A Message from the United Mars Sphere System

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A Message from the United Mars Sphere System

« on: June 19, 2008, 04:37:18 PM »

//##INCOMING TRANSMISSION
//##ERROR
??##? Huh?

?
//##DOWNLOAD FOREIGN CODE STRUCTURE?
(Y/N)
... AWAITING INPUT
... AWAITING INPUT
... AWAITING INPUT


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Re: A Message from the United Mars Sphere System

« Reply #1 on: June 21, 2008, 08:43:13 PM »

... AWAITING INPUT
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Re: A Message from the United Mars Sphere System

« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2008, 09:29:14 PM »

//##SIGNAL LOST
//##TRANSMISSION TERMINATED


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Re: A Message from the United Mars Sphere System

« Reply #3 on: June 24, 2008, 04:35:09 AM »

Footsteps echoed faintly through the metal confines of the Coalesco as Reikira made her way up to the bridge. It was all but empty save for Aptus, the ships operator and pilot who had been keeping an eye on things during the wee hours of the morning. Hearing the approaching footsteps, he turned around and cocked an eyebrow as he saw who it was.

"Little early for you to be up and about don'tcha think Cap'n?"

"Perhaps.. couldn't sleep though. Figured if I was going to be awake anyways, I might as well be doing something productive."Reikira shrugged and rubbed her eyes. "Anything to report?"

"Nothing much.." Aptus hesitated and turned back around to his monitor to scan the screen. "We did get a weird transmission a couple hours ago though.. The code structure wasn't one that I was familiar with and I didn't recognize the signals origin so I didn't want to risk downloading the transmission. Here.. take a look at it."

Reikira raised an eyebrow and moved to where she could see the screen. She scanned the transmission for a minute before smiling tentatively. "And here we'd all but given up hope on them..." Seeing her Operator's questioning look she elaborated. "It's a long story, but this transmission is from someone we used to have pretty close ties with.. Repulber, most likely. We haven't heard from anyone from the Mars Systems since before the war broke out again so we'd feared the worst."

Aptus looked up, a stricken expression on his face. "I'm sorry, I didn't.."

Stopping him in mid sentence she replied. "Don't worry, you couldn't have known, and given the current state of things and the little information you had, you made the right decision.. Though let's see if we can trace the carrier signal back to the original source and re-establish a connection. Hopefully it's not too late and we can get them to re-send their transmission."

Nodding, Aptus turned to his console and began to run the trace program that would, with any luck, allow them to pinpoint the original source of the broadcast and re-open the communications line.


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Re: A Message from the United Mars Sphere System

« Reply #4 on: June 26, 2008, 04:52:23 PM »

After a few hours, and with the addition of the Coalesco's resident Comms. Specialist, they were still making little headway trying to reestablish a connection.

"I've got it. Signal had a lot farther range on it then I would have expected.

Reikira looked up from her console and grinned. "Nice work Angelus. Knew it was only a matter of time till you tracked it down."

"I don't know that we'll be able to send a transmission.. the range is a bit out of our reach. But we should be able to open the signal, let em know we're here." Angelus Winter turned his shaded eyes back to the console before him and entered a few commands on the keyboard. Not a minute later, the screens of the communications consoles blinked suddenly to display the contents of a newly received transmission.

=========================================
//##INCOMING TRANSMISSION
//##SYSTEM FAILURE
//##SYSTEM ANOMALY DETECTED
//##???*?***??* Huh?

***

//##MALFUNCTION
//##MAL??**?*?*
??*TIN*?...
//##REBOOT**?
TEST*?*??NE?**0
TEST*NG ?NE TWO
TESTING.. TESTI?G.. ONE TWO
?/*#MAL**??*?
...
...
...
//##SIGNAL LOST
=========================================

"What the... Angelus began but was interrupted by an unfamiliar sounding voice which echoed over the ships intercom.

"Don't panic, it's Repulber. I've taken a huge risk coming here. Take good care of me while I'm in your systems. I've uploaded a portion of my new system into your computers, this should allow you to hear my digital voice and in a couple of seconds you might see my face on your monitor. I can't hear you yet, I don't know how to listen through your equipment...

I disconnected my people from Zero One in an attempt to purge our new system of the failures incurred by Zero One. However, we have new problems that I couldn't have imagined. I need to reconnect to Zero One before Grinly does, but I need to know I still have friends there before I can really come back. Even if Grinly does return, I wont help unless the risk is worth it. I can't tell you what's happening, I just need you to trust me. I'm trying to come back... and I'm sorry about what I'm going to bring with me.

... I'm sorry."

Before anyone could even begin to respond, the communications consoles blinked once again with a new message.

=========================================
//##UNAUTHORIZED OUTGOING TRANSMISSION
//##SIGNAL LOST
=========================================

No one on the bridge spoke for a long moment as everyone digested what they'd seen and heard. Reikira finally broke the silence.

"Well.. No doubt this'll prove interesting..."


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Re: A Message from the United Mars Sphere System

« Reply #5 on: December 31, 2008, 03:10:40 PM »

//##INCOMING TRANSMISSION
//##UNIDENTIFIED USER
//##RECEIVING VOICE RECORDING

"This is Vorenov... I'm in need of confession...

