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DISCLAIMER:
This interactive story is a work of fiction. Any similarities to real events and persons is purely coincidental and unintentional.
Babylon 5 and all related trademarks and intellectual property are the sole property of Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Incoming Message:
MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY. Passenger Liner LUMINOUS VOYAGER. Position: SECTOR 498, GRID 147x12x61. CONTROL LOST TO HOSTILE BOARDERS. HOSTILE BOARDERS PRESENT. 268 Persons in distress. Requesting:
COUNTER BOARDING. Automated message repeats.
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This looks to be something interesting, another ARG/puzzle to be launched?
*Prods to see what happens*
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Turn 1
Query / Command not recognized.
Would you like to see a list of valid Commands?
[YES] [NO]
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-Yes computer.
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Turn 2
-Yes
SYSTEM MESSAGE 1/2
You’ve just called for the available commands. Which means you’re actually trying to do your job. Joke’s on you: the entire “Human back-up”-deal is a just a sham for the lawyers. IPX has this entire station wired up to automatically satisfy all the statues of Earth Law. You’re just here because the same law says that an automated system needs human supervision, even if it absolutely does not.
But hey, you’ve a tachyon uplink to Earth and no supervision from corporate. So make your own fun while you’re here. – F.
SYSTEM MESSAGE 2/2
Hello,
If you are reading this you have stumbled on the first of Ferdinand’s little “presents”. He had our job before you and me. And he left a surprising number of messages, which will play if certain commands are entered.
Most of them appear to be the product of frustration and/or boredom. Although you have to admire lengths he went to in order to put them into the system, I guess.
While they can be annoying, I will not deny that these messages are the closest thing to actual company you will get on this station in between visits from the supply ship: Having a one-sided arguments with this absent loudmouth helped me cope with the loneliness, and I can hope it will do the same for you.
- Youssef (your predecessor)
END OF SYSTEM MESSAGES
/HELP
Available Commands – Account: USER_Backup-Human
0. [HELP]
1. [INBOX]
2. [DATABASE QUERY]
3. [LONG RANGE COMMUNICATIONS]
4. [DETECTION]
5. [SYSTEM INFO]
6. [ADMIN]
For additional information use [HELP] –ANY VALID COMMAND-.
Have a productive day.
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INBOX
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-Detection
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Turn 3
INBOX
/INBOX
MESSAGE INBOX
You have 0 unread messages.
MESSAGE HISTORY:
#0. Subject: Unfortunate Timing
#1. Subject: SHIP IN DISTRESS LUMINOUS VOYAGER (auto)
-Detection
/DETECTION
INTERPLANETARY EXPEDITIONS LISTENING STATION S498-B
DETECTION AND TRACKING SYSTEM
Currently tracking FOUR (4) objects in local space:
- Orbital Relay Satellite D4
- Orbital Relay Satellite G2
- FTL Uplink Relay Station IPX-498-B
- Local Hyperspace Jumpgate
Hyperspace Probe uplink is RESTRICTED for User USER_Backup-Human.
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Dir /p
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/INBOX #0
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-System Info
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Run freespace _VR.Exe /geomod y
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Turn 4
/INBOX #0
/INBOX - MESSAGE #0
To: USER_Backup-Human
FROM: Carla (HQ_Carla)
TIMESTAMP: Three days ago
To the new Human Backup of IPX Listening Station S498-B,
My name is Carla Naidu and Interplanetary Expeditions has assigned me to be your primary person of contact in any emergency situation.
However due to a scheduling conflict with the company, I will be unavailable for the first five days after you arrive at your post.
Simply put, the freelancer who the company hired to substitute for me got in trouble with members of Nightwatch. Interplanetary Expeditions has a very strict policy regarding such incidents and had to let the person go. The end result is that I am out of the office and the company has no one to fill in for me.
The Station is fully automated and according to the maintenance logs from your predecessor in very good condition. So there should be no problem until I get back.
In case there might be a problem with the system call the “SYSTEM INFO –AUTODIAG” command. It should provide you with suggestions on how to handle the situation until I am available at HQ.
When I am back in the office, I will be available using the “LRC –HQ_Carla” command. Do not worry about the explaining the situation, I can use the Tachyon Uplink right here on Earth to access the Station’s system and perform a remote diagnostic. However do mind the time difference between the Station and Tel Aviv is nine hours.
Your co-worker,
Carla
Ps. Please don’t cause a CODE MONIKA.
