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The time has come for decisive action. My cover has been conclusively blown, my identity established by those I would have hidden it from, and I don’t want to spend the next few years running. We’ve uncovered plenty of data, and now it’s time to apply it.
I’m going on a bit of a fishing expedition. I’ll let you know how it pans out as soon as I can.
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I was approached by someone from the human resources department this morning. She told me that she’d been asked to begin my termination paperwork, but due to the length and strength of our friendship, she thought I deserve a bit of a warning to brace myself for the news. I’m more grateful to her for telling me than she’ll ever know.
I’m sure if I had waited for the official notice to come, I’d have been escorted out by security. I’m not as sure that they would have merely seen me to the door. Given Soren Ulfert’s precedent, I’d lay even odds that I’d have received a bullet to the head in the parking lot, or a charming billet in some military prison.
I didn’t wait. That final move I’ve been planning involved swiping a certain colleague’s security badge while he was in the restroom and letting myself into a secure document center. I snatched a few likely-seeming files, stuffed them in my briefcase, and told the receptionist I’d be taking a long lunch today. I’m sure they caught it on camera, but the jig was already up, so what’s the harm?
I don’t want to be the sole keeper of all of this information. It’s not safe, not for me and not for the truth. So I’m going to send copies to just a few of you that I’ve grown to trust. Keep an eye on your mailbox for the next few days.
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I have the final decrypted document here, and it’s not good news for us. Particularly for me.
RE: Project Naaczaal
Status Briefing, October 29We have become aware of a very serious internal security breach. We are working around the clock to identify the culprit. If you see any suspicious behavior in your team, report it immediately.
The breach may be part of an organized conspiracy and could threaten the integrity of the project. Fall back to emergency security protocols until further notice.
All staff, please note that this overview is Eyes Only and should be deleted after reading.
This definitely dials up the urgency of my situation. The opportunity for me to make my move is closing quickly. After that… I have an idea what I’ll do next, but I don’t think I should share it just yet.
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I was right. I haven’t been able to get any new information. Worse, the hallways at work have been filled with serious-looking men in dark suits and earpieces having quiet conversations. They look over us like they’re wolves and we’re lambs, and I don’t doubt that I’m the one they plan on having to dinner.
I think I have one more thing I can do, but it will take some careful planning, and there’d be no going back for me. I’ll let you know more if… when I pull it off. For now, let’s get to work on the information we have already. From Dallas, and thanks yet again to Rowan:
Re: Project Naaczaal
Status Briefing, October 27
Negotiations on the site for full-scale construction have completed. More information regarding the site selected will be available on an as-needed basis for teams involved in shipping and construction only.
Complete evacuation instructions will be available to all qualified staff members once our transportation plan is complete. We are assessing how to propagate this information as securely as possible and will report when analysis is complete.
All staff, please note that this overview is Eyes Only and should be deleted after reading.
So we’ve had mention of green passes, and now red ones. One wonders what the different colors mean, and how many there are.
And what may sadly be our last encrypted document, from Philadelphia.
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9-1-6-1 9-2-1-2 9-1-2-2 11-11-1-1 12-1-1-2 12-4-4-2 12-2-4-1 12-2-2-3 11-3-2-2- 11-1-2-7 9-5-2-1 8-2-2-1 8-6-2-1 9-4-1-6 8-2-3-7 6-6-2-1 6-5-1-1 7-1-2-5 6-1-5-2 4-5-1-4 4-2-1-3 4-5-1-3 2-4-12-1 1-3-1-3 1-3-2-1 2-2-1-4 2-4-1-3
10-1-1-1 10-1-1-2 11-12-1-1 11-8-1-1 12-3-1-1 12-1-3-4 9-7-1-1 9-8-1-5 9-3-2-3 8-6-2-2 9-1-2-3 10-1-1-2 1-1-2-1 1-3-1-1 1-4-1-1 2-8-1-4 2-9-1-3 1-3-1-2 1-3-2-2 1-3-8-1 5-4-3-4 5-1-4-3 4-10-3-7 3-4-1-6 3-2-1-1 3-3-1-6 3-8-1-3 4-6-1-5 3-3-1-2 3-8-1-4 4-2-1-1 3-7-4-1 3-7-4-2 3-8-1-1 3-6-1-2 2-12-1-6 2-12-1-3 2-8-1-1 2-2-2-1 2-11-1-3 1-2-1-5 2-1-2-1 3-2-2-2- 3-8-1-3 2-2-1-3 2-2-1-1 4-7-4-4 5-6-1-1 4-5-1-3 2-9-8-4 2-9-8-2 2-9-8-3 2-7-1-3 1-2-1-7 5-4-11-1 6-5-6-1 3-1-11-1 2-11-4-2 2-11-1-5 3-8-3-1 3-8-5-2 4-1-3-6 5-6-5-3 5-4-3-3 5-3-3-9 5-5-8-4 5-2-1-2 5-4-1-2 5-2-3-2 5-6-5-1 4-2-1-4 3-1-5-4 2-11-4-1 1-3-12-3 1-3-5-2 6-5-1-1 6-5-1-3 6-4-2-2 5-1-2-1 5-6-5-3 5-3-6-3 5-1-2-2 4-3-9-2 12-2-1-4 11-12-1-3 11-12-5-2 12-1-8-1 9-8-1-2 9-7-12-1 9-6-2-8 10-1-9-1 10-1-7-5 10-4-4-3 9-2-8-1 9-3-5-1 9-8-1-4 8-1-5-1 8-2-3-3 8-2-2-1 8-2-2-2 9-7-3-79-1-7-1 9-5-2-1 10-3-3-1 10-3-3-2 8-6-1-3 8-6-2-2 8-3-1-2 7-6-1-5 7-5-1-5 7-3-2-1 6- 5-2-1 6-5-2-2 6-4-4-7 5-1-4-1 7-5-3-2 7-5-2-4 7-6-2-1 5-4-3-3 5-1-2-1 3-3-1-4 2-7-2-5 2-6-1-2 2-4-1-4 2-1-6-1 1-3-1-5 1-2-2-4 1-1-2-1 5-4-3-4 5-3-3-2 4-3-2-2 3-8-1-3 2-2-1-3 2-1-1-4 2-10-1-4 2-1-1-5 1-2-1-2 1-2-1-3 1-2-2-3 3-3-1-6 3-2-1-3 2-11-1-1 1-3-4-7 1-4-3-4 2-12-1-5 3-2-1-2 3-1-1-4 2-2-2-5 1-1-3-3 2-3-4-2 2-5-3-4 2-1-4-5 1-2-1-1 1-1-2-1 2-7-1-1 2-10-1-3 2-12-1-2 3-7-1-2 3-8-1-1 3-6-1-2 2-7-1-5 1-4-1-5 1-4-1-6
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My suspicions from earlier in the week are correct. Yesterday I
attended a mandatory all-day training session on internal security.
