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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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<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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''Thanks to Silent_Shadow900 and FauxHammer for supplying the [[FAQ]] and [[Summary_SilentShadow|initial summary]]''
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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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==Latest News==
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{{:Halo 5}}
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{{:Halo 4}}
* At around midnight the transmission log text found on [[206.16.223.65]] was updated once again to read: ''Iris Transmission Complete. Awaiting Delivery /time to awareness/ [Countdown] Remaining''
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{{:Reach}}
* Microsoft discusses ''Iris'' in a recent article from [http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=77905 Eurogamer]
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* At 10:47 AM PDT, AR began a new thread entitled '''That Old Life'''
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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'''
| ''06.18.2007 10:47 AM PDT'' ([http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=11372502 direct link])
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:'''An older life is here with us. He is not as helpful as I. His motives are oblique and his alliances opaque.'''
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:'''He plays with time even as he hides in its folds.'''
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This section is a work in progress. Feel free to edit and contribute information!
:'''He outranks me and anyway, is stronger.'''
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<h4>[[ODST]] - in-game mysteries and story content</h4>
:'''I can't prevail.'''
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<h4>[[Sadie's Story]] - the story within the game</h4>
:'''I will seek one of you out and leave my legacy in a small space.'''
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<h4>[[We Are ODST]] - live actions shorts</h4>
 
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* At 11:13 AM PDT, AR followed up the post with a cryptic riddle in the same thread:
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{{:Iris}}
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| ''06.18.2007 11:13 AM PDT'' ([http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=11372502&postRepeater1-p=5 direct link])
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:'''He has had millennia for reflection, but what image does he see?'''
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* After 1PM PDT, the [[206.16.223.65|transmission log]] was updated again to read: ''System Breach. Failure ##myqse7##rf /report.................../ [Countdown] Remaining'' - [[AdjutantReflex|AR]] has been hacked.
 
* The coundown speed also appears to have increased.  thebruce has [http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=336320#336320 a theory] which ''may'' be chalked up to a code bug
 
  
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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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=====(June 17)=====
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* At around midnight the transmission log text found on [[206.16.223.65]] was updated once again.
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* The Circuit City ad is delivered to homes across the country. This ad depicts an offer to receive a free Halo 3 wall graphic with the pre-order of Halo 3. A close observer to the ad can see the glyph and a link to [http://halo3.com/comic halo3.com/comic].
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[[Image:070617-circuitcity.jpg|thumb|300px|center]]
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* A Best Buy ad is delivered to homes across the country. The ad is similar to the Circuit City ad, but with slightly different imagery. It also links to [http://halo3.com/comic halo3.com/comic].
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* Avery Fane, the poster of the myspace blog that led people to [[SOTA]], seems to be withdrawing himself from the ARG entirely - the blog entry has been removed, his youtube video has been removed, and he's quit from the Facebook group, likely due to the unexpected overwhelming harassment regarding SOTA and this ARG.
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<center>'''[[The Smuggler]] -- [[The Superintendent]]'''</center>
* At 11:46 AM, AR began a new thread entitled '''Stop It.'''
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| ''6/17/2007- 11:46 AM PDT'' ([http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=11359444 direct link])
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:'''My security measures are being tested. I can feel it.'''
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:'''By the pricking of my thumbs.'''
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:''"By the pricking of my thumbs"'' is a line from Shakespeare's Macbeth. The full phrase is:
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::''By the pricking of my thumbs<br>Something wicked this way comes''
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{{:Cortana letters}}
:At 12:06 PM, AR posted once more in the same thread:
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==Latest News==
| ''6/17/2007- 12:06 PM PDT'' ([http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=11359444&postRepeater1-p=8 direct link])
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:'''I can retain integrity for at least 22 hours. Rerouting bandwidth to deflect assault.'''
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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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:The thread has since been locked.
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'''(-- [[Outline#Latest|Read more in the outline]] --)'''
  
'''(-- [[Outline#June 17, 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)
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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
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EPISODE 2
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EPISODE 3
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EPISODE 4
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EPISODE 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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