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5th Earth
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[INFO] Chronology

Notice: This page is now being maintained on the Wiki, found here.

Here's all the chat logs we've found put in chronological order. Some didn't have dates--I've guessed where those fit in. I've added a few other major dates too.

//File Obtained August 23rd, 2002
//Dr. Kryer: At last! The Altar of the Elements! I found it!
//Darkblade: You mean we found it, right Doctor?
//Dr. Kryer: Ah! Daniel! I thought you were coming tomorrow.
//Darkblade: I was, but then I got a vacation. Plus the office gets boring, and I would rather
//watch you work.
//Dr. Kryer: Well... I'm sorry I got done early. Sorry I couldn't show you the art of archeology.
//Darkblade: Right. Well, early is best. Means we can get to work sooner.
//Dr. Kryer: Get to work?
//Darkblade: Yeah, get to work. Gentlemen, pack them up!
//Dr. Kryer: No! What are you doing? I thought we were going to give them to the priests.
//Darkblade: I think not.
//Dr. Kryer: You don't work for the priests?
//Darkblade: I guess I don't.
//*sounds of gunfire and screaming*
//Dr. Kryer: No! *Sound of a gun being cocked* My team...
//Dr. Kryer: Who are you?
//Darkblade: Just someone who's looking out for the good of the country.
//*Single gunshot*
function RecordEnd()

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(unkown date)
Sir_Shadown: Well gentlemen, update me on the status of Project XS32.
McGaffey: Well....
Sir_Shadown: Well?
Vargus: It's not going to plan.
Sir_Shadown: You mean to tell me that the best scientists in the world can't figure this one out? It's a friggin' rock...
Vargus: Crystals of Power...
Sir_Shadown: Whatever! And you can't harness that power?
McGaffey: Well, we did harness that power.
Sir_Shadown: Then what's the problem?
LaVie: A couple men were... incapacitated... by today's testing of the armors. Looks like we can't control the power too well...
McGaffey: We found the one testing HydroBlast.
Sir_Shadown: Found?
LaVie: Yes sir. He was 50 miles away from the base, laying in the desert. He was dead.
Sir_Shadown: Cause of death, please?
Vargus: Drowned.
Sir_Shadown: What?
Vargus: He was drowned to death.
Sir_Shadown: We're in a desert. There's no water within MILES! *slams fist into the table*
Rockwell: Yeah, well, he was drowned. Case closed.
Sir_Shadown: Shut up Rockwell, if you know what's good for you.
Rockwell: No, this time I won't shut up Shadown. I'll tell you what. I saw the guy who tested the MindCrusher suit.
You want a pretty picture? I think his brain literally was shot out of his ear. Blood was all over the testing chamber. And
all he tried to do was lift a 5 pound brick. These crystals shouldn't be used by HUMANS!
Sir_Shadown: You are out of line. Dismissed.
Rockwell: You just don't want to listen to reason. I'll be back later to discuss something more important.
*Door opens and close*
Vargus: What should we tell the other men who are in line to test the suits?
Sir_Shadown: Tell them that sometimes they have to die for their government.

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July 13th, 2003: The Wild Card Gang throws Brendan off the Empire State Building. He is saved by Cyberstrike and the rest of Section 32.

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08/22/2003: Rose Walsh crashes her car in Pottsville. See Pretty In Pink news report.

