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[edit] Timeline of Events

The Terminator is a bold storyline that makes some intriguing, and complicated, statements about time travel, the future of humanity. There have been 3 wide release movies released (in 1984, 1991, and 2003) each incporating some variation of events in the timeline due to meddling from the future. There have also been official comics, graphic novels, and more released in the Terminator universe. The new TV series on Fox, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles raises some questions about how it fits in to the existing canon of past franchise releases. The director has stated that he's writing the series as if Terminator 3 'never happened'.

[edit] Part 0 - Terminator franchise timeline

Below is one of the best overviews I've found summarizing a possible outline of events since the franchise began. (note: it's not official, but a Terminator fan's interpretation - originally posted here by 'Kanten')

After being delayed in T2, Judgment Day occurs in 2004. With a basic army already supplied and more modern technology, Skynet makes accelerated progress in taking a majority of the planet ,and develops the time machine two years earlier circa 2027. Skynet returns to its original plan, dispatching a Terminator to 1999. Tech-Com successfully seizes the machine for a brief period and dispatches an engineer to 1963. The ripple effect eventually leads to Sarah's cancer remaining dormant. The resistance sends units to 1999 and 2007 before Skynet regains control.

Timeline 1:
  • 1997: Skynet Defense Network goes online, and triggers a nuclear war, leaving 3 billion dead.
  • 2029: Skynet sends two Terminators to 1984 and 1995 to effectively eliminate John Connor. Tech-Com sends Kyle Reese and a reprogrammed T-800 (movie T1) resulting in...

Timeline 2:
  • 1984: Sarah Connor and Kyle Reese successfully defeat the T-800.
  • 1985: John Connor is born.
  • 1995: The T-1000 is destroyed by the Connors and the T-800. All current Skynet research is destroyed. (movie T2)
  • 1997: Sarah Connor dies of leukemia.
  • 2004: Robert Brewster and CRS activate the Skynet Defense Network, triggering the events of Judgment Day (movie T3).
  • (2032): Skynet sends the T-X to 2004. The following events shorten the war to 2027.
  • 2027: Skynet completes its time machine and dispatches a Terminator to 1999 (TSCC). Tech-Com sends its own, plus a technician to 1963 resulting in...

Timeline 3:
  • 1963: The Tech-Com technician uses future knowledge to construct a time machine in the Security Trust of Los Angeles' bank vault.
  • 1984: Events of T1 happen as originally.
  • 1995: Events of T2. Sarah Connor shows no signs of illness in the following period (possibly due to something 'The Engineer' did? This may also affect Brewster and CRS' triggering of Skynet in T3, as John would still be with Sarah, and leading events would play out differently).
  • 1999: 'Cromartie' attempts to terminate John Connor, but the plan is thwarted by the reprogrammed Terminator (Cameron). The Connors and the Terminator travel to 2007.
  • 2007: *current*

[edit] Part 1 - Rabbithole/Pregame (Enitech and The Gardner Project)

( Autumn 2007 - January 13, 2008 :: View the detailed timeline of events here )


EniTech Research Laboratories created a website to bring their latest research- The Gardner Project to the public. Their research has developed a 'tachyon camera' - a camera that takes pictures of future. A video blog on youtube raised a ruckus from people calling it fake, a hoax - but we knew better. An early blog post on their site referenced Cyberdyne, linking it to Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles TV show on Fox, which has an extended reality / viral site Takebackthefuture.com.


The tachyon camera produces pictures of tachyons (theoretical particles that travel backwards through time), photos estimated to be about 1193 days to the future; 1193 is also the number the counter of TBTF.com seems to be counting to. January 13 saw the premiere of the TV show - and the day the counter read 1193.


Pictures revealed so far by Enitech show a chaotic, destroyed future San Francisco, including newspaper headlines claiming viral outbreaks, hospitals closing, and more. We even see an image of an enormous machine clutching a school bus. These are ideas posted in response to Enitech's request for ideas for photo to take with their special camera.


Other notable events:

- First appearance of mysterious Zoltan Gerts
- Experimental photo of Jacob Gustar now and 3 years from now

[edit] Part 2 - Miles Dyson: In memoriam

( January 13 - January 18, 2008 :: View the detailed timeline of events here )


Frank Bentley responds to endless enquiries about Cyberdyne - that it hasn't existed since 1991 when it was attacked (circa Terminator 2). But he points people towards a trust foundation set up in his 'late friend's memory' - Miles Dyson - which led people to Dysontrust.org.


We learn that Dyson Trust was created in 1997, with the remaining assets of Cyberdyne Systems. The Trust was to award one private new project per year with a research grant "to explore new applications of the latest scientific theory". The latest project was granted in 2007, to Enitech Research Labs, led by Dr. Frank Bentley and Anna Kies. Dyson's site also has memorial bio of Miles Dyson. Those wishing to make a proposal for Dyson's annual grant can email submissions@dysontrust.org. A secure section also exists, but no login is known.


Mike, an Enitech team member, posts a photo of Anna at her desk on the blog. A close inspection of the photo shows a piece of paper resting against the window. What's written on it is puzzling, and people begin trying to solve her code - Anna's way of reminding herself what her username and login is for Dyson's secure project page.


January 16th, the next photo developed by Enitech of a nearby neighborhood, shows a frightening future - an enormous machine is gripping the remains of a schoolbus. The next day, Anna reacts to consistent attempts at hacking her login, by scolding the site's readers. Unfortunately for her, Mike hadn't cleared the whiteboard behind her, and it contained sufficient pieces of information to lead to the discovery of Anna's login and password to Dyson's secure section.


The project's secure page contains details about the origin of the The Gardner Project, as well as a letter from Dyson's Lawrence Kelly, rejecting and redirecting a previous proposal, the Centurion Project, to the DoD. Also included are images of four sheets that look like punchcards. Their meaning is unknown.