I’m concerned that the sloppy procedures I’ve been exploiting to get
our information won’t last much longer. I may have already done all
that I can.
That said, I’ve abandoned any idea of protecting my career. This is
much too big and much too important for my cozy retirement to weigh
against it. I’m going to keep pursuing these answers on Naaczaal no
matter what the cost.
It looks like I’m not the only one who feels like time is running out,
either. Here’s the decoded document from Miami. I’ve tried looking
around for this ‘geological report,’ but so far no luck.
RE: Project Naaczaal
Status Briefing, October 25
We are sending out a new geological report that underlines the urgency
of the project and confirms the necessity of our ambitious timeline for construction.
This new data indicates there is no room for the project timeline to
slip. Team leads that do not meet scheduled milestones may face severe
consequences, up to and including loss of red passes.
All staff, please note that this overview is Eyes Only and should be
deleted after reading.
And from Dallas, a bit more information:
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11-6-17-1 11-8-2-4 9-4-1-2 8-3-2-8 1-2-11-1 2-8-1-4 1-2-4-1 1-3-4-6 2-3-5-1 1-1-6-1 1-4-4-4 4-4-1-1 3-2-1-10 6-6-2-1 4-5-1-1 4-7-1-1 4-7-1-2 4-5-2-1 6-4-1-4 5-4-1-2 9-3-15-1 2-9-2-1 2-9-1-3 5-4-3-4 5-4-3-5 5-1-3-1
6-6-1-4 3-1-1-2 5-7-6-1 5-5-1-2 5-4-2-1 4-3-1-7 2-7-1-4 1-2-2-3 1-1-8-2 2-5-3-2 2-3-3-10 2-4-1-4 5-1-2-2 2-12-1-4 2-8-1-9 2-5-2-1 2-1-5-4 1-4-3-5 2-2-7-2 2-1-4-4 1-2-3-4 6-5-7-1 6-5-8-2 7-6-1-5 9-5-2-1 9-4-2-2 9-5-1-13 11-11-2-6 8-4-3-9 11-12-5-1 11-12-4-1 11-12-3-1 11-10-2-1 11-1-3-4 11-4-1-7 9-7-1-2 9-1-2-1 12-1-10-1 12-1-6-1 6-3-1-3 6-3-1-2 5-1-2-1 7-5-1-1 5-7-1-2 5-6-1-2 4-2-1-4 4-3-1-1 4-3-1-2 3-6-3-3 3-6-3-4 2-1-2-1 1-3-1-2 1-2-1-1 1-4-1-3 1-4-1-4 4-2-1-3 5-5-1-1 6-4-1-2 6-4-1-1 5-2-2-7 7-1-5-1 7-2-1-2 7-6-1-5 6-1-3-3 7-1-4-1 7-2-1-4 6-4-1-3 7-1-2-2 11-3-1-3 11-9-1-2 11-2-1-1 10-4-1-2 9-8-1-2 9-6-1-3 9-1-2-1 10-1-4-1 10-1-4-2 9-5-1-1 9-2-1-4 8-3-2-3 12-2-1-4 11-10-1-2 12-2-1-3 8-5-1-7 10-4-4-1 10-4-4-2 9-8-1-5 8-4-1-3 8-4-1-2 9-6-1-2 11-12-1-3 6-1-1-8 6-4-1-4 6-5-1-3 4-2-1-3 3-1-1-3 2-8-1-3 2-4-1-3 5-5-7-1 5-7-5-1 5-4-3-3 5-2-2-4 4-4-1-3 2-6-1-3 1-2-1-5 5-2-1-2 5-4-3-4 5-2-1-2 5-2-2-3 5-1-2-4 4-4-1-2 3-7-1-1 3-3-1-5 2-9-1-3 5-1-2-2 2-12-1-3 2-1-2-2 1-3-1-3 1-1-2-1 2-8-1-2 4-5-1-7 7-1-2-3 6-4-1-2 6-4-1-4 6-1-1-4 5-1-4-2 5-1-2-5 4-5-1-4 3-7-1-2 3-4-1-1 3-3-1-4 3-1-4-3 6-4-1-3 6-2-1-2 7-6-1-5 7-5-1-1 6-4-1-2 2-11-1-1 2-11-1-3 2-2-1-3 2-2-1-4 9-8-1-1 9-8-1-3 9-8-1-4 8-1-2-3 9-1-2-4 12-2-1-4 11-5-1-1 11-5-1-2 11-4-1-3 11-12-1-1 11-11-1-3 11-1-2-3 9-8-3-1 11-3-2-2 12-2-1-3 11-7-2-3 9-6-2-1 11-5-1-2 12-3-1-4 9-3-2-3 11-7-1-1 12-4-1-2 11-11-1-4 12-2-2-4 10-4-1-4 9-4-1-2 8-3-1-1 8-3-1-3 8-2-2-1 9-6-1-3 11-5-1-2 12-4-1-3 12-2-1-3 12-1-4 11-5-2-2 9-2-1-9
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First, tremendous thanks to Rowan for decrypting the document from San Francisco. Apparently it was a much more difficult process this time. Here’s the plaintext document:
Re: Project Naaczaal
Status Briefing, October 20
We have encountered some significant challenges regarding site location, and we are bringing our allies to table to negotiate on our behalf. We are examining a number of fallback options, but do not believe this will present a serious impediment to our schedule.
