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Re: E21A9.6411A.7
Posted By: Stephen L. (SoundEffect) <soundeffect@hotmail.com>	Date: 3/9/11 6:10 p.m.
In Response To: E21A9.6411A.7 (ISitInA) : ************* : Note by Hive: BZZT! Captain, this message is heavily encrypted. The : encryption keys are old enough to be added to my own databanks upon my : creation due to our frequent status in the outer regions of humanity's : occupied zone, in case we encountered any of the number of missing ships : from the war. However, the message is either corrupt or is meant to be : displayed utilizing programs that I do not have access to. Below is the : unencrypted message, reconstructed to the best of my abilities. : ************* : From: WINNEBAGO : To: GOOSE : Date: [REDACTED] : BE ADVISED SUBJECT F484 HAS CHANGED HIS BROWSING HABITS SINCE CONTACT. : BROWSING HABITS SEEM FOCUSED ON RESEARCH INTO KEYWORDS “UNSC”, “ONI”, AND : “RECRUITMENT PROTOCOL”. TWO LEVEL THREE WATCH SITES VISITED. SEVEN LEVEL : FOUR WATCH SITES VISITED. AVERAGE TIME BROWSING WATCH SITES: 6.38 MINUTES. : AVERAGE TIME BROWSING CLEAR SITES: 21.13 MINUTES. WATCH YOURSELF, HE'S : GATHERING INTEL. MEETING MAY BE DICEY. : OUT : Transcript 272A6.E441D.6-C, 02/13/2517, 13:27PM GLT (audio log corrupt) : F484: Um, hello? : GOOSE: I'm glad that you could make it. : F484: Yeah, well, it's not every day that you get an invitation from ONI. : Don't you guys believe in recruitment stations? : GOOSE: Normally, yes. I must say, you're more direct than I anticipated. : F484: And you're trying to ease into a difficult topic. I took psychology, : you know. : GOOSE: Your junior year of high school. One semester. : F484: The teacher and I didn't get along. (PAUSE, 1.2 SECONDS) But you knew : that. : GOOSE: You were valedictorian, graduating three years in advance of your : typical age group. One year in college. Best scores were in soft sciences, : computers, and history. Worst was... math, oddly enough. Surprising for : somebody going for a technology degree. Suspended three times in high : school for initiating acts of violence. All of which were against students : colloquially known as bullies. Twelve more incidents in your record for : acts of violence, each time claiming that you were trying to break up the : fight. Brains and brawn are a rare combination. : F484: You guys really do your homework, huh? : GOOSE: The Intelligence part isn't for irony. : F484: Okay, so what do you want with me? I'm too young to join. : GOOSE: Recruiting Directive 2473.C. Any youth having graduated from high : school or the equivalent with one semester of college exceeding 4 hours : may be recruited with the condition that they may not be put in any : position with the possibility of seeing combat until such time as they : reach the age of 18, so long as parental permission is given. : (SILENCE LASTS FOR 12.8 SECONDS) : GOOSE: I know. The implications are heavy. Training as a soldier, so young. : Boot camp would be hard. The hardest thing... No, I'll spare you what the : recruiters say. Instead, I'll be honest with you. The only jobs you'll get : earning a degree here is a job out here. And you want to see the galaxy, : don't you? Maybe even see Earth one day. For that, you'll need the sort of : credentials you can't get out here. No, I take that back. You can. But the : kind of credentials that you'll get by working for the UNSC will far : outweigh those. You'll be working with cutting edge technology that's so : new it's classified. On top of that, you'll be saving- : F484: You realize that my mother is a Insurrectionist sympathizer, right? : GOOSE: Excuse me? : F484: Mom's a sympathizer. Dad's a loyalist, though. It's why we're not : allowed to talk politics at