Archival Science in a Post-War Simulation


Archival Science Databanks

Communications intercept. Transmission detected Tue 31st of Mar 2009 at 06:16 PM by Ioffryd. Communique follows:



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[Team] Vogt: Never had that much fun in a meeting. At least Cypherites are entertaining.
GamiSB: We knew they had found some Machine file and we had cracked it way back when. Turned out to be about the 500k sens you gusy have should the truce break.
[Team] MysticTravi: This is true...
Vogt: Ok. Please take back the "you" in your sentence.
GamiSB: Okay, turned out to be about 500k sentinals the machines have a file on 1kilometer outside Zion.
GamiSB: Better?
Vogt: I'd rather say the General.
Vogt: Every hint points at him.
GamiSB: hey your mainframe bud.
CrimsonV: You'd rather say it, but is it true?
GamiSB: And if you had known about that why didnt Zion.
Vogt: We didn't. Learning about such things from Zion isn't fun.
Vogt: The Sentinels aren't in our control.
[Team] Beachhead: I will tell you one thing, i will not stand here and be embarrassed by these Zionites. We must maintain the upper hand in these negotiations.
GamiSB: Heh, yeah right, ok.
Oldskool2814: At least this group.
Vogt: Thanks Oldskool.
SoIitude: *smiles* what a croc
Lone010: Then, we have all a problem then...
Vogt: You see, the General isn't really working for the Machines.
GamiSB: So if there not yours help me with something here.
Vogt: He is definitely going against our views.
GamiSB: Why the F**k was that info found in a MACHINE data bank?
Psyverus: Don't turn this into a hostile meeting..
Vogt: I always seen him as an enemy.
Oldskool2814: Watch the mouth Gami.
MindsweepX: Please keep it to the topic...
Siga: Its already hostile. There is an army pointed right at Zion. Pretty hostile don't you agree?
MysticTravi: The General, if I'm not mistaken, is an exiled program...therefore he used to be a Machine program
Vogt: This isn't an hostile meeting. We want to set things straigth, to see that we're with you for that.
Vogt: That's what we think MysticTravi.
Psyverus: There's a difference between this meeting and what's going on out there. Keep it civil.
SoIitude: your all as bad as each other..quit bickering
*Vogt nods.*
MindsweepX: Vogt, please tell us, what you have in mind about this meeting.
Vogt: To show you that the actions of the General aren't ours.
SoIitude: can you prove it
Oldskool2814: Yo kiddies, fact is, we didn't put these squids on your doorstep, and frankly, we'd like to help you sweep up.
Vogt: Even if the General and the Sentinels might have been linked to us, this time, it's not the same.
MindsweepX: And you ask for us to work togethere right?
Psyverus: You'll understand if we need a little more than just your word on that, right?
Vogt: Work together, I don't know, but at least have the same understanding.
ThomasA1979: Can I say something?
SoIitude: now we're getting somewhere
Oldskool2814: How about this... Ask yourselves, what do we have to gain by breaking the truce?
Lone010: Excuse me, but how was he able to gather 500K sentinels ?
Psyverus: Wel
CrimsonV: Great question Lone.
Oldskool2814: No disrespect intended, but what do you think the Commandos are?
Lone010: that must be a big "leak" of materials for 01, so, how can it be possible ?
Vogt: It's tough to answer. We know that this is indeed a greaty quantity, or as I heard it, one for each citizen of Zion.
GamiSB: Old programs used during the first war.
Oldskool2814: With the truce, 01 lost it's use for about 70% of the Sentinel army.
CrimsonV: The commandos left their squiddy bodies to become exiles here, right? So how did they just get them back? I thought the Machines decomissioned most of them.
Vogt: We know that during the war, half the number of squids in place would have been enough to destroy Zion.
xWarAngelx: Mr Vogt may I ask, Why was the Information about the 500k Sentinals in a machine Mainframe to start with...and why was Zion not told?!
Vogt: Are you aware that this week was the first time since what, 2-3 months that we have heard about the General?
MindsweepX: yeah..
MysticTravi: All of us, including Zion, was pretty sure he had disappeared
xWarAngelx: Please tell us!
Vogt: He did us enough trouble by bringing the vials to the surface.
MysticTravi: It's hard to keep tabs on a program as clever as the General...
Vogt: I don't know sir. I don't ahve any control over the content of the Machines' systems.
CrimsonV: No, its the first time WE've heard about the General in a few months. The Machines are obviously tracking him.
CrimsonV: He declared war on the system, remember?
xWarAngelx: and where is he?
Vogt: Maybe the machines, but not the Machines.
Oldskool2814: We can't track what isn't there.
Vogt: Me and the operatives work for the truce. We have no control at all over these things. Like you, we deal with fragments of information.
MysticTravi: There is probably no telling what goes on behind closed doors...
