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UT 17:43:03 08.28.2552 this was the previous time on the main terminal

prior to the change the closest date was "Cold day..." UT 06:06:06 08.27.2552.

  • 05.04.2004 12:38 AM PDT

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But what about the Flood?If they're on or near another Halo,that means more Flood.And what if Enkiduwas taken by the Covenant,because of the end of the 7th transmission?Well,that's the end of my rambling,please don't flame me.

  • 05.04.2004 5:07 AM PDT
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Ok, after reviewing the poem and the rest of the transmissions after getting some sleep I believe that JD is Enkidu's Gilgamesh. If Enkidu, in all his rampant glory, thinks that he is the historical character risen from the dead when he refers to JD as an "old friend" he is most likely referring to Gilgamesh. Which could explain Enkidu's question "Igigi or Anunnaki?", Gilgamesh might wonder whether or not Enkidu(risen from the dead) would be upset with him because it was Gilgamesh's fault that Enkidu was killed by the gods. Enkidu also says in It's a Cold Day... that JD shouldn't drop in yet because there is sweeping to do "Not that you'll listen. You never do.", which could be referring to Enkidu's version of the epic of Gilgamesh that he sends to JD in Blast from the Past. In Enkidu's version of the story he tries to get Gilgamesh to change his mind but cannot, therefore Enkidu views Gilgamesh as stubborn.

  • 05.04.2004 6:08 AM PDT
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New Transmission just popped up under a new heading Appetite for Destruction titled You have 49 Unread Messages. At first glance, nothing amazing just Covenant rhetoric.

  • 05.04.2004 6:11 AM PDT
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HEs back. Number 8 is up and running. Go check it out http://enkidu.bungie.org/enkidu_th.html

  • 05.04.2004 6:12 AM PDT
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A couple of interesting things here:

1. The first letter of every sentence spells out: Enkidu Lives!

2. The htm header contains: embedded message, last embed hint

The thing that gets me is "last embed hint", implys there was a first embed hint. I am going to do a little searching to see if I can't find anything in the previous messages. I will let the board know if I do find something.

[Edit]
BTW, 7 * 7 = 49
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[Edited on 5/4/2004 6:20:14 AM]

  • 05.04.2004 6:19 AM PDT
Subject: Enkidu - Cortana Letters Revisted?
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Ok seems pretty normal for a covie "i hate you" "you will die" "you dont deserve to live" kind of message. But i did see some interesting things. First at the very top left corner it says "CACHE ONLY - NET DISABLED" second this is being read on the "Portable Terminal CC <Port 2.4.8.16>" and third "(Enough of that racket. Or do you want some more? And shouldn't you be doing something about this?)".

ok 1st the cache only - net disabled andd the portable terminal cc tells me he is diffently on the planet now. He has no net connection to the ship and he is using a portable terminal.

and the last thing about shouldn't you be doing something about this tells me the E. is still a friend of JD.

That is about it for right now.

  • 05.04.2004 6:22 AM PDT
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Ok, so upon reviewing How I Spent... and You Have 49 Unread Messages it seems that JD is now definitely on Frigid's surface. In How I Spent... there was a low batt warning. Now in You Have 49... JD has a portable terminal. When I look at the source the content line reads
content="Marathon, Halo, Bungie, Enkidu, fanfic, rampant AI, Covenant Network Intrusion, ICE, embedded message, last embed hint". Now, the most interesting thing in the content line to me is embedded message, last embed hint. The embedded message in this transmission is ENKIDU LIVES! which is the first letter of each line reading down. Easy to find when you know an embedded message is there and I doubt that the others will be so simple, Bungie's telling us to go back and look closer.

  • 05.04.2004 6:23 AM PDT
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(Enough of that racket. Or do you want some more? And shouldn't you be doing something about this?)

Reckon this is another interruption from Enkidu - similar style. Interesting that Enkidu expects JD to do something about the CCS Sword of Justice - could this be the first real evidence to suggest JD is a Spartan?

looking through the keywords -
Covenant network intrusion, ICE, embedded message, last embed hint
last message ever? or the last hint in the html source?

JD's now on Frigid - but Enkidu(?) is talking to him through a portable terminal... suggests that maybe he "crashed" at someone else's place...

EDIT: X Isle and Buck - the only other embeded hint (looking at the source code) is in "please allow me to introduce myself".

