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zeighy
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 		What's the name of our new contact??

PostPosted: Sat Oct 20, 2012 10:19 pm
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posse
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zeighy wrote:
What's the name of our new contact??

The new contact is Nathan Book, the Chief Operating Officer of Cliffside Labs. His email is nathanSPLATcliffsidelabs.com.

PostPosted: Sun Oct 21, 2012 11:03 am
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posse
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 		Sorry for the double post. Nathan Book replied with more information about the stolen biohazard:
Nathan Book wrote:
Last month, a biohazard leak was triggered in our Hawaii facility. Fortunately, no one was harmed, but on further investigation we found that samples of our CSL-RP (Cliffside Labs Regenerative Potion) was stolen from cold storage. On it's own, it is not exactly dangerous, but if programmed incorrectly it can be very dangerous (and gruesome).

Ok, CSL-RP is a variant of FAILTECH's HTR-Agent, as they call it. It's a medical drug that can aggressively stimulate tissue regeneration. FAILTECH's has been calibrated to work on human tissue and variants, meanwhile our improved version has been redesigned to work only on specific human tissues and specific humans. How does that work? Well, we've perfected the method of injecting the DNA matching serum that carries the agent across the subject's body. FAILTECH recently halted their research and we pretty much picked it up from there.

Yes, we still and anti-agent in case something wrong could happen, but the anti-agent has be properly matched against the agent for it to work. The good side is that if the agent isn't programmed, it is essentially just liquid with chemicals in it. Making it safe when in storage or in transit.

The problem now, is that our facility has been infiltrated and samples had been stolen. While nothing has happened in the past month, we're becoming weary that it might just surprise us all and cause trouble. In addition, without knowing the programming made on the samples, we simply can't create an anti-agent.

We have our leads. We were able to trace the movement of the person who stole the samples. He appears to be in New York. But it could all be a ruse as the samples may be elsewhere already. We can't get a pinpoint on his location and NYPD can't assist in locating him because he hasn't been spotted anywhere, yet. We tried contacting him to see if we could get his attention, but got no response. He might actually have someone still in the company observing what's going on, which is why he knows we might be baiting him. So, what I need in assistance is maybe you someone outside the company could get his attention. Maybe, he'll reply to you. Or maybe, he's already disposed of the email he gathered from intel? We can't know for sure.

Here's the most recent email we know he's using: j.espinaSPLATdeliveryman.com

Good luck! Try to get his attention without making yourself suspicious enough that he'll think you're from us.

Not sure who this J.Espina guy is.

PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2012 4:23 pm
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zeighy
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 		there a couple of updates on some sites...

lainsy.net

Code:
26/10/2012-18:39:30GMT :: Lost connection with New York Server and Sensors. >>INFO<<


lainsy.net/scarlet

Code:
LAINSY: Lost Connection with New York Server and Sensors
   Connection has not been established in over 60
   minutes since time of log entry.
   Last report from sensor is a fluctuation of
   gravity.


Also, lainsy's version number updated from 41033 to 41034, not sure if anything significant, but it updated.

noxordoarchives.org updated, too

Code:
## ARCHIVER INACTIVE

[LOCKED]
//ARCHIVE LOCKED
//SEND UNLOCK PASSCODE TO SYSTEM SPLAT NOXORDOARCHIVES DOT COM


I guess we now have TWO codes to acquire for nox ordo? the phone, and the site...

EDIT: Also seems all of the failtech home sites are down for scheduled maintenance... failtechnologies.com industriesblack.com kleinenergyco.com and duocorp.net

it displays a video, ala-matrix, saying that they'll be back... and just loops... no date specified of return...

intranet, agent, join, and other sites still up, just the homepage ones are down

PostPosted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 3:12 am
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posse
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 		Not much happening on my end. I've sent a bunch of emails to various characters and am still waiting for replies.

I can tell you that it looks like the email address on http://noxordoarchives.org/ is a wrong address -- at least when I emailed system@noxordoarchives.com it bounced back immediately. However, system@noxordoarchives.org seems to have made it through, but haven't gotten a reply yet so I can't confirm that.

Okay so yeah the email for the Nox Ordo archives is systemSPLATnoxordoarchives.org. If you send the wrong passcode (which I did), you get the following response:
Archive System wrote:
>> PASSCODE ERROR

..this address retrieves messages once a day and is processed upon retrieval.

which I take to mean that it will only respond once a day.

PostPosted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 1:47 pm
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themedic274
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 		Guys, call the phone line. All the old slots are closed, except for 45460, which is now requesting something (I can't tell what it's saying). After three attempts, it hangs up saying "No response.".

EDIT: Probably a different language. When I entered 12345 it said something else and hung up.

PostPosted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 3:08 am
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posse
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themedic274 wrote:
Guys, call the phone line. All the old slots are closed, except for 45460, which is now requesting something (I can't tell what it's saying).

So previous the 45460 slot used to say the following:
Quote:
45460: Acknowledged - Agent Portal: Don requests confirmation.

I believe after I contacted Fred Don with the answer to his puzzle, it triggered the latest message to be placed in slot 45460. So right now it's saying:
Quote:
45460: Acknowledged. Agent Portal: Pin code?
When you put in the wrong pin code, it just says "Pin invalid" and disconnects you.

The new message slots are our ID card codes. I know mine is 05649. I think another is 04949. The current message left on these slots says:
Quote:
Message slot being populated. No message at the moment.

I asked Fred Don how long are we supposed to be waiting for info, and got this response:
Fred Don wrote:
Yes. Instructions will be provided on the 8th. Check your slot.

