The_Player
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Right, this is an attempt to clear up and assimilate everything we know so far.
ArmA 3 gameserver spotted on: http://tools.poweredbygamespy.com/masterserver/index.aspx?gamename=arma3pc
http://m26.node-42.rv4a3.org/, the hostname in the above screenshot, takes you to this page:
From the beginning:
[Site plays dialup sound, which gives everything an 80s feel]
The number +302254093269 is Greek (+30 country code) and the tail part, 2254093269, is registered to a Taverna (a greek pub) on 'Stratis' - location here. The 2254 part is the Limnos area code.
Federal laws mentioned are the Atomic Energy Act and the Computer Fraud Act, respectively.
(WOPR) is a reference to a fictional supercomputer in the movie "WarGames" - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WOPR and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WarGames. "Joshua" is the backdoor password in the film. It's about an averted nuclear disaster, and both of the laws mentioned above would be relevant to it.
M-26 refers to where the computer is supposed to be based - Mike-26 Air Force Base on Stratis - http://arma3blog.com/sites/default/files/web_stratis_map_overview.jpg
AMES1 is an early warning radar system - this ties in with the fact that Mike-26 is supposed to have an advanced radar facility.
Arma3.com's redacted info on Stratis says:
Batto managed to get into it somehow, and posted this screenshot:
It references Jerry Hopper, and shows that there is a /home/melteme directory. "melteme" should be a user name, going by standard UNIX principles. "jerryhopper" could be another.
"melteme" is apparently the name of a wind: ""the bad tempered one": Northerly wind in the Aegean.", source: http://windlegends.org/windnames.htm
My thoughts are that Melteme could be a call sign for a member of TF Aegis.
Ion-Inc are the PMC company introduced in Arma 2's PMC DLC. They have their own site: http://www.ion-inc.com/ and the "client" tab requires login info. It's generally known that the villain from OFP is the username (guba) and his nickname (dentist) is the password. It's probable that nothing on the old Ion-Inc website is relevant.
The hostname mentioned above used to have FTP access, with one file/folder titled "OFPD". When saved and opened in a text editor it included:
Code:drwxr-xr-x 2 ftp.ofpr.info ftp.ofpr.info 4096 Oct 20 11:32 . drwxrwxr-x 3 ftp.ofpr.info ftp.ofpr.info 4096 Feb 2 21:41 ..
ofpr.info redirects to http://ofp.gamepark.cz/, which is hosted by jerry hopper (previously referenced in Batto's screenshot). ftp.ofpr.info is an ftp server with lots of stuff on it (take a look) and was apparently used in a previous ARG by BI.
An oddity in the page source of http://m26.node-42.rv4a3.org/ - a commented out line of code mentions "motyar.com". The site does not exist.
Does this mean anything to anyone?
The mission name
Is "MolonLave[39.465715,24.986258].Stratis" - these geo-coords take you to here:
- which is at the southern tip of Stratis. In game it looks like this:
- source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=I0untAgEncI#t=81s
Molon Labe has historical significance, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molon_labe (v -> b transitions are quite usual in Latin/European languages)
The listed IP address
Back to the gamespy listing: it uses the IP address 82.173.160.150, which takes you to: http://82.173.160.150/login
In the page title is "SahraniRadio - Airtime" - Sahrani radio was operated by Jerry Hopper, was it not?
Note that the listed IP address is different to the hostname's actual IP address - which is 62.75.235.178 - I'm not sure why GameSpy is reporting a different one (other than to give us different clues).
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