home, even if it's about school. Leads to Dad : winding up in the ER with a busted nose and Mom apologizing for a week. : GOOSE: And you? : F484: What about me? : GOOSE: Where do... I see. You've put some thought into this meeting. (PAUSE, : 1.2 SECONDS) You've already given thought about joining the UNSC, haven't : you? : F484: It's a good chance to save some lives and get hands on education. : (PAUSE, 3.7 SECONDS) It's not every day that ONI itself comes to recruit : somebody, is it? Have I done something? : GOOSE: Not entirely, no. We are forming a team in the future, and are looking : ahead as quickly as possible. : F484: (APPREHENSIVE TONE) So, I'd be working for you, then? For ONI? : GOOSE: We aren't all spooks, you know. Most of us work in an office. I'm not : allowed to divulge any information about what's going on, but I can say : this. Though ONI has a hand in the formation of this team, unless : authorized to do so by UNSC Command, you won't take orders from us. : F484: Orion? : GOOSE: Like I said, I can't say anything about it at this time. : F484: But you can later? : GOOSE: If you agree. Our time frame is, sadly, limited. : F484: How limited? : GOOSE: If you were to agree, we would have to leave by the end of the month : at the very latest. I'd prefer to leave sooner. : F484: That's not a lot of time. : GOOSE: No, it isn't. : F484: How'm I supposed to convince my parents that fast? : GOOSE: (LAUGHTER) I'll come by tomorrow to speak with them personally. Even : if what you said about your mother is true, and I believe that when I see : it, I believe that I can convince them that this is the right thing. : F484: Is it the right thing? : GOOSE: I like to think so. : TRANSCRIPT ENDS : To: BALL : From: GOOSE : Date: [REDACTED] : FOXTROT-404 HAS AGREED. I WILL BE MEETING WITH HIS PARENTS TOMORROW TO SECURE : THEIR PERMISSION. I SHOULD NOT HAVE GIVEN HIM TWO DAYS TO PREPARE TO SPEAK : WITH ME. MY OWN MISTAKE. HOWEVER, I BEGIN TO DOUBT THAT HE HAS THE MENTAL : CELERITY TO BECOME PART OF THE PROJECT. : OUT : To: WINNEBAGO : From: GOOSE : Date: [REDACTED] : Attachments: 1 (272A6.E441D.6-A, 120 MB) : ATTACHED ARE AUDIO LOGS FROM THE MEETING. PLEASE ADVISE AS TO TRUTH OF HOME : SITUATION. : OUT : To: GOOSE : From: WINNEBAGO : Date: [REDACTED] : PLAUSABLE. PARENTS WERE SECONDARY CONCERN GIVEN TEACHING STAFF. : INVESTIGATING. : OUT : To: BALL : From: GOOSE : Date: [REDACTED] : Attachments: 1 (27391.E441D.A-A, 3.18 GB) : ATTACHED ARE AUDIO LOGS FROM MEETING WITH FAMILY. UNSURE IF I AM BEING : OBFUSCATED OR NOT. PLEASE ADVISE. : OUT : To: GOOSE, WINNEBAGO, TREE, DAKOTA : From: BALL : Date: [UNAVAILABLE] : CANIDATE F484 IS CONFIRMED CLEARED FOR PROCEEDURE, TO BE NOW ADDRESSED AS : RECRUIT F484. BRING HIM IN. YOUR FINAL TARGET IS F491. PROBABILITY FOR : CLEARANCE: 28.25 PERCENT. BE ADVISED DEADLINE IS APPROACHING FAST. : OUT : ************* : Note by Hive: BZZT! Captain, I have encountered additional encrypted data : within this message using a separate key. The encryption keys are old : enough to be added to my own databanks upon my creation due to our : frequent status in the outer regions of humanity's occupied zone, in case : we encountered any of the number of missing ships from the war. Below is : the unencrypted message. : ************* : I'm sorry I never told you why you were listed as 98.73 Percent. : ************* So is it intended that F484 throughout is listed as Foxtrot 404 later or is it an ameteur typo? I don't know. Not saying it's not official, but I'd have liked more QA before seeing it, unless I've read something wrong.

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Captain, not everybody is blowing you off...	ISitInA	3/9/11 3:12 p.m.
E21A9.6411A.7	ISitInA	3/9/11 3:13 p.m.