END OF MESSAGE
-System Info
/SYSTEM INFO
INTERPLANETARY EXPEDITIONS LISTENING STATION S498-B - PROJECT “PROTEUS”
SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND DIAGNOSTICS
CURRENT STATUS:
[LIFE SUPPORT]
status: active
setting: Earth Standard
atmosphere mixture: 77% N2 (g); 21% O2 (g); 1% Ar (g); 0.5% CO2 (g); 0.5% H2O (g)
atmosphere pressure: 1,013.25 hPa
temperature: 18°C
ALL SYSTEMS NORMAL
ALL AIRLOCKS SECRUED
COMPUTER SYSTEM:
[AI CORE #1]
status: active
processor load: 97.6 % of capacity
memory usage: 63.9 % of capacity
CURRENT DIRECTIVE: Process input from Telescope Array A, file to Crystal Storage A
[AI CORE #2]
status: active
processor load: 93.8 % of capacity
memory usage: 70.1 % of capacity
CURRENT DIRECTIVE: Process input from Telescope Array B, file to Crystal Storage B
[CENTRAL MEMORY]
status: active
capacity by subsystem:
- MAG_STORAGE_A – 60 % of capacity
- MAG_STORAGE_B – 72 % of capacity
- CRYSTAL_STORAGE_A – 11 % of capacity
- CRYSTAL_STORAGE_B – 9 % of capacity
- CRYSTAL_STORAGE_C – <1 % of capacity
- CRYSTAL_STORAGE_D – <1 % of capacity
- CRYSTAL_STORAGE_E – <1 % of capacity
- CRYSTAL_STORAGE_F – <1 % of capacity
- ###ERROR### - ###NAN### % of capacity
[HUMAN BACK-UP INTERFACE SYSTEM]
status: active
END OF SYSTEM INFORMATION
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/SYSTEM INFO –AUTODIAG
/HELP DATABASE QUERY
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/INBOX #1
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/AIRLOCK OPEN-ALL
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You're an ass :P
/HELP HELP
And so am I!
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You're an ass :P
/HELP HELP
And so am I!
I'm hoping to see a computer response to my enquiries even if I don't get the result I bexpext.
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Turn 5
/SYSTEM INFO –AUTODIAG
/SYSTEM INFO –AUTODIAG
INTERPLANETARY EXPEDITIONS LISTENING STATION S498-B
AUTOMATED SELF-DIAGNOSTIC TOOL
INITIATING
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COMPLETE
ALL SYSTEMS OPERATE WITHIN NORMAL PARAMETERS.
END OF SELF-DIAGNOSTIC
/HELP DATABASE QUERY
SYSTEM MESSAGE 1/1
Only form of entertainment out here. – F.
END OF SYSTEM MESSAGES
/HELP -DATABASE QUERY
HELP: Database Query
Provides information on the subject matter requested. If the information you are looking for is not stored locally, Database Query will automatically retrieve the information through the Tachyon Uplink to Earth. Retrieval of information via Tachyon Uplink will may require additional time.
Syntax:
DATABASE QUERY –[subject]
Alternative Syntax:
DATABASE –[subject]
DB –[subject]
DBQ –[subject]
END OF HELP
/INBOX #1
SYSTEM MESSAGE 1/2
AS PER AUTOMATED RESPONSE PROTOCOL THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN AUTOMATICALLY FORWARDED TO THE RELEVANT AUTHORITIES AT <Drazi Freehold Naval Command, Fredamir Research Colony> AND <Earth Alliance Regional Command, Akdor>.
SYSTEM MESSAGE 2/2
Automation. Mankind’s greatest achievement. – F.
END OF SYSTEM MESSAGES
/INBOX - MESSAGE #1
To: <any receiving>
FROM: LUMINOUS VOYAGER_distress-auto
TIMESTAMP: 30 hours ago
MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY. Passenger Liner LUMINIOUS VOYAGER. Position: SECTOR 498, GRID 147x12x61. CONTROL LOST TO HOSTILE BOARDERS. HOSTILE BOARDERS PRESENT. 268 Persons in distress. Requesting: COUNTER BOARDING. Automated message repeats.
END OF MESSAGE
/HELP HELP
/HELP -HELP
HELP: Help
Displays an explanation of a valid command. If called without a parameter HELP will display all commands available to the current user.
