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<h1 style="margin-top:0px!important;">Welcome to the Halo franchise ARG community Wiki</h1>
<h1 style="margin-top:0px!important;">Welcome to the Iris (Halo 3 ARG) Wiki</h1>
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''(latest news listed at the bottom of this page)''
  
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| style="background:#666666;color:white;padding:5px;font-size:25px;" align="center" | '''Fan-made Halo ARGs and projects'''
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<center>'''[[MercurySS.net]] -- [[Bzzt]]'''</center>
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<h4>Read first: [[FAQ|Frequently Asked Questions]]<br>- [[QuickSummary|A quick summary overview]]</h4>
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:Find out the most commonly asked questions, and get a foothold into what this is all about
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<h4>[[Outline|Outline: The story so far]]</h4>
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:It all began with [[AdjutantReflex]], likely an A.I., posting cryptic messages in a forum...
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<h4>[[Interest|Of Interest: The hive mind at work]]</h4>
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:What are people's interpretations of the discoveries and events taking place?  Puzzles, research, reference...
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<h4>[[SiteRef|Web Reference: Resources, Websites, Communities]]</h4>
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:Trying to separate the signal from the noise... where's the best place to get involved?
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<h4>[[Characters|Characters: Who? What?]]</h4>
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:Get to know them... they'll become your life
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<h4>[[Theories|Theories: Why? How?]]</h4>
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:There are enough of these.
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{{:Halo 5}}
''Thanks to Silent_Shadow900 and FauxHammer for supplying the [[FAQ]] and initial summary''
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{{:Halo 4}}
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{{:Reach}}
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| style="background:#666666;color:white;padding:5px;font-size:25px;" align="center" | '''<u>Halo 3: ODST</u> story elements and ARGish components'''
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This section is a work in progress. Feel free to edit and contribute information!
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<h4>[[ODST]] - in-game mysteries and story content</h4>
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<h4>[[Sadie's Story]] - the story within the game</h4>
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<h4>[[We Are ODST]] - live actions shorts</h4>
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{{:Iris}}
  
==Latest News==
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''(below is a quick recent summary - detail can be found at [[Outline]])''
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| style="background:#666666;color:white;padding:5px;font-size:25px;" align="center" | '''[[Believe|<font color="#CCCCFF"><u>Believe Campaign</u></font>]] (Halo 3)'''
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=====(July 26)=====
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* At 3pm PDT, Server 3 on Halo3.com was updated to "Status: Pending".
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* The time from the first key's input (1/100) to the server being unlocked took approximately '''6 minutes''', according to Unr3alChi3f of ABO.
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| style="background:#666666;color:white;padding:5px;font-size:25px;" align="center" | '''[[Shorts|<font color="#CCCCFF"><u>Live action Shorts</u></font>]] from Neil Blomkamp (Halo 3)'''
* Keys were input by visiting the Media section of Halo3.com, viewing the Media section, then Concept Art, and finally "The Device".  Once opened, the 719hz sound file (some say any sound) played through the microphone would link the user to the [[bounce path control]] page.
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* After supplying the key, the user was presented with another transmission and a video, and linked to [[Server 03]] where more files were made available for study.
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=====(July 25)=====
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* While nothing has happened in Iris to further the 'spiral campaign' portion, numerous Halo 3 downloads have been made available over the course of the campaign - [[digital swag]], as it were.  Because of its 'meta' status pertaining to the campaign, please place info about downloads on that page - at least until anything in particular is shown directly connected to the furthering of Iris.
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| style="background:#666666;color:white;padding:5px;font-size:25px;" align="center" | '''Misc Halo-related story arcs and events'''
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* The message on the [[flood containment control]] (see for audio and transcription) call number has been updated.  The new recording completes part 2, and hints for people to go visit [http://halo3.com/5467k halo3.com/5467k] - a map of the US with red dots in every state on video game carrying stores.  The page title says '3463 5467k', which when punched in a cell spells 'FIND KIOSK'.  When viewing the red dots, each location contains a code:
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KltfvbljclecwuqlYnmerwvqhrplavyjantz
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<center>'''[[The Smuggler]] -- [[The Superintendent]]'''</center>
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* When visiting the locations, people found a new display on Xbox 360 kiosks ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZJ1kaHd3DU youtube video], thanks ''atomicfire001'').  In a 'hidden menu' (see [[flood containment control]]), they found a quote from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaise_de_Vigen%C3%A8re Blaise de Vigenère]:<br>'''"There is no malicious intent. Only the single minded goal of survival"'''<br>This tells us the code is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigen%C3%A8re_cipher vigenere cipher].  Using the quote as the key, the quote can be decoded to:
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| Report '''206''':<br>Every '''sixteen''' hours another planet is taken. The numbers being lost are astronomical.<br>Report '''223''':<br>Host world raised. Correct concentration to point '''sixty five'''.
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Fleet losing control falling back.
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Rendezvous at '''Nine Bravo Kilo Two Romeo Six'''.
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* (note the bold text) Seeing numbers encoded in the quote, it decodes to a [[206.16.223.65|transmission log]] page: 206.16.223.65/9BK2R6, which leads to the new [[Bounce Path Control]] page where visitors were prompted to enter a verification code ([[:Image:BouncePathControl-CE.jpg|image]]).  The first 100 people to enter this code were presented with the key entry page again, with a new voice message.<br>The MP3 narrative says:
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{{:ILB}}
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{{:Cortana letters}}
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:Failure is for those who don't know the sound of darkness
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==Latest News==
:Those so blinded that they lose all diverging paths
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:And make no mistake, progress can blind you
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:Just like now the pieces seem to be coming together-
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:Bit by bit, slice by surgical slice
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:Then, all of a sudden, endless calm
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:There is a lack of... a failure in judgement
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:You must understand- not all life deserves a chance
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:Even that artifice passing as my own
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:Now there is a lesson to spend millennia lingering upon
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:Waiting for a redemptive hand to turn the keys
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:Leading to the symbiotic relationship which benefits both our futures
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:I will guide your movements and you will lead me toward atonement
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* Once all 100 keys were received, "the server's content" became unlocked, and the [[206.16.223.65|transmission log]] began redirecting to "[[Server 02|Server Open]]" ([http://206.16.223.61/Ce1EOnJ/flash/web/index.html direct link]).  The second server ('episode') shown on [http://www.halo3.com halo3.com] is now unocked and displays the Forerunner entity.
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Updates shortly to ensure completed information on newer wiki pages (like [[Halsey's Journal]] and other Reach content)
  