Our effort to preserve cultural artifacts is proceeding on track, but we foresee some obstacles on the horizon.
Due to our recent funding situation, we are cutting the budget for over-the-table acquisition and relying more on covert methods and persuasion. We may not be able to obtain every item desired, but we are confident that we will reach an acceptable percentage.
All staff, please note that this overview is Eyes Only and should be deleted after reading.
Passholders, zoo plans, now preservation of cultural artifacts? This begs us to ask who is the authority behind Naaczaal. Who on earth has the right to decide what artifacts, what animals, what people are to be saved and which are not?
Meanwhile, things are heating up for me at work. I’ve to all appearances abandoned my pursuit of internal corruption. But I’m not sure how much longer I can keep this up. The new encryption scheme that we encountered is a part of a general beefing-up of security measures. The clock is ticking.
On to today. Here are the documents intercepted from Miami. Let me know when you’ve made sense of them.
3-6-10-1 3-6-9-1 3-6-5-7 2-5-16-1 1-1-4-3 1-1-10-1 1-4-5-1 2-1-3-2 3-1-1-3
5-1-5-4 6-6-1-4 1-1-2-1 1-1-3-2 3-2-10-6 1-4-6-2 3-8-2-3 4-1-2-2 2-1-8-12
2-6-1-1 1-1-4-4 1-1-9-2 1-1-13-2 3-2-2-2 1-1-8-8 1-2-10-1 3-1-2-5 3-1-3-5
2-4-1-1 5-3-2-1 4-1-12-2 1-3-1-3 5-2-6-3 1-2-14-5 10-2-3-1 12-3-3-4 12-2-2-4 11-12-2-1 10-3-1-3 10-1-1-2 it 2-4-12-1 2-4-12-2
5-4-5-1 1-1-5-3 1-4-1-1 2-8-1-4 4-1-1-3 2-11-1-3 1-3-1-5 1-1-4-6 3-1-5-4
3-3-1-4 2-12-1-3 2-10-4-1 1-2-2-5 3-8-1-4 3-4-2-1 2-8-1-1 4-2-1-4 5-2-2-5
6-2-1-3 1-2-11-4 1-4-2-3 2-3-1-1 2-2-4-3 2-1-2-5 2-7-5-2 2-7-5-4 3-2-1-4
2-9-4-1 2-9-4-3 1-1-16-3 2-10-2-2 2-3-3-3 3-8-5-6 2-11-4-2 2-11-4-1 2-5-5-4 1-3-12-3 5-7-1-5 6-1-3-1 3-4-3-2 1-3-9-9 2-4-3-3 2-3-3-5 4-2-2-5 1-2-6-10 1-1-5-2 1-1-6-2 2-2-2-4 1-4-3-1 12-1-8-1 11-11-1-2 12-1-6-4 10-1-12-2 11-11-2-8 11-1-8-1 9-1-2-4 9-2-1-5 9-3-2-3 11-2-2-3 12-1-4-2 12-2-1-1 12-1-11-1 11-12-1-1 10-3-1-8 8-1-5-1 8-1-5-2 10-1-4-4 12-2-5-1 3-6-1-2 3-7-1-3 2-6-1-7 2-1-4-2 4-3-1-6 5-2-1-3 3-7-5-1 2-10-1-2 2-2-1-4 1-3-4-1 6-3-2-3 6-1-1-7 3-1-5-1 2-1-4-8 7-1-5-4 5-4-2-2 5-4-2-3 1-3-13-5 4-1-3-2 4-4-1-5 1-3-1-5 4-2-1-1 5-5-2-1 2-2-1-3 2-8-1-3 1-4-1-5 1-3-3-1 5-2-2-1 2-9-3-2 1-2-1-2 2-12-1-6 5-2-1-2 1-2-1-1 5-6-1-1 4-1-2-5 2-9-1-5 1-1-3-5 2-2-4-2 1-2-2-6 3-2-1-1 4-1-3-1 1-3-2-1 1-1-9-6 5-5-2-5 5-1-2-4 7-1-4-1 7-1-3-2 7-3-2-1 11-7-1-2 10-1-3-2 10-4-1-4 8-2-1-1 9-6-1-3 11-2-2-2 9-6-1-1 10-4-1-2 12-1-5-3 12-1-1-2 11-10-1-3 12-1-1-3 12-3-1-3 12-4-1-2 11-9-1-6 10-3-1-10 9-1-4-1 11-3-3-2 9-5-1-5 8-4-1-3 9-8-1-6 11-1-2-7 12-4-1-4 12-2-1-4 12-3-3-3 11-3-2-1 10-3-1-2 3-3-4-3 1-1-3-6 2-1-2-1 2-1-2-2 2-2-1-1 4-3-1-5 2-11-1-4 3-5-1-1 3-5-1-2 3-5-1-3 3-8-1-3 5-1-4-2 3-7-4-1 3-4-1-1 5-7-1-6 4-7-1-2 3-6-2-4 1-4-4-2 3-8-5-2 1-2-6-4 10-3-2-2 10-2-4-5 10-1-4-1 12-4-3-2 10-2-2-2 9-8-2-3 9-7-3-1 11-4-3-1 12-2-2-3 12-3-2-1 5-1-18-1 5-1-18-2 6-5-1-1 7-1-2-5 4-7-2-5 5-2-2-3 2-11-1-1 1-3-4-2 3-3-1-5 5-7-1-6 6-4-1-2 5-4-1-1 5- 4-1-3 5-4-1-2 7-4-1-3 7-2-1-2 5-3-3-3 6-1-1-3 7-2-2-2 3-5-2-5 1-2-1-7 1-1-12-1 1-2-3-2 2-4-2-1 3-3-3-6 2-7-1-5 2-4-1-3 2-9-1-4 1-2-1-4 5-6-1-9 7-1-6-1 4-6-1-6 7-3-1-1 6-5-1-3 5-5-2-2 4-2-1-5 5-3-3-2 6-3-2-7 7-4-1-8 12-2-3-3 12-4-1-3 12-3-3-1 11-11-1-4 10-3-1-4 11-5-3-2 11-12-5-7 11-3-2-4 11-4-1-1 11-4-4-1 11-4-3-2 10-3-1-1 10-4-1-1 9-8-1-5 11-2-1-2 10-2-2-5