Syntax:
HELP –[valid command]
Alternative Syntax:
HELP! -[valid command]
Please help -[valid command]
Help me -[valid command]
END OF HELP
YOU HAVE ONE (1) NEW MESSAGE
(Gamemaster-Insert: Dekker is has been quarantiened in their own sperate instance of the game; their actions have no more consequences)
/AIRLOCK OPEN-ALL
PLEASE CONFIRM COMMAND.
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/DATABASE QUERY -LUMINOUS VOYAGER
/DATABASE QUERY -Objects near SECTOR 498, GRID 147x12x61
/DATABASE QUERY -distance to SECTOR 498, GRID 147x12x61
/HELP -LONG RANGE COMMUNICATIONS
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😬
Help! Airlock
Help list AIRLOCKS
Help seal current location
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/HELP -ADMIN
/INBOX -NEW
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Turn 6
/DATABASE QUERY -LUMINOUS VOYAGER
/DATABASE
Retrieving information via Tachyon Uplink
Bandwidth: |_|-|-|-|
/DATABASE QUERY -LUMINOUS VOYAGER
LUMINOUS VOYAGER, ship
SHIP NAME: LUMINOUS VOYAGER
REGISTRED WITH: Universalis Cosmographiae Travel Inc.
REGISTERED AT: Mars Dome One, Mars, Sol, Earth Alliance
REGISTRY NUMBER: EA-Mars-745-PL
CLASSIFICATION: Passenger Liner
HULL CLASS: Asimov-class long-distance liner
CREW: 106
MASTER: Elinor Farrell (AGU-Licence)
MAX OCCUPANCY (Passengers): 270
ENVIRNOMENT(S): 1 - Earth Standard
SUPPORT CRAFT: 3 - 1 Standard Earth Alliance Personnel Shuttle; 2 Standard Earth Alliance Cargo Shuttles
MANUFACTURED BY: Barfingle's Manufactory, Earth Alliance
MANUFACTURED AT: Ceres Drive Yards, Ceres, Sol, Earth Alliance
[ACCESS OWNERSHIP HISTORY]
[ACCESS MANIFEST]
[ACCESS TRAVEL ROUTE]
END OF INFORMATION
/DATABASE QUERY -Objects near SECTOR 498, GRID 147x12x61
/DATABASE
Retrieving information via Tachyon Uplink
Bandwidth: |_|_|-|-|
/DATABASE QUERY -Objects near SECTOR 498, GRID 147x12x61
There is one (1) permanent structure in Sector 498, Grid 147 by 12 by 61:
- Local Hyperspace Jumpgate
There is one (1) permanent settlement in Sector 498, Grid 147 by 12 by 61:
- Fredamir Research Colony
END OF INFORMATION
/DATABASE QUERY -distance to SECTOR 498, GRID 147x12x61
/DATABASE
Retrieving information from local storage
/DATABASE QUERY -distance to SECTOR 498, GRID 147x12x61
Station S498-B is seventeen hours of hyperspace travel away from Sector 498, Grid 147 by 12 by 61.
END OF INFORMATION
/HELP -LONG RANGE COMMUNICATIONS
/HELP -COMMUNICATIONS -LONG RANGE
Allows the user to contact a valid adress outside the Station or not connected to its systems. May use Tachyon Uplink to contact adresses beyond the local hyperspace gate.
Syntax:
-COMMUNICATIONS -LONG RANGE -<valid adress>
Alternative Syntax:
-LONG RNAGE COMMUNICATIONS -<valid adress>
-LRC -<valid adess>
END OF HELP
/HELP -ADMIN
/HELD -ADMIN
Allows the user to access commands restricted to the ADMINSTRATOR group of users. Password required.
Syntax:
ADMIN <password>
END OF HELP
/INBOX -NEW
Invalid parameter.
/INBOX
MESSAGE INBOX
You have ###NAN### unread messages.
MESSAGE HISTORY:
### ERROR MESSAGE INDEX INVALID ###
Help! Airlock
/HELP -SYSTEM INFO -LIFE SUPPORT -AIRLOCK CONTROL
Provides user control of any airlock connected to the system, which the User has permission to operate.
