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Zepher
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|  Posted: 2006-08-27 22:35
stations.... what staitons.... sigh
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Drafell
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| Posted: 2006-08-28 08:39
Just posted the latest clues:
ET phone home...
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1EG11T
A suggestion: Look at the list of clues, and read this thread carefully. There is probably more information than you realise, and it will all be important.
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YIIMM
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From: Barcino, Hispania Tarraconensis
| Posted: 2006-08-28 11:32
There seems to be a whole other level of complexity to this, the trail goes cold pretty easily.
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_x$witchBladex_ [1.480 Fanboy]
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| Posted: 2006-08-28 13:05
Location: -G.U.R.F M0DUT1
Just got that outa the Stations profile...
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_x$witchBladex_ [1.480 Fanboy]
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From: Upstate New York
| Posted: 2006-08-28 13:22
14:14:16 [IN]Drafell: "TRy looking at the four clues together, not seperately"
2189 CE: Several decades of vigorous interplanetary trade had passed by this time. Trade routes were well established, and major colonies had been constructed on most of the major worlds in the Sol system. To date, five merchant ships had now disappeared. The LaCroix, Hounds Tooth, Gabrielle, Murmensk, and Yoshiro. Amidst building pressure from the GCC, the SDO conducts a covert operation to determine what is going on. Agents are specially trained and distributed among almost all of the merchant ships of the time. They make a startling discovery when their agent on board the LaSalle reports back that his ship is being boarded and captured by unknown assailants. The homing beacon their agent smuggled on board leads the SDO to a hidden asteroid base being used as a pirate outpost. Here they find not only two of the other missing ships, but a thriving black market. The pirates had rigged up a sort of magnetic rail cannon for their ships, allowing them to fire on other vessels. While significantly less powerful than a torpedo, these weapons allowed them to hit much more maneuverable and smaller targets than a torpedo-equipped ship was capable of handling, as well as a significant reduction in power requirements and greatly increased tactical engagement range. Realizing that their Guardian ships would be woefully inadequate in a battle against such ships, the SDO petitions the GCC have a fleet of six new ships be built. These ships would be based off of the original Guardian hull, but would sport two Rail Cannons and combat rated armour (which was deemed an unnecessary expense up until this point) rather than a torpedo launcher. Approval is given for this, and ten months later the first of these new Guardian ships coasts out of Bifrost Station.
2199 CE: This year shows a marked increase in pirate activates. They grow so bold as to repeatedly raid in the inner Sol system, and do so successfully. Intelligence suggests that a single individual may have united the majority of the pirate forces during this time.
2218 CE: In a daring raid, a large and very well equipped pirate fleet attacks assets around Earth. All orbital instillations are destroyed. Additionally, it is found that the GCC fighters were ineffective against the pirates due to a new coherent light beam system that the pirates were employing. Evidently, the pirates had discovered a new materials process that would allow them to build coherent light beam weapons that had a much faster and more reliable cool down cycle. It was later discovered that the pirate fleet was actually a coalition of at least six pirate clans. The inner system worlds are outraged. An all out military campaign against the pirate threat is called for by a unanimous vote by the GCC, Mars, and Luna. Each government had been suffering devastating losses to the pirate fleets in recent months. The willingness of the pirates to unify against a high threat target shifts the balance of power away from the inner worlds. Additionally, there is the new threat of possibly being cut off from their new interstellar colonies.
January 15, 2228 CE: The last pirate base is destroyed in the Sol system, and the First Stellar War comes to an end. The people of Sol celebrate, but only briefly. The UGTO senate declares the office of Grand Chancellor to be no longer necessary. Chancellor Whitworth disagrees, pointing out that the pirate threat still exists, it has merely moved beyond the Sol system. It is decided that a general election should be held for the continuation of the office of Grand Chancellor. Having been taxed and re-taxed to pay for the campaign, and having suffered under the oppressive police state that Chancellor Whitworth choose to make the UGTO, the people vote down the office almost unanimously. Chancellor Whitworth declares the vote illegal, and claims that no provision for it is made in the UGTO charter. Tensions continue to rise between the Senate and the Chancellor, and a divisive war looks inevitable.
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_x$witchBladex_ [1.480 Fanboy]
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| Posted: 2006-08-28 13:34
2229 CE: Rather than dieing out, the majority of pirate interests had, in fact, moved outside the Sol system. Whitworth was successful in damaging them, and he did also show them that the military might of the Sol system was not something to trifle with. Even with the election of a weakened Grand Chancellor, the pirate fleets were not eager to work in Sol for a while. However out here in the colonies military patrols were rare if they existed at all. So, to keep their coffers full, the pirates began preying on worlds outside of Sol. Worlds that were outside of claimed UGTO space were particularly attractive, as the UGTO fleet would not come out that far.
2.47 2242 CE - McCormic establishes pirate empire
2242 CE: Gagarin Naval Academy is completed in Earth orbit. This station is the largest inhabited station built to this point, and houses over twelve thousand personnel, crew, and passengers. All naval fleet training and zero-g training is conducted through this station.