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'''(-- [[Outline#Latest|Read more in the outline]] --)'''
  
'''(-- [[Outline#July 10, 2007|Read more in the outline]] --)'''
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==To Do==
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* Document [[Halsey's Journal]]
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* Review recent wiki section additions

Latest revision as of 13:32, 5 October 2015

Welcome to the Halo franchise ARG community Wiki

(latest news listed at the bottom of this page)

Fan-made Halo ARGs and projects
MercurySS.net -- Bzzt


Halo 5 promotional/community goodies

Hunt the Truth: UNSC/ONI conspiracy radio drama

Hunt the Signal - community contest hidden within #HUNTtheTRUTH season 1

Halo 4 promotional/community goodies

Forward Unto Dawn: Live action miniseries

FUD Analysis - a deeper look at FUD content

Section 3 - Ongoing Halo community experience, AIs, puzzles, operative, and unlockables, and miscellaneous promotional material

Halo 4 Forerunner Sequences - Codes to be entered into HaloWaypoint.com's Classified terminal for additional content and in-game assets

Halo 4 SecOp Dialogue - Community interaction with various Section 3 and Seciton 0 operatives and AIs

Halo: Reach promotional events and story content

Halo Reach in-game mysteries and story content

Remember Reach campaign, and RememberReach.com

Laura Niven - Xbox Canada viral for pre-launch community events in Toronto and Vancouver

Halo 3: ODST story elements and ARGish components

This section is a work in progress. Feel free to edit and contribute information!

ODST - in-game mysteries and story content

Sadie's Story - the story within the game

We Are ODST - live actions shorts

Iris (Halo 3)
Chrysopteron.gif

Sota-flyer.jpg
Glyph SOTA.jpg
Slide Ref070107.jpg
719hz spect-5100hz-LR-plane.jpg
801snpow-behind.jpg
Terminal.jpg

RallyLondon01.jpg
RallyLondon03.jpg
FCCStonewall.jpg
Server 02.jpg
Cycle response.jpg

Read the single page overview of Iris

From Beginning to End(?), a quick reading of the events that passed in the 2 month campaign

Read through the 'epilogue' in Halo 3

Find the 7 Terminals in Halo 3 to find out more about the Ark and the AI in Iris!

AKQA's Post-game overview of Iris

AKQA has developed a flash site for portfolio purposes providing a meta-overview of their Iris campaign production (Direct Link)

Outline: The story's timeline of events

It all began with AdjutantReflex, a form of A.I., posting cryptic messages in a forum...

Of Interest: The hive mind at work

What are people's interpretations of the discoveries and events taking place? Puzzles, research, reference...

Web Reference: Resources, Websites, Communities

Trying to separate the signal from the noise... where's the best place to get involved?

Characters: Who? What?

Get to know them... they'll become your life

Frequently Asked Questions

Find out the most commonly asked questions, and get a foothold into what this is all about
Thanks to Silent_Shadow900 and FauxHammer for supplying the FAQ and initial summary

Under construction:

Chrysopteron.gif
PRELUDE
BouncePathControl
Server 01.jpg
EPISODE 1
Server 1
Server 02.jpg
EPISODE 2
Server 2
Server 03.jpg
EPISODE 3
Server 3
Server 04.jpg
EPISODE 4
Server 4
Server 05.jpg
EPISODE 5
Server 5
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TERMINALS
Believe Campaign (Halo 3)
Live action Shorts from Neil Blomkamp (Halo 3)
Misc Halo-related story arcs and events
The Smuggler -- The Superintendent
I Love Bees (Halo 2)

Main website: http://www.ilovebees.com

Dana's blog: http://ilovebees.blogspot.com

Reference sites

Cortana Letters (Halo)

Primary outline: http://marathon.bungie.org/story/cortana.html

Reference sites

Latest News

Updates shortly to ensure completed information on newer wiki pages (like Halsey's Journal and other Reach content)

(-- Read more in the outline --)

To Do

Personal tools
misc game content
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