Valid subcommands
[CHECK]
[CLOSE]
[PRESSURIZE]
[OPEN]
Syntax:
-SYSTEM INFO -LIFE SUPPORT -AIRLOCK CONTROL -<subcommand> -<airlock index number or ALL> -<INNER, OUTER, or ALL>
Alternative Syntax:
-SI -LS -AC // SI -LS -AIRLOCK CONTROL // -SI -LIFE SUPPORT -AC //-SI -LIFE SUPPORT -AIRLOCK CONTROL // -SysInfo -LS -AC // -SysInfo -LS -AIRLOCK CONTROL // -SysInfo -LIFE SUPPORT -AC // -SysInfo -LIFE SUPPORT -AIRLOCK CONTROL
Help list AIRLOCKS
Help seal current location
Invalid parameter(s) - Try again.
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/DATABASE QUERY -CODE MONIKA
/DATABASE QUERY -LUMINOUS VOYAGER MANIFEST
/INBOX
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/Help -SI -LS
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/DATABASE QUERY -Fredamir Research Colony
/DATABASE QUERY -LRC -list known contacts
/LRC -<Fredamir Research Colony>
`Request status check. Received distress call from vessel "Luminous Voyager", can you confirm receipt of same?`
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/INBOX #2
/LRC –HQ_Carla
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Turn 7
/DATABASE QUERY -CODE MONIKA
/DATABASE
Retrieving information from local storage
/DATABASE QUERY -CODE MONIKA
"Code Monika" (or "CODE MONIKA") is a term of art among programmers and AI supervisors. Named for a speculative scenario, the term denotes a cascading system failure, caused by one artificial intelligence deleting other software. The liability for a "Code Monika" is presumed to be with the user(s).
END OF INFORMATION
/DATABASE QUERY -LUMINOUS VOYAGER MANIFEST
/DATABASE
Retrieving information via Tachyon Uplink
Bandwidth: |_|-|-|-|
/DATABASE QUERY -LUMINOUS VOYAGER MANIFEST
SHIP’S MANIFEST
SHIP: LUMINOUS VOYAGER
FILED AT: Zhabar, Zhabar, Drazi Freehold
FILDED BY: INFORMATION UNAVAILIBE
CREW: 106
PASSENGERS: 162 Persons
CARGO:
- Construction Materials (planetary), 700t
- Industrial Machinery, 650t
- Industrial Vehicles, 575t
- Mining Equipment, 425t
- Water, 400t
- Construction Materials (microgravity), 300t
- Construction Vehicles (microgravity), 150t
- Agricultural Products (excluding Spoo), 12t
- Agricultural Products (Spoo, aged), 3t
END OF INFORMATION
/INBOX
/INBOX
MESSAGE INBOX
You have 0 unread messages.
MESSAGE HISTORY:
#0. Subject: Unfortunate Timing
#1. Subject: SHIP IN DISTRESS LUMINOUS VOYAGER (auto)
/DATABASE QUERY -Fredamir Research Colony
/DATABASE
Retrieving information via Tachyon Uplink
Bandwidth: |_|_|-|-|
/DATABASE QUERY -Fredamir Research Colony
Fredamir Research Colony is one of the economic centres of the Drazi Freehold.
Originally established as a purely scientific outpost, the continuous industrialisation of the colony has made it one of the most important destinations for commerce among the alien races in Sector 498.
The Ministry of Peace has issued a travel warning for Fredamir Research Colony, due to the on-going aggression of the Drazi Freehold towards the Centauri Republic.
The Ministry of Peace has issued a travel warning for Sector 498, due to on-going threat of Raiders in the sector.
END OF INFORMATION
/DATABASE QUERY -LRC -list known contacts
/HELP -COMMUNICATIONS -DIRECTORY
Access restricted. Please contact your supervisor.
/LRC -<Fredamir Research Colony>
`Request status check. Received distress call from vessel "Luminous Voyager", can you confirm receipt of same?`
/COMMUNICATIONS
As per order from the Ministry of Truth, contact with non-Earth ships/stations/settlements has been restricted for general users.
/INBOX #2
/INBOX #2
To: USER_Backup-Human
FROM: ###ERROR###
TIMESTAMP: ###NAN###
Whoever you are, I hope you value the truth.
Nothing out here is as ISN makes it out to be. It is worse.
IPX HQ does not care.
I've hidden information in the system that must bypass the censors and get to the public.
I will try to get it there myself but I am alone against all of Nightwatch and the Ministry of Truth.
- A friend of the truth
END OF MESSAGE
/LRC –HQ_Carla
/COMMUNICATIONS
The message was empty. Did not send.