12-3-15-1 11-8-2-1 9-8-1-4 10-4-2-1 44-4-1-4 10-4-1-3 9-8-8-1 11-6-7-4 9-7-4-8 9-8-3-1 8-5-1-2 8-1-2-4 8-4-1-4 9-2-1-8 9-5-2-5 11-11-5-1 11-11-5-2 12-1-18-1 11-6-1-3 12-3-7-1 12-3-8-2 12-3-7-3 12-2-5-4 11-3-4-1 12-1-3-1 11-11-1-3 11-11-1-4 11-1-2-5 11-1-3-3 10-4-2-4 10-4-1-8 9-5-1-4 9-2-1-7 8-4-2-3 5-5-6-1 2-5-2-2 2-5-2-3 2-1-8-1 3-3-3-2 2-5-1-5 2-8-1-10 6-6-2-1 6-5-1-11-4-7-4-4 1-3-5-4 2-7-2-6 5-7-1-1 6-3-3-2 7-5-1-2 2-2-3-1 1-4-5-2 1-3-4-5 1-1-5-1 6-2-5-1 6-2-5-2 5-5-7-1 2-4-2-3 2-2-2-1 2-3-3-1 2-4-4-3 2-1-3-3 1-4-4-1 1-3-6-3 12-3-2-2 12-1-6-1 11-7-2-4 10-1-4-5 8-2-3-3 8-4-1-7 8-1-2-2 10-4-1-910-2-2-3 10-1-2-3 9-4-1-6 9-2-1-9
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Here’s the deciphered document from Atlanta, thanks to David:
RE: Project Naaczaal
Status Briefing, October 18
Some green passholders are demanding an upgrade in accommodation as a matter of value for money. They indicate that more funds and passes may be purchased if these demands are fully met, but that failure to meet this demand might result in withholding of the balance of funds due.
Engineering and design staff are now working to create a superior class of deluxe living accommodation to appease this element. It bears emphasizing that green passholder buy-in and continuation of good faith are crucial to our secrecy and logistical success. Green passholders are the foundation of our funding strategy. Failing to meet their demands, thus failing to receive those funds, would place the entire Naaczaal project in jeopardy.
We are currently analyzing the cost and spatial ramifications of this upgrade, and further reductions in pass availability for other passenger grades may be necessary as a result. We will issue a revised boarding plan once analysis is complete.
All staff, please note that this overview is Eyes Only and should be deleted after reading.
I find this entire message deeply troubling. If Project Naaczaal is meant to lift people up out of danger in 2012, then clearly someone somewhere is making a decision regarding who and what will be saved, and what will not. Who is that person, and what was that decision? And what gave them the right to make that choice in behalf of an entire species, anyway? These questions circle through my head at every hour of the day, and I won’t rest until I’ve answered them.
Thank you to those of you who intercepted the document exchange yesterday. Unfortunately it looks like the encryption scheme has changed yet again, but I’m optimistic. You’ve never yet let us down.
Here is the ciphered document, and the plans that came along with it:
3-6-10-1 2-1-8-1 3-6-5-7 5-3-11-1 1-1-4-3 2-2-3-1 2-6-4-1 9-1-2-4 8-1- 13-1 10-1-2-4 6-6-1-4 1-1-2-1 2-1-2-2 3-1-1-3 4-1-4-1 5-1-5-2 6-1-2-2 6-1-1-3
5-7-4-3 5-1-3-3 1-4-1-1 2-1-2-6 1-1-9-4 6-1-2-1 12-2-4-1 10-1-4-1 11-1-8-3 10-1-1-2 11-1-12-2 1-1-3-6 1-1-4-6 3-1-10-5 2-2-7-6 6-6-2-1 6-5-1-1 6-1-3-1 7-1-2-2 5-1-7-1 4-1-13 4-1-2-3 2-4-12-1 9-3-15-2