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//Captured during field examination of Pottsville on 12/10/03 by SpyBot001201
//RUNNING FILE transcripts/wild_card_gang/deal.txt
//Jack_Of_Spades (Hereby referred to as Spade): I'm bored!
//Queen_Of_Hearts (Hereby referred to as Heart): So? Why should I care. Go get a six pack and pass out on the couch.
//Queen_Of_Diamonds (Hereby reffered to as Diamond): Yeah, get 4 six packs, and make it snappy.
//Spade: What, am I your slave? Your 4 of hearts? I think not. Get it yourself.
//Heart: You said you were bored, so make yourself useful.
//Spade: Just because I said I was bored, doesn't mean I'm going to make myself useful.
//Diamond: Hrmph. I was looking forward to them too.
//Heart: Do you think about anything else other thank drinking?
//Diamond: Jewlery.
//Heart: And besides that?
//Diamond: Men.
//*Heart rolls her eyes*
//Diamond: What do you want from me? Not like you like anything else.
//Heart: Hey, I like plenty of other things!
//Diamond: Like what?
//Heart: TV.
//Diamond: Everyone likes TV.
//Heart: Ooohhh..... How about this?
//Diamond: Do I hear a deal coming on?
//Heart: I think you do.
//Diamond: OH! OH! A DEAL! I LOVE DEALS!
//Heart: How about I help you go knock off Murphy Jewlers on Centre Street, and you help me knock off the candy shop, and we'll call it even and drop the conversation.
//Diamond: I dunno... you're getting 2 things for the price of one.
//Heart: I'm getting candy and a dropped conversation. You're getting expensive jewlery to add to your collection!
//Diamond: Fine... deal.
//Heart: Let's go.

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//Captured by CC32 on April 29th, 2004
//RUNNING FILE: coffee_room/regrets.txt
//Vargus: You ever have regrets General?
//Rockwell: Of course I have, General. Skip the formalities Vargus.
//Vargus: Sorry, I always get fluffy around females.
//Rockwell: Look, you're the new guy. No one cares. Just keep doing your job like the rest of us.
//Vargus: ... How did you get here Rockwell?
//Rockwell: Hrm? *sips*
//Vargus: You don't seem like the type for this sorta job.
//Rockwell: Yeah, I know.
//Vargus: And you have a family, from what I hear.
//Rockwell: HAD a family.
//Vargus: Oh... I'm sorry.
//Rockwell: Thanks.
//Vargus: Your husband?
//Rockwell: Yeah.... killed in a car accident. He was driving my son home from pre-school.
//... he suffered a mild head injury and hasn't been right since...
//Vargus: My god... why are you here?
//Rockwell: Money to support Emily and Brian.......
//Vargus: That can't be just it.
//Rockwell: And I like what I do.
//Vargus: That's understood. Shadown's got a good group here.
//Rockwell: Truly.
//Rockwell: Crap. Excuse me, I almost forgot my medication.
//Rockwell: Blood pressure and all that.
//Vargus: Right. Heh, I know how it is.
//Rockwell: Talk to you later Vargus. Hopefully before the next meeting.
//Vargus: Right.

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(Pro)g(ram)mer(?)'s Journal: May 10, 2004

???, letus[sic] go back to basics.

I was sitting in my car on top of the mountain. I was with my girlfrien(d) when they came for me. We were... well... doing what (y)ou do at night, in a car, on a mountain... then the guns came down.

We were both captured, my girlfriend and I.

After that, well, I was drugged up. god, the last thing I saw was (a) he(li)co(pter) I ended up being put in a cell here in this military base.

And then, Sh(a)down came (to me)

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//Programmer's Journal May 11th, 2004.
//Shadown gave me my task yesterday. I don't even want to think about it.
//
//
//
//
//
//I have to build a program to capture Section 32... My friends... CyberStrike... CyberSlash... all the rest ...
//I have to build a program to contain them! What the hell! I'm not doing this! I'll escape...
//
//
//
//
//But if I escape... then Darkblade will surely torture and kill Rachael...
//The safety of the world... my girlfriend... the safety of the world... my girlfriend.
//I know what you're thinking diary, you're thinking "What the hell you thinking about this for?
//run away, let the girl die, and keep the world safe!"
//
//If only it were that easy.
//
//
//Ok, plan. I got a plan.
//
//I'll make their blasted program, but CyberStrike can hack out of anything. He'll get out in no time and free me and save the day
//like he always does. So I shouldn't worry about it. Plus, they have to capture Section 32 first, which
//is easier said than done.
//
//Maybe this isn't such a hard choice after all. You go, Strike. You go.

//-Stephen Roberts

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May 16, 2004: Emily's mother, Laura Rockwell-Freedman, recieves a shard of the Dark Crystal from Shadown.

