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| description= A website with 16 radio stations, which may be leading to something more.
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| name      = [[Waking Titan]]
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| creator    = [http://www.aliceandsmith.com/ Alice & Smith] & [http://www.hellogames.org/ Hello Games]
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| description= Waking Titan was an ARG which led towards the [https://www.nomanssky.com/atlas-rises-update/ Atlas Rises] and [https://www.nomanssky.com/next-update/ NEXT] updates for No Man's Sky.
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| type      = [[List_of_Investigations#Official|Official]]
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| creator    = [http://www.aliceandsmith.com/ Alice & Smith]
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| status    = Active
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| creator2  = [http://www.hellogames.org/ Hello Games]
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| type      = Official
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| status    = Completed
 
| discovered = 2017-05-28
 
| discovered = 2017-05-28
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| completed  = 2018-07-20
 
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[[Main Page]] > [[List of Investigations]] > '''Waking Titan'''
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Waking Titan ''(also known as Project WT)'' is an ARG involving a multitude of websites, phone numbers, and radio stations scattered across the world. The ARG is being produced by veteran puppet masters, and will feature NPCs, actors, and live events.  The ultimate purpose of Waking Titan remains a mystery, but it seems to be somehow connected to No Man's Sky.  
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=== Description ===
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Waking Titan (also known as Project WT) is an official ARG (alternate reality game) for No Man's Sky that involves a multitude of websites, phone numbers, and radio stations scattered across the world. The ARG is produced by veteran puppet masters [http://www.aliceandsmith.com/ Alice & Smith], and features NPCs, actors, and live events.
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The story surrounds innovative technologies and experiments employed by the Atlas Foundation and its family of businesses.
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=== Contents ===
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The ARG encompassed two "seasons," each leading to a new update for No Man's Sky.  Season 1 of Waking Titan led to the release of the [https://www.nomanssky.com/atlas-rises-update/ Atlas Rises update], and Season 2 to the release of [https://www.nomanssky.com/next-update/ No Man's Sky: NEXT].  Each season was further divided into three distinct "'''phases'''". Each phase is documented on its own wiki page:
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{| class="wikitable"
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!colspan="2"|Season 1
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|[[Waking_Titan/Phase_1 | Phase 1]]
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|Phase 1 of Waking Titan lasted from 2017-05-28 to 2017-07-08.
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|[[Waking_Titan/Phase_2 | Phase 2]]
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|Phase 2 of Waking Titan lasted from 2017-07-21 to 2017-08-05.
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|[[Waking_Titan/Phase_3 | Phase 3]]
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|Phase 3 of Waking Titan lasted from 2017-08-05 to 2017-08-07.
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!colspan="2"|Season 2
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|[[Waking_Titan/Phase_4 | Phase 4]]
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|Phase 4 of Waking Titan lasted from 2017-12-28 to 2018-06-01.
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|[[Waking_Titan/Phase_5 | Phase 5]]
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|Phase 5 of Waking Titan lasted from 2018-06-01 to 2018-07-20.
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|[[Waking_Titan/Phase_6 | Phase 6]]
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|Phase 6 of Waking Titan began and ended on 2018-07-20.
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'''''Note:''' This is a '''summary''' page. For more in-depth descriptions of each phase, including detailed descriptions of puzzle solutions, check the [[Waking_Titan/Phase_1|Phase 1]], [[Waking_Titan/Phase_2|Phase 2]], [[Waking_Titan/Phase_3 | Phase 3]], [[Waking_Titan/Phase_4 | Phase 4]], [[Waking_Titan/Phase_5 | Phase 5]], and [[Waking_Titan/Phase_6 | Phase 6]] pages.''
 
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== Initial Announcement ==
 
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On 2017-05-27, Twitter user @argn [https://twitter.com/argn/status/868587449613766658 tweeted a link] to [http://www.project-wt.com/ 'project-wt.com'].  The link lead to a website which contained a map showing sixty locations, four of which were active at the time. The locations, when clicked on, revealed the location's name and status. The active locations also revealed a link to a livestream of a local radio stations originating in the corresponding location. The website also displayed a date, June 8th, and stated that the first clue was being initialized. A list of active locations and their corresponding radio stations can be found [[Waking_Titan/Stations | here.]]
 
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Another website was found by searching for [http://www.wakingtitan.com/ 'wakingtitan.com'], based on the title of the [http://project-wt.com/404 404 page] on the original site. The website prompted visitors for a username and password.
 
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In addition, a link to the original website was sent to a [http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1070813&sid=152c8100ce1359046ee91789545b2112#1070813 Unfiction moderator], and was described as:
 
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It's the countdown to a new, large-scale ARG launching this summer, starting with 16 radio stations across the world. It's being produced by veteran puppet masters and includes NPCs, actors, live events and much more...
 
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=== bW9zY293 Station ===
 
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On 2017-06-02 the location icon for Moscow came online with the location name and link apparently corrupted. Rather than the location name of 'Moscow' and a link to a local radio station, it initialized with the location name 'bW9zY293' and a link to a [https://pastebin.com/BSQy7LUB pastebin]. The pastebin was short, only three lines:
 
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X (XXX) XXX-XXXX
 
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You have until Jun. 3rd - 18:00 UTC
 
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=== Emails & Phone Calls ===
 
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All players who sent a valid phone number to <code>[email protected]</code> received an email in response:
 
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< Database Updated >
 
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[Email] -> X (XXX) XXX-XXXX
 
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To change entry please reply to this message with a new contact.
 
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.. Message ID: 6f71407e-7106-452d-8dd1-017f3eb00e1b
 
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.. Low bandwith[sic] relay - bridge.myriad-oc1920.sat
 
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.. Connection active
 
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.. Rendering for message payload
 
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On 2017-06-03, from 18:00 to 18:45 UTC all players with verified phone numbers were called with a [https://clyp.it/ynj5vmkm voice clip] containing the following message:
 
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This is Waking Titan.
 
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He arose, and on the stars, lifted his curved lids, and kept them wide.
 
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The second line is an excerpt of the poem Hyperion by John Keats:
 
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Hyperion arose, and on the stars
 
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Lifted his curved lids, and kept them wide
 
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This gave players the word Hyperion, which was subsequently used as a password for wakingtitan.com.
 
