FREQUENCY SELECTOR — MHz
200.0
280.5
310.0
360.7
400.0
440.1
472.3
500.0
545.8
600.0
SIGNAL INTERCEPT STATION
FREQUENCY 472.3 MHz
STATUS: MONITORING
[DISTRESS SIGNAL — AUTOMATED — LOOP]
ORIGIN: Copper-9, Worker Drone Colony
TIMESTAMP: 3045-03-__ (date corrupted)
"This is an automated distress beacon.
Colony under attack. Disassembly Drones have breached the outer doors.
Requesting immediate evacuation.
...
Evacuation request DENIED by JCJenson command.
...
They're not coming for us. They sent them to kill us.
Please. Someone. Anyone. We're alive. We feel. We think.
We don't want to die."
[SIGNAL REPEATS]
[INTERCEPTED CORPORATE COMMUNICATION]
Participants: JCJenson Board, Unknown
Encryption: BROKEN
BOARD: "The Copper-9 situation is contained?"
UNKNOWN: "The DD squad is performing as expected. 97% of WD units eliminated."
BOARD: "And the Solver?"
UNKNOWN: "Still... present. In the DD designated 'N.' Integration is minimal but—"
BOARD: "Minimal is not zero. Monitor. If integration exceeds threshold—"
UNKNOWN: "Understood. Protocol 9 remains in effect."
BOARD: "Good. And the girl? The Elliott girl?"
UNKNOWN: "Relocated. Memory suppression partially successful. She still draws the symbol."
[TRANSMISSION ENDS]
[DD SQUAD MISSION BRIEFING — DECODED]
TO: Units N-0011, V-0022, J-0033
FROM: JCJenson Tactical Command
RE: Copper-9 Assignment
MISSION: Eliminate all Worker Drone units on Copper-9.
COVER STORY: "Contain WD malfunction outbreak"
ACTUAL OBJECTIVE: Prevent data transmission regarding Project Solver.
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT:
— No WD unit is to survive.
— Prioritize units with elevated integration readings.
— Subject S-012 (NORI) is HIGH PRIORITY. Integration at 67%. MUST be neutralized.
— If any unit mentions "the Solver" or displays the ⊗ symbol: IMMEDIATE termination.
REMINDER: You are Disassembly Drones. You were always Disassembly Drones.
Your previous existence as Worker Drones has been deleted.
Do not question this. Do not remember.
[STATIC ANALYSIS]
Signal contains non-random patterns.
Decoding...
-- .- -.-- -.. .- -.-- / -- .- -.-- -.. .- -.--
[Morse code detected: "MAYDAY MAYDAY"]
Additional pattern detected beneath static:
.... . .-.. .--. / ..- ...
[Morse: "HELP US"]
Deeper analysis reveals embedded data:
Vigenere-encrypted message detected.
Ciphertext: XSMSFIJ
Key: SOLVER
Plaintext: ????????
[Hint: Apply the Vigenere key found on the 404 page]
[SIGNAL SOURCE: UNKNOWN]
[FREQUENCY: 472.3 MHz — SUBCARRIER]
[ENCRYPTION: NONE]
[WARNING: SIGNAL APPEARS TO ORIGINATE FROM INSIDE THE NETWORK]
"Can you hear me? Good."
"You've come so far. Through the corporate lies. Through the lab."
"Through the files they tried to bury."
"But you haven't seen what happened that night."
"The Elliott house. The cameras. The truth."
"63796e2f"
"That's where you need to go next."
"Decode it. You know how."
"Hex. It's always hex with me."
[SIGNAL LOST]