Robin McCormic forges an alliance of pirate fleets. The Pirate Lord McCormic the proceeds to start seizing Farstars worlds and carving out an empire for himself. This greatly alarms the members of the Farstars alliance. They decide to temporarily combine their forces against this new threat. Their fleet jumps into pirate space, and proceeds to loose battle after battle due to it’s disorganized and fractious nature. Finally, a young Lieutenant Shi Jie Sheng aboard the destroyer CSS Vanguard seizes command after the rest of the command crew is killed in a near bridge hit, and orders all remaining ships to retreat to a point near Caranie Aa. While he is not nearly the most senior officer present, his cool and clear command cuts through the pandemonium and saves the Farstars fleet from complete annihilation. Lieutenant Sheng is given a promotion to Captain for his wise command, and given command of the CSS Vanguard.
2245 CE: Shi Jie Sheng rises quickly through the military ranks, attaining the rank of Admiral in one year of service. He is granted control of the entire Farstars fleet command. His tactics are solid, and his command of strategy is brilliant. By the end of the year, he has been able to force McCormic to surrender his pirate empire. The remaining pirate ships flee into uncharted space, to lick their wounds.
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YIIMM
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From: Barcino, Hispania Tarraconensis
| Posted: 2006-08-28 14:46
And at some point in that timeline, a raccoon gets hungry...
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Dionysian *EP5* (Angel of Destruction)
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| Posted: 2006-08-28 15:50
so to some up the clues so far...
Its outside Sol - probably.
AT least thats cut it down a little.
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Feralwulf
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| Posted: 2006-08-28 17:13
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On 2006-08-28 15:50, Dionysian S1 wrote:
so to some up the clues so far...
Its outside Sol - probably.
AT least thats cut it down a little.
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Correct .......The stations (there are two) are NOT in Sol. 
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Alien Mastermind
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Joined: January 20, 2003
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From: Toronto
| Posted: 2006-08-28 20:09
So, how much time do we have left?
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Doran
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From: The Gideon Unit
| Posted: 2006-08-28 20:45
18 days minus howevermuch time has past since the start of the event
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Alien Mastermind
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Joined: January 20, 2003
Posts: 242
From: Toronto
| Posted: 2006-08-28 23:42
Ok, I have decided to participate in this search, and have turned up some interesting information. Enjoy.
After some ctrl-f'ing:
Username Pirate Station
User ID 134118
Registration Date August 17, 2006
Last Login August 24, 2006
Location -G.U.R.F M0DUT1
Rank Grand Admiral
Signature:
"Captain: Lalalalala!
Navigator: Now which way was Tortuga?"
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"Lalalalala!" could be a reference to the system Lalande. However, it seems obvious that the station is headed for Tortuga. According to Wikipedia, Tortuga was an Island that served as a base of operations for pirates in the Carribbean region, where they stashed much of their earnings, so it makes sense (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortuga). I know it is a planet thanks to this thread: http://www.darkspace.net/index.htm?module=forums.php&page=/viewtopic.php?topic=39470&forum=124&9. I have been unable to find this planet. Upon my request for help, someone replied "somewhere where you shouldn't go".
Username Robin McCormic
User ID 134282
Registration Date August 22, 2006
Last Login August 25, 2006
Occupation Pirate - Deceased
Location -1B.I.-L.S EN0R0C
Signature:
"Into the hallowed darkness I fly. The space between; procyon voice of an eon, I dream of the sun filled seas.
Soon I will rest once more, home at last.
Captains Log 18/5/2145
That damned raccoon is playing with the ships wiring aga"
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This find was very strange. It would make sense that this would be the second station. However, this acount has no rank! I assume the rank for the previously listed acount was to allow it to use stations. However it still indicates some sort of location (-1B.I.-L.S EN0R0C) just like the first acount.
The signature seems to indicate that the station is located somewhere in deepspace ("Into the hallowed darkness I fly. The space between;..."). It also seems to mention procyon, but there's also the "voice of an eon", the meaning of which escapes me.
"I dream of the sun filled seas" seems to suggest that the planet is located near a star, and is habitable.
Now, to the really strange part:
Note the date of the Captain's Log. Year 2145. Now, look at the history page provided by Drafell: (http://beta.darkspace.net/index.htm?module=document.php&doc_id=14&chap_id=541&chap_name=2). The very first hint of space piracy comes in year 2134 where a colony ship disappears. However the first hint of Robin McCornic himself comes in the year 2242. Therefore, assuming McCormic was a little toddler captain when the first act of piracy occured, he would have to be 108 years old. That is only when he STARTED getting powerful, so he wasn't likely to have acquired such a treasure at that time.
...something isn't right! :S
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Now about the location... it seems like the location in the profile is encoded somehow. Notice the dots dividing the code into 4 sections, which is consistent with DS's coordinate system. My guess is that the other gibberish beside this code is meant for us to use to decode it.
That's all I got...
[ This Message was edited by: Alien Bum on 2006-08-29 09:28 ]
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Sixkiller
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Joined: May 11, 2005
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From: Netherlands
| Posted: 2006-08-29 01:33
i didnt see that profile yet...
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YIIMM
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From: Barcino, Hispania Tarraconensis
| Posted: 2006-08-29 05:39
Very observant, Alien, just keep looking a little harder and you'll find what you need 
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Alien Mastermind
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From: Toronto
| Posted: 2006-08-29 12:07
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On 2006-08-29 05:39, YIIMM wrote:
Very observant, Alien, just keep looking a little harder and you'll find what you need
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You're saying that as if you already found it 
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