/Help -SI -LS
/HELP -SYSTEM INFORMATION -LIFE SUPPORT
Controls the settings for the Life Support-system and all its subsystems. Request information on any subcommand for more detailed description.
Subcommands:
[AIRLOCK CONTROL]
[ATMOSPHERE SETTING]
[DISABLE]
[ENABLE]
[TEMPERATURE SETTING]
Alternative Syntax:
-SI -LS
-SI -LIFE SUPPORT
-SysInfo -LS
-SysInfo -LIFE SUPPORT
END OF HELP
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OPEN CRYSTAL_STORAGE_G
DBQ CRYSTAL_STORAGE_FG
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/SI LS AC - check
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Turn 8
OPEN CRYSTAL_STORAGE_G
/SYSTEM INFORMATION -CENTRAL MEMORY -ACCESS -CRYSTAL_STORAGE_G
Invalid parameter <crystal_storage_g>.
DBQ CRYSTAL_STORAGE_FG
/DATABASE
Retrieving information from local storage
/DATABASE QUERY -DATA CRYSTAL
Data Crystals are a mobile storage medium for modern computer systems. Data Crystals are available in a variety of configurations and degrees of technical sophistication, allowing for a wide range of storage capacities and encryption protocols, as well as the inclusion of safety measures to prevent tampering or brute force decryption.
Information is stored on a Data Crystal using electromagnetic pulses to order the molecular structure of the Crystal into patterns which can be interpreted by a reading device.
/DATABASE QUERY -DATA CRYSTAL ARRAY
While Data Crystals are a convenient means for data storage and the physical transfer of data, their storage capacity can be severely limited as result of their manufacture - a commonly commercially available crystal has a capacity of 50 GB.
To bypass the storage limits, multiple crystals can be used as an array. However this technique has some draw backs as it requires all crystals in the array to be used in parallel rather than sequentially, e.g. a single compromised crystal in an array can compromise the security of the system it is connected to that array. Computer systems operating a Data Crystal Array usually refer to the array collectively as a single storage device for the same reason.
END OF INFORMATION
/SI LS AC - check
/SYSTEM INFORMATION -LIFE SUPPORT -AIRLOCK CONTROL -CHECK
Checking Airlock Seal Integrity - Please Stand by
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|-|-|-|
Check complete.
All Airlock are CLOSED.
All Airlocks are UNPRESURIZED.
All seals are in place. Seal efficiency 99.995 percent.
END OF SYSTEM INFORMATION
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Help! Self destruct /?
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Turn 9
YOU HAVE ONE (1) NEW MESSAGE
Help! Self destruct /?
Invalid parameter(s) - Try again.
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/SI LS AS
/inbox
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/INBOX #3
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Turn 10
Dekker is temporarily released from the penality box.
/SI LS AS
/SYSTEM INFORMATION -LIFE SUPPORT -ATMOSPHERE SETTING
ATMOSPHERE SETTINGS
Atmosphere settings are: LOCKED
setting: Earth Standard
atmosphere mixture: 76.7% N2 (g); 21% O2 (g); 1% Ar (g); 0.6% CO2 (g); 0.7% H2O (g)
atmosphere pressure: 1,013.25 hPa
temperature: 17.8°C
/END OF SYSTEM INFORMATION
/inbox
/INBOX
MESSAGE INBOX
You have 1 unread messages.
MESSAGE HISTORY:
#0. Subject: Unfortunate Timing
#1. Subject: SHIP IN DISTRESS LUMINOUS VOYAGER (auto)
#2. Subject: -no subject-
#3. Subject: Next Supply Shipment >> NEW <<
/INBOX #3
/INBOX #3
To: IPX LS S498-B_personnel
FROM: IPX Cedar Forest_scheduling-auto
TIMESTAMP: 6 hours ago
This is an automated message.
IPX Cedar Forest has [cleared customs, leaving] at [Earthforce Customs Station, Sector 49].
IPX Cedar Forest will arrive at [IPX Listening Station S498-B] in 6 days 12 hours for your next supply shipment.
End of automated message.
/END OF MESSAGE
YOU HAVE ONE (1) NEW MESSAGE
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/INBOX #4
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Turn 11
/INBOX #4
SYSTEM MESSAGE 1/1
Trust no one from Earth.
END OF SYSTEM MESSAGES
/INBOX #4
TO: USER_Backup-Human
FROM: Carla (HQ_Carla)
TIMESTAMP: 6 hours ago
Good Morning,
I hope that you are well.