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One player received a [https://clyp.it/olwnuegd phone call] different from all the rest - it simply stated:
 
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This is Waking Titan.
 
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Username: wakingtitan
 
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=== wakingtitan.com ===
 
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Navigating to <code>wakingtitan.com</code> prompted visitors for a username and password.  The web page could be accessed by logging in with these credentials:
 
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<code>Username: wakingtitan</code>
 
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<code>Password: hyperion</code>
 
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Logging in displayed the site's homepage, which featured a hexagonal arrangement of triangles (referred to as '''"sigils"''' by the source code), one of which was glowing red.  Clicking on the glowing red sigil prompted visitors to enter an email address to be notified of further updates.  When the page was first accessed, there was a row of 5 glyphs along the bottom, but only the first glyph was active.  Clicking on the first glyph brought visitors to another page:
 
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[[File:Wakingtitan glyph 1.png|500px]]
 
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Clicking on the globe icon linked visitors to a [https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.wakingtitan.com/data/612040ac-f7d1-4f3d-9969-640bba886a97.pdf PDF file], which was a top secret memo from Major Sophie Dubois to Elizabeth Leighton.
 
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=== First Glyph - Top Secret Memo ===
 
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[[File:WT glyph 1 pdf.png|thumb|right|180px|The first page of the memo]]
 
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The file contained vague “Assessments” of the project’s assets, infrastructure, and participant skill.  A “Current Footprint” section included various social media websites and ARG sites (including this very wiki), indicating that ARG players themselves were the participants of Project WT.  Another entry in the footprint section, [https://forums.etarc.org forums.etarc.org], was ostensibly a forum for radio enthusiasts.  It was speculated that the ETARC forums would turn out to be a hub for interacting with NPCs, a theory which which was confirmed when [http://wakingtitan.com wakingtitan.com] updated to include a direct link to the ETARC forums (on the glyph in the center of the hexagon).
 
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On the footer of each page of the PDF file, the string <code>=O3QcsBFH6zY</code> was displayed.  This string lead to a YouTube URL, which hosted a song by Kavinsky called [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3QcsBFH6zY First Blood].
 
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The final page of the PDF file contained 5 alphanumeric sequences, each of which has a missing entry.  Each break corresponded to one letter of the final solution, which was
 
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<code>ORION</code>.
 
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Entering <code>ORION</code> on the page where the PDF was initially found displayed “Granted” and accepted the password, returning visitors to the homepage.  The first glyph along the bottom of the screen then turned red.
 
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== First Sequence - Waking Titan ==
 
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[[File:WT 2017-06-08 MauritiusSpectURL.png|thumbnail|right|The URL discovered in the spectrogram]]
 
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On 2017-06-08, a [https://clyp.it/vfrfgxj1 broadcast] was played on the radio stations displayed on [http://www.project-wt.com/ project-wt.com] at different times during the day. The voice in the transmission said
 
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<pre>We are the mystery hiding in plain sight. You will find us. This broadcast is the first clue.</pre> Spectrograms of the clip showed text reading <code>wakingtitan.com</code>.
 
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=== First Sigil ===
 
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On 2017-06-08 at approximately 15:50-16:00 UTC, an [http://mailchi.mp/18003204f1c1/update-june-8th-waking-titan email] was sent out to the Waking Titan email list, and at about 17:00 UTC, a second glyph was unlocked on wakingtitan.com.  Additionally, clicking the top left triangle (referred to as a "sigil" by the source code) in the center hexagon now revealed a puzzle instead of a prompt to enter a dialogue box:
 
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[[File:WT-hex-1.png|thumbnail|The first sigil's puzzle, with an answer of '16']]
 
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The first puzzle can be solved several ways, but the most apparent solution was as follows:
 
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If players look at the image in the background, they can see some text.
 
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The characters are CCXL and XV, one on top of the other with a dividing line between them.
 
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That's 240 and 15 in Roman Numerals.
 
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240/15 = 16, the answer to the puzzle.
 
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The number 16 also appeared in several other places: for instance, on a picture of a dossier hosted on the Waking Titan site.  16 was also the number of radio stations that were activated.  Solving the puzzle causeed a [https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.wakingtitan.com/260c89e2-a1e9-4169-8d00-5bbe7c89a9b1.mp4?v=1.0 video] to play.  Several Discord users have attempted to transcribe [https://clyp.it/ar51lddg the audio] of the video:
 
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My name is (?). You must help her find the way.  If you're receiving this signal, please, help us. You must save us. Without the videocom to help us, we're pretty much stuck. They can't find our devices. Help us. Tell her about Saladin (?)
 
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After this puzzle was solved, clicking the second (top right) sigil showed a date, time, and radio station as well as an input box for email updates:
 
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[[File:WT-hex-2.PNG|500px]]
 
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By clicking the second glyph on the bottom row, a second [https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.wakingtitan.com/data/75d56807-39b0-42e2-9643-eef45358fb0e.pdf PDF file] could be accessed, as well as a text entry box. The PDF file hinted towards a live drop that would take place at 7:00PM that day, at Cafe Bene in New York City.
 