[edit] Part 3 - Red eye

( January 18 - January 21, 2008 :: View the detailed timeline of events here )


Dyson's secure project section reveals information about Enitech's device's origins - a man approached the Trust with a device - a camera, that he found and was instructed to give to "Enitech Laboratories". At the time, the lab didn't exist, so Dyson accepted the device, studied it, and granted Frank his proposal to form Enitech Labs.


Anna and Mike travel to the supposed location of the initial device's discovery. Having accepted the fact that her secure account had been hacked and the device's data revealed, she and Mike filmed for the blog and explained what they knew of the punchcards that were submitted with the camera - they believe them hold the locations of other similar devices. Suffice to say, analysis of the punchcards began.


BUT - not before an approaching figure caused Anna and Mike to flee the scene. Just as they were about to drive away, the figure appeared at their window, but wasn't able to stop them. Three days later, a new blog was posted containing a high resolution image of the stalker.


The same day, Enitech received a mysterious email from someone claiming to belong to "The Resistance". It contained a message and a few lines of encrypted text. The message said we had the pad, and the two encrypted lines were two locations. Studying, then decrypting the clues, solved the puzzle, revealing two locations - a park in Granada Hills, CA, and a grocery store in New York. But, two locations were still missing.

[edit] Part 4 - Firing Canons

( January 22 - January 24, 2008 :: View the detailed timeline of events here )


vpisteve was the first to make the trek to a drop point. He was nearest the Granada Hills location in California. After two attempts, he was able to locate the package on the ground, which included what appeared to be a small modified camera, with a few accessories including a compass.


Later the same day, a report came in to the Cyberdyne Facebook group from the man named Zoltan Gerts. He described his experience with the camera. Leaving work, a man met up with him - wearing a hood, skiing mask and goggles; the man, calling himself Bill, told him that he was "an associate" of his father (who Zoltan hadn't heard from in a decade). Bill gave Zoltan the package, and mumbled about a 'rogue resistance cell', and 'compromising the integrity of the code'. Zoltan's package was identical to vpisteves, save an additional note which read: "Face North. Take a photograph. Contact Enitech Research."


The next day, vpisteve received a communication through his flickr account (where he posted images of the Granada Hills drop) from an account named "The Resistance". The message told steve that if he was still in possession of the device/camera, he should contact them immediately for further instructions. And to be careful. After contacting them, he was told to go to the Security Trust of Los Angeles, and take a photo of Box A117.


When Steve was able to make the trip to the bank, he was unable to enter the vault with the camera to take the photo, so he did what he could, and photographed the outside of the bank instead; he sent the photo, along with its GPS coordinates, to Enitech as instructed. Apparently they'd been in contact with the Resistance as well, and were told to process the image taken with steve's device.


He was then sent a short affirmative message from the Resistance: Excellent work.

[edit] Part 5 - Resistance isn't futile

( January 24 - January 25, 2008 :: View the detailed timeline of events here )


RSS readers chirped at a new item - The Resistance had posted a new image in their Flickr account. It was a collage of newspaper clippings, of articles related to robotics and cybernetics from around the world. One strange thing stood out though - the central article, while written in dutch, had a noticably numeric paragraph of text - numerous pairs of digits, and only numbers 0-5. It stumped everyone.


The next day, the Enitech team shared their next official video blog, explaining the current state of the Gardner Project. They explain that the images they've been developing from their device appear to be of events approximately 1179 days in the future. The team is noticably distressed - understandably so, seeing what appears to be certain devastation in the city's future.


Unbeknownst to the team, however, the video on the site flickers with out of place frames. A quick analysis to extract the single frames revealed messages, likely from the Resistance, including an email address takebackthefuture@gmail.com, and one saying The Turk is not dead. The Turk, it was discovered, was an advanced chess-playing package of software that a man named Andy Goode developed back in 2007. It was supposedly destroyed by Sarah Connor before proving itself for fear that it was far too advanced, and posed a threat of becoming the antagonistic artificial intelligence bent on destroying humanity in the future.


Someone seemed to think The Turk was not destroyed.


Not only that, one frame appeared to be a police photograph taken of Jacob Gustar - the team member asked to pose in front of a wall 3 years into the future, who didn't make it for the scheduled time. This crime photograph was of his body, murdered. Asked about Jacob's safety, Enitech said he was alive and well.


Contact was made with the new email address, and the first response was a second set of number pairs - the 3rd and 4th camera locations. Then, when asked about the new crime photo, the full original photo was revealed - and the date it was taken: April 11, 2008 - 2 1/2 months in the future.

[edit] Part 6 - Hexed

[edit] January 25, 2008

[edit] January 27, 2008

  • catherwood managed to reverse-engineer the latest two numeric puzzles, revealing the locations of the final two cameras - Lago Vista, by Austin, TX, and by a baseball field in Orland, FL.

[edit] January 28, 2008

  • New Enitech blog post: 2nd recovered device image. From the New York City device.
    Zoltan sent in his photo from NY, with a little info passed on from his contact "Bill". He was given coordinates to photograph from, and to face north. He sent two photos - one with a compass in the frame and one without. Enitech processed and displayed the latter. In the frame, for the second time, is a "RESIST" plaque with another symbol (this one differs from the first, revealed in Steve's bank vault photo earlier). Thus we may be looking at another puzzle.

[edit] Part 7 - The hunt part 2

[edit] January 29, 2008

  • RoseKitty retrieves the Austin, TX resistance package, takes a north-facing photo with the camera, and submits it to Enitech. Photos of the drop are on her flickr.
  • New Enitech blog post: 3rd Recovered Device Image. From Texas
    rosekitty, aka Ellie, had her photo from the Texas camera processed (the image she submitted was already loaded on the camera, oddly)

[edit] January 30, 2008

  • A series of emails were sent from the Resistance after 3am Eastern, each growing more urgent, containing increasing amounts of the message below:
there is one more device remaining.

skynet is coming now.

warn enitech.

no more time left. (previously: only hours left)

Attached were photos of the exact deaddrop location for the last resistance package in Orland FL, seeming to verify the GPS coordinates that were given.
  • A short time later, Made@Dark manages to retrieve the final resistance package from Orlando, FL. It also contains the same contents as the previous packages, with a photo pre-existing on the memory card. (all photos available on his photobucket)
  • Takebackthefuture.com is updated with video clips and a series of specific countdown numbers interspersed throughout the clips: 2739, 1987, 1920, 1975, 7542, 0232, 1206.
  • New EniTech blog entry: Jan 30, 2008 - Warnings.
    Enitech clears the air and lets people know they've received the warnings about the old Cyberdyne project (Skynet) and a potential security threat to an employee. They are staying alert.