SoIitude: hes gotta slip up sooner or later
Vogt: But for now, the fragments are good enough to all point to a sudden decision from the General to cause a ruckus.
CrimsonV: Not all of your operatives ork for the truce...
CrimsonV: *work
Oldskool2814: Nor do yours.
MindsweepX: But we need to do something about this..General and his commandos. Whatever we are a machine, EPN or zion.
Vogt: Of course. Alas, we, operatives, can't do much.
CrimsonV: *aside to Oldskool* All of mine do, yes.
*MysticTravi nods.*
Vogt: I'm sure that most of you would have refused the deal that Niobe was offered.
MindsweepX: We had no choice..
Vogt: Indeed.
Vogt: But when our leaders make bad choices, should we just stay idle and shut up?
Vogt: We have voiced our opinion against our leaders' desire to side with Cypherites.
Psyverus: And how'd that end?
MysticTravi: In the end, all we can is give our opinions...
Vogt: In the past, you should have been more vocal about your association with the General.
CrimsonV: Some of us were.
CrimsonV: Can't change now.
SoIitude: that was then..now is now
Vogt: Yes.
fancore: has this got anythig todo with you putin part of neo's rsi bk in to the matrix?
Oldskool2814: You can't change the past, but you can sure as hell learn from it.
Vogt: Just to say that now, if the machines are behind this menace on Zion, we are against it.
MindsweepX: We did Vogt..we did say that to Serenath and Niobe.
Vogt: Alright.
MysticTravi: Then that's all you could have done
Vogt: And where is he by the way?
Vogt: You shouldn't have a liaison officer to answer our questions?
MindsweepX: yes we should..
Oldskool2814: And then mobs of you helped to train Commandos anyway.
CrimsonV: *coughs quietly*
Vogt: Bad for you...
MindsweepX: I try to contact Concent many times..
*ViralMarauder shrugs indifferently.*
*S7acy coughs.*
*CrimsonV coughs.*
Vogt: Anyway.
Oldskool2814: Oldskool2814 gives S7acy a coughdrop.
Vogt: So that's it for Sentinels. Commandos now.
Vogt: This week, Tetragrammaton operatives witnessed a massive ambush by Commandos.
CrimsonV: On who?
Vogt: The exile program Raini was apparently behind this. Merovingian operatives were ambushed en masse.
Acidtwin: That was only becasue they don'T understand the word "sneak"
Vogt: This is the first significant display of force by the Commandos in months.
Vogt: I don't know, I wasn't there.
SoIitude: whats the general to gain out ofthis ?
Psyverus: Do we know why they did it?
Vogt: Chaos.
[Team] MysticTravi: You wish to elaborate on that, Beachhead?
SoIitude: it cant be that simple
Vogt: Putting each one against each other.
MysticTravi: Think about it
SoIitude: maybe
MysticTravi: He pulls the sentinel army to the gates of Zion
[Team] Beachhead: My report was posted on the 01 network.
ViralMarauder: if we are spread thin there are more chances for him to break through...
Vogt: It is simple. Destabilizing all of us, regardless of organization so he can put his pawns easily.
MysticTravi: Makes tensions with the Zion and Machines
SoIitude: theres always something in it for someone
Oldskool2814: Well, there's alot of tension between the Merv and the local gangs.
Acidtwin: If the general had access to the cheat codes... What other great powers could he be hiding from us ?
[Team] MysticTravi: Yes, I know...just was wondering if you wanted to elaborate to our Zionite 'friends' here?
[Team] Beachhead: I could if it is needed.
Acidtwin: and where are they coming from
Vogt: He has a lot of ressources apparently.
Vogt: Commandos? Like it was said earlier, we suspect them to be exiled Sentinel programs.
Oldskool2814: I think he's yanking strings, to upset the Merv organization, just like he used imposter Agents, to screw with us.
Acidtwin: were those sentinels exiled on purpose ?
Beachhead: And just as the General helped you, he may now be helping fellow non-merovingian exiles. To strengthen his army.
Vogt: So, stealing our case and making the Anome fiasco linked to us. Menacing Zion. Assaulting the Merovingian, and using helicopters to make propaganda against him.
MindsweepX: But we don't know that Beachhead?
MindsweepX: or do we?
MysticTravi: As I said, he's clever...
Beachhead: That is speculation based on the available evidence.
MysticTravi: You go, gain the trust of those you think you could backstab with no problem
Psyverus: But why go through all of this trouble? Just to gid rid of Zion?
MysticTravi: Gain their trust, like he did with Zion
Lone010: But that "Anemone fiasco" do serve you well, isnt it ?
xWarAngelx: xWarAngelx pulls out a bottle of brandy...and takes a sip....
MysticTravi: Then, when the time is right...spring the trap...
Vogt: What He's trying to do is to make Zion think we are behind this.
ViralMarauder: why do it himself when he could get us to do it to ourselves...
MindsweepX: Sound like him...i wish we had Niobe here to explain something.