Normally there would be no need for me to contact you, unless something is wrong with the Station. And…
I don’t exactly know how to put this, but your Station was very inconvenient amount of security measures in place. Most of the remote diagnostic tools fail to retrieve any data through the tachyon uplink between your station and Earth.
I am checking in with team at the Mérida office, who are in charge of your sister station. But there is another seven hour time difference between here and the Yucatán, so I think it would be best to work this on both tracks.
You will receive an encrypted message with a new Admin password in the next hours. For security reasons I cannot tell you the password directly or mention the mode of encryption. Once you have retrieved the password and successfully logged into your new Admin-account, I will contact you again with what I need you to do.
Your co-worker,
Carla
END OF MESSAGE
YOU HAVE ONE (1) NEW MESSAGE
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Having spent a week with my own two kids, one aged one in 6 days, and one 2 and a third.....i have no choice but...
/me types with a mad grin
/SI LS AC - OPEN ALL
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/INBOX #5
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Turn 12
... and Dekker goes right back into the penality box
/INBOX #5
/INBOX #5
TO: USER_Backup-Human
FROM: HQ_AutoAdmin
TIMESTAMP: 6 hours ago
TnpiIHd3a3NsIHh2cGZsIHJraCBoeHlmZiBvbnVuIGl2aSBxdmhjIGZraS4g
VW9ubiBodXUgc2dtZmZjbmYgbWU6
Wmtmc3lycXph
/SI LS AC - OPEN ALL
PLEASE CONFIRM COMMAND.
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Turn 13
NOTHING TO REPORT
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/Help database
/help database search
/help database encryption
/SI LS AC /? Countdown
/help command delay
/help command timer
/help command countdown
/help set admin password
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Turn 14
/Help database
/HELP -DATABASE QUERY
HELP: Database Query
Provides information on the subject matter requested. If the information you are looking for is not stored locally, Database Query will automatically retrieve the information through the Tachyon Uplink to Earth. Retrieval of information via Tachyon Uplink will may require additional time.
Syntax:
DATABASE QUERY –[subject]
Alternative Syntax:
DATABASE –[subject]
DB –[subject]
DBQ –[subject]
END OF HELP
/help set admin password
Were you looking for...
/HELP -ADMIN
Allows the user to access commands restricted to the ADMINSTRATOR group of users. Password required.
Syntax:
ADMIN <password>
END OF HELP
/help database encryption
SYSTEM MESSAGE 1/1
A friendly reminder: one of technicians at HQ has the habit of not entering the monthly encryption key. Hansasoft encryption defaults to german phrase “Geheimer Schluessel” if no key is entered.
- Youssef
/DATABASE
Retrieving information from local storage
DATABASE QUERY –ENCRYTION
Encryption is the blanket term for various technical means by which a message can be secured, so that its contents can only be known by people with the permission to know them. It is usually deployed alongside additional technical security measures, such as narrow-band point-to-point transmissions and dead drops.
Several kinds of physical encryption have been available since the widespread use of datacrystals began. Datacrystals can be encoded on a molecular level to only be accessible with the correct reading device.
The use of datacrystals, especially crystals that render themselves inert after use, also has inspired a rise in the use of Steganography in place of encryption.
Due to the interstellar distances involved and the impossibility of monitoring every relay station at every jump gate for possible manipulation, tachyon signals containing sensitive information receive at least two layers of encryption, not including encoding for transmission. High security or priority tachyon communications, such as the Earth Alliance's Gold Channels, may also require a login and password before any messages can be send or received.
END OF INFORMATION
/SI LS AC /? Countdown
/help command delay
/help command timer
/help command countdown
/help set admin password
Invalid parameter(s) - Try again.
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/Help all
/Help list commands
/inbox 5 - decrypt "Geheimer Schluesse"
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/DATABASE -Hanasoft
/DATABASE -Hanasoft encryption
/DATABASE -IPX Cedar Forest
/DATABASE -IPX Listening Station S498-B
/DATABASE -FTL Uplink Relay Station IPX-498-B
/DATABASE -Orbital Relay Satellite D4
/DATABASE -Orbital Relay Satellite G2
/DATABASE -Telescope Array A
/DATABASE -Telescope Array B
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Turn 15
/Help all
/Help list commands
/HELP
Available Commands – Account: USER_Backup-Human
0. HELP
1. INBOX
2. DATABASE QUERY
3. LONG RANGE COMMUNICATIONS
4. DETECTION
5. SYSTEM INFO
6. ADMIN
For additional information use [HELP] –ANY VALID COMMAND-. Have a productive day.