  
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=== Second Glyph - Live Drop ===
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== Introduction ==
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[[File:WT-Dataset-97C.jpg|right|thumb|The piece of paper received at at the cafe]]
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At 7PM local time at Cafe Bene in NYC, Discord user nikel met with the courier and was told:
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On 2017-05-27, Twitter user @argn [https://twitter.com/argn/status/868587449613766658 tweeted a link] to [http://www.project-wt.com/ 'project-wt.com'].  The link led to a website which contained a map showing sixty locations, four of which were "active" at the time. The locations, when clicked on, revealed the location's name and status. The active locations also revealed a link to a livestream of a local radio station, originating from the corresponding location. The project-wt website displayed a date, June 8th, and stated that the first clue was being "initialized".
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Think outside the box. Something big is coming and when we find out what it is we must be prepared. Also, remember that we are a science community first and foremost.
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On 2017-06-01, moderators of No Man's Sky subreddits [https://reddit.com/r/nomansskythegame /r/NoMansSkyTheGame], [https://www.reddit.com/r/NMSPortals/ /r/NMSPortals], and [https://www.reddit.com/r/NMSGalacticHub/ /r/NMSGalacticHub] started to receive cassette tapes in the mail.  Each cassette tape was labelled with a number out of 16. The Waking Titan ARG was initially thought to be a separate ARG from these tapes, but connections between the two made it clear that they were, in fact, one and the same.
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== Content Overview ==
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Nikel was then given a piece of paper, which included the following string:
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<pre>MDEzRDowMDc4OjA3MjQ6MDA1Ng==</pre>
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<pre>013D:0078:0724:0056</pre>
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[[File:WT glyph 1 pdf.png|280px|thumbnail|right|One of the internal memos discovered in Waking Titan]]
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[[File:NMSDeadrop.jpg|left|thumb|No Man's Sky dead drop]]
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The base64 was No Man's Sky coordinates which lead to a Communications Station that displayed the text:
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'''Season 1'''
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<pre>LOOP16 UNEXPECTED ERROR: 97C-303N-5884-P</pre>
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* [http://wiki.gamedetectives.net/index.php?title=File:WT_glyph_1_pdf.png Teamwork Assessment]
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* [http://wiki.gamedetectives.net/index.php?title=File:WT-Dataset-97C.jpg Dataset 97C]
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Entering <code>97C-303N-5884-P</code> into the second glyph returned the "accepted" screen, confirming the link between Waking Titan and No Man's Sky. At this point, it should be noted that No Man's Sky had a [[No Man's Sky|concurrent ARG]] involving 16 cassette tapes.  The prominence of the number 16, as well as the method of hiding spectrograms in audio, made it highly likely that the No Man's Sky ARG was intertwined with Waking Titan.
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* [https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.wakingtitan.com/data/7d3dd080-2a43-4882-833c-f4d7bd7ba607.pdf Assurance]
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* [https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.wakingtitan.com/data/c01-331c6734-a013-4695-8e47-08a9ee05d5e5.pdf 017-a24]
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* [https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.wakingtitan.com/data/c02-9936c797-ec28-4f8f-b80e-dee9e0b06433.pdf 021-f16]
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* [https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.wakingtitan.com/mercury/mercury-01-98748sfdlka87.pdf Mercury Process Self-Diagnosis Report]
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* [https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.wakingtitan.com/data/57201e0d-01a3-4f6a-bbb4-2be8b7c8880f.pdf Progress Report]
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== Second Sequence - [[Waking Titan/Companies#Echo|Echo]] ==
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* [https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.wakingtitan.com/data/94a10118-0728-4900-9730-f82a9d412745.pdf Breakthroughs and Breaking Through]
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* [https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.wakingtitan.com/loop16/6c285180-ec4d-48a2-967f-8a7af3b50008.pdf Subject M-N00-dl35]
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On 2017-06-10 at about 05:20 UTC, an [https://clyp.it/vqgfbfyf advertisement] was played on the [http://tunein.com/radio/SBC-Paradise-FM-936-s8684/ SBC Paradise FM] radio station in Seychelles which referenced a service called Echo Software, and a website.
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* [https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.wakingtitan.com/loop16/410a3e5d-01e7-4058-a23c-ca5fdde97f9d.pdf Atlas Foundation Threat Models]
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* [https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.wakingtitan.com/loop16/7a6594ac-ca5e-467a-b6f4-9fb91f069d0a.pdf Advanced Calibration - Optional]
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* [https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.wakingtitan.com/loop16/a9d988c1-ec92-46da-a64e-ab90390ae041.pdf Phase 2 Complete]
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<pre>I lost my grandmother, Emma, 2 years ago. She was 85. I miss her so much. But now, thanks to Echo Software, I - I can hear her voice back, just using a sample from an old home movie. *Grandma Speaks* Are you filming this honey? *Back to woman* I can make her say what makes me feel close to her again, like *Grandma Interrupts* I love you honey, and I'm leaving you all my jewelery. *Normal woman laughs? Cries?* Thanks to Echo Software, everybody's voice can be anybody's. Visit echo-64.com.</pre>
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* [https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.wakingtitan.com/loop16/a224a1f4-00e5-467b-9893-83fcc1a4f19a.pdf Unlocking Mercury Process File L16.jpg]
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* [https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.wakingtitan.com/loop16/b91f9959-6a3c-4011-b3b5-a1ff757a5e4c.pdf Phase 3]
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At first, http://echo-64.com had the text, <code>BEGIN SECOND SEQUENCE ...   Initialization may take up to 24 hours.</code>. On 2017-06-10 at At 17:12 UTC, the site was updated into a fully-fledged corporate website. From reading the site, players learned that Echo is a company that allows its customers to synthesize virtual versions of deceased relatives. The purpose of this process was ostensibly to help people recover emotionally from the loss of a loved one. The process begins with sending Echo a 5-minute audio snippet from the person in question.
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* [https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.wakingtitan.com/loop16/b0f33d53-5a8c-4a9a-b5fc-395562e463a8a+.pdf Log.1291]
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* [https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.wakingtitan.com/a09-179bf8d2-c13e-4c66-982e-b37ab3efd5bb.pdf Breach of Contract]
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A phone number was listed on the site - <code>+1 (408) 703-2077</code>. Upon calling it, players would [https://clyp.it/drfyfkyj hear a message], transcribed here:
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Echo is in transition and therefore cannot accept new input. When we achieve our predetermined finite state, we'll take new input and get back to you. Thank you. [BEEP] [Exactly 5 seconds of near-silence] [BEEP]
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* [https://wiki.gamedetectives.net/images/6/6e/Memo2.png Waking Titan S2 - Under Preparation]
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* [https://s3.amazonaws.com/ware-extranet/documents/FIRST_STEPS/Notes_on_Moscow.jpg Mr. Zheng's Notes on Moscow Conference]
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Clicking the string of numbers at the bottom of the Echo page, <code>84.190.188</code>, redirected to [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAGBndvUhZA Franka Potente - Believe], the third song found in this ARG.
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* '''Zheng's Postcards''' — [https://s3.amazonaws.com/ware-extranet/documents/SECURITY/postcard1_jhlj039u.jpg (1)]; [https://s3.amazonaws.com/ware-extranet/documents/SECURITY/postcard2_kg8nao6.jpg (2)]; [https://s3.amazonaws.com/ware-extranet/documents/SECURITY/postcard3_tesaud636.jpg (3)]
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=== Second Sigil ===
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* '''Mr. Zheng's Journal Logs''' — [https://s3.amazonaws.com/ware-extranet/documents/FIRST_STEPS/Journal_Academy.png Academy]; [https://s3.amazonaws.com/ware-extranet/documents/DESIGN/Journal_HotelDieu.png Hotel Dieu]; [https://s3.amazonaws.com/ware-extranet/documents/DEVELOPMENT/Journal_Louvre.png Louvre]; [https://s3.amazonaws.com/ware-extranet/documents/RESEARCH/Journal_London.png London]; [https://s3.amazonaws.com/ware-extranet/documents/SECURITY/Nightmare.jpg Nightmare]
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[[File:WT prism clue.png|thumbnail|right|The clue which leads to the password "prism"]]
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* [https://s3.amazonaws.com/philojeux.com/images/Jeu_Capture_d_Ecran.jpg Jeu_Capture_d_Ecran.jpg]
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* [https://pastebin.com/EHA6ZU8x Arnaud Lacours Foundation Email]
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Located on the homepage of the site was a row of 5 geometric shapes. Clicking on all of them yielded the phrase:
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* [https://drive.google.com/open?id=1la3UNKHc5yeaB_w2a2tK1cjKN44oEmCo Arnaud Lacours Datadumps - INYOURMIND.exe failed]
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* [https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.wakingtitan.com/94c02878-e023-46a3-9316-db4177c4eaa6+.pdf WARE REPORT #26]
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The order of things is formed by the angle of its measure.
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* [https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.wakingtitan.com/1cd5226d-6639-4bbd-855a-4bf8f60866c3.pdf Concerns Regarding Captain Harry]
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* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zJ0SdAZIRj1mDn7W3TuzLC6wNy3Mor4L W/ARE R&D Incident Report]
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Clicking again on the shapes, this time in the order of decreasing angle (circle, triangle, square, pentagon, hexagon) yielded the riddle
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* [https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.wakingtitan.com/70a25e6c-95ed-42d4-8de8-c3948255174c+.pdf Myriad Crisis Event Timeline]
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* [https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.wakingtitan.com/19997bb6-18e5-4427-86c7-b0f3c1826ca2.pdf State of the Atlas Foundation]
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This breaks white into 7.
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* [https://pastebin.com/NYLiFuNY Log.3022]
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The solution to the riddle was <code>prism</code>, which was the password for the second sigil on the main Waking Titan website.
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* '''W/ARE - Dreamer Patient Files''' — [https://s3.amazonaws.com/ware-virtual-dashboard/files/Phillip-PatientFile.pdf Phillip Moretti]; [https://s3.amazonaws.com/ware-virtual-dashboard/files/EunHa-PatientFile.pdf Kwon Eun Ha]; [https://s3.amazonaws.com/ware-virtual-dashboard/files/498hd98h3444-3339e/Alexander-PatientFile.pdf Alexander Bordeleau]; [https://s3.amazonaws.com/ware-virtual-dashboard/files/GCMnQmM9E3v7L8wuv-V2FUY7P/Claire-PatientFile.pdf Claire Sandfield]; [https://s3.amazonaws.com/ware-virtual-dashboard/files/kh2jsaljs901m-asd1n1lwks/Tariq-PatientFile.pdf Tariq]; [https://ware-virtual-dashboard.s3.amazonaws.com/files/GCMnQmM9E3v7L8wuv-V2FUY7P/Toby-PatientFile.pdf Toby Mulligan]; [https://s3.amazonaws.com/ware-virtual-dashboard/files/ga3ms81-2ms92fbl/Mike-PatientFile.pdf Mike Pasquale]; [https://s3.amazonaws.com/ware-virtual-dashboard/files/kajs61ns-82baks8nx/Nina-PatientFile.pdf Nina Flores]; [https://s3.amazonaws.com/ware-virtual-dashboard/files/ga3ms81-2ms92fbl/Simon-PatientFile.pdf Simon Quinn]; [https://ware-virtual-dashboard.s3.amazonaws.com/files/kajs61ns-82baks8nx/Isabella-PatientFile.pdf Isabella Schiavone]; [https://ware-virtual-dashboard.s3.amazonaws.com/files/kajs61ns-82baks8nx/Alisha-PatientFile.pdf Alisha Brown]
−
+
 