[Edited on 5/4/2004 6:35:19 AM]

  • 05.04.2004 6:27 AM PDT
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<meta name="keywords" content="Marathon, Halo, Bungie, Enkidu, fanfic, rampant AI, Covenant network intrusion, ICE, embedded message, last embed hint">

also this "covenant network intrusion" would indicate an intruder perhaps?

and here are the meta tags from all the entries thus far, discuss:

Prologue
ii. <meta name="generator" content="fltcom_template">
<meta name="keywords" content="Marathon, Halo, Bungie, Enkidu, fanfic, orders, protests">

iii. <meta name="generator" content="friendly_neighbourhood_ai">
<meta NAME="keywords" content="Marathon, Halo, Bungie, Enkidu, fanfic, Covenant frigate, general quarters, brace for impact">

Waking Up Is Hard To Do

1. <meta name="generator" content="my_own_sweet_self">
<meta name="keywords" content="Marathon, Halo, Bungie, Enkidu, fanfic, rampant AI, awakening, dysphoria, epic poetry, Gilgamesh, ASCII art, embedded allegory, eye spy">

2.
<meta name="generator" content="spinning_magnet_inside_wire_coil">
<meta name="keywords" content="Marathon, Halo, Bungie, Enkidu, fanfic, Cole Protocol, gravitational slingshot, evacuation"></HEAD>

3.
<meta name="generator" content="kind_thoughts_and_stout_circulation_pumps" >
<meta name="keywords" content="Marathon, Halo, Bungie, Enkidu, fanfic, left behind, survey mission, unidentified artifact">

4.
<meta name="generator" content="wishing_will_make_it_so">
<meta name="keywords" content="Marathon, Halo, Bungie, Enkidu, fanfic, lossy compression, bad choice or worse, survival drive">

5.
<meta name="generator" content="clay_tablets_and_reeds">
<meta name="keywords" content="Marathon, Halo, Bungie, Enkidu, fanfic, rampant AI, Gilgamesh, anachronisms, military references">

6.
<meta name="generator" content="">
<meta name="keywords" content="Marathon, Halo, Bungie, Enkidu, fanfic, rampant AI, Babylonian myth, Caina, who knows">

7.
<meta name="generator" content="not_working_well_is_it">
<meta name="keywords" content="Marathon, Halo, Bungie, Enkidu, fanfic, rampant AI, aerobraking, WOPR">

Appetite for Destruction

8.
<meta name="generator" content="ai_process_2.718.282">
<meta name="keywords" content="Marathon, Halo, Bungie, Enkidu, fanfic, rampant AI, Covenant network intrusion, ICE, embedded message, last embed hint">

  • 05.04.2004 6:37 AM PDT
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Good work people i did not even catch the embeded stuff but i did look up embeded allegory and this is what the dictionary says about allegory.
1. "a. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters, figures, or events in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form. b. A story, picture, or play employing such representation. John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress and Herman Melville's Moby Dick are allegories.

2. A symbolic representation"

  • 05.04.2004 6:39 AM PDT
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Wait a minute, in You Have 49 Unread Messages look at the lines
[ . CCS SWORD OF JUSTICE]
[ o UNSC LEBANON]
[Route Code: MNNT > XCV - UNSC > ALLCH]
[Source: Undetermined (trans)]
[WARNING: Authentication not confirmed. Checksums do not validate.]

I find it hard to believe that some Covenant transmission would have the embedded message
ENKIDU LIVES! in it. The terminal says that Authentication not confirmed. Enkidu could be sending these messages as well, not because he's been taken over by a Covie A.I., but because he is trying to force JD to come to him. Maybe he wants the flood to kill JD, or something we haven't figured out just yet. But there is definitely something fishy going on.

EDIT - in How I Spent.... the Covie trans.
[ . CCS SWORD OF JUSTICE]
[ o UNSC LEBANON]
[Route Code: MNNT > XCV - UNSC > ALLCH]
[Source: Undetermined (trans)]
Note that the source is undetermined. Is JD just a puppet, is Enkidu really still a friend?


[Edited on 5/4/2004 7:03:22 AM]

  • 05.04.2004 6:57 AM PDT
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I think the source is undetermined because of the fact that it is coming from a covie ship. The same thing happened in the cortana letters "<P>Source</B>: Undetermined (trans)</P>
<P>Our conviction is like an arrow already in flight. Your life will only last
until it reaches you. </P></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> " THAT IS FROM LETTER 4. I think it is just showing that it is not from a human ship.

  • 05.04.2004 7:12 AM PDT
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Posted by: J_A_C_K_A_S_S
I think the source is undetermined because of the fact that it is coming from a covie ship. The same thing happened in the cortana letters "<P>Source</B>: Undetermined (trans)</P>
<P>Our conviction is like an arrow already in flight. Your life will only last
until it reaches you. </P></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> " THAT IS FROM LETTER 4. I think it is just showing that it is not from a human ship.

That makes sense, I was just jumpin off the deep end for a second there I guess.

  • 05.04.2004 7:24 AM PDT
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Posted by: J_A_C_K_A_S_S
I think the source is undetermined because of the fact that it is coming from a covie ship. The same thing happened in the cortana letters "<P>Source</B>: Undetermined (trans)</P>
<P>Our conviction is like an arrow already in flight. Your life will only last
until it reaches you. </P></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> " THAT IS FROM LETTER 4. I think it is just showing that it is not from a human ship.


