing that will be when you open the bunker door) "Bunker" Right now it's "Secure" of course that could change eh . Final 2 are "Artifiact status" that's at the moment "Secure" Final one is the one which is most important to us. Sentinel Control which is "Active" Also 2 more logs appeared. You were recorded going through the forest road and at the bunker door.

His response back at mine. (That's all for tonight)
Interesting! I'm not at all sure I can get in the bunker door. It appears to be welded shut. Not going through that baby with anything less than a cutting torch I think. Whoever shut that up was pretty serious about it not being opened again. But I'll see if there is some other entrance maybe...or something. Not very bright am I? Still don't believe there are any people watching, though. It's just some old left-over installation. Funny that part of it is still working.


That's all I have at the moment.

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GoldenNova
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Keep up the good data mining, Cherry Tree. Next time try asking if we'll get to see Zach's date any time soon. I'm curious to see what his 'Out Of Forest' life in this game is like. Maybe it will hold some sort of significance we're overlooking.

On a sceptical note, Zach is acting way too calm for this. Even if the systems were abandoned and acting on their own, WE can still watch his little excursions. If I knew the forest was watching me everywhere I go, I'd be hopping onto the next bus out of town.

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