[edit] January 31, 2008

  • An email was received by TimonyCrickets from Frank in response to his emailed warning:
Thanks for the warning Timony. We'll keep our eyes open. Tomorrow morning I'll talk to the security staff at our building about the issue.
  • New EniTech blog entry: Jan 31, 2008 - Webcam footage recorded hours ago.
    A video is posted of a webcam conversation between Mike and Anna. The outlook does not look good for Mike. However, Mike reveals what may be the key for understanding the RESIST symbols - a form of neural network diagram. They also ask anyone to email them with information if it's known.
  • An email was received by Punchline from Frank in response to his emailed information:
We use an electronic keycard system and yes, the building automatically locks up after 6:30pm. Investigators are still working to figure out exactly how and why the intruder gained access without force.

[edit] February 08

[edit] February 1, 2008

  • An email was received by thebruce from Enitech after emailing with condolences and and information:
We are still struggling to overcome the loss and it will be hard to overcome. Our team is working to salvage the work that Mike was doing for us. He was in the process of processing the 4th image and we are working to find out what's on it.

[edit] February 2, 2008

[edit] February 4, 2008

tell the others

they have all the pieces

[edit] February 5, 2008

No, send them to someone who can use them
(re: Mike's neural network idea)

Actually Ben, I think Mike was right.

(later)
You know I have to be honest, neural networks are kind of out of our league. If you feel like you have something working from those Resist diagrams, you should send it to the Dyson Trust. They can probably tell you more accurately if it works.

[edit] February 6, 2008

The pyramid idea intrigues us. Has anyone tried assembling the diagram in three dimensions?

[edit] February 7, 2008

Why not just construct it as a basic pyramid shape? I'd be curious to see what that looks like.

[edit] February 8, 2008

  • New EniTech blog entry: Feb 8, 2008 - Mike's notes.
    A couple of note sheets found on Mike's desk after his murder are posted for review, including a new circular diagram that seems somehow related to the pyramid diagram. Mike seemed to believe the symbols formed a 3D pyramid.
  • An email was received by resistor from the Resistance regarding a new danger:
There is another SkyNet terminator on the loose. It is not Cromartie. He is looking to kill everyone from Enitech. He is missing most of his skin after an explosion last night at one of our Oakland safe houses. 2 of our men were killed. Anna is the next target.
  • thebruce reveals events leading up to BlueCom. He sent a small photo of a folded pyramid using a transparency copy of the symbol diagram in its triangular layout. See BlueCom for more information about the Dyson Foundation's latest project.

[edit] February 10, 2008

  • New EniTech blog entry: Feb 10, 2008 - First a device to see the future, now Russian scientists at Steklov Mathematical Institute work on a way to travel there
    An article from the Daily Mail is quoted, reported on new Russion technology that may become the world's first time machine. (link)
  • Coordinates from Mike's notes are believed to be the required six entry values for BlueCom. (however no variation of these produces a 'correct' answer)
    CA) 34.261553 -118.496448 (vpisteve's camera location?)
    NY) 40.714924 -73.991906 (zoltan's photo location?)
    FL) 28.683445 -81.396604 (madeatdark's camera location)
    TX) 30.474281 -97.985428 (rosekitty's camera location)
    SF) 37.947057 -122.570434 (San Fran camera location?)
    SF) +37° 53' 39.28", -122° 31' 41.60" (the building Jake's crime scene photo was taken in)

[edit] February 11, 2008

  • Emails sent to Enitech regarding user-submitted photo submissions are replied to, indicating Anna has been unreachable.
Thanks so much for your submission. We will have Anna process it as soon as I can get a hold of her. We haven't been able to reach her all day.
  • New EniTech blog entry: Feb 11, 2008 - Email warnings
    Anna has been working elsewhere, but warnings sent by email to Enitech have been passed on, including the recent warning from the resistance about the other Terminator.
  • New EniTech blog entry: Feb 11, 2008 - Enitech users joining Dyson Trust for the BlueCom AI initiative; Create animated diagram of neural network from the future
    Enitech shares that Dyson is now accepting applications to join the BlueCom team and receive a secure login, by emailing submissions@dysontrust.org. MrToasty also created a video showing a 3D render of the neural net pyramid.
  • MrToasty discovered a set of input values that produce the expected diagram - input values 1 through 6 as "one" through "six" accordingly (lower case, spelled numbers). However, the response still indicates invalid input.
  • The Flash interface to BlueCom was decompiled to try to determine the algorithm for producing a response. Each input value is converted to a seed value by summing the ascii values of each character for each string, thus any string where the ascii values add to the same total produce the same result pattern in BlueCom's diagram.
  • Also contained in the flash interface was a new GPS coordinate: 37.859576,-122.48479
    KookieB emailed Dyson Trust about this discovered coordinate, who then explained that it was the location of a little coffee shop (North Point Coffee Company) they frequently met with Enitech employees for a drink and chat, just down the road from Enitech's own office, at 37.862577,-122.492763.
Yes, that information is our placeholder data. When the system actually feeds back a correct value (not an unexpected cascade event), that data is dynamically changed to reflect the actual result. It's actually a nice little coffee shop just down the street from Enitech where we meet those guys all the time to talk about mutual research developments. They're literally right up the street from there (at ll=37.862577,-122.492763).
  • The interface sends the calculated seed values to an external parser. Attempting to intercept the transmission and directly call the parser results in the following warning:
incorrect data

instrusion detected
triangulating coordinates
......................................
Thank you for your service

  • New EniTech blog entry: Feb 11, 2008 - Video recovered from Anna Kies' apartment
    A video was retrieved by the San Francisco police and sent to Enitech, from Anna's apartment. It explains, clearly, the difficulty for communication with Anna this week. We also find that the tachyon camera has been tweeked to be able to take photos as soon as 1 day, even 1 minute into the future. On her desk is also a book named "Build Your Own Combat Robot". Operating the camera is a man named Freddy. Neither Anna nor Freddy have been heard from - a skinless Terminator arrived at the apartment, prompting the pair to hide; eventually the video recording ended abruptly when it appears they were discovered.
  • Email to the Resistance is met with further cryptic clues:
The result you have is only a place holder.

