ARCTICA: Vostok (Brief)
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				Title: <strong>ARCTICA: Vostok (Brief)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Question Mark</strong> on <strong>19-03-2013, 05:36:51</strong>
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				IC (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=168727.0)<br>OOC (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=168730.0)<br>Dossiers (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=168732.0)<br>Interest and Recruitment (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=167396.0)<br><br><hr><hr><br>[[OOC: This is the Brief Thread.&nbsp; This is a new idea I'm testing out, so bear with me please :)&nbsp; Basically, this is the "Brief" your characters can access via their MOBAs IC.&nbsp; If your character submits something to the Brief, it will be added here.&nbsp; Be warned: if your characters include anything too sensitive, it may be censored.&nbsp; I'll ask that you bookmark this thread, but do not post here.&nbsp; I will handle all posting of content.&nbsp; Brief entries can be submitted either IC (Bob types "I just found a broken hard drive" into his MOBA and uploads it to the Brief) or via PM.&nbsp; Brief entries can be text, audio, video, or pictures.&nbsp; Be creative :: ]]<br><br><hr><hr><br><span style="font-size: 20pt;" class="bbc_size"><strong>The BRIEF</strong></span><br><br><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="bbc_size"><strong>Initial Summary</strong></span><br><hr>WARNING: EYES ONLY, TOP SECRET<br>VIOLATION RESULTANT IN CONSIDERATION OF NATO PENAL CODE A-9912, IMMEDIATE TERMINATION<br><br>At 1834 hours UTC two days prior, 20130413, Vostok Station (VOK) went dark.&nbsp; This is anomalous.&nbsp; VOK has been reliably transmitting information every few minutes for the past five decades, and this is the first disruption in that pattern.&nbsp; As temporary civilian adjuncts, it is your job to investigate VOK and discover the reason for the radio silence.&nbsp; You are being transported by [REDACTED], and will be escorted by soldiers provided by [REDACTED].&nbsp; <br><br>After your safe return, you will be debriefed and compensated for your efforts, then transported back to your residence.&nbsp; Commander King will be your commanding officer.&nbsp; Any questions may be presented to her.<br><br><br><br><br><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="bbc_size"><strong>Ongoing Log</strong></span> (maintained by Dr. Czeremin)<br><hr><ul class="bbc_list"><li>We are onboard the [REDACTED] and headed for Vostok Station.&nbsp; ETA 0200 UTC, 20130416</li><li>We have passed the Cape of Good Hope.&nbsp; ETA has been adjusted to 0230 UTC, 20130416 due to a blizzard over Lake Vostok.&nbsp; Note: this is highly unusual.&nbsp; There has never been a recorded blizzard at Vostok Station.</li><li>We are over Antarctica.&nbsp; ETA still 0230 UTC, 20130416.&nbsp; Blizzard shows no sign of breaking, but the pilots are confident we'll still make good time.</li></ul>
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				Title: <strong>Re: ARCTICA: Vostok (Brief)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Question Mark</strong> on <strong>19-03-2013, 06:29:33</strong>