−
Completing this sigil resulted in a new [https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.wakingtitan.com/d2c7b3c0-a9c2-4e05-aeb4-e829b4a4125e.mp4?v=1.0 video] being played, featuring the same woman as the first video. In this one she introduced herself as Elizabeth Leighton, CEO of the Atlas Foundation.
+
* [https://pastebin.com/eSLLWN8L Log.4391]
−
+
 
−
=== Hex to Gif ===
+
=== Newsletters ===
−
+
 
−
[[File:WT hex gif.gif|thumbnail|right|The image whose hexadecimal data was embedded in the site]]
+
The various newsletters received at multiple points throughout Waking Titan.
−
+
 
−
Searching for [http://www.echo-64.com/?s=anything anything] on the Echo website revealed a set of 5 numbers:
+
'''Season 1'''
−
<pre>
+
 
−
112 97 115 116 101
+
* [https://us15.campaign-archive.com/?u=4483c19308fc0764a930106a0&id=c713d0f4ce&e=225c6a2e26 Welcome, Citizen Scientist!] - ''CSD''
−
</pre>
+
 
−
Decoded from decimal:
+
* [https://mailchi.mp/3582bec6b801/update-june-8th-waking-titan-137705?e=225c6a2e26 Citizen Scientists, Your Wait is Over.] - ''CSD''
−
<pre>
+
 
−
paste
+
* [https://mailchi.mp/3582bec6b801/update-june-8th-waking-titan-137705?e=225c6a2e26 Calibrating Waking Titan: Action Required] - ''CSD''
−
</pre>
+
 
−
There was also a much larger block of hex underneath. Decoding this hex yielded the raw data for a .gif file. Opening this file, players could just barely make out a string of characters:
+
* [https://mailchi.mp/0b591b68ac72/update-june-8th-waking-titan-137717?e=225c6a2e26 Waking Titan: Mission Azure Voyage] - ''CSD''
−
<pre>
+
 