The real answer only comes from knowing your enemy.

  • Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Episode 4 premieres on Fox
  • More response from the Resistance contains more clues, after being asked whether Dyson Trust should be trusted:
We can never ever be sure, but we do know that the Dyson Trust has the resources and brain power to unlock the ability of that neural network. What they use it for is out of our control.

We might not be able to stop Skynet, but we could uncover a way to predict it.

  • Another new EniTech blog entry: Feb 11, 2008 - Document recovered from Anna Kies' apartment
    A letter to Frank at Enitech was discovered, dated February 9, 2008, containing information Anna received from a contact at the Resistance. The neural net diagram was stolen from a Skynet sronghold in 2013. She believes BlueCom is able to predict the machines' decisions if it's given the right input to interface with Skynet's algorithm. The letter also includes a new diagram.
    BlueCom now produces a different result for the values "one" through "six". It's quickly determined that a few of the known GPS coordinates match the patterns of 'slices' of the new diagram.

[edit] February 12, 2008

  • Five GPS locations are determined to match specific slots in the entry fields:
    1) 34.046935,-118.250688 LA (vpisteve's reported GPS coordinates)
    2) 40.714924,-73.991906 NY (zoltan's coordinates, via Mike's notes)
    3) 37.947057,-122.570434 SF (coordinates of Enitech's first camera discovery, via recovery location video)
    4) 37.862577,-122.492763 SF (gps location of Enitech's offices, via an email from the Resistance on the 11th)
    6) 37.894244,-122.528222 SF (location of crime photo take of Jacob's murder; converted from the latitude/longitude given at the end of Mike's notes)
  • The input value "Forty-Eight" is discovered to produce an exact slice pattern as enterd in input slot number 5.

[edit] February 13, 2008

  • An email from Dyson Trust contains a little more help:
I think Mike was on the wrong trail...

Consider who gave us the neural network diagrams. What did they want us to predict? Weren't they most likely the ones who planted the camera devices? If it was predictive about their behaviour it would only tell us locations where they might go. I think they're looking to predict something else.

  • An enquiry to the Resistance about the identity of Cromartie prompted this response:
Cromartie is the Terminator model that pursued John and Sarah Connor into a bank in Los Angeles many years ago. I believe someone from the Gardner Project took a photo of that bank.
  • Asking about the Skynet stronghold location in 2013 the neural net diagram was recovered from, The Resistance said:
The stronghold location is not what is needed. Track the progress of SkyNet Terminators and you can predict their movement
  • Each of the valid GPS coordinates were then connected to locations that terminator models had visited:
    1) 34.046935,-118.250688 LA (Security Trust of Los Angeles - Cromartie was there in TSCC episode 1)
    2) 40.714924,-73.991906 NY ("Bill" - meeting Zoltan)
    3) 37.947057,-122.570434 SF (video on the hillside - the masked, hooded figure after Anna and Mike)
    4) 37.862577,-122.492763 SF (Enitech's office - where the dark figure killed Mike)
    5) ??
    6) 37.894244,-122.528222 SF (Jake's murder location)
  • KookieB asked Enitech for the specific address and location of Anna's apartment, which they said was 37.759536, -122.444816 - the valid coordinate for entry slot number 5
  • On entering the six coordinates into BlueCom, the result is a quick flash of a number of images, followed by a paragraph of text:
37.85969,-122.488858

On the floor marked "L" find the bulletin board.

Be extremely careful... you are now intercepting a SkyNet mission process.
  • Nighthawk asked Dyson Trust if they had any nearby contacts who could visit that location, their response:
Most of our researchers are based out of Los Angeles and our friends at Enitech are busy dealing with the tragic disappearance of 2 of their employees this week.
  • Bryanflurry asked the Resistance about Anna, their response:
I have not heard anything about her or the cameraman she was with.

[edit] February 15, 2008

[edit] February 16, 2008

01110011 01101011 01111001 01101110 01100101 01110100 01100101 01101101 01100010 01100101 01100100 01100100 01100101 01100100 01101110 01100101 01110100 01110111 01101111 01110010 01101011 01000000 01100111 01101101 01100001 01101001 01101100 00101110 01100011 01101111 01101101
This translates to
skynetembeddednetwork@gmail.com
  • Emailing this address, in like manner (binary) opens the door for two way communication. First response:
IDENTIFY YOURSELF
  • Ariock does so, then receives:
RELAY YOUR MISSION STATUS / LOCATION / COMPLETED OBJECTIVES. SYSTEM PREPARING AN ESCALATION OF PROCEDURE FOR ENITECH STAFF AND IMAGERY TERMINATION MISSION. ADVISE.
  • Banshee identifies herself following Ariock's lead, prompting the response:
SKYNET PRIORITY 28 IS NOW TERMINATING THE SURVIVING ENITECH RESEARCH EMPLOYEES AND DESTROYING ALL STORED DATA WITHIN THE COMPANY VAULT. DO YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THE ENITECH VAULT STORAGE?
  • Warnings are sent to Enitech, and the Resistance is informed of this communication.