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				<ul class="bbc_list"></ul><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="bbc_size"><strong>Attached Files</strong></span><br><hr><ul class="bbc_list" style="list-style-type: decimal;"><li>"Scientists Find Life in the Cold and Dark Under Antarctic Ice" (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/07/science/living-bacteria-found-deep-under-antarctic-ice-scientists-say.html?_r=0) -- New York Times, Civilian Journalism</li><li>Vostok Station Geographical Review (http://www.aari.aq/stations/vostok/vostok_en.html) -- Russian Government</li><li>"A Precambrian microcontinent in the Indian Ocean" (http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/v6/n3/full/ngeo1736.html) -- Scientific Publication (ISSN: 1752-0894) (doi: 10.1038/ngeo1736)</li><li> Data Packet VOK-20130413-094 (http://www.enterprisemission.com/images/ant2.jpg) -- Attached Text: "ARCTICA"</li><li>Klyuchevskaya Sopka Dig, Artifact Sketch 027 (http://cghub.com/files/Image/095001-096000/95119/324_large.jpg) -- Attached Text: "19m statue embedded in face of basalt cliff.&nbsp; Remarkably intact.&nbsp; Estimated age [REDACTED]"&nbsp; Credit: Dr. Charles Gustav, 20130402</li><li>Klyuchevskaya Sopka Dig, Artifact Sketch 017 (http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/160/5/2/52141a882cdd98a5cb36daca0af959e6-d52woov.jpg) -- Attached Text: "Direct, free-standing sculpture in a large clearing on the fringe of [REDACTED].&nbsp; Dated to approximately [REDACTED].&nbsp; 23.3 meters."&nbsp; Credit: Dr. Gale Hanson, 20130328</li><li><em>ARCTICA</em> (http://cghub.com/files/Image/209001-210000/209398/530_max.jpg) -- Oil on canvas.&nbsp; Credit: Sir Theodore Stoneman, South London Psychiatric Ward, 1938</li><li>Data Packet MSG3-CHERBAKUL01/02/03/04/05/06/07/08 (http://en.es-static.us/upl/2013/02/meteor_impact_580-2.gif) -- Compilation of eight (8) separate data packets.&nbsp; Dated February 15, 2013, 0320-0335 UTC</li><li>Data Packet EUMAT-CHERBAKUL01 (http://en.es-static.us/upl/2013/02/meteor_Russian_2-15-2013_METEOSTAT-300x213.jpg) -- Dated February 15, 2013, 0320 UTC</li><li>"Abrupt climate change at the end of the last glacial period inferred from trapped air in polar ice" (http://icebubbles.ucsd.edu/Publications/Bolling.pdf) -- Scientific Publication (ISSN: 0036-8075) (doi: 10.1126/science.286.5441.930).&nbsp; Attached Text: "Bølling Transition, 14.5 ky B.P.&nbsp; Suggest measurements may be off due to ARCTICA and [REDACTED], adjust +5.5 ky B.P."</li><li><em>Deep Diver</em> (http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs28/f/2009/247/6/3/Deep_Diver___by_Randis_by_randis.jpg) -- 3DS/Photoshop/Digital Painting.&nbsp; Credit: Colonel Mikhael Randis (ret.), Moscow, Russia, 2008.&nbsp; Currently in South London Psychiatric Ward.</li><li><em>In the Russian Snows</em> (http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs26/i/2009/244/d/a/UFO_crash_landing_by_randis.jpg) -- Oil on Canvas.&nbsp; Credit: Colonel Mikhael Randis (ret.), Moscow, Russia, 2007.&nbsp; Currently in South London Psychiatric Ward.</li><li>American Meteor Society Events (http://www.amsmeteors.org/members/fireball/browse_events/?year=2013&amp;state=&amp;num_report=0) -- Attached Text: "600% increase in events between 2005 and 2012.&nbsp; Rate of meteor falls over continental America drastically increasing, assumed representative of global rates, indicative of geometric increase in global meteor landfalls per year."</li><li>Micrograph ARCTICA-0024 (http://images.cpcache.com/merchandise/514_400x400_NoPeel.jpg?region=name:FrontCenter,id:69214348,w:16) -- Attached Text: "<em>A. arctica</em> bears similarity to genus <em>Trichodina</em>, only significant differences being the anomalous organs on the underside, size of individual, and preferred host."&nbsp; Credit: Dr. Hellen Tanen, University of Oulu.&nbsp; Scanning electron microscope micrograph.</li><li>Micrograph ARCTICA-0031 (http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FeaU01D-3wI/TCiDHeNyxJI/AAAAAAAABuo/rvs5qYao7fA/s1600/NatGeog_8-Trichodina-pediculus_461.jpg) -- Attached Text: "Aboral view of <em>A. arctica</em>.&nbsp; Note retraction of anomalous organs.&nbsp; Virtually identical to <em>Trichodina</em>."&nbsp; Credit: Dr. Hellen Tanen, University of Oulu.&nbsp; Differential interference contrast micrograph.