−
z1Rgxi5L
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* [https://mailchi.mp/d8e47d2ee1bf/update-june-8th-waking-titan-137725?e=225c6a2e26 Your Level 4 Atlas Pass] - ''CSD''
−
</pre>
+
 
−
These two ciphers led to the URL http://pastebin.com/z1Rgxi5L, which contained the phrase <code>There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so</code> in hexadecimal.  This phrase is a quote from Hamlet, Act 2, Scene 2.
+
* [https://mailchi.mp/0c1dc672c943/update-june-8th-waking-titan-137733?e=225c6a2e26 Waking Titan Has Ended] - ''CSD''
−
+
 
−
== Third Sequence - [[Waking Titan/Companies#Multiverse Technologies|Multiverse]] ==
+
* [https://mailchi.mp/63f179c006f0/update-june-8th-waking-titan-137737?e=225c6a2e26 Mercury Process Completion Report] - ''CSD // Mercury''
−
On 2017-06-16 at 15:50 UTC, the [http://multiverse-75.com Multiverse Technologies] site was [http://web.archive.org/web/20170616155100/http://www.multiverse-75.com/ updated], with the text
+
 
−
<pre>
+
'''Season 2'''
−
BEGIN THIRD SEQUENCE ...
+
 
−
Initialization may take up to 24 hours.
+
* [https://wiki.gamedetectives.net/images/7/7b/WareNewsletter1.png News from WARE!] - ''W/ARE Newsletter''
−
</pre>
+
 
−
+
* [https://cdn.artemisbot.uk/mail/WARE-2018-04-22T00:17:13.000Z.jpg W/ARE Dev Kit Update #2] - ''W/ARE Newsletter''
−
On 2017-06-17 at 13:09 UTC on the radio station [http://www.fm96puertorico.com/ Wael 96FM] in Puerto Rico, an [https://clyp.it/hy2sb1x1 advertisement] was played:
+
 
−
<pre>
+
* [https://cdn.artemisbot.uk/mail/WARE-2018-05-04T23:22:45.000Z.jpg W/ARE Dev Contest] - ''W/ARE Newsletter''
−
Because of our recent discoveries in the fields of magnetic and geophysical anomalies, Multiverse Technologies is now hiring. If you or someone you know have research experience in the fields of radiation belts, computationalism, magnetic fields, or simply quantum electrodynamics, we will consider your application. If you have what it takes to break the laws of physics, contact us now at multiverse-75.com.
+
 
−
</pre>
+
* [https://cdn.artemisbot.uk/mail/WARE-2018-05-12T00:20:04.000Z.jpg W/ARE Dev Contest Winners] - ''W/ARE Newsletter''
−
+
 
−
Immediately after this message was broadcast, the Multiverse site was updated to another corporate homepage, much like the Echo website before it. The Waking Titan site was also updated - the third sigil was unlocked, and the third and fourth glyphs were activated.
+
* [https://mailchi.mp/9aaa8aa62cc1/update-june-8th-waking-titan-137741?e=225c6a2e26 Attention Citizen Scientists] - ''CSD''
−
+
 
−
A phone number was listed on the Multiverse site: <code>(1) 505 695 7033</code>. Calling this number yielded [https://clyp.it/h3n42wst the following message]:
+
* [https://mailchi.mp/c3384d592000/update-june-8th-waking-titan-137745?e=225c6a2e26 Attention Citizen Scientists - Suspicious Lab Tracking] - ''CSD''
−
<pre>
+
 
−
Thank you for your interest in Multiverse. Right now, our priority is our work on Abelian groups, manifolds, and basic knowledge of cochains, their cycles, and coboundaries. We are in urgent need of talents in this branch of mathematics. If you have the expertise, let us know through our website.
+
* [https://mailchi.mp/108412dac3c2/update-june-8th-waking-titan-137749?e=225c6a2e26 Attention Citizen Scientists - Global Mobilization Required] - ''CSD''
−
</pre>
+
 
−
+
* [https://mailchi.mp/b902d5eadba6/update-june-8th-waking-titan-137753?e=225c6a2e26 Mercury Process Inquiry] - ''CSD // Mercury''
−
Emailing info@multiverse-75.com yielded the following response:
+
 
−
<pre>
+
* [https://mailchi.mp/9a49b85f6bf3/update-june-8th-waking-titan-137757?e=225c6a2e26 Attention Citizen Scientists - Help Required] - ''CSD''
−
Specific expertise detected.
+
 
−
Input desired branch of mathematics in subject line to info@multiverse-75.com.
+
=== ARG Sites ===
−
+
 
−
XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX
+
The numerous websites made for the ARG, listed in order of their appearance. Some sites have taken offline since the ARG began, and as such have been replaced with Wayback Machine archive links.
−
</pre>
+
 
−
+
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170713212035/http://project-wt.com/ Project-wt]
−
Sending another message to info@multiverse-75.com with the subject line <code>Algebraic Topology</code> (the branch of mathematics dealing with Abelian groups, manifolds, and cochains, as mentioned when [https://clyp.it/h3n42wst calling the phone number]) yielded the following message:
+
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20180522070818/http://www.etarc.org/ ETARC]; [https://forums.atlas-65.com ETARC Forums]
−
<pre>
+
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20180808021643/http://wakingtitan.com/ Waking Titan]
−
Input > Valid candidate in algebraic topology
+
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170630192104/http://www.echo-64.com/ Echo]
−
+
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170718211517/http://www.multiverse-75.com/ Multiverse]
−
Executing process POSTBOX....
+
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170801235515/http://www.myriad-70.com/ Myriad]
−
<...>
+
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170801115904/https://www.superlumina-6c.com/ Superlumina]
−
<...>
+
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20180808083202/http://atlas-65.com/ The Atlas Foundation]; [https://csd.atlas-65.com Citizen Science Division]
−
<...>
+
 
−
+
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20180610130533/http://ware-tech.cloud W/ARE - Dream Better]
−
Process complete. WARNING: CONFIRMATION IS REQUIRED.
+
* [http://www.philojeux.com/ Philo Jeux]
−
+
* [https://www.satcom-70.com Satcom]; - inoperable
−
Do you want to trigger the mailing of package #9 /16?
+
 
