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[Korinthian]

I've been insanely busy lately with being sent away for trainings at work and a death in the family, so how about we get a little synopsis of what's gone down in the past few days?

I think it would be beneficial for new readers, too, not just myself.

[mrshomersimpson]

[thebruce]

AFAIK, not much has *happened*, but mainly a bunch of info gathering. The wiki is getting populated slowly too, thanks Aesculapius

[Aesculapius]

[BubbleBoy]

[Aesculapius]

When I asked Mr. Hale about weather President Sparrow was Horizon's Leader or part of the Union, I got this reply.

[Akiva]

I got to thinking: What if my mistake with LAINSY over in the FAILTech thread could be replicated with LISA? If possible it might give the PM(s) the ability to give us a bit more information under the pretense that while LISA is busy, she/they aren't monitoring comms. If nothing else it gives us an idea of LISA's limitations.

So I started an e-mail chain with her:

[Aesculapius]

[BubbleBoy]

I'm taking a gamble on what I believe "Horizon" is looking for. I hope I'm heading in the right direction.

Playing politics with an AI isn't easy.

[Korinthian]

[amandel]

[ironnikki]

If my limited experience with ARGs tells me anything, it's that crazy AIs are both dangerous, and a weak point. Keep the pressure on people! If nothing else, we'll get some more chuckles

[netsua98]

Y well when talking with LISA I misspelled Knowledge and said misspelling does not show a large Knowledge base then goes on to saying it is ok I understand how humans brains can be. OMFG also anyone else think LISA talks way too much the way a human would I mean as if LISA has feelings? Also LISA has said that all of my abilities are impressive so am waiting for a welcome email.

[AngriBuddhist]

Akamu continues to show concern over Horizon's apparent change in recruitment tactics. Look at storytelling in general. Behavior like this isn't just cautionary. It's foreshadowing.

In many, many stories, a group initiates, hires or kidnaps someone from the outside because some sort of activity is planned that is extremely likely (or definitely) going to result in something very bad for the person at the center of said activity. Think getting your heart ripped out in the temple of doom or being locked into a room to be bait for a facehugger on LV-426.

Add to this that just one position is available and we have something very bad being focussed on just one lone person.

If the information we have is correct, the position will be at a listening post pointed away across the heavens. It will either be sending information, receiving it or both, but, how is this a danger to the recruit?

Wild Speculation-

Your'e strapped into a chair and...

Your consciousness is ripped out and blasted outwards, arriving, in a shell for a body, at some strange alien location.

Your body is disassembled and blasted outwards, being reassembled at some strange alien location.

Someone else's consciousness will arrive from across the universe and need/take over your body.

Your body will be disassembled and it's material will be used to craft a new body for a consciousness arriving from across the universe.

Any of those would explain recruitment from the outside, but, if a possibility, the last two are more likely, giving the PM's control over the "alien" aspect rather then trying to control a player's point of view or actions in the first two cases.

[jasonwire]

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