/DATABASE -Hanasoft
/DATABASE -Hanasoft encryption
/DATABASE
Retrieving information via Tachyon Uplink - HALTED
Retrieving information from local storage
Information 1/2 - Retrieval of most up-to-date information via tachyon uplink on the subject was halted. The following information may be out of date.
Information 2/2 - The Ministry of Truth urges all citizens of the Earth Alliance to trust only the most current information from sources vetted by the Ministry of Truth. To be well informed is the prerequisite to peace and security.
DATABASE QUERY -HANSASOFT
Hansasoft GmbH provides commercial software solutions for other companies. Its flagship product is a line of commercial encryption software.
As a subsidiary of the New Hansa Holdings Company, Hansasoft has come under public scrutiny for its ties to Earthforce, the Office of Naval Intelligence and the Earth Alliance Prosecutor General. Critics have raised the issue that the proprietary code of Hansasoft products may contain universal keys which can be used by the authorities to disable any encryption made by a Hansasoft product.
END OF INFORMATION
/DATABASE -IPX Cedar Forest
/DATABASE
Retrieving information via Tachyon Uplink
Bandwidth: |_|-|-|-|
DATABASE QUERY -IPX CEDAR FOREST
SHIP NAME: IPX CEDAR FOREST
REGISTRED WITH: Interplanetary Expeditions
REGISTERED AT: Earthdome, Geneva, Earth, Sol
REGISTRY NUMBER: EA-Earth-16017-FR
CLASSIFICATION: Freighter
HULL CLASS: Achilles (4) Long Range Cargo Hauler
CREW: 6
MASTER: Alan Sunderland (AGU- Licence)
MAX OCCUPANCY (Passengers): 14
ENVIRNOMENT(S): 1 - Earth Standard
SUPPORT CRAFT: 0
MANUFACTURED BY: Beigle-Bryant Interstellar, Earth Alliance
MANUFACTURED AT: Neue Hanse Shipyards, Earth, Sol, Earth Alliance
[ACCESS OWNERSHIP HISTORY]
[ACCESS MANIFEST]
[ACCESS TRAVEL ROUTE]
END OF INFORMATION
/DATABASE -IPX Listening Station S498-B
/DATABASE
Retrieving information from local storage
DATABASE QUERY -IPX LISTENING STATION S498-B
IPX Listening Station S498-B is one of three listening station established in Sector 498 by Interplanetary Expeditions for use in the Project “Proteus”.
The mission of each station is to chart and monitor Sector 498 as well as adjacent sectors and provide the research team on Earth with the data required for Project “Proteus”.
Each Station consists of four substations: Command and Control, Power Supply and two Telescope Arrays.
The stations are highly automated, requiring little to no human input to function. Due to the requirements of interstellar treaties between the Earth Alliance and the League of Non-Aligned Worlds as well as Earth Law, each station is required to be crewed by at least one person.
It is company policy of Interstellar Expeditions that no crew remain at any of the Listening Stations for more than one standard Earth year.
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/DATABASE -FTL Uplink Relay Station IPX-498-B
/DATABASE
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DATABASE QUERY -TACHYON UPLINK RELAY STATIONS
While tachyon-based signals can travel faster than the speed of light, for truly near-instantiations communications across interstellar distances a tachyon stream needs to be directed through the local hyperspace gate. In order to guarantee that a signal is send or received regardless of the position of the local jump gate to the source of the transmission, automated relay stations are placed near a jump gate.
Most widespread tachyon relay stations are part of the StellarCom network, however governments and companies may operate their own tachyon communications networks.
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/DATABASE -Orbital Relay Satellite D4
/DATABASE -Orbital Relay Satellite G2
/DATABASE
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DATABASE QUERY -COMMUNICATION SATELLITES
In order to facilitate communications between any ground station and objects beyond its direct observational range, orbital communication satellites are employed.
A standard commercial orbital communications network consists of 32 satellites on eight different orbits.
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/DATABASE -Telescope Array A
/DATABASE -Telescope Array B
/DATABASE
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DATABASE QUERY -TELESCOPE ARRAY
A telescope array is a number of telescopes, using different techniques, used in parallel to explore a region of space.