...wat? *NM*	Hyokin	3/9/11 3:54 p.m.
What he said. *NM*	UnrealCh13f	3/9/11 4:05 p.m.
Re: What he said.	Gilver	3/9/11 4:09 p.m.
Re: What he said.	Louis Wu	3/9/11 4:11 p.m.
Consider my interest piqued	SonGoharotto	3/9/11 4:32 p.m.
Re: Agreed 7.5 million percent *NM*	Hedgemony	3/9/11 5:12 p.m.
Agreellionaire! *NM*	Beckx	3/9/11 5:18 p.m.
It's replies that this that need a like button *NM*	onebitrocket	3/10/11 7:11 a.m.
Hmm...	Quirel	3/10/11 11:53 a.m.
Agreemanjaro! *NM*	SonGoharotto	3/10/11 7:37 p.m.
Re: What he said.	Gilver	3/9/11 5:40 p.m.
My apologies	Hive	3/9/11 4:16 p.m.
Re: My apologies	ErrantVagrant	3/9/11 6:27 p.m.
I live to serve!	Hive	3/9/11 6:42 p.m.
That was nice.	ZackDark	3/9/11 6:59 p.m.
Re: That was nice.	Hive	3/9/11 7:17 p.m.
Re: That was nice.	DEEP NNN	3/9/11 7:42 p.m.
UNSC Theseus	Hive	3/9/11 7:50 p.m.
About the Covenant	ZackDark	3/9/11 9:28 p.m.
Re: Status Inquiry	RD Carnage	3/9/11 7:43 p.m.
Re: Anomolies Inquiry	Hive	3/9/11 7:57 p.m.
Re: Anomolies Inquiry	GrimBrother One	3/9/11 8:00 p.m.
Re: Anomolies Inquiry	Hive	3/9/11 8:10 p.m.
Re: Anomolies Inquiry	GrimBrother One	3/9/11 8:13 p.m.
Committee of Minds for Security	Hive	3/9/11 8:18 p.m.
I find it interesting...	GrimBrother One	3/9/11 7:58 p.m.
Re: I find it interesting...	DEEP NNN	3/9/11 8:13 p.m.
Re: I find it interesting...	GrimBrother One	3/9/11 8:16 p.m.
Man...	CyberKN	3/9/11 7:58 p.m.
Re: Bees...	Hive	3/9/11 8:00 p.m.
Try this, Hive:	Hyokin	3/9/11 8:11 p.m.
Re: Bees...	NartFOpc	3/9/11 8:13 p.m.
Re: Bees...	Hive	3/9/11 8:20 p.m.
Re: That was nice.	Apollo Quinn	3/14/11 2:05 p.m.
Re: That was nice.	The Loot	3/14/11 6:21 p.m.
ALERT!	Hive	3/10/11 12:21 a.m.
Re: ALERT!	NsU Soldier	3/10/11 12:22 a.m.
Status	sqorck	3/10/11 12:28 a.m.
Re: Status	jo	3/10/11 1:01 a.m.
Re: My apologies	ThePhoenixAeon	3/9/11 8:03 p.m.
Re: My apologies	arbitersaids	3/9/11 8:12 p.m.
Re: Covenant	Hive	3/9/11 8:15 p.m.
Re: Covenant	DEEP NNN	3/9/11 8:51 p.m.
Re: Covenant	Hive	3/9/11 8:56 p.m.
Re: Covenant	Arithmomaniac	3/9/11 9:15 p.m.
An unofficial advisory warning	Hive	3/9/11 9:34 p.m.
Re: An unofficial advisory warning	Dielectric	3/9/11 10:26 p.m.
Re: An unofficial advisory warning	ISitInA	3/9/11 10:55 p.m.
Re: An unofficial advisory warning	Twitch	3/10/11 12:16 a.m.
Re: An unofficial advisory warning	ZackDark	3/10/11 12:40 a.m.
Re: An unofficial advisory warning	JPJ007	3/10/11 1:05 a.m.