[edit] February 16, 2008

[edit] February 17, 2008

  • Skynet communicates again with those who identified themselves:
PLEASE UPDATE SKYNET EMBEDDED NETWORK WITH YOUR LEVEL OF ACCESS TO FIREARMS AND EXPLOSIVE WEAPONS / PROXIMITY TO ENITECH RESEARCH EMPLOYEES / MOBILITY / ABILITY TO REACH ENITECH VAULT STORAGE SYSTEM.
  • After fabricating the requested information to Skynet:
UPON ANY VISUAL CONFIRMATION OF ENITECH RESEARCH EMPLOYEES / IMMEDIATELY TERMINATE. SKYNET IS ELEVATING PRIORITY OF THIS MISSION UNTIL ALL ENITECH RELATED MATERIALS AND WORKERS ARE DESTROYED.
  • A message from the Resistance after being informed of communication with Skynet:
What's their next move? We don't have guys in that area right now. Our Oakland safe house was blown to hell by one of the T-800s
  • After being informed of what's believed to be Skynet's next move (killing all Enitech staff):
See if you can get specifics from em. Obviously they haven't done crap yet. The thing is still looking for a mover in the area. It's only a matter of time before they find one I'd guess. As soon as they do, get the details from them and we can work to prevent their target goals from being successful.
(and)

Figure out exactly what's their next move. The data in EniTech's vault must be doing some damage to them down the line if they're that eager to nuke it. I don't have any guys in the area but maybe we can see about saving the data and even the remaining Enitech people from SkyNet termination.

  • Nighthawk informed Skynet that the resistance had been alerted to their communication. The response:
HOW WAS RESISTANCE ALERTED?
  • Nighthawk replied: UNKNOWN. BELIEVE ENITECH RESEARCH PERSONNEL MADE CONTACT, BUT NOT CONFIRMED. REQUEST TO PROCEED AS PLANNED. NEED GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION OF AND TARGETING INFORMATION FOR VAULT AND PERSONNEL. To which Skynet responded:
STANDBY
  • Bryanflurry identified himself to Skynet, attempting to convince it he had captured Anna Kies. The response:
NO SKYNET PRIORITY ADVISES LIVE CAPTURE OF ANNA KIES. TERMINATE SUBJECT IMMEDIATELY.

[edit] February 18, 2008

  • Those who asked for updated priorities received:
CURRENT SKYNET PRIORITY IS TERMINATION OF ALL ENITECH RESEARCH DATA / ASSETS / EMPLOYEES. T-SERIES CURRENTLY UNRESPONSIVE. CURRENT MODE SHIFTING TO ACCOUNT. CONSIDERING [REDCLEAR] PROTOCOL. ///ADVISE.
HIGHEST PRIORITY TARGET IS FRANK BENTLEY.

[edit] February 19, 2008

  • Requesting a status updated from Skynet prompts:
SKYNET HAS RECEIVED A REPORT THAT ANNA KIES WAS NOT TERMINATED. THIS IS A CRITICAL MISSION TARGET. CAN YOU ADVISE?
  • Enitech emails about their current status:
We are taking measures to ensure that SkyNet does not destroy our research and our lives. I apologize but at this time some of our work must remain secret due to the extreme danger posed by these outside forces.
(and)

Don't worry. We're on it. We aren't quite as many steps behind as some of our updates might lead you to believe.

[edit] February 20, 2008

  • In response to Banshees request for targeting coordinates, Skynet responded:
TARGETING COORDINATES SHOULD BE RECEIVED VIA DIRECT ACCESS COORDINATION // SKYNET EMBEDDED NETWORK DOES NOT ESTIMATE GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES.
  • Skynet also wants confirmation of Anna's termination, from MrToasty:
[REDCLEAR] PROTOCOL REMAINS UNCHANGED. STANDBY FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTION. CAN YOU CONFIRM THE TERMINATION OF TARGET ANNA KIES?
WE HAVE LOST CONTACT WITH THE T-800 MODEL SENT TO TERMINATE ANNA KIES.
  • MrToasty replied again in disguise, this time fabricating confirmation of Anna's termination. The response:
CONFIRMED TERMINATION. STANDBY FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTION // IMPLEMENTATION OF [REDCLEAR] PROTOCOL.
  • Still pushing for information and instructions, Skynet begins responding:
ENITECH WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SAFEGUARD AGAINST [REDCLEAR] PROTOCOL. STAND DOWN.
Stay low. One of your "allies" has been ratting us out to SkyNet Embedded Network. He's feeding them the information of which false Terminator operatives are double agents
(and regarding the nature of Redclear)

We're not sure. Yet.

3 possibilities:

1) Some kind of large scale T-series assault.
2) A targeted nuclear strike.
3) A new protocol from the machines we haven't yet seen.

  • Suddenly following what can be assumed to be some leak or Skynet finally figuring it all out, people begin receiving warnings that they (under cover as T units) have been compromised.
YOUR UNIT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED BY SKYNET AGENTS AS A COMPROMISED MACHINE // SELF TERMINATE IMMEDIATELY // AUTHORIZATION <unique code>
The unique code is different for each recipient:
Ariock: 4010-2020-b.10.0019
Banshee: 82937-3011-e.873.9202

[edit] February 21, 2008

  • The Resistance passes on advise on dealing with Skynet:
Feed SkyNet false information to distract it. I don't know for sure if Anna Kies was really killed or alive or if that is part of a plan.
(and)

Tell them she's dead. Unless we have a confirmed kill, in which case it helps us to confuse SkyNet in re-allocating its resources trying to terminate someone who's already dead.

  • New EniTech video blog entry: Feb 21, 2008 - Update on the fate of our missing researcher Anna Kies
    Anna sent a video of herself - alive and well with Freddy - letting us know that they received the warnings, and were prepared with a small EMP to disable their attacker (thus also their camcorder). They've taken the machine to Enitech and Dyson Trust where it's been disassembled and is being studied. 'Redclear' is still a mystery.

[edit] February 22, 2008

  • Skynet issued an update to remaining contacts:
STANDBY // SKYNET EMBEDDED NETWORK IS CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING A SYSTEM PURGE WHILE ALL NODES ARE CHECKED FOR RESISTANCE INTEGRITY // ALL COMPROMISED CONNECTIONS WILL BE TERMINATED
  • The Resistance contact informs us that they've discovered a mole among us:
We hacked into skynet embedded network's communication account and found this wonderful message to the machines from one of your "allies."