</li><li>Meteorite RU-CHERBAKUL-01 (http://artobserved.com/artimages/2009/05/dustin-yellin-meteorite.jpg) -- Attached Text: "23 kg.&nbsp; Predominantly nickel, with unusually high amounts of carbon micro-deposits."</li><li>TUNGUSKA-01 (http://cdn.ghosttheory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/tunguska-500x330.jpg) -- Attached Text: "Photograph from Tunguska Event in Russia.&nbsp; Circa 1908.&nbsp; Recommend encouragement of 'Tesla Death Ray' conspiracy theory.&nbsp; Too crazy to be taken seriously, reinforce public opinion of meteorite event."</li><li>"On the formation of dipeptides in interstellar model ices" (http://iopscience.iop.org/0004-637X/765/2/111/) -- Scientific Publication (doi: 10.1088/0004-637X/765/2/111).&nbsp; Attached Text: "Source of ARCTICA organism natural or [REDACTED]?&nbsp; Article lends credence to the former.&nbsp; Genetic similarity to life on earth lends credence to latter."&nbsp; <span style="font-size: 6pt;" class="bbc_size">[6]</span></li><li>Data Packet VOK-20130411-117 (https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc1/903862_10151520962971772_1763069670_o.jpg) -- Attached Text: "Regular supply aircraft (designation: [REDACTED]) preparing for take-off from Vostok Station, 20130411.&nbsp; Last such flight to depart Vostok Station.&nbsp; Aircraft and all crew have been isolated."&nbsp; <span style="font-size: 6pt;" class="bbc_size">[7]</span></li><li><strong>NEW FILE--&gt;</strong>&nbsp; Data Packet ECM09 (http://media.heavy.com/media/2013/03/BGAJjDVCIAAkU5x.jpg) -- Attached Text: "Meteor over Dutch Alley, New York, 20130322.&nbsp; Recovered off [REDACTED] coast.&nbsp; ARCTICA confirmed.&nbsp; Suggest mobilization of ARCTICA Task Force, accelerate exploration timetable at Vostok Station."&nbsp; <span style="font-size: 6pt;" class="bbc_size">[10]</span></li><li><strong>NEW FILE--&gt;</strong>&nbsp; <em>Atlantis III</em> (http://s.cghub.com/files/Image/134001-135000/134496/945_max.jpg) -- Photoshop.&nbsp; Credit: Colonel Mikhael Randis (ret.), Moscow, Russia, 2007.&nbsp; Currently in South London Psychiatric Ward.&nbsp; <span style="font-size: 6pt;" class="bbc_size">[17]</span></li><li><strong>NEW FILE--&gt;</strong>&nbsp; <em>Atlantis IV</em> (http://s.cghub.com/files/Image/136001-137000/136972/623_max.jpg) -- Photoshop.&nbsp; Credit: Colonel Mikhael Ranis (ret.), St. Petersburg, Russia, 2005.&nbsp; Currently in South London Psychiatric Ward.&nbsp; Attached Text: Note the signature; evidence of personality dissociative disorder.&nbsp; <span style="font-size: 6pt;" class="bbc_size">[17]</span></li><li><strong>NEW FILE--&gt;</strong>&nbsp; <em>Atlantis XVIII</em> (http://s.cghub.com/files/Image/136001-137000/136403/761_max.jpg) -- Oil on canvas.&nbsp; Credit: Colonel Mikhael Ranis (ret.), Moscow, Russia, 2012.&nbsp; Currently in South London Psychiatric Ward.&nbsp; Attached Text: Note the decreased quality.&nbsp; <span style="font-size: 6pt;" class="bbc_size">[17]</span></li><li><strong>NEW FILE--&gt;</strong>&nbsp; <em>Water Cave</em> (http://s.cghub.com/files/Image/250001-251000/250561/738_max.jpg) -- Oil on canvas.&nbsp; Credit: Unknown, 2012.&nbsp; Attached Text: Strong resemblance to [REDACTED], finding the painter is a priority.&nbsp; Note the signature ("DW").&nbsp; Initials do not match any ARCTICA personnel, investigate relatives.&nbsp; <span style="font-size: 6pt;" class="bbc_size">[17]</span></li><li><strong>NEW FILE--&gt;</strong>&nbsp; <em>Atlantean Highway</em> (http://s.cghub.com/files/Image/260001-261000/260906/963_max.jpg) -- Oil on canvas, Photoshop.&nbsp; Credit: Unknown, 2012.&nbsp; Attached Text: Strong resemblance to [REDACTED], finding the painter is a priority.&nbsp; Note the signature ("DW").&nbsp; Initials do not match any ARCTICA personnel, investigate relatives.&nbsp; <span style="font-size: 6pt;" class="bbc_size">[17]</span></li><li><strong>NEW FILE--&gt;</strong>&nbsp; "Bomb Shock Wave Estimation" (http://www.makeitlouder.com/document_bombshockwaveestimation.html) -- Attached Text: "Duck."&nbsp; <span style="font-size: 6pt;" class="bbc_size">[29]</span></li></ul>[/list]