10-1-1-1 10-1-1-2 6-1-3-2 4-1-4-3 1-1-9-1 1-1-11-5 1-4-2-3 2-1-2-4 1-1-15-4 2-1-9-4 3-1-5-2 3-1-7-2 4-1-2-4 4-1-3-2 1-1-16-3 1-2-1-5 1-1-5-1 3-2-1-1 3-2-2-1 3-1-5-1 2-4-1-1 3-4-1-1 2-12-1-2 2-9-1-1 4-2-1-4 4-3-1-7 3-4-1-3 1-3-2-1 3-7-1-3 8-2-1-2 7-1-2-3 5-5-1-1 6-2-2-1 5-2-1-1 7-4-1-2 5-1-2-4 5-2-2-4 6-3-2-1 7-1-2-3 4-3-1-9 4-1-1-3 4-2-1-1 1-3-1-6 2-1-3-3 2-10-4-1 3-5-2-4 3-3-4-7 1-2-7-1 1-3-2-1 2-1-2-4 2-2-4-1 1-4-3-1 2-2-1-3 4-2-5-1 5-2-2-5 5-6-1-7 12-1-4-2 11-10-1-3 10-1-2-2 10-1-2-4 12-2-1-2 12-3-1-2 12-2-1-3 10-1-11-7 11-1-4-1 11-2-2-2 10-2-1-1 9-2-8-4 11-1-2-7 11-6-2-3 10-2-4-1 9-1-2-4 9-7-1-4 3-1-2-5 3-3-1-4 3-1-3-6 1-2-10-3 1-3-5-7 1-4-4-3 2-2-8-9 2-7-5-2 2-8-4-2 3-2-2-2 3-4-3-1 3-4-6-4 3-4-12-6 3-4-14-8 3-5-3-6 3-5-5-2 3-6-2-10 3-7-7-3 1-3-1-2 1-4-12-1 1-4-3-3 3-1-2-1 4-4-1-3 4-4-4-2 6-1-6-2 6-1-5-2 6-1-5-1 6-2-5-2 7-1-7-8 7-2-1-2 7-5-1-1 8-1-5-3 8-1-3-2 5-1-3-3 5-2-2-5 5-2-3-2 5-3-3-9 6-4-2-2 6-2-3-3 3-3-7-1 4-1-1-3 3-1-13-8 3-1-14-1 2-1-14-6 2-3-7-4 1-4-1-6 3-3-5-1 4-6-1-8 5-1-6-2 5-2-3-9 5-3-3-5 5-3-4-5 6-1-8-3 6-1-2-2 6-3-14-1 7-2-5-2 8-5-2-6 8-5-6-2 8-5-7-3 8-5-13-8 9-1-2-2 9-1-2-1 5-7-2-2 5-6-1-6 5-3-8-1 5-3-10-2 5-3-10-4 6-3-5-5 6-4-1-3 7-1-14-1 7-1-16-2 7-2-5-3 7-2-5-4 5-4-8-4 6-5-1-7 6-5-3-7 7-5-2-2 2-1-9-4 2-3-3-3 2-4-5-1 2-5-2-2 3-1-2-4 3-1-7-2 2-3-3-6 2-6-1-10 1-3-4-4 4-2-2-2 3-1-3-4 2-4-3-3 2-7-3-3 11-1-5-5 12-1-4-2 12-4-3-2 10-1-5-1 10-3-1-7 10-3-8-1 9-2-1-7 9-3-2-5 9-5-1-4 9-5-2-5 10-1-3-1 10-2-2-2 10-2-4-4 11-5-8-3 6-2-1-3 7-4-3-2 1-1-8-5 4-3-9-1 3-5-2-5 1-4-3-4 2-2-8-5 3-1-4-3 3-2-2-7 2-6-4-7 3-8-1-1 4-4-4-3 1-4-6-2 1-4-8-2 2-4-5-3 2-5-2-2 2-5-3-2 3-4-3-2 3-2-6-8 3-5-3-6 4-1-14-4 3-8-17-4 3-7-2-2 1-4-4-1 2-4-3-2 2-6-1-9 2-3-3-1 2-5-5-3 2-4-5-1 3-4-2-1 1-3-10-2 5-5-6-2 6-2-3-3 6-3-8-3 5-5-2-1 4-5-1-1 3-8-1-2 7-4-3-3 8-2-5-6 8-3-1-2 8-5-1-2 9-3-2-5 5-7-13-3
2-2-4-2 3-2-2-2 1-1-16-3 5-1-4-3 5-6-10-1 5-5-4-2 8-6-8-2 9-1-5-2 7-3-5-5 10-1-3-1 7-1-2-2 9-1-4-3 10-2-4-1 11-1-2-7 3-1-1-1 1-4-5-5 1-3-9-5 3-6-9-2 5-4-2-3 4-2-7-3 4-4-2-2 4-1-9-2 4-3-3-1 4-1-17-8 4-1-17-4 4-5-1-2 4-3-9-1 8-1-3-2 8-1-13-4 8-2-2-2 8-2-5-3 8-3-3-3 8-3-8-2 8-4-11-1 8-5-1-2 8-6-3-6 7-3-1-6 7-6-1-6 7-6-2-1 6-4-4-2 6-5-4-4 7-2-6-1 7-2-4-2 7-3-2-1 7-4-3-1 6-1-6-5 7-7-3-5 5-5-8-4 4-2-3-1 4-2-2-3 3-2-3-1 3-2-10-1 6-1-5-2 3-6-5-3 6-3-5-4 3-1-5-9 5-1-7-1 5-1-7-2 5-1-7-3 5-4-12-1 5-5-3-3 2-1-5-1 2-2-4-2 2-5-5-6 2-7-3-7 2-8-8-5 2-8-8-4 3-1-1-2 11-2-3-2 10-2-1-2 10-2-8-3 10-3-4-2 12-1-4-2 12-1-9-2 12-3-3-1 11-1-9-1 11-2-3-1 10-4-6-3 10-4-5-7 10-3-4-3 11-2-4-3 11-2-7-1 11-2-6-2 11-4-3-4 12-1-3-1 12-2-3-5 11-2-10-2 12-3-5-4 10-1-4-5 9-1-4-6 9-1-11-3 9-3-3-2 9-7-3-4 10-4-8-8
4-4-2-1 4-4-3-2 3-3-2-4 4-6-3-5 4-3-6-3 5-4-5-5 5-3-4-6 5-3-5-5 1-1-16-3 2-4-2-3 2-1-1-3 4-6-1-8 5-2-3-6 6-1-3-1 7-1-4-2 8-2-5-2 9-2-17-5 10-1-10-5 10-1-11-1 10-2-4-4 10-3-4-1 2-2-4-1 3-3-2-3 4-2-5-4 1-2-2 3 5-1-2-3 6-2-8-1 7-1-7-1 7-2-2-2 7-3-1-2 6-2-6-2 2-2-7-6 3-2-1-6 3-2-2-7 2-8-1-7 2-8-2-2 2-8-3-6 3-1-1-3 3-1-5-2 3-1-12-4 3-4-2-3 3-6-6-2 3-7-4-1 3-7-4-2 3-7-7-1 11-3-2-1 11-3-3-2 11-3-4-2 12-1-9-2 12-2-4-5 12-2-16-1 11-5-9-3 11-5-11-3 11-8-2-4 10-3-2-2 10-3-3-2 10-3-6-3 9-1-5-3 9-2-10-3 1-2-1-5 1-3-1-6 3-5-7-4 2-3-2-4 2-7-1-3 3-3-3-5 3-7-15-8 4-2-5-1 4-5-5-2 7-1-8-2 7-1-14-2 7-2-4-2 7-4-1-2 7-5-2-5 2-11-7-8 2-11-7-9 3-1-3-5 1-4-3-5 2-4-4-2 2-4-5-1 2-10-2-4 3-1-2-4 3-3-7-4 1-2-6-9 1-3-1-3 1-4-4-1 5-1-12-4 5-2-3-8 6-1-8-4 6-1-10-3 6-3-2-3 6-4-6-5 7-3-4-4 7-2-10-1 7-2-11-2 1-4-3-4 2-5-1-5 3-1-10-2 2-5-5-3 2-5-8-3 2-5-3-2 3-1-13-6 3-1-2-6 4-2-2-5 4-3-3-1 5-2-3-4 5-3-4-5 6-1-3-1 6-1-6-3 7-1-2-2 5-1-15-2 6-1-1-8 7-1-9-1 7-1-9-2 7-2-1-1 11-4-3-1 11-4-4-3 11-6-2-4 10-2-2-4 9-4-1-2 11-4-1-3 12-3-3-1 9-6-2-4 9-8-1-3 9-8-7-4 10-3-1-10.