−
Confirm in subject line with code ID : 817IDAS to info@multiverse-75.com
+
'''''Note:''' Websites hosted on Wayback may lack some functionality found in their original counterparts.''
−
</pre>
+
 
−
+
=== Music ===
−
Sending a final message to info@multiverse-75.com with the subject line <code>817IDAS</code> yielded the following, final message:
+
 
−
<pre>
+
Throughout the ARG, partial Youtube video addresses for songs have been found written in Waking Titan's memos, websites, and surveys. While these were never explained, there are apparent thematic relevancies in each song that reflect concepts being explored in the ARG at the time of their appearance.  All of these songs can be found compiled here: [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEZy8wyuYLpLw0e5kkMyBUHO_s-V8f0Qk WT Season 1]; [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEZy8wyuYLpLr5K38bsAqWcO7bTcXfRlW WT Season 2]
−
Package #9 /16 has been sent. Please stand by.
+
 
−
ETA: Week of June 19
+
== Phase Summaries ==
−
+
 
−
// http://bit.ly/2sa872g42
+
=== Phase 1 ===
−
</pre>
+
 
−
+
[[File:Wakingtitan site.png|thumbnail|450px|right|The default appearance of the Waking Titan site during Phase 1, with no sigils or glyphs solved]]
−
The bit.ly link led to [https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.wakingtitan.com/data/7d3dd080-2a43-4882-833c-f4d7bd7ba607.pdf this PDF file], which is an internal memo from Elizabeth Leighton to all employees of the Atlas foundation.  Finally, the footer of the PDF contained a link to [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7UFvwguCPU Arcade Fire - Supersymmetry].
+
 
−
+
During [[Waking_Titan/Phase_1 | Phase 1]], the http://wakingtitan.com hosted 6 triangles in the middle of the page.  These triangles were referred to as "'''Sigils'''", while the white icons along the bottom of the page were referred to as "'''Glyphs'''".  Each sigil and glyph, when clicked, lead to a password entry prompt - the correct passwords for all 6 sigils and the first 5 glyphs were discovered via puzzle-solving during Phase 1 of Waking Titan.
−
On 2017-06-21 a [[#Fourth Glyph - Package 9/16|package]] was delivered to [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1YGlrB8Fwo CobraTV]. The package contained a cassette tape labeled 9/16 which is related to a [[No Man's Sky|concurrent No Man's Sky ARG]] involving 16 cassette tapes.
+
 
−
+
The sigil and glyph puzzles were solved collaboratively - while it may have be possible to solve some of these puzzles individually, most of them required a collaborative effort. For instance, some puzzles required players to meet agents from the Atlas Foundation in person, and to relay information obtained from these meetings back to the community.  A list of all sigil and glyph solutions for Phase 1 can be found below:
−
=== Third Glyph ===
+
 
−
[[File:Wt third glyph.png|thumbnail|right|All possible paths for the third glyph]]
+
[[File:WT Phase 1 complete.png|600px]]
−
+
 
−
Upon pressing the third glyph, a video of a picture of a wall covered in post-it notes with arrows and letters written on them showed in the background. By following the arrows in a path, players were able to deduce a series of letters. There was only one direct path from the top left note to the bottom right note:
+
This phase culminated on July 8, 2017, with a [[Waking_Titan/Phase_1#End_of_Phase_1| congratulatory message from Elizabeth Leighton]], the CEO of the Atlas Foundation.
−
<pre>
+
 
−
O>B>A>F>G>K>M
+
=== Phase 2 ===
−
</pre>
+
 
−
+
[[File:Hampster maze.jpeg|thumbnail|450px|right|One of the puzzles that appeared on the Waking Titan [http://twitch.tv/wakingtitan Twitch Stream]]]
−
OBAFGKM is a system used in “[http://astro.unl.edu/naap/hr/hr_background1.html Spectral Classification]” to describe the absorption lines of a spectrum. Accordingly, <code>Spectral</code> was the password for the third glyph.
 
−
 
−
=== Third Sigil ===
 
−
Upon further inspection of the [http://multiverse-75.com/ Multiverse] site, players noticed that three photographs of Multiverse employees displayed a glitch effect. The original, non-glitched images contained a faint, but visible distortion in the colour channel corresponding to their clothing colour. These distortions were actually two letters of Morse code in each of the 3 images. Going in the order they appear on the staff pictures:
 
−
<pre>
 
−
... -.-. .- .-.. . ...
 
−
</pre>
 
−
Decoded from Morse code:
 
−
<pre>
 
−
SCALES
 
−
</pre>
 
−
The answer for the third sigil was <code>SCALES</code>. After solving the third sigil, the background changed to a video of Elizabeth, as it had done with the past two sigils. By overlaying all of Elizabeth’s videos so far, players obtained a more complete message, as seen [https://youtu.be/UvH08bViKeY?t=6 here].  Also, the fourth (locked) sigil appeared, along with a message that players should wait until June 24th:
 
−
 
−
[[File:Wt radio bagota.png|500px]]
 
−
 
−
=== Fields Ciphers ===
 
−
 
−
[[File:WT Multiverse Fields.png|right|thumbnail|The “Fields” section of the Multiverse homepage]]
 
−
 
−
Under the “Fields” section of the [http://www.multiverse-75.com/ Multiverse-75 home page], players observed 5 buttons, labelled “Radiation Belts”, “Computationalism”, “Magnetic Fields”, “Electrodynamics”, and “Particle Acceleration”.  Also, hidden in the source code of the web page was the string <code>SCHRODINGEABFJKLMPQTUVWXYZ</code>.  This string represents a Polybius square, with the keyword <code>SCHRODINGER</code>. It was used as the key for a Bifid cipher to decode all 5 messages:
 
−
 
−
'''Radiation Belts'''
 
−
<pre>
 
−
Wc snpsigdd cpfrrcxnfi hikdnnp dm crc Fcb Pdeug vueageacc vtyl sa zxm crebzp lyoeuaiwpv.
 
−
We recreate conditions similar to the Van Allen radiation belt in our secure facilities.
 