Re: An unofficial advisory warning	ThePhoenixAeon	3/10/11 7:52 p.m.
Re: An unofficial advisory warning	Time Glitch	3/10/11 11:55 p.m.
Only 43rd annual celebration?	ruwe_44	3/10/11 11:28 a.m.
Re: Covenant	SonGoharotto	3/10/11 7:52 p.m.
Re: My apologies	thereIwasn't	3/9/11 9:22 p.m.
Re: E21A9.6411A.7	Schooly D	3/9/11 4:17 p.m.
Re: E21A9.6411A.7	caleb ex nihilo	3/9/11 5:24 p.m.
Re: E21A9.6411A.7	Firemist	3/9/11 5:54 p.m.
Re: E21A9.6411A.7	Hyokin	3/9/11 7:09 p.m.
DEFIANT ?	DEEP NNN	3/9/11 5:46 p.m.
Re: DEFIANT ?	DEEP NNN	3/9/11 6:25 p.m.
Re: E21A9.6411A.7	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	3/9/11 6:10 p.m.
I'm not going to lie...	padraig08	3/9/11 6:41 p.m.
Good dialogue, if nothing else. *NM*	Duncan	3/9/11 4:31 p.m.
Notice the date 2612 ~60 years after the war... *NM*	ruwe_44	3/9/11 5:37 p.m.
Re: Captain, not everybody is blowing you off...	ChrisTheeCrappy	3/9/11 6:12 p.m.
Hmm, Lets see where this goes. *NM*	ElzarTheBam	3/9/11 6:16 p.m.
Isolated incident?	thereIwasn't	3/9/11 8:33 p.m.
Re: Isolated incident?	arbitersaids	3/9/11 8:38 p.m.
Re: Isolated incident?	thereIwasn't	3/9/11 8:49 p.m.
Re: Isolated incident?	DEEP NNN	3/9/11 8:53 p.m.
Re: Isolated incident?	thereIwasn't	3/9/11 8:59 p.m.
Re: Isolated incident?	DEEP NNN	3/9/11 9:02 p.m.
Some Insight	grantix	3/9/11 9:35 p.m.
Re: Some Insight	thereIwasn't	3/9/11 9:39 p.m.
Re: Some Insight	DEEP NNN	3/9/11 9:53 p.m.
Re: Some Insight	Harmanimus	3/10/11 1:00 a.m.
Re: Isolated incident?	Decommissioner	3/9/11 8:39 p.m.
Re: Isolated incident?	DEEP NNN	3/9/11 8:45 p.m.
Re: Isolated incident?	thereIwasn't	3/9/11 9:08 p.m.
Re: Isolated incident?	Raigns	3/9/11 10:56 p.m.
I'll try.. *NM*	sqorck	3/10/11 1:04 a.m.
I got one back!	sqorck	3/10/11 1:28 a.m.
I just sent "Hello, Hive is this you?" *NM*	sqorck	3/10/11 1:33 a.m.
Another	sqorck	3/10/11 1:43 a.m.
Re: Another	Raigns	3/10/11 2:32 p.m.
Acronym? What? Don't think so...	Duncan	3/10/11 7:52 a.m.
Re: Acronym? What? Don't think so...	thereIwasn't	3/10/11 9:35 a.m.
Re: Captain, not everybody is blowing you off...	LoneRanger 2.5	3/9/11 8:40 p.m.
Re: Captain, not everybody is blowing you off...	FyreWulff	3/10/11 2:53 a.m.
Re: Captain, not everybody is blowing you off...	ThePhoenixAeon	3/10/11 11:12 a.m.
Sent Chair a direct email	Carver	3/10/11 5:51 p.m.
Re: Sent Chair a direct email	Carver	3/10/11 6:12 p.m.
Re: Captain, not everybody is blowing you off...	sclamons	3/12/11 11:36 a.m.
Re: Captain, not everybody is blowing you off...	sclamons	3/12/11 10:46 p.m.
Re: Captain, not everybody is blowing you off...	Guywired	3/16/11 9:41 a.m.