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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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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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* After opening [[Server 04]], users quickly discovered the url of the mysterious new IP address, by using the text found on [[StarImage4.jpg]]: [[206.16.223.76|TheArtifactLocation.com]].  It was also noted then that when each star map when overlaid with previous, was slowly spelling out "the artifact location" which was clearly visible in the 4th image.
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* It was quickly determined (aka previously known) that the password for the location was ''boomerang'' - the name of the nebula in [[unknown.jpg]].  Entering it produced a new mystery - a list of 3 cities: New York, Seattle, Los Angeles - followed by randomly cycling characters in sets of 5.
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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)'''
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* At 10:50am PDT, [[Thomas Sanatos]] began another thread in the [[The Castaway Theory#Amazon.com comments|book's forum]], labelled "He's BACK!!"
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* Within this comment, Thomas was very excited that [[Jonas]] had returned from his 20 months absense, quoting an IM he received from one "[[profvol49]]".  Assuming it's an MSN username, [[Jonas]] could be reached via profvol49[splat]hotmail.com
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* In chatting with profvol49 (a chat bot), bits of information were revealed - some important, some not.  Mainly, the link to the [[Bounce Path Control]] page for [[Server 04]].
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* Soon after 11am PDT, 100 keys had been entered and [[Server 04]] was unlocked (though not without [[Technical problems#Server 04|technical difficulty]]).
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{{:Cortana letters}}
  
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==Latest News==
* [[Thomas Sanatos]] posted a new thread in the [[The Castaway Theory#Amazon.com comments|book's forum]] at 4:15pm PDT.
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* [[Thomas Sanatos]] replied 3 times sequentially within a thread in the [[The Castaway Theory#Amazon.com comments|book's forum]] at about 6:20pm PDT.
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* Halo3.com was updated on Aug 3rd in the Halo Insider section with a new post, including a poem by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Byron Lord Byron] called [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/When_We_Two_Parted When We Two Parted], with an additional final stanza.
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* Within [[When we two parted|the new poem]] are extra spaces, placed before specific letters.  The 'marked' letters put together spell: '''THECASTAWAYTHEORYVOLMAN'''
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* Following the hint from the final stanza referencing "Amazon", a new book was discovered named "[[The Castaway Theory]]", by ''[[Jonas Volman]]'', published by "[[Golden Wing Books]]" (aka, Iris) with the [[719hz.wav]] spectrogram image of Schrodinger's Equation used as cover illustration.  The release date according to Amazon was ''Nov 9, 2004'' - the date Halo 2 was released.
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* In the [[The Castaway Theory#Amazon.com comments|comments section]] are two posts from ''[[Thomas Sanatos]]'', seeming to say that Volman has been missing for quite some time.
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* When previewing the book's pages, note first the ISBN number: '''2-061-62236-5''', aka [[206.16.223.65]].  The book's Amazon ID may also be encoded: '''B000RGSYWI'''
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* The previewable page contents include up to the 2nd page of Chapter 1.  On the 2nd page is an image bearing a striking resemblance to our [[glyph]]s.  The book and its chapters discuss genetics and the gap that appears to exist between ancient and modern humans in the Darwinian evolutionary theory, and possible explanations.
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* See [[The Castaway Theory]] for available book contents.
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* At 3:43pm PDT, [[Thomas Sanatos]] posted a 3rd comment in the book's [[The Castaway Theory#Amazon.com comments|forum]].
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* '''[[Server 03]]''' is now unlocked.  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 '''12 minutes''', according to Unr3alChi3f of ABO.
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* Keys were input by visiting the Media section of Halo3.com, viewing the 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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'''(-- [[Outline#Latest|Read more in the outline]] --)'''
  
'''(-- [[Outline#August 8, 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:

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PRELUDE
BouncePathControl
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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
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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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