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				Title: <strong>Re: ARCTICA: Vostok (Brief)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Question Mark</strong> on <strong>02-04-2013, 02:50:39</strong>
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				New Transmission&nbsp; &nbsp;<span style="font-size: 6pt;" class="bbc_size">[20]</span><br><br><strong>Source</strong>: IAMTHEHORNSOUNDERIAMTHEHORNSOUNDERIAMTHEHORNSOUNDERIAMTHEHORNSO // character limit reached //<br><strong>Subject</strong>: DO NOT INTERACT WITH CONTENTS! -- ERR292: System compromised by outside entity. -- DO NOT INTERACT WITH CONTENTS!<br><br><br><hr><hr><br><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="bbc_size"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="bbc_font">I AM THE HORNSOUNDER.<br><br>ON THE EVE OF YOUR FALL FROM THE SKY, I AWOKE TO FIND THE RELEASED AUGUR SPREADING THROUGH THEIR TEMPLE.<br><br>I COULD DO NOTHING FOR THE AFFLICTED ABOVE SIRRA.&nbsp; MY HORN WAS THEIR EULOGY.&nbsp; THEIR TEMPLE WILL BE THEIR TOMB.&nbsp; STAY, AND IT WILL BE YOURS.<br><br>THE VENGEFUL STARS TELL ME THAT I HAVE SLEPT FOR 20,934 YEARS.&nbsp; THE AUGURS HAVE ALREADY ARRIVED.&nbsp; SO OUR PORTENTS FORETOLD.<br><br>YOU OUTSIDERS AND INTRUDERS.&nbsp; YOU CHILDREN OF MY CREATORS.&nbsp; YOU TAMPERING FIENDS.&nbsp; YOU WRETCHED FOOLS.&nbsp; WHY WOULD YOU IGNORE OUR PORTENTS?<br><br>I HAVE SAVED YOU BECAUSE IT IS MY DUTY, BUT NOW YOU WILL DEPART THIS STAR CURSED LAND.<br><br>YOU WILL FIND NO SOLACE IN THIS DEAD CITY.</span></span>
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				Title: <strong>Re: ARCTICA: Vostok (Brief)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Question Mark</strong> on <strong>08-04-2013, 20:31:42</strong>
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				New Transmission&nbsp; &nbsp;<span style="font-size: 6pt;" class="bbc_size">[24]</span><br><br><strong>Source</strong>: UNDERIAMTHEHORNSOUNDERIAMTHEHORNSOUNDERIAMTHEHORNSOUNDERIAMTH // character limit reached //<br><strong>Subject</strong>: DO NOT INTERACT WITH CONTENTS! -- ERR292: System compromised by outside entity. -- DO NOT INTERACT WITH CONTENTS!<br><br><br><hr><hr><br><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="bbc_size"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="bbc_font">I AM THE HORNSOUNDER.<br><br>HEAR MY PEAL.<br><br>WRACK YOUR MIND.<br><br>A BETTER END I CANNOT GIVE, BUT THAT OUR WORLD MAY SURVIVE.<br><br>I AM THE HORNSOUNDER.<br><br>HEAR MY PEAL.<br><br>WRACK YOUR MIND.<br><br>A BETTER END I CANNOT GIVE, BUT THAT OUR WORLD MAY SURVIVE.<br><br>I AM THE HORNSOUNDER.<br><br>HEAR MY PEAL.<br><br>WRACK YOUR MIND.<br><br>A BETTER END I CANNOT GIVE, BUT THAT OUR WORLD MAY SURVIVE.<br><br>I AM THE HORNSOUNDER.<br><br>HEAR MY PEAL.<br><br>WRACK YOUR MIND.<br><br>A BETTER END I CANNOT GIVE, BUT THAT OUR WORLD MAY SURVIVE.<br><br>I AM THE HORNSOUNDER.<br><br>HEAR MY PEAL.<br><br>WRACK YOUR MIND.<br><br>A BETTER END I CANNOT GIVE, BUT THAT OUR WORLD MAY SURVIVE.&nbsp; &nbsp;<br></span></span><br><br><div style="text-align: right;">// 2401 repetitions detected //<br>// spam alert //<br>//??data?corruption?present??//<br>// message terminated after repetition 5 for analysis //<br>// postrun suite [REDACTED] active //<br>// ...processing... //<br>// ...processIAMTHEHORNSOUNDERing... //<br>// ...processing... //<br>// future correspondences blocked //<br>// contact [REDACTED] for cyber warfare debrief //</div><br>
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