−
</pre>
 
−
 
−
'''Computationalism'''
 
−
<pre>
 
−
Eqsigcmsn ngi cddipnsttkdnl ivacsdmi sw a nllhiiiizlrcd bcrh bb ummsdcnsqpcwm: Nt hfv smcimi rilbzpk qwv ciwp vn lukncve mpx ocwxeai zh vcvuodm banqwdmuxab zyce gtwuesnlm-rebgfryoy wetnplloa.
 
−
Exploring the possibilities inherent in a computational view of consciousness: We are always finding new ways to enhance our ability to process information with naturally-occurring phenomena.
 
−
</pre>
 
−
 
−
'''Magnetic Fields'''
 
−
<pre>
 
−
Biimbf cb ya cwmhhbo bidmspi ikik iq fscrccstr pisoigrcfmh sbbgmoiwmmn ndfkqd: Kddk bipci cissntv ayv rssdwzzkle vuotz anq xs okolpvqd tzdu cvl iavtdyz vdbwcuocgkl we mviwdpxx sqyixypv.
 
−
Adding to an already massive pool of knowledge surrounding fundamental forces: This group studies how industrial tools can be improved with the liberal application of magnetic energies.
 
−
</pre>
 
−
 
−
'''Electrodynamics'''
 
−
<pre>
 
−
Wgmigcesc vd itb tpbrsenp sw Btrfngp Rchmgapheligdap, cr hmk pn fari medwlo kyn tx wlp zanlhuoz/gura cdecrvrwyuuo xqwr pewswk ycp xraqce az, rzavv ymr.
 
−
Venturing to new horizons in Quantum Electrodynamics, we aim to make better use of the particle/wave interactions that happen all around us, every day.
 
−
</pre>
 
−
 
−
'''Particle Acceleration'''
 
−
<pre>
 
−
Fcdgc fc bvm cskaddt-dsimpirpsh BIHI Mdsifodsmcrrcxp Qrdba Cbhmchpk mph sti Satidpc Lkfodsrmbs, taf bfcbpdd ooklousm weslwyawyea wp koepz wo maqwylz rbut xz ppsudti zce zmu, pc w yueqy rxoa ucve mrrowyerqh ecrczaiwpv.
 
−
Based on the already-successful CERN Superconducting Super Collider and the Cornell Syncrotron, our private particle accelerator is built to perform tens of studies per day, at a lower cost than comparable facilities.
 
−
</pre>
 
−
 
−
=== Fourth Glyph - Package 9/16 ===
 
−
 
−
[[File:9-16-case.png|thumbnail|right|The case that cassette 9/16 was contained in.]]
 
−
 
−
On 2017-06-21, YouTuber CobraTV received package 9/16. The sending of the package had been [[#Third Sequence|triggered]] by emails to info@multiverse-75.com.  CobraTV posted a short [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1YGlrB8Fwo YouTube video] showing the tape and playing portions of Side A, and made a [https://archive.org/details/SideA_201706 download link for Side A] available immediately. [https://archive.org/details/FinalB Side B] was made available about two hours later.
 
−
 
−
The package itself was very similar to the packages received by No Man’s Sky moderators and community leaders earlier in June. The package contained a poster, a t-shirt, socks, a small statue of a ship, and cassette 9/16. The cassette was slightly different than previously sent cassettes, most notably because on the exterior of the cassette case was the ‘Atlas’ logo seen in several places throughout the Waking Titan ARG. The audio contents of the tape were also markedly different than those seen in the other tapes.
 
−
 
−
For information and discussion on the other cassette tapes, please see [[Waking_Titan/Cassettes | this]] page.
 
−
 
−
==== A Side ====
 
−
 
−
''[https://archive.org/details/SideA_201706 A Side Download Link]''
 
−
 
−
On the A Side of cassette 9/16, a 15 minute long ambient musical track is recorded, followed by a spoken word portion and then more ambient music.
 
−
 
−
Transcript of spoken word portion:
 
−
<pre>
 
−
I am alone in this space between worlds, I am alone but for my thoughts, my words. I am alone but for you. I see you. You must have known I could, you must have known what this was. Through these travels we come to know ourselves, just as the universe comes to know us in turn. I cannot step through. I know now that if I do, all of this will be over. Lives come back to me. I've seen horrors and wonders. I have been through. I have become good and evil. I have grown beyond all such things. Life after life. And now I am become you.
 
−
One day your voice will speak to you telling you of something, some signal that needs answering. It will tell you of some secret at the heart of reality, some puzzle that needs to be solved lest all life falls into decay and oblivion. Do not listen to it. If all the world is a lie, then nothing is true, not even that explanation. Abandon it. Abandon me. It is inevitable.
 
−
</pre>
 
−
 
−
==== B Side ====
 
−
 
−
[[File:9-B-Spectro_fixed.png|thumb|right|Spectrogram of side B of tape 9/16, with annotation to show the repeated notes.]]
 
−
 
−
''[https://archive.org/details/FinalB B Side Download Link]''
 
−
 
−
The B Side of tape 9/16 consisted of ambient noise and a low-pitched repeated series of notes. Each note is on a specific frequency, as indicated by the spectrogram. These notes were converted to MIDI values.
 
−
<pre>
 
−
Frequencies: 490, 145, 208, 174, 138, 370, 260
 
−
MIDI: 71, 50, 56, 53, 49, 66, 60
 
−
</pre>
 
−
 
−
The frequencies were decoded into MIDI using [http://subsynth.sourceforge.net/midinote2freq.html this chart], yielding <code>36, 15, 21, 18, 14, 31, 25</code>.  Taking the mod26 of each of these numbers yielded players the sequence <code>10, 15, 21, 18, 14, 5, 25</code>. Converting these numbers into letters based on their positions in the alphabet yielded the word <code>JOURNEY</code>.
 
−
 
−
The word <code>JOURNEY</code> was rotated 13 spaces (ROT13 is a fairly standard cipher seen in ARGs) to produce <code>WBHEARL</code>, which was the passphrase for glyph 4.
 
−
 
−
== Fourth Sequence - [[Waking Titan/Companies#Myriad|Myriad]] ==
 
−
On 2017-06-24 at 15:41 UTC, the [http://myriad-70.com/ Myriad] website was opened for investigation. Meanwhile, on 2017-06-24 at 15:55 UTC, the [http://wakingtitan.com/ Waking Titan] site unlocked another glyph and sigil.
 