Modern telescope arrays are operated by artificial intelligence for operational efficiency.
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/DATABASE -IPX Cedar Forest manifest
/DATABASE -IPX Cedar Forest ownership history
/DATABASE -IPX Cedar Forest travel route
/DATABASE -IPX Listening Station S498-B previous inhabitants
/DATABASE -IPX Listening Station S498-B command and control substation
/DATABASE -IPX Listening Station S498-B power supply substation
/DATABASE -Objects in sector 498
/DATABASE -Project "Proteus"
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/DATABASE -Project "Proteus"
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DATABASE QUERY -PROJECT >>PROTEUS<<
Project “Proteus” is the company internal codename for the current project of Interplanetary Expeditions’ Group 9. Goal of the project is the verification the existence of an Unknown Astral Mariner in Sector 498.
The operation is conducted by three listening stations in Sector 498.
Logistical support is provided through the IPX Logistic Division Luna.
Supervision is provided by IPX Headquaters Divisions Gulf, Levant and Andaman.
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/DATABASE -IPX Cedar Forest manifest
/DATABASE
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DATABASE QUERY -IPX CEDAR FOREST, Manifest
SHIP’S MANIFEST
SHIP: IPX CEDAR FOREST
FILED AT: Earth, Sol, Earth Alliance
FILDED BY: IPX_filing-auto
CREW: 6
PASSENGERS: 0
CARGO:
- Cargo Pod A
- - Water, 6t
- - Oxygen Generator Cartages, 6t
- - Datacrystals, 6t
- - Food (packaged), 2t
- Cargo Pod B
- - Water, 6t
- - Oxygen Generator Cartages, 6t
- - Datacrystals, 6t
- - Food (packaged), 2t
- Cargo Pod C
- - Water, 6t
- - Oxygen Generator Cartages, 6t
- - Datacrystals, 6t
- - Food (packaged), 2t
- Cargo Pod D
(empty)
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/DATABASE -IPX Cedar Forest ownership history
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/DATABASE -IPX CEDAR FOREST, OWNERSHIP HISTORY
EARTH ALLIANCE SHIP OWNERSHIP REGISTRY
SHIP NAME: CEDAR FOREST
IDENTIFIER SUFFIX: IPX
LAUNCHED: 2357
2357 (1) – Neue Hanse Shipyards
2357 (2) – Interplanetary Expeditions
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/DATABASE -IPX Cedar Forest travel route
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DATABASE QUERY -IPX CEDAR FOREST, TRAVEL ROUTE
EARTH ALLIANCE FLIGHT PLAN DATABASE
CURRENT TRAVEL ROUTE ON FILE:
1. Lunar Orbital 1, Luna, Sol
2. Transfer Station Io, Io, Sol
3. Altair Station, Altair
4. Earthforce Customs Station, Sector 49
5. IPX Listening Station S498-B
6. IPX Listening Station S498-A
7. IPX Listening Station S498-C
8. Earthforce Customs Station, Sector 49
9. Transfer Station Io, Io, Sol
10. Lunar Orbital 1, Luna, Sol
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/DATABASE -IPX Listening Station S498-B previous inhabitants
/DATABASE
Information on personell matters is restricted. Inquiry denied.
/DATABASE -IPX Listening Station S498-B command and control substation
/DATABASE -IPX Listening Station S498-B power supply substation
/DATABASE
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/DATABASE -Objects in sector 498
/DATABASE
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/admin Geheimer Schluesse
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/DATABASE
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DATABASE QUERY -LIFE POD
A small spaceworthy capsule with limited propulsion to evacuate crew or passengers from a ship at times of emergency. Some life pods may have the capacity for atmospheric entry.
Interplanetary Agreements have resulted in a uniform standard of designations for life pods, which state their maximal occupancy, default atmospheric settings, and maximum time to rescue.
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/SI LS AC - OPEN All. Confirm command
Dekker's avatar suffocated horrifically after the airlocks to the command module opened and the station gradually achieved thermal equilibrium with the planet outside and exchanged the breathable atmosphere within with the much thinner and very much less breathable atmosphere from the outside.
When the Cedar Forest fails to contact anyone in the station as it arrives for its scheduled supply drop, it informs IPX Headquarters on Earth. Soon after another ship arrives to investigate, they find the station in as is, and clean it up and install another oblivious soul as human back-up.
Dekker is now ineligible to issue further commands until Turn 60 (plus/minus 4 turns).
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