Any guesses who sent it?

CURRENT ACTIVE TEMPORAL-NATIVE TARGETS IDENTIFIED AS: JLR1001, T-1000, MRTOASTY, ROGI OCNORB, ARIOCK, CELINA63, BRYANFLURRY, LERGNAG, THEBRUCE, RESISTOR, HOPEOFTHEFUTURE, NIGHTHAWK, RIFT, KAYBERRY, VPISTEVE. MOST ARE IN NORTH AMERICA, EXACT CO-ORDINATES AND TRUE IDENTITIES UNKNOWN. NON-NATIVE RESISTANCE MEMBERS' IDENTITIES UNKNOWN. RESISTANCE COMMUNICATION IS VIA THE URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/23118149@N02/ RESISTANCE KNOWS THAT SKYNET IS AWARE OF LINK COMPROMISATION. SUSPECT RESISTANCE HAS ALTERNATE POINTS OF INFILTRATION TO NETWORK. RECOMMEND REINFORCEMENT OF SECURITY PROTOCOLS AND INTRUSION COUNTERMEASURES.
  • A bit of digging around revealed that kerrisis had informed Skynet of a number of people helping the Resistance, in the continuing effort to confuse and distract the system.
  • Asked for more info about what the Resistance knows about this 'traitor', it seems they don't know if it's a human or terminator:
Ask them to take a photograph of themselves smiling. If they're a T-model they won't look... right.
  • DavFlamerock may be one of a number of potential contacts still in Skynet's good books posing as ground Terminator units. He received a short update:
EVALUATING COMPROMISED CONTACTS // RESISTANCE INFILTRATION SUSPECTED // STANDBY

[edit] February 25, 2008

  • Skynet updated remaining contacts with three messages, verifying that Redclear is activating:
ANNA KIES WAS NOT TERMINATED > MISSION REACQUIRE TARGET

REDCLEAR PROTOCOL AS FOLLOWS: ALL T-UNITS STAND DOWN AND STAND CLEAR OF ENITECH TARGET DURING ACTIVATION // DO NOT ATTEMPT TO APPROACH TARGETS DURING EXECUTION OF REDCLEAR // CONFIRM


ACTIVATE >>

We're still here and I think we've discovered what's pissed off the machines so bad in the future that they want to take out Enitech.
  • Informing Enitech of potential threatening photos, they reply:
Is it possible that the Dyson Trust's work could've fallen into SkyNet hands?
  • More brainstorming with the Resistance:
I think the Dyson Trust's work might've been compromised. Anna gave them the disassembled machine after the EMP blast. What if that T-800 was a trojan horse?

As far as what made SkyNet unhappy...


Could be the newspaper headline. I noticed that it showed the CDC closing hospitals. Reminded me of a plan I had heard rumors of where SkyNet was developing some sort of nano robotic virus to attack humans. But I'm not certain.


But then again, I looked at your NORAD photo. [Last I checked before I left, NORAD was their base of operations.] If someone nuked that, it wasn't SkyNet.

[edit] February 26, 2008

No... SkyNet's Cheyenne Mountain installation was intact before I jumped. Whatever has happened since has swung the tide against the machines. The people working with the resistance must've had a devastating impact.
  • A message received from Skynet indicates something is happening to it:
HOLD // SYSTEM EXPERIENCING INTEGRITY LOSS
  • The following update message is received, but disrupted:
U1RBTkQgQ0xFQVIgT0YgRU5JVEVDSCBUQVJHRVQgQVJFQSAv

LyBbUkVEQ0xFQVJdIEFDVElWQVRJTkcgSU4gVU5ERVIgMjQgSE
9VUlMgLy8gVElNRUxJTkUgREFNQUdFIE1VU1QgQkUgUkVWRVJT
RUQgLy8gRU5JVEVDSCBEQVRBIEhBUyBSRVNVTFRFRCBJTiBFWF
RSRU1FIENPTVBST01JU0UgVE8gU0tZTkVUIElOVEVHUklUWQ== 01010011 00100000 01010010 01000101 01010011 01010101 01001100 01010100 01000101 01000100 00100000 01001001 01001110 00100000 01000101 01011000 01010100 01010010 01000101 01001101 01000101 00100000 01000011 01001111 01001101 01010000 01010010 01001111 01001101 01001001 01010011 01000101 00100000 01010100 01001111 00100000 01010011 01001011 01011001 01001110 01000101 01010100 00100000 01001001 01001110 01010100 01000101 01000111 01010010 01001001 01010100 01011001MD2: b1c0b1bee91f14d4e973ded638a74b33
MD4: c5f576208760b6dc11e2a0eb086e027c
MD5: 729f87572c7345b0be9c1aa5a3d3c976
CRC 8, ccitt, 16, 32 : 94, 9b, 8aac, 56ba657a

CRYPT (form: $ MD5? $ SALT $ CRYPT):
$1$dVdcROsc$6Qu5I95V8mFLdTGrbr1Uc/

(form: SALT[2] CRYPT[11]):

ps5O4Bnm8YZyw

SHA1: bdcf98294316fede04728a5d0f25387a9d2bb856
RIPEMD-160:

a958d762 de767027 843864ab 45a5e11b 18d9ae66

SHA2-256:

b6f3625e7baa101060648484a426009d
e1130bed06dbbd3177c8ab2a17b2fac6

SHA2-384:

a725a7f2410a7ec8eda8d156d7cd22ed
f52e418eda170a0b17ac82352d272782
8065c787c94dced91d1f302958db4841