That makes sense, I was just jumpin off the deep end for a second there I guess.

thats ok i do it all the time.

  • 05.04.2004 7:36 AM PDT
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J_A_C_K,

The difference is that the other transmissions from the Covie did not have:
[WARNING: Authentication not confirmed. Checksums do not validate.]

Still searching for other hidden messages.

  • 05.04.2004 7:37 AM PDT
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The hidden message is embedded in the allegory from the terminal allow me to introduce myself. That poem, like Jackass has said before, is the key. We might need a little more info before we can correctly decipher what Bungie is trying to tell us exactly, but there is more to it than meets the "eye".

I did a Google search for "embedded allegory" and found this site:
[url=link] http://www.ksu.edu/english/baker/english320/Symbol_MBV.htm [/url]
it explains how do decipher hidden messages embedded in allegorical stories



[Edited on 5/4/2004 7:54:33 AM]

  • 05.04.2004 7:43 AM PDT
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well the first transmission was shaped like an eye. Maybe the forerunner ai in the installation on frigid has his "eye" on someone? Like the humans landing on frigid after the battle? then once they do he merges with enkidu? Then something happens. I mean, all the transmissions have had autoarchival mode running, now i believe someone is recovering corrupted data from those autoarchives.

  • 05.04.2004 8:01 AM PDT

Ok on the new "You have 49 unread messages", like one of you said, it spells out ENKIDU LIVES! so thats one, so could there be 48 more hidden messages in all of that?

  • 05.04.2004 8:01 AM PDT
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Gilgamesh is a planet mentioned in The Fall of Reach. Cortana transfers some of Colonel Ackersons funds to a brothel on the planet.

[Edited on 5/4/2004 8:06:41 AM]

  • 05.04.2004 8:05 AM PDT

ok i just got to looking at the "49 Unread Messages" again, and if you replace the begining of each sentence....

Original:
Everything you stand for is an affront to the gods.
Nothing you can do can atone for your many sins.
Killing your kind is a holy task. We will not shirk it.
Incineration is the only certain cure for the taint of your existence.
Do not attempt to flee. Do not attempt to bargain. Do not beg.
Understand your role in the universe. You are vermin in our grist.

Mine:
Nothing you stand for is an affront to the gods.
Everything you can do can atone for your many sins.
Incinerating your kind is a holy task. We will not shirk it.
Killing is the only certain cure for the taint of your existence.
Understand, don't attempt to flee. Do not attempt to bargain. Do not beg.
Do your role in the universe. You are vermin in our grist.


I also looked up the defenition of Checksum
checksum



<storage, communications> A computed value which depends on
the contents of a block of data and which is transmitted or
stored along with the data in order to detect corruption of
the data. The receiving system recomputes the checksum based
upon the received data and compares this value with the one
sent with the data. If the two values are the same, the
receiver has some confidence that the data was received
correctly.

The checksum may be 8 bits (modulo 256 sum), 16, 32, or some
other size. It is computed by summing the bytes or words of
the data block ignoring overflow. The checksum may be
negated so that the total of the data words plus the checksum
is zero.

And heres one more, of Authentication, even though we all know it
Authentication



<security> The verification of the identity of a person or
process. In a communication system, authentication verifies
that messages really come from their stated source, like the
signature on a (paper) letter.

And last but NOT least, look at a defenition of CCS
(CCS) A unit used (in North America) to quantify the
total traffic running in a network. 1 CCS is 100
call-seconds. That means 1 CCS could be 2 calls of 50 seconds
duration or 20 calls of 5 seconds duration.

Don't know if its all that much, but hey, i've got a whole hour here (in school) to do w/e i want, so why not spend it trying to decode it? :-P

[Edited on 5/4/2004 8:26:52 AM]

  • 05.04.2004 8:15 AM PDT
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[ . CCS SWORD OF JUSTICE]
Covenant Command Ship Sword of Justice?

  • 05.04.2004 8:33 AM PDT
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In prologue ii, I think the writer is speaking to directly to JD, because Enkidu scolds "you" for reading someone else's mail. But here's the special thing:

"Sorry about the bad news, Terry. I wish I could do more."


JD's name is Terry.

I can't find any way to discount this either, unless there's something I missed.

  • 05.04.2004 8:35 AM PDT
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Terry is Capt. Mathers first name. The email was from the capt.'s friend RADM.MILLER. Then right after that is when E. jumps in and says "Naughty, naughty, reading other people's mail like that. What would your Mom think? E." so JD was reading the Capt.'s email.

  • 05.04.2004 8:39 AM PDT
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Thanks, I didn't know if that had been brough up.

  • 05.04.2004 8:42 AM PDT