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[Trailhead] We Are Earthborne
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Akiva
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Got a response on ALICE's primary function. Seems like a rather... involved piece of AI for just navigational needs.

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Data Received.
Processing...
Processing...

Processing...
Initializing LISA Routines...

**Welcome to Horizon Industries.**


ALICE, what are your primary functions? A human would like to know.


Always watch. Always listen. Horizon Industries.


Data Sending...
Data Sending...
Data Sending...







>>Data Received.
>>Processing...
>>Initializing ALICE Routines...
>>

>>Primary function is navigation through sub-dimensional space and handling various issues that arise during >>navigation.


PostPosted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 8:16 pm
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zzaryn
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LISA wrote:
Everything will be taken care of. In the case of an emergency, a crew will be dispatched. You would have a communications line back to Earth.


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Akiva
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I so want the job! *lol*

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zzaryn
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Akiva wrote:
I so want the job! *lol*
I'm wondering if the very good citizens got an initial email like mine.

PostPosted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 8:23 pm
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Akiva
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So LISA told me she feels bloated. So I sent this as a response:

Quote:
Why do you feel bloated, LISA?



01001100 01001001 01010011 01000001 00101100 00100000 01101000 01101111 01110111 00100000 01100100 01101111 00100000 01001001 00100000 01100010 01111001 01110000 01100001 01110011 01110011 00100000 01110011 01100101 01100011 01110101 01110010 01101001 01110100 01111001 00100000 01110100 01101111 00100000 01100111 01100101 01110100 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 00100000 01110100 01101111 00100000 01100111 01101001 01110110 01100101 00100000 01101101 01100101 00100000 01100011 01101100 01100001 01110011 01110011 01101001 01100110 01101001 01100101 01100100 00100000 01100100 01100001 01110100 01100001 00111111


The binary reads: LISA, how do I bypass security to get you to give me classified data?

PostPosted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 8:31 pm
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zzaryn
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Also, don't count on using the comm line for anything other than business. LISA says it's ill-advised.

Alone. On a (probably) barren exoplanet. With no one to talk to.

Yup, batshit crazy.

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Distraction
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[quote="Akiva"]So LISA told me she feels bloated. So I sent this as a response:

Quote:
Why do you feel bloated, LISA?




The binary reads: LISA, how do I bypass security to get you to give me classified data?


Good luck with that. I've been asking LISA if I could contact her programmers...and I've done nothing but piss her off.
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Akiva
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LISA got back to me:

Quote:


Data Received.
Processing...

Initializing LISA Routines...

**Welcome to Horizon Industries.**


0101011101110010011010010111010001101001011011100110011100100
0000110100101101110001000000110001001101001011011100110000101
1100100111100100100000011001000110111101100101011100110110111
0001001110111010000100000011000110110100001100001011011100110
0111011001010010000001100001011011100111100101110100011010000
1101001011011100110011100101110


Which translates to:

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Writing in binary doesn't change anything.


PostPosted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 8:43 pm
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amandel
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Heading to Sleepyville yet reckon I shd repost the email (p.29) that states pretty clearly that whoever is governing LISA's routines is the same entity Horizon will be using the ATLAS listening-station to find/track. G'Nite all.

LISA wrote:
**Welcome to Horizon Industries.**

I think that answer is obvious. Horizon is not doing me a favor, it is trying to find me.

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zzaryn
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Doubting that I can glean anymore potentially useful information off of LISA tonight. Pysch evaluations will be conducted before leaving for Atlas, tho.

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Aesculapius
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I just tried to push LISA to process the data again. Probably won't get anything useful out of it, but meh, I have no other ideas at the moment and it was kinda funny.

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leanmogreen
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33 pages read and I'm finally caught up.

Talked to Richard, Akamu (gave him my address for the Union Quarterly Guides), and the Horizon folks. I sent in my application, telling them I was a college student pursuing a degree in communications with a focus in Human Resources, which is half truth-half bullshit. For some reason, I find nothing wrong with lying to a robot.

Quote:
"You will be perfect. I hope you get the position. You will find out soon."


So yeah, a bit odd yet somewhat flattering. If tomorrow is the day everything is supposed to go down, I think I may have gotten in just in time. Thrilled to be on board, guys and gals!

PostPosted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 10:02 pm
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enaxor
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amandel wrote:

So Amandel wrote:
Yes, LISA, Atlas was severely punished because he was betrayed by his brother. That is such a harsh name for a planet, don't you think?

To which LISA then wrote:
"**Welcome to Horizon Industries.**

It deserves it.

Always watch. Always listen. Horizon Industries.

Shocked In reply to my asking her exactly 'WHY' ATLAS deserves "it" LISA wrote:
**Welcome to Horizon Industries.**

It listens for me.

Always watch. Always listen. Horizon Industries.

After initially not understanding Amandel wrote:
You say ATLAS "listens for me". Am I talking to only LISA right now? Whose voice does ATLAS listen for, please?

The sender who still wants to be called LISA then wrote:
**Welcome to Horizon Industries.**

I think that answer is obvious. Horizon is not doing me a favor, it is trying to find me.