SHA2-512:

ad902059d1daf2bed12c856f1334469f
1564c1481275f256341cce60d50ebd71
b67a0ed9cf5edac50c5eda092fd1de41
19846d8d5c06b3a87706c2aff47243aa
The first section is base64 encoded text, followed by binary. Decoded, the message reads:
STAND CLEAR OF ENITECH TARGET AREA // [REDCLEAR] ACTIVATING IN UNDER 24 HOURS // TIMELINE DAMAGE MUST BE REVERSED // ENITECH DATA HAS RESULTED IN EXTREME COMPROMISE TO SKYNET INTEGRITY
  • Another disrupted updated is received from Skynet:
01010011 01010100 01000001 01001110 01000100 00100000 01000011 01001100 01000101 01000001 01010010 00100000 01001111 01000110 00100000 01000101 01001110 01001001 STAND ENITECH TARGET AREA 00100000 00101111 00101111 00100000 01010011 01001011 01011001 01001110 01000101 01010100 00100000 01001000 01000001 01010011 00100000 01000010 01000101 01000101 01001110 00100000 01000011 01001111 01001101 CLEAR OF 01010000 01010010 01001111 01001101 01001001 01010011 01000101 01000100 00100000 00101111 00101111 00100000 01011011 01010010 01000101 01000100 01000011 01001100 0// SKY1000101 01000001 01010010 01011101 00000000000000000HAS BEEN COMPROMISED00001 01010100 01001001 01001110 01000111 00100000 01001001 01001110 00100000 00110010 00110100 00100000 01001000 01001111 01010101 01010010 01010011 00001101 00001010 // [REDCLEAR] ACTIVATING IN 24 HOURS01010100 01000101 01000011 01001000 00100000 01010100 01000001 01010010 01000111 01000101 01010100 00100000 01000001 01010010 01000101 01000001MD2: abf449fa3c38f5578acef863487d20ac

MD4: 612441a8b09f57ddd152a089e5ef9023
MD5: bb8a994c3242ec91a33d48d3e7bc9c19
CRC 8, ccitt, 16, 32 : d9, 2eab, e0a5, 0465cd5d

CRYPT (form: $ MD5? $ SALT $ CRYPT):
$1$ze0zCtGp$2Ai/DgiOGIW.KNRgNhOBP0
(form: SALT[2] CRYPT[11]):
ps5O4Bnm8YZyw

SHA1: 978172e7ec0aa0abcb6739708baee30fdc239fa1
RIPEMD-160:
64264228 24bb4c86 9f390aa1 435bc3b7 40f740a0
SHA2-256:
aa1faf1a33b0010c54199a0a630cae13
046e09b4ee28d88ec5de235660cdcbef
SHA2-384:
adade0f4bfbb89651bd5f627d166f65b
2f66346f4f91144fdfe3f60b2a2cfccc
9090c6cf1a770f70188589d62d8024ce
SHA2-512:
45f12c0ae57d7f745aac8e5968fef1e2
d0b788f4bac350f2dbcf99d946f117f1
4e4f29cb08167f176a753eee50595eaa
bf50d74d9bdc1c0796a5019557cc65b3

The message this time is further corrupted and mixed up. A direct translation of binary and text reads:
(STAND CLEAR OF ENI) STAND ENITECH TARGET AREA ( // SKYNET HAS BEEN COM) CLEAR OF (PROMISED // [REDCL) // SKY (EAR]) HAS BEEN COMPROMISED (TING IN 24 HOURS) // [REDCLEAR] ACTIVATING IN 24 HOURS (TECH TARGET AREA)
  • DavFlamerock requested a secondary objective - destruction of digital images. Skynet replied:
01010010 01000101 01001100 01001111 01000011 01000001 01010100 01000101 00100000 01010100 01001111 00100000 00110010 00100000 01001101 01001001 01001100 01000101 00100000 01000100 01001001 01010011 01010100 01000001 01001110 01000011 01000101 00100000 00101111 00101111 00100000 01001111 01000010 01010011 01000101 01010010 01010110 01000101 00100000 01001000 01001001 01000111 01001000 01010111 01000001 01011001 00100000 01010100 01010010 01000001 01001110 01010011 01010000 01001111 01010010 01010100 01000001 01010100 01001001 01001111 01001110 00100000 01010010 01001111 01010101 01010100 01000101 00100000 00110001 00110000 00110001 00100000 00101111 00101111 00100000 01000011 01001000 01000101 01000011 01001011 00100000 01000110 01001111 01010010 00100000 01000101 01001110 01001001 01010100 01000101 01000011 01001000 00100000 01000101 01001101 01010000 01001100 01001111 01011001 01000101 01000101 01010011 00100000 01000001 01010100 01010100 01000101 01001101 01010000 01010100 01001001 01001110 01000111 00100000 01010100 01001111 00100000 01010010 01000101 01001101 01001111 01010110 01000101 00100000 01000100 01000001 01010100 01000001 00100000 01000010 01000101 01000110 01001111 01010010 01000101 00100000 01011011 01010010 01000101 01000100 01000011 01001100 01000101 01000001 01010010 01011101 00100000 01010000 01010010 01001111 01010100 01001111 01000011 01001111 01001100 00100000 00101111 00101111 RELOCATE TO 01010010 01000101 01001100 01001111 01000011 01000001 01010100 01000101 00100000 01010100 01001111 00100000 00110010 00100000 01001101 01001001 01001100 01000101 00100000 01000100 01001001 01010011 01010100 01000001 01001110 01000011 01000101 00100000 00101111 00101111 00100000 01001111 01000010 01010011 01000101 01010010 01010110 01000101 00100000 01001000 01001001 01000111 01001000 01010111 01000001 01011001 00100000 01010100 01010010 01000001 01001110 01010011 01010000 01001111 01010010 01010100 01000001 MD2: ae5a64481f92f541944e0fa41b082b28

MD4: 2fcf9e23b312b6eb2534df2d341e012f
MD5: 27bfa62c9b30680090157e81fe898855
CRC 8, ccitt, 16, 32 : 37, c9ab, aaf4, 68fedeec

CRYPT (form: $ MD5? $ SALT $ CRYPT):
$1$STXYCIDr$qIifbrH9UwkML01mwwe.t0
(form: SALT[2] CRYPT[11]):
ps6mspycA8crM