−
 
−
On the same date at around 13:04 UTC on the [http://tunein.com/radio/Super-Cl%C3%A1sica---Baladas-s161501/ Super Clásica - Baladas] radio station in Bogotá, [https://clyp.it/slxflaw3 this advertisement for the Myriad website] played, informing players that it was a company that offers 'open-source microsatelite ventures'.
 
−
 
−
Transcript:
 
−
<pre>
 
−
If you believe the sky's the limit, you have it wrong - the government is the limit! We are Myriad. We specialize in open-source microsatellite ventures, and we think the sky should belong to everyone! With over 37 safe launch stations around the world, we enable a constellation of possibilities - making the world a better place! It's time - to launch a new era of regulations regarding microsatellites. Make your voice heard - at myriad-70.com.
 
−
</pre>
 
−
   
 
−
The sigil led players to the [http://myriad-70.com/status/ Myriad status] page, where they had to investigate a number of things. On the other hand, the glyph redirected to the main page of [http://myriad-70.com Myriad] website.
 
−
   
 
−
=== Status Page ===
 
−
 
−
On the [http://myriad-70.com/status/ Myriad Status page], there were several different elements available to view, including:
 
−
   
 
−
* Network Report:
 
−
<pre>
 
−
Latest network diagnostic table:
 
−
669:a 116:b 365:c 119:d 816:e 108:f 590:g 586:h 408:i 847:j
 
−
759:k 707:l 804:m 343:n 313:o 298:p 919:q 333:r 585:s 602:t
 
−
196:u 225:v 560:w 296:x 534:y 775:z 811:a 918:b 922:c 530:d
 
−
866:e 613:f 500:g 449:h 563:i 221:j 435:k 655:l 332:m 443:n
 
−
992:o 702:p 531:q 513:r 760:s 404:t 363:u 118:v 841:w 621:x
 
−
337:y 291:z
 
−
</pre>
 
−
* Localized Magnetic Generation Field Service:
 
−
<pre>
 
−
STATUS: ONLINE
 
−
INCIDENTS:
 
−
100 PB Limit reached >> clients/017-a24
 
−
uid: hevelius%20(wit.1706)%20su%20song // pc:lowercase(xxxx xxxxx)
 
−
INCIDENTS:
 
−
L6 package exceeded >> clients/021-f16 | 32272
 
−
uid: Z28ubmFzYS5nb3YvMnRDSGx5Zw // pc:lowercase(xxxxxxxxx)
 
−
</pre>
 
−
* Current Satellite Launch Window:
 
−
<pre>
 
−
07 DAYS: CLEAR
 
−
30 DAYS: RESCHEDULING
 
−
60 DAYS: CLEAR
 
−
90 DAYS: CLEAR
 
−
</pre>
 
−
 
−
==== Subroutine Mercury: Process 1 ====
 
−
 
−
[[File:WT NMS Giveaway.png|thumbnail|right|The email that was sent to winners of the unexpected giveaway]]
 
−
 
−
The Network Report section of the page contained a link, titled [https://atlas13.typeform.com/to/vlLGkT “Mercury Process Running”]. It linked to a voting site, where players could vote between 16, 32, 41, 64, 80, and 96.  The meaning of these numbers was initially unclear.  Upon completing their vote, players were redirected to [http://www.myriad-70.com/status/process-01/ this page], which displayed the total percentages of votes.  At first, it was not clear what the purpose of this page was.
 
−
 
−
After the number 80 had "won" the vote, 80 players were randomly selected from the Waking Titan mailing list, and were sent free copies of ''No Man’s Sky''.  Based on this, it is speculated that the numbers we voted on determined the amount of No Man's Sky copies that were distributed.
 
  
−
==== User-ID pages ====
+
During [[Waking_Titan/Phase_2 | Phase 2]], the http://wakingtitan.com site hosted a command-line interface terminal.  Various commands were accepted as input, which triggered different events.  One of the most notable commands was the <code>WHOIS <argument></code> command, which revealed a passage of text pertaining to the specified argument.  For instance, the command <code>WHOIS FOURTH RACE</code> returned the following message:
−
On the User-ID pages ([http://www.myriad-70.com/clients/017-a24 1], [http://www.myriad-70.com/clients/021-f16/ 2]) (and a couple of others) [http://prntscr.com/fnxnd2 this cipher] appeared. When ROT-13 was applied to it, it decoded to a plot summary of Chapter 27 of a French children's story, Le Petite Prince.
 
−
Decoded message and translation into english:
 
−
<pre>
 
−
Et maintenant, bien sûr, ça fait six ans déjà...Je n'ai jamais encore raconté cette histoire. Les camarades qui m'ont revu ont été bien contents de me revoir vivant. J'étais triste mais je leur disais: C'est la fatigue... Maintenant je me suis un peu consolé. C'est à dire... pas tout à fait. Mais je sais bien qu'il est revenu à sa planète, car, au lever du jour, je n'ai pas retrouvé son corps. Ce n'était pas un corps tellement lourd...Et j'aime la nuit écouter les étoiles. C'est comme cinq cent millions de grelots... Mais voilà qu'il passe quelque chose d'extraordinaire. La muselière que j'ai dessinée pour le petit prince, j'ai oublié d'y ajouter la courroie de cuir! Il n'aura jamais pu l'attacher au mouton. Alors je me demande: "Que s'est-il passé sur sa planète? Peut-être bien que le mouton à mangé la fleur..."
 
−
 
−
"Six years later, the pilot writes this story. He is reassured by the fact that the little prince's body disappeared the day after the scene with the snake and believes that the little prince really did make it back to his planet. However, the pilot realizes that he forgot to add a leather strap to the muzzle he drew for the little prince's sheep, and so he worries that the sheep may have eaten the rose. He asks the readers whether they believe the sheep has eaten the rose or not and emphasizes how essential the outcome of this question is."
 
−
</pre>
 
−
For the time being, the use of this passage remains unknown.
 
−
 
−
=== Fourth Sigil ===
 
−
 
−
[[File:WT Myriad PDF 2.jpg|thumbnail|right|The datamoshed image found in the second PDF file from Myriad]]
 
−
 
−
The Localized