Oldskool2814: He's not after just Zion... He's looking to screw us all.
Psyverus: But I mean.. what's his ultimate goal? Say it gets it done? What's the point? What's he trying to do?
MysticTravi: Lone, as far as I know, that fiasco did not serve any organization well, except his own
Beachhead: One might also speculate, that the general may be trying to restart the war. To give his soldiers purpose again. The General is a dangerous, and intelligent program. He knows how to manipulate people, organizations, the matrix, everything.
Lone010: oh really Mystic ?
Ioffryd: The General is programmed for war. That's all he knows. That's what he wants.
MysticTravi: Well, let's see here: It was Zion that nabbed the case, that was STOLEN from the Machines
Ioffryd: It's his... purpose.
Lone010: They have their excuse to ask for what they always wanted to gain access...Zion mainframe.
MysticTravi: The general gives them a key to open the case, they end up with both
Beachhead: Atleast we ask...
Oldskool2814: Yeah... they asked... they didn't take.
MysticTravi: They open the case, Anome shoots Niobe, and all went to hell after that
MysticTravi: And we did everyone a favor when he was eliminated by removing a set of VERY dangerous vials
MysticTravi: But this is not the topic on hand, let's refocus please...
Vogt: I hope it's now clearer that the Machine organization shouldn't be held responsible about all this.
Acidtwin: Travi the codes were as dangerous to as as they we're to you
GamiSB: Of corse I mean they onyl made the vials and General. Shit if they are to blame.
Acidtwin: us*
MysticTravi: They were dangerous to everyone
Oldskool2814: Gami, watch the mouth.
MysticTravi: But they are back into the hands of the Machines now, and not to be used again by willing humans such as ourselves
BadBones: The Machines should learn how to get rid of useless programs. Unless they are keeping him for a reason.
Vogt: The vials will be taken care of, don't worry.
Beachhead: We exist to purge the matrix of the dangerous programs and various issues that plague this system. We are not here to create more. The General is now part of this problem, and we will do everything that we can to eliminate that threat.
GamiSB: Oh thats you oldskool? couldnt see your face while you were sucking Vogts dick
Vogt: Thanks Beachhead.
Juleus: ...
ViralMarauder: if he has gone rogue, there may not be anything the machines can do.
ThomasA1979: Hey! Let's calm down now!
Beachhead: Preserving the truce, and protecting Zion from The General's twisted goals.
Juleus: Nice Gami
Vogt: I think Beachhead's comment will be our last one.
Vogt: Thanks for your presence.
Catzi: *holds up a curse jar to Gami**
*Vogt bows his head.*
Catzi: pay up
[Team] MysticTravi: Count on EPN...
*MysticTravi bows his head.*
Psyverus: Hmm.
Oldskool2814: Wow, Gami! That was impressive! You didn't even have to stop and suck your thumb! Good for you!
GamiSB: GamiSB drops in a quarter.
MysticTravi: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen..
[Team] Ioffryd: And the Gamster in particular
Acidtwin: beachhead thats what zion wanted to hear... Thank you
Juleus: bad comeback
**At this point, Vogt and the Machinist operatives left the meeting.**
Hisagawa: Well now...
Hisagawa: That was interesting.
Acidtwin: yes
Acidtwin: 90% spam
*Juleus waves to Vogt.*
BadBones: Well, Well, Well
Hisagawa: I'm trying to sift thru it all.
*You bow your head to Vogt.*
Distephano: not even a cookie?
ViralMarauder: question...
*S7acy bows her head to Vogt.*
Hisagawa: I was hoping for some cheesecake
BadBones: Not even a slice of pie!
[Team] Vogt: Bad conclusion for them, but it was to them to not allow idiots around.
[Team] Beachhead: Gami should be more carefull, someone might take that as offensive.
[Team] Beachhead: Such as, me.
[Team] NataI1a: i think he was looking for that
[Team] MysticTravi: I'm sure he was...
[Team] MysticTravi: That was very uncalled for...
[Team] Vogt: Indeed.
[Team] Vogt: Alright, we told what we had to tell.
*S7acy shakes Vogt's hand.*
[Team] MysticTravi: I suppose all we can is leave it at that, Zion won't believe it until they see it...
[Team] Vogt: Thanks for coming.
*S7acy bows her head to Vogt.*
[Team] Beachhead: Anyime.
[Team] Ioffryd: Thank you sir, for helping us communicate with them.
[Team] NataI1a: sure Sir
[Team] Beachhead: Anytime.*
[Team] MysticTravi: Anytime, Mr. Vogt
[Team] Vogt: Goodbye.
[Team] Bittype: goodbye sir
[Team] MysticTravi: Good evening, sir
[Team] Ioffryd: Thank you all. Good evening.
*Your mission team has been disbanded!*
*You are no longer in a Mission Team.*
*Your mission team has been disbanded!*
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