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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
22234232422 62213910131811 208252071023 251121120
811810151211 171 31714 15815135419615 46242412310 118 72118 215151714151526 1843897101892443 1025321225421. 11252610 102314111176 20222281471312 26912 25267222014 510 13151241521616 251016325223 41321420131941743. 6212021185 561322620 1531 6424228 24121323 2514181017141910 2621 2211112251422 21232613 1217102316142, 112414 241210 2125213156 72118 7173419 421 102421 7961222011.
122611022 10142011132411 2009: 7102422154109 112 131561126613249 113121718161911871312 188194. 121211438 211624619 3166 718614 7191823242225724131918 261991023264.
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.