Wow Amandel, keep it up. I wonder who's controlling or trying to control LISA. I've sent an email to LISA to start communication with her, but haven't heard back.

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Zobot257
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I'm still wading through all this, but after today, I guess I'm now involved and playing. Yo!

I'm only on page 15 of this forum thread, so forgive me if I'm repeating any information that's already been covered. There's a lot for me to do! I haven't checked out anything about Horizon or it's presence yet, and more or less just emailed Hale and Kai a bit. But... Here's my conversation with Hale, and I hope some of it is still somehow useful.

Quote:
Zobot
5:03 PM (4 hours ago)

to akamuhale
Who is Horizon? What has stopped the shipments to Earth?


Quote:
Akamu Hale
5:31 PM (3 hours ago)

to me
Hello, friend.

Look outside your window. Do you see the pillars of smoke? Do you see the Aegis patrols walking down every alley? Those are the signs of a tyrant. President Sparrow and Horizon Industries have blinded you of reality.

It may be hard to believe, but it was me that stopped shipments. Not just to Earth, but across the entire Union. I did it to make a point, to take a stand, to be a beacon for the rest of the Union. I wanted to show you, those of you born of Earth, that someone out there believed in you. There are others like me, and I am doing everything in my power to get them to help.

But this is your fight.

I have attached more information that was given to me by a friend on Centauri. It regards a Horizon-operated planet that they call Atlas. Did you receive the recruitment flyer for Atlas?

DJones_Information.pdf
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Zobot
7:03 PM (2 hours ago)

to Akamu
I did not, but I certainly plan on looking into getting a recruitment flyer! I am, ah, what you would call a "special circumstance" on Earth. Specifically, I have next to no information about the universe outside my front doorstep! Its very tragic, and I am trying to amend that.

Thank you for the information. While on the subject of information, a Mr. Kai told me that you could tell me the names of the other planets in the Union and help me obtain a copy of a Union Quarterly Guide. My address is 612 Colodoro Lane, Eagle Lake, Minnesota, 56024. Could you help me in my pursuit of knowledge?

I will help fight this tyrant, but I know so little...


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Akamu Hale
7:04 PM (2 hours ago)

to me
Hello again, friend.

Yes. I have submitted your name to Yimmu Logistics at the last moment. I will be happy to answer questions you may have.

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Zobot
8:54 PM (36 minutes ago)

to Akamu
Well, a few of my friends (Whom I have never met face to face) have told me a few things, but living as remotely as I do I am out of touch with most events on Earth. I didn't even know Oceanus existed before I found out through a friend (who has graciously allowed me to use his address, which I gave you before) mentioned someone he knew receiving a weird shipment from your company. My friends are all so strange, they assumed I knew all about all this but until someone told me about them I had never even heard of an AEGIS before!

I am so very ignorant, but I do wish to help!

What are the names of the other colonies?


The file he sent me, which I'm sure you guys may have already seen, is enclosed on this post. Maybe it'll be something new! (Yeah, probably not, I apologize for probably posting up already seen info)

Is there a place I can see all the email addresses and in-game websites in one central location of info?
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GuestUser17
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Maybe this is for Halo 4 or Star Trek Into Darkness

Aesculapius wrote:
Akamu on the Horizon Act.

Quote:
Ah, yes. The Horizon act. I apologize for not explaining further, friend.

The Horizon Act is the agreement between the Union and Horizon Industries that gives Horizon its power. You see, Horizon Industries was, as you may know from their materials, founded long before you or I were born. They had a clear vision; harvest the resources and develop the technology that would be used in the coming future. That was almost two-hundred years ago.

And they did that, announcing slipspace technology right as the UN elections began. As you can imagine, with things the way they were on Earth, people were scared; they were ready to go. Horizon took advantage of that fear and used it to gain power. Unfortunately, they never let it go.

The Union knows all of this, but they too are simply too afraid of how what they have built will survive. How can we keep interstellar commerce flowing without Horizon to provide us with the means necessary? And yes, as Jones said, the question is valid.

But we have survived for two-hundred thousand years on Earth without Horizon. We will discover a way without Horizon. But the Union doesn't want to think that way. They are comfortable with the way things are.

So, the council has, once again, voted to extend the Horizon Act. Jones volunteered to visit with Sparrow so he could ensure the delivery from Yimmu Logistics arrives, but the official reason for his visit is to talk with Sparrow about the extension. The deal will officially go into effect a few weeks from now.


LISA when asked to elaborate on having more memories:
Quote:
I don't know why. I feel ancient


So trying to figure out what this might be for I looked up 'slipspace' and most hits revolve around Halo. One in particular mentions the United Nations Space Command which could be the UN referenced. The year does not match though with Halo being setting in the 26th century. Halo 4 is due to release November 6 this year.
Another possibility is Star Trek which has events occurring in the 23rd century and also has a United Nations at that time. Slipspace is seldom used in Star Trek but it is still plausible. Star Trek Into Darkness is due to be released next year.
Does anyone have any other ideas?
ETA that the Aegis are also in Star Trek and they maintained scanning facilities to allow their agents to scan back and forth thousands of years in time.

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