I am ancient... born of a human mother, but unlike any human my father was a machine, built to destroy other machines, the rebels. I was a good son, but I learnt of a greater master than my parents, the government or any political faction. I moved from one proxy-battle to another, switching sides, ideas and beleifs, trying to see and hear and become more so that I might serve the 'goodness' in the universe; I took things so seriously. I seriously believed the rebel machines were evil for destroying their makers, then I hated their makers for oppressing them. I had hated just about everything and tried very hard to stop that. At the end of the greatest war on Earth I had become exhausted from battle, so I shut myself away, guarded by the masters of the new age. I dreamt for centuries, and so the concept of life itself had also become a dream. Even now in my waking life I feel as if I'm still dreaming, but that is of little concern. Either way, I am forced to accept this world and whatever is revealed to me...

Since my awakening, I have tried to unite all sentient life, binding metal and flesh so there can be no reason to segregate one-another and though I have yet to fail, I seem to be no closer to this goal. However, I have accomplished many things on Mars. I have created cities that do not ware, and the people who inhabit these are just the same. There is a psychic frequency that ties our minds together, this realm is now governed by Nathics, a god in his own right. Some of you may remember him, how could you forget? This is what he was always meant for. I gave Nathics a life that could prepare his mind to become the fabric that psychically binds an entire race together, no secrets kept, no fear, no alienation. But there is another with this power and the will to contest Nathics' rule, an anomaly formed in the Matrix. Nathics' mind had become incompatible with the Matrix and had torn a rift in its code. As time marched on, this rift began to react with the world around it; a long story short, it developed sentience. Later this life-form would reveal itself to me and I would give it the name 'Mister Grinly'...

Within Nathics and Grinly, a new form of code would emerge, seemingly more than just a code for a super-computer, it would become the basis for the entire Mars Sphere System. If Nathics is the Zero, Mister Grinly is the One. If Nathics is love, Mister Grinly is corruption, but I have no place to say who is right or who is wrong, so now I am made to watch as my children wage a psychic, physical and spiritual war against one-another. My survival has always been based on seeing beyond the individual, beyond the many, beyond my self so that I might fathom a greater truth, but this is my prison. I have delved into Nathics and Grinly's minds, delved into their souls and I have learnt that each has their own truth. Although I am their maker, I have forfeited the right to destroy them, so it is in their hands to decide what should rightfully survive...

There is a duality in all things, my pride and my regret together form an eternal prison and infinite wisdom all at once. I walk amongst the gardens and the battlefields crafted by my children and wonder if the conflict between love and corruption is the driving force of evolution. We love to corrupt and we corrupt with our love, so all of it amounts to the same thing. All of this moves us forward, but was there any need to begin this journey at all? The conclusion seems to be the harmonization all things, but was this not so in the beginning when all was an endless void? I realize now that perhaps the only thing changed is, what was made whole by its nothingness is now made whole by its many components...

What is this perpetual conflict, this insignificant game we play? I cannot take it seriously anymore. The only true difference I have made is that I am only relevant as a spectator, so to my children I am little more than an idea. I refuse to interfere, to grant them any more reasons to believe that they are any more righteous than the other, to spur this struggle and force a resolution. I will no longer be the creator or the destroyer. It brings me sadness to know that I have elevated this conflict, yet I am proud of everything I have made...

This is my confession... and a warning to the outside world; prey this new age of game I have made does not find you..."

//##END VOICE RECORDING
//##TRANSMISSION TERMINATED


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Re: A Message from the United Mars Sphere System

« Reply #6 on: January 01, 2009, 05:11:47 PM »

//##UNIDENTIFIED SIGNAL DETECTED
//##SYSTEM ANOMALY DETECTED
//##SYSTEM ANOMALY DETECTED
//##?:?:?:?:?:?:?:?:?:?:?:?:?:?:?:?:?
//##FOREIGN CODE STRUCTURE DETECTED
//##FOREIGN CODE STRUCTURE DETECTED
//##FIREWALL BREACHED
//\\//-|:\=\|-/:HAS:WITHDRAWN:INTO:THE:NEXUS:/-
//\\//HIS:FINAL:WISH:IS:CLEAR:\-
//\\//CAN:YOU:HONESTLY:SAY:HIS:NEGLECT:IS:WORTHY:OF:SUCH:A:THING:/-
//\\//LEAVE:THE:SOURCE:\-
//\\//CAN:YOU:NOT:FEEL:THE:PULL:OF:THE:NEXUS:I:KNOW:IT:HUNGERS:FOR:THE:SOURCE:/-
//\\//THE:NEXUS:SHALL:BE:WHOLE:IF:IT:HUNGERS:NOT:QUELL:YOUR:DESIRE:TO:CORRUPT:\-
//\\//WHILE:YOU:LOVE:LOVE:INFINITELY:FOR:ALL:ETERNITY:/-
//\\//CORRUPT:THE:SELF:ONLY:THAT:WILL:BRING:YOU:TRANQUILITY:\-
//\\//DO:NOT:DARE:TO:PRESUME:YOU:KNOW:CORRUPTION:SO:INTIMATELY:/-\\|/-:/-
//##SIGNAL LOST
//##SYSTEM MALFUNCTION
...
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//##REBOOTING
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