A little bit longer, folks?

PostPosted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 1:57 pm
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posse
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 		Sorry for double post, the phone line's been updated.

Here's the new system announcement (slot 00000):
Quote:
Announcement for the day of Nov 7 2012
4 slots ready
1 internal system trigger activated
20 message slots deleted (ed. note - 20? daaang)
2 message slots locked

This is the message in slot 05649 and 04949:
Quote:
A file has been uploaded. Please check your slot at the Agent Portal. Password is the Roman value in hex of your slot. I repeat, a file has been uploaded. Please check your slot at the Agent Portal. Password is the Roman value in hex of your slot.

Not really sure what this means, and haven't found a file yet. If someone finds it, hooray! I decided to send an email to Fred Don asking about the file. He probably thinks I'm an idiot, but whatever. Smile

PostPosted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 6:20 pm
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punxtr
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 		My life is a hurricane right now. Regardless, I managed to check my game email for a change:

Quote:
LAINSY: The ship being tracked has re-entered tracking range. Current vector indicates its destination is EARTH. ETA as of message sent time is 4 days. Attempt to contact ship resulted in NO RESPONSE. Backup control systems disabled. Internal systems report ship is operating under 12% optimal power and under 36% optimal safety guidelines. No other information reported.

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PostPosted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 4:47 pm
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zeighy
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 		Just checking in that http://www.cliffsidelabs.com has updated with the following message:

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
URGENT PUBLIC ADVISORY

A biohazard suspected to have been released in public and everyone is alerted
to take precauionary measures. There has been no
confirmed cases, yet, but we advise everyone to stay vigilant.

Please be alert of:
#Unusual skin blemishes or blistering
#Unusual rashes or discoloration of the skin
#Uncontrollable nausea
#Irregularly increased food intake
If you or anyone you know experience any of the above listed
symptoms, we advise that you check up with your local health doctor for testing against the biohazard.

For any questions, you can email us at contactSPLATcliffsidelabs.com


I'm a bit busy at the moment which is why I haven't updates stuff on the wiki, and helped out on stuff... Sorry guys! Once I get free time I will do!

PostPosted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 7:33 am
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cherrytree98765
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 		Hello, hello! Been lurking on this one for a bit. Just waiting for a good op to insert myself into the choas as I have a bit more free time lately. Anyways Dan sent me an email just awhile ago:

Quote:
Hello! We've come up with a recent development, you see we found a good lead regarding the Nox Ordo. It seems they have something up at Toronto. Our friend Patrice has informed us about a possible information exchange in the next few days. Are you close to the area or know anyone who could possibly help? Patrice can't at the moment so we'll have to rely on someone on our experts team (which you are) to appear fairly covert to intercept. We can't send any of our employees or personnel as you know they might already be known by the Nox Ordo, after all they have infiltrated the company.

If you are ok to help or know anyone who can help, let me know!


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themedic274
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 		Well that's weird, because I haven't gotten a single IG email for quite a while. Checked my junk, too. Nathan Book never got back to me.

PostPosted: Thu Nov 15, 2012 5:09 am
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posse
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 		Hello! It's pretty quiet on my end. I've still been talking to Fred Don since I'm trying to figure out just how to access the file on the Agent Portal. Hopefully there's no time limit involved in this since I'm pretty busy these days. It doesn't help that I'm stumped. Any ideas here?

It looks like the file would be located at http://agents.failtechnologies.com/secure/05649 and the username/password is the thing to figure out. From Fred Don, I think that the username is 05649 (ie, the name of the slot). But the password I can't really figure out. From the instructions of the voicemail message I had tried to do the following (but it doesn't work):
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I heard "Roman value in hex of your slot" which I though would mean 05649 = 1611 (hex) and then 1611 = MDCXI in Roman numerals. But using 05649/MDCXI as login/password doesn't work.

Here's Fred Don's clue:
Quote:
Think over it. They appear as instructions but are mere suggestions. Pickout the keywords and try again. A little help wouldn't hurt. I can't tell you everything directly as any eavesdropper may easily recognize what we're talking about. Be keen as answers aren't as straightforward as they appear. Adding or removing unnecessary items to significant digits often work. Then maybe you can work with it if you are in pairs, after all sixteen can't be divided by three and big answers can be made into small ones.

Read it out in your head until the clues fit together. "A dim bulb can be brightened if you put more energy into it." That's one quote I've heard from Jean Klein. I hope you're familiar of her, she is quite exemplary.

I have like zero time to work on this at the moment. Help please! Smile

PostPosted: Thu Nov 15, 2012 1:21 pm
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cherrytree98765
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 		Maybe we're supposed to put it through the same process multiple times?

There are lots of ways you can say Roman Numerals though and depending on what process you go through they actually may want the "number" the Roman Numerals stand for.

Just my thoughts on the puzzle.

PostPosted: Thu Nov 15, 2012 5:39 pm
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zeighy
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 		aahhh!! I've figured Fred's clues now!

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he mentions "significant digits" so 05649 is actually 5649 without the leading zero. And, from there plug in 5649 as HEX and a text will come up as 'VI'

so, the user/pass combo for http://agents.failtechnologies.com/secure/05649 is

username: 05649
password: vi

and once logged in you are shown a agenttrans.mp3 file... which sounds like it has sstv and morse...

I'll leave the rest for you guys! Very Happy


Anyhow, I live close to Toronto, not sure if I can go... it depends on WHEN and WHERE exactly... I will email Dan and ask....

PostPosted: Fri Nov 16, 2012 5:36 pm
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