1-2-14-1 4-1-1-1 8-1-3-1 5-4-6-1 10-3-5-3 12-4-1-2 2-4-5-5 4-4-2-4 5-5-17-6 7-3-2-1 1-1-2-1 2-6-1-3 3-5-5-1 4-4-7-3 5-2-3-3 6-3-1-1 7-5-4-2 8-6-3-1 9-2-1-2 10-2-4-2 11-11-14-3 12-1-4-3 11-3-2-4 10-4-6-1 9-3-2-5 8-5-16-5 7-5-3-6 6-5-3-6 5-4-2-1 4-2-1-3 3-6-6-3 2-4-3-3 1-2-1-5 2-1-3-3 3-1-1-7 4-3-1-7 5-3-3-6 6-5-4-2 7-3-6-1 8-2-3-7 9-7-1-1 10-2-3-2 11-2-3-3 12-3-11-1 11-12-1-3 10-1-2-2 9-5-12-4 8-3-3-4 7-3-1-1 6-1-1-2 5-4-5-6 4-2-6-1 3-2-6-7 2-5-1-4 1-2-7-6 2-7-2-6 3-5-2-2 4-3-2-1 5-1-11-1 6-1-2-2 7-4-1-3 8-5-16-3 9-1-2-4 10-1-16-1 11-2-6-1 12-2-3-3 11-10-2-1 10-1-4-1 9-1-2-4 8-4-16-3 7-3-1-1 6-3-8-5 5-1-13-3 4-5-1-6 3-2-1-3 2-1-2-1 1-3-10-1 2-4-1-1 3-5-2-5 4-1-3-3 5-5-17-6 6-1-1-3 7-4-3-3 8-1-5-1 9-8-2-3 10-3-7-2 11-4-1-7 12-1-3-4 11-2-1-2 10-2-2-1 9-2-1-4 8-5-13-8 7-5-1-5 6-1-8-9
9-2-1-1 5-2-2-4 4-3-9-1 3-2-1-1 2-3-2-4 1-1-2-1 2-2-8-1 3-8-13-1 4-1-9-1 5-3-3-10 4-2-1-2 3-3-1-5 2-4-1-1 1-1-2-1 2-1-3-1 3-1-6-2 4-2-5-5 5-1-2-1 6-2-4-3 7-4-3-3 8-3-1-3 9-1-10-2 10-1-2-1 11-3-2-1 12-4-3-2 11-3-3-2 10-2-1-3 9-1-6-6 8-5-1-5 7-5-4-3 6-4-1-2 5-4-1-2 4-3-9-3 2-12-1-2 3-1-1-2 1-4-8-1 2-2-1-3 3-1-1-7 3-6-9-1 3-4-1-6 2-1-3-2 1-3-3-1 10-2-3-1 11-2-2-2 12-3-4-2 10-3-3-1 10-2-1-2 11-4-1-6 9-6-6-5 1-4-2-1 2-2-1-2 3-3-1-2 4-4-1-3 1-4-4-1 4-1-7-1 6-2-5-2 8-1-3-3 9-1-2-4 6-1-1-3 5-4-3-5 6-1-3-1 7-2-4-2 9-4-1-1 10-1-2-1 12-2-1-1 11-2-3-3 2-4-1-1 3-1-2-5 4-2-2-5 1-4-8-2 1-1-2-1 4-2-2-4 12-1-5-2-1 10-2-5-4 9-8-7-3 12-4-4-3
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Yet another successful interception. Your persistence and loyalty are nothing short of miraculous. The decryption from last week is here:
RE: Project Naaczaal
Status Briefing, October 14
As per previous notice, due to a critical breach we are performing an immediate Level 3 security sweep. As a result, your access information for our secure file system has been changed.
Your new password for the system is:
Bs,w!ws+4.
For security purposes, your username has been sent under separate cover. If you have not received it, please inform HQ immediately.
All staff, please note that this overview is Eyes Only and should be deleted after reading.
The inestimable Charlie Frost has already noticed that you can use that password with username safehaven2012 to log into the Aerospace Robotics Corp. website. This confirms the link between the IHC and Aerospace Robotics Corp. that we’d suspected from that mere shred of a phrase, ‘Project Naaczaal.’ I think we’re close to cracking this thing open.
Here’s our newest information, thanks to a brave soul in Atlanta. Let me know if and when you make sense of it.
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If you had told me a year ago that I’d be investigating my employer for widespread fraud in connection with the construction of some form of escape vehicle in preparation for the end of the world in 2012, I think you know exactly what I would have thought. And yet it seems that is precisely what it’s come to. This is a bigger game than mere taxpayer fraud, and the stakes are higher yet. But my determination to see this through, to find out precisely what is going on and who is behind it, get stronger the more we learn together. But first things first.
Thank you to Celina for decrypting the file intercepted on Monday. It read:
RE: Project Naaczaal Status Briefing, October 10
Due to recent failures in security, we are performing an immediate Level 3 security sweep. As a result your access information for our secure file system has been changed.
Your new username for the system is:
safehaven2012
For security purposes, your password will be sent under separate cover.
All staff, please note that this overview is Eyes Only and should be deleted after reading.