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(Unknown date) (Note: Though this is the order they appear in the source, it is my opinion these comments are out of order)
//Vargus: That would be hilarious! He would be so pissed. But that's what he gets for kicking me when I
//said his laptop looked like a piece of crap.
//McGaffey: We should make a message using that ring and give it to the programmer and make him decode it
//without the ring. *laughter*
//Vargus: Yeah. Oh, look, a decoder ring! Man, I can't believe they still put these in boxes.
//Vargus: You know, it's been years since I had Cracker Jacks.
//McGaffey: Yeah? So how they taste now?
//McGaffey: No shit! They actually refilled it for once! Thank the MP!
//Vargus: Like crap, the same taste they had years ago.
//McGaffey: Where did you get those anyway?
//Vargus: In the snack machine.

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August 29, 2004: Emily Freedman's website uploads start being corrupted.

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::Overheard by CC32 on September 1st, 2004::
Sir_Shadown: So do you see how things work now, Roberts? Everyone can be bought out. Everyone. And if you can't buy them, you strike fear into them.
S_Roberts: What are you even talking about, you madman.
Sir_Shadown: Well, let me put it this way. I'm your president, because I can strike fear in the heart of the government.
S_Roberts: Then what about Bush?
Sir_Shadown: You think Florida was an accident? I couldn't afford to have the "Bore" in there. He might have messed something up.
S_Roberts: Cheney?
Sir_Shadown: LaVie here is his right hand woman. What a plant. She gets the heart medication from the hospit... excuse me, from the base here, and she's sure to make sure his problem gets worse and worse.
S_Roberts: Clinton?
Sir_Shadown: He wasn't hard. All I had to to was put Monica in his office. I didn't have to do anything else.
S_Roberts: .......
Sir_Shadown: I'm suprised that you haven't asked me how my real estate in Watergate is doing.
S_Roberts: The War in Iraq?
Sir_Shadown: For once, Bush wasn't wrong. Sadaam did have weapons of mass destruction.
S_Roberts: Seriously?
Sir_Shadown: Yeah, seriously.*Coughs* I'll take you down to storage bay 9 and show them to you. Only cost me a couple million. He was being cheap that day because half of Baghdad was gone and wanted to get rid of them ASAP.
S_Roberts: I won't even ask about the Towers....
Sir_Shadown: You just did. And no, that wasn't me for once.
S_Roberts: You sure? You sure you just weren't sleeping through the planning of that?
Sir_Shadown: No, because I lost my best friend in that calamity.
S_Roberts: ........Should I be sorry?
Sir_Shadown. Nah. You know what kid, get back to work and let me get back to running the world.

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Sep. 08 2004: Recieve message on forum with coded Gateway key.

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Sep. 14: Gateway key accepted. We get access to Project Gateway.

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//Conversation Captured September 15th, 2004:
//R_Darkblade: Ok, now what was that bastard's username again? I hate Roberts. Let me repeat that...
//I HATE ROBERTS. Maybe that's his username, I HATE ROBERTS. Yeah, I wish. If it was then I'd be in
//this website by now. And why am I talking to myself? *Sigh* I really have spent too much time
//in my office and with Shadown. Now they've got me talking to myself in front of my computer. Wait...
//S_Roberts! That's right, he put the letter of our first names in with an underscore and our entire
//last name for the user access. *Sigh* If ony he didn't lock me out when he escaped the cell we put
//him in. He's such an asshole... I can't believe that Shadown told me to kidnap a total asshole hacker.
//Why couldn't we have kidnapped someone kinder?
//End conversation. REASONING>>>> Hacking attempt found by user R_Darkblade!
//R_Darkblade: Connection Terminated.
//Command Prompt: Disconnect........... done.
//---Line Disconnected---</script>[/b]

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In the source for "riddle" is an S_Roberts journal page that has been added to the main post.

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Riddle log edited into original post. Easier to read the timeline that way.

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Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 3:36 am

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5th Earth, I've copied over your timeline to the wiki - you want to be responsible for keeping it updated? Smile

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Okay, sure; It'll probably work better than updating this page all the time.

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