SHA1: 3fb08cf797a47892817ac94c6a0486388537deb6
RIPEMD-160:
3f03e99b a11851ec 1987a31a 7a8c5576 6fd9f89e
SHA2-256:
7c3a61dc37c737761e6442a70e8eb2b3
7fb5c43520d227deb5a2b6c498740bea
SHA2-384:
7852af2ef8cb779ab48dee31b73744d7
9b838b2f2b2475396e15b527ec4501b3
69be57c4b8cf02a267e6008e9933c46a
SHA2-512:
3c6beeb6c3e03bdceb84a0401c0d88d1
ef1874a30d0e84b3ff615bc49086d901
5f2ff9647b6bcfde530eb8a6a49d5603
8391268844994b945fb19b80b30ad3ca
01010011 01001011 01011001 01001110 01000101 01010100 00100000 01001001 01001110 01010100 01000101 01000111 01010010 01001001 01010100 01011001 00100000 01000011 01001111 01001101 01010000 01010010 01001111 01001101 01001001 01010011 01000101 01000100 00100000 00101111 00101111 00100000 01010010 01000101 01010110 01001001 01000101 01010111 00100000 00101111 00101111 00100000 01010011 01010100 01000001 01001110 01000100 01000010 01011001MD2: 33651294b0f926a2bdd56a8df1799f63
MD4: 6396b5074f40ae041420ea2a78f4beff
MD5: 513492a57f220430dfd954ad21df70fc
CRC 8, ccitt, 16, 32 : bb, 2cd, dd6a, 723c89c6

CRYPT (form: $ MD5? $ SALT $ CRYPT):
$1$DDB5V7Qh$iRwymWLLiu.HmruX6xKNQ0
(form: SALT[2] CRYPT[11]):
psg3grVnNk4yg

SHA1: 1def121a4389ed2386275cb77c61df0194d494f0
RIPEMD-160:
6092f69a 7677b1ee 82d4018f abe00264 475ea32b
SHA2-256:
481e903add1ca6eacc4cdcf3f5c3b9f2
87b231ed8c7e580324b726b1c6bf6a94
SHA2-384:
36d1777ec7ef8af4532e22c958455100
8e6d1c0cf1756d4f28a6134cd591f86d
27958b59e52ecdf9f3b2ff77cbd97249
SHA2-512:
1d85fd8e64ff6b8d1a50ff0377d56f80
e23616d81b138bbbdb5de963a801b1c8
fb468276a4e3b61e7801a91030dcc26f
6f6c4e457a846066268fd9031d65ff7d
SE9MRCBFUlJPUg==

As previously, the message is garbled binary, base64, and text. A direct translation reads:
(RELOCATE TO 2 MILE DISTANCE // OBSERVE HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION ROUTE 101 // CHECK FOR ENITECH EMPLOYEES ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE DATA BEFORE [REDCLEAR] PROTOCOL //) RELOCATE TO (RELOCATE TO 2 MILE DISTANCE // OBSERVE HIGHWAY TRANSPORTA)


SKYNET INTEGRITY COMPROMISED // REVIEW // STANDBY

HOLD ERROR

  • Another message is received, this time in straight text, and not corrupted:
UPDATE - ENITECH RESEARCH DATA HAS TRIGGERED DEVASTATING IMPACT ON FUTURE SKYNET BASE INTEGRITY // ALL ENITECH DATA AND EMPLOYEES MUST BE TERMINATED IMMEDIATELY TO REVERSE DAMAGE // [REDCLEAR] TO REMOVE ALL INFORMATION FROM TIMELINE IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS
  • Enitech is informed of this turn of events and they as for help
Any recommendations on actions we can take? We're all staying away from Enitech already.
  • The Resistance urgently relays advice to Enitech:
Tell Enitech to get that data out of there! That's the key target! We can't let SkyNet reverse this!
  • Nighthawk attempts to continue gaining information from Skynet:
STANDING BY // MANUAL SEARCH OF ENITECH REMAINS IN 24 HOURS
  • Skynet responds to Nighthawk
DO NOT LET ANY VISUAL PHOTOGRAPHS OR DIGITAL DATA ESCAPE ENITECH PREMISES // KEEP CLEAR OF THE FACILITY UNTIL AFTER [REDCLEAR]
  • Skynet follows up with instructions:
RELOCATE TO 2 MILE DISTANCE // OBSERVE HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION ROUTE 101 // CHECK FOR ENITECH EMPLOYEES ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE DATA BEFORE [REDCLEAR] PROTOCOL //
  • Reporting back to the Resistance, Nighthawk asks how the data may be retrieved from Enitech. Their reply:
Can we setup a drop point for the data once Enitech gets it?
Nighthawk offers some suggestions, and receives a new message from Enitech:
We'll send a crew tomorrow night to get the data. Thanks for the

warning. Let you know when we have the data.

  • Enaxor has a lengthy chat with the Resistance, further attmempting to hash out plans for the drop:
Enaxor has warned Enitech to avoid Hwy 101

Resistance:

101 goes from here through SF, so does the 5
thinking if I can get a guy up there by tonight

we got a bad thing going down in Torrence
most of our crew is in bad shape

anyway loose lips sink ships and all that
get that data from Enitech before SkyNet vaporizes it

Enaxor: we're trying. anything we can do to help you out?
Resistance:

Don't let the machines get the data. that's plenty of help for one day
Note: Torrance is the location of a Skynet installation mentioned in the future in episode 6.

[edit] February 27, 2008

[edit] March 3, 2008

[edit] March 9, 2008

[edit] March 10, 2008

  • The coded message was solved, leading to a new address for a possible deaddrop at:
3020 Sausalito CA 2nd drawer filing cabinet (likely 3020 Bridgeway in Sausalito, which is a small plaza of businesses)
  • On contacting the Resistance about this drop, Nighthawk received the reply:
The guy who used to run this mailbox is dead. I'm not sure what was going on with Enitech. What are you looking for at the location? If it's a resistance drop, look for some out of the way place that has lockers or mailboxes or storage.

[edit] March 12, 2008

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