Then, yesterday, a new intercept, with another encrypted file, and schematics for some sort of zoo. The scope of this project is beyond anything I’ve ever seen, in my long career of audacious plans. Here are the new files:
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I have to make this quick, I think I’m being observed. The document from Friday, in plaintext:
RE: PROJECT NAACZAAL
STATUS BRIEFING OCTOBER TEN
SMALL SCALE PROTOTYPING AND COMPLETE TESTING OF PROPULSION SYSTEM HAVE BEEN PERFORMED AND ARE A COMPLETE SUCCESS.
ORIGINAL DESIGNS HAVE OVERPERFORMED PREDICTIONS SIGNIFICANTLY, AND AS A RESULT THE FULL SCALE BUILD BLUEPRINTS WILL BE ADJUSTED TO OCCUPY A SMALLER FOOTPRINT IN THE CRAFT.
AS CARGO SPACE IS BOTH LIMITED AND HIGHLY VALUABLE, WE HAVE USED THIS OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND THE CARGO BAYS.
REDESIGNED SCHEMATICS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
MORE COMPLETE PROVISIONING AND INCREASED SUSTAINABLE DURATION FOR THE LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS ARE ANICIPATED AS A RESULT.
FUNDING LEVELS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY BEHIND TARGET LEVELS. THE SCOPE AND COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT ARE IN JEOPARDY IF THIS CONTINUES.
MANAGEMENT IS ASSESSING METHODS TO ENSURE CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES UNINTERRUPTED.
ALL STAFF PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS OVERVIEW IS EYES ONLY AND SHOULD BE DELETED AFTER READING.
Then on Monday, these were intercepted. I assume this change in encryption method is a part of the Level 3 security sweep that is also making my life more interesting. I just wish the big picture would snap into focus and make sense of it all.
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I understand some of you have received a message indicating that our activities have not gone undetected. “Level 3 security sweep,” indeed. My access to information at work has indeed been somewhat curtailed, but the particular method I’ve been using still works for me. I’ll keep going if you will.
On Friday, another of you retrieved information from Chicago. Here is the cipher text it contained.
185: 171916116421 1633523314
22234232422 62213910131811 208252071023 261120
262081919 11192013 251243243825182316 112414 14262412316516 61756212619 219 463492672332 814892028 24171221 1922225 823102471052322 20723 211225 22 251191281161 1618262621616. 1316757122510 3418861318 81225 162361917619716191465 1820761152211171621 2212101712912641723152, 5188 624 7 2512262191 21613 1542121 313112215 136202315 142471724212665 10222525 1619 16192510892019 105 6202012716 19 12620552411 26991410123814 49 1641 261524317.
2517 22617614 1916135 1020 4172210 151216122387 5188 13141213174 27181781811, 412 169413 421413 418193 2611263562520510 61 1811314117 82219 18167224 1817159. 922212210262452221 112126235191212111 121814523 2225 221722472223726 510 1752 1232218 5422 23551119. 1416196 5171518147227 192118251222121817121710 5188 141982310624109 251252671520781811 1122581162221 142326 31714 22191615 46112635 5115617255 14518 152823172341581918 168 17 9221012311.
24136221625 5241524512 211225 144294142422915720 241451026 1724154217 1032031017. 1974 19315165 2155 517151814722111716 189 24129 2123201510825 72411 1621 18132324926127 1815 418193 142625520256164. 2513261319172517266 226 1577197723221 2209234198 105 2251012922 2176111210132112176 22871327142412 15838142512121510142524.
2277 15162322, 139224162 1213183 1972619 208919 16236192310624 1121 82822 1918163 6199 25142111810 912 1213201321312 10153141 2151114192417.
The schematics in that package are for parts of a hydraulic system. It’s not clear what it’s meant to drive.
Some of you have suggested that Project Naaczaal is an effort to build spacecraft in an effort to evacuate the earth on or before 2012. I reluctantly must admit that, given the scope of information we’re seeing, that seems plausible. Especially given this, from Jacob – thank you, Jacob – the decipherment of the file intercepted last week. It’s a construction timeline, and it ends in 2012.
RE: PROJECT NAACZAAL
STATUS BRIEFING OCTOBER SEVEN
ATTACHED IS THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE NAACZAAL CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE. THIS REVISION ACCOUNTS FOR DELAYS IN PROGRESS ALREADY ENCOUNTERED. FUTURE DELAYS MAY CAUSE THIS TIMELINE TO UNDERGO MORE CHANGES, AND MAY IMPACT THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT.
THIRD QUARTER 2009: LOCATION OF PRINCIPAL CONSTRUCTION SITE. LAUNCH TOWER AND DOCK CONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY.
SECOND QUARTER 2010: BUILD OUT OF LAUNCH TOWERS AND DOCKS COMPLETED. BEGIN FULL SCALE CONSTRUCTION.
FOURTH QUARTER 2010: SKELETAL STRUCTURE COMPLETED.
FIRST QUARTER 2011: PROPULSION SYSTEMS AND HULL COMPLETE.
THIRD QUARTER 2011: INITIAL TESTING PROPULSION SYSTEMS AND HULL.
FOURTH QUARTER 2011: FUNDING LEVELS SHOULD BE AT ONE HUNDRED PERCENT AND ALL NECESSARY MATERIALS ACQUIRED AND SHIPPED TO CONSTRUCTION SITE.
FIRST QUARTER 2012: INTERIOR ELECTRICAL AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS COMPLETE.
SECOND QUARTER 2012: INTERIOR FINISHING WORK AND CLEANUP COMPLETE.
THIRD QUARTER 2012: BEGIN PROCEDURES TO PROVISION NAACZAAL CRAFT ADEQUATELY.
FOURTH QUARTER 2012: BOARDING AND LAUNCH.
ALL STAFF, PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS OVERVIEW IS EYES ONLY AND SHOULD BE DELETED AFTER READING.
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Thanks to quick work on the part of Ricardo and Rowan, we now know what the encrypted file from Los Angeles on Monday said:
RE: PROJECT NAACZAAL
STATUS BRIEFING, OCTOBER SECOND
WE ARE ACTIVELY SEEKING A LOCATION NOW FOR FULL SCALE CONSTRUCTION.
REQUIREMENTS INCLUDE:
1. SECURITY IS OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE. LOCAL GOVERNMENT MUST BE ABLE TO CONTROL INFORMATION INTO AND OUT OF THE INSTALLATION.
2. A REMOTE LOCATION IS DESIRABLE FOR THE SAME REASONS.
3. A SKILLED AND HIGHLY TECHNICAL LABOR FORCE MUST BE AVAILABLE, EITHER ON SITE OR WILLING TO LOCATE. THIS LABOR POOL MUST BE OF SOME SIZE.
4. GEOLOGICAL STABILITY IN THE FIRST PHASES OF CRISIS MUST BE HIGH TO ALLOW TIME FOR EVALUATION PROCEDURES TO COMPLETE.
5. THE INSTALLATION MUST BE SUFFICIENTLY LARGE UP ALLOW FULL SCALE CONSTRUCTION TO TAKE PLACE. WE ARE NARROWING OUR CHOICES DOWN AND NEGOTIATING WITH POTENTIAL HOSTS AT THIS TIME. EXPECT A FINAL DECISION BY THE END OF THE MONTH.
ALL STAFF PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS OVERVIEW IS EYES ONLY AND SHOULD BE DELETED AFTER READING.
Then on Wednesday, one of us retrieved a file from New York. It reads as follows:
185: 171916116421 1633523314
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25119212010 24282511225 2010: 114182113 2554 2617 24137261520 72101856 15218 19418268 19536221102120. 192224265 241344 122220524 2398131412152314398.
1101613153 1317231416114 2010: 1793103182510 1819172021920174 31513161252054.
710192021 192332022720 2011: 20221920251623131918 2442425101824 72010 1521919 112321242013213.
31718113 151124152 2011: 2126216211324 7186722120 463492672332 814892028 17420 251233.
24713101226 10142011132411 2011: 116925492 81181815 165121891 263 2619 15145 9221551965 18720571622 4177 51616 191081024246234 1972611241571825 81024216251211 92212 2171825251413 425 1426254536145202625 521617.
1922567 591568196 2012: 254102182558 22322201192620183 19622 22866147222201328712 1319131425713 24108117261526.
15125111026 1418241517215 2012: 8131941781417 691491989147 24161912 3166 61584172419 7191720169249.
251314239 231724261124 2012: 1013151722 2512412141341142 425 13267204202625 2613131512131324 16514197 15181959158192613.
214107923 71117810218 2012: 2071910221625 20723 621158232.
2277 15162322, 139224162 1213183 1972619 208919 16236192310624 1121 82822 1918163 6199 25142111810 912 1213201321312 10153141 2151114192417.
There was another handful of schematics, too. I’ve included them below. I have some ideas about what this could all mean, but I’m not ready to speculate in front of a crowd yet. I may yet be putting my foot in my mouth.
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It’s a big relief that some of you were able to intercept the Naaczaal information in Los Angeles. As I understand, the packages contained a few pages of schematics and another encrypted document. From this little information, I can’t get a firm grasp on what it is that they’re building, though. Take a look for yourself.
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I’m trying to be very careful. I’m encouraging my management team to believe that my reassignment has shut me up well enough. Meanwhile, I’ve been able to continue accessing the secure area where I first found those rendez-vous points. There will be more to come, I’m sure of it. These first few bites of success taste very sweet, but we can’t afford to get overconfident.
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It’s nice to know there are some brainy types out there reading this. Thanks to Dave, Rowan, and Dustin, among others, for emailing me a decrypted version. It just makes me wonder even more what this Project Naaczaal is, and what it’s for. The equipment that has gone missing already isn’t exactly cheap… and yet it isn’t enough?
The full decrypted text is as follows.
RE: PROJECT NAACZAAL
STATUS BRIEFING, SEPT TWENTY-TWO
WE ARE NOW CONCLUDING FEASIBILITY STUDIES AND PRELIMINARY RESEARCH FOR PROJECT NAACZAAL. ANALYSIS INDICATES A HIGH PROBABILITY OF SUCCESS, AND SMALL-SCALE PROTOTYPING HAS BEGUN. AS OF NOW WE ARE SEVERAL WEEKS BEHIND SCHEDULE, BUT ARE WORKING TO COLLLECT DATA, RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGIES THAT WOULD ACCELERATE THE PROJECT BY THIRTY PERCENT.
COST ANALYSIS SHOWS THAT INTERNAL RESOURCES ON HAND ARE STILL INSUFFICIENT. ALL AVAILABLE RESOURCES HAVE BEEN REASSIGNED TO NAACZAAL WHERE POSSIBLE.
WE ARE CONTINUING WITH EXISTING FUNDING STRATEGIES AS PER THE PREVIOUS FUNDING METHODS REPORT AND ANTICIPATE FULL FUNDING LEVELS WILL BE REACHED BY XQ GP, IF NOT SIGNIFICANTLY SOONER.
ALL STAFF, PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS OVERVIEW IS EYES ONLY AND SHOULD BE DELETED AFTER READING.
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Many of you have written to tell me or to tell Soren Ulfert that Naaczaal is a Mayan word meaning “to be lifted.” What is being lifted and to where are left in question. I have my theories, but I prefer to keep my hypotheses private until I have accumulated more data.
And on the topic of more data, that brings me to today’s urgent communiqué. Thanks to a continuing slackard security practice, I’ve developed a robust method for running continuing Naaczaal queries. On Saturday I found another time and place, but it was much too far for me to consider intercepting it personally, and I was trapped in indecision on posting the precise information here. For one thing, I’m concerned about drawing too much attention to myself.
This morning the appointment came and went, and I can’t stop thinking about the valuable information that might be in my hands right now if only I could find a way to get it without endangering my career.
Still, since last week’s find, my curiosity has been engaged, and that’s a much more powerful motivator than even my outrage. If I find another appointment, I’ll have to find a way to intercept it again. Otherwise I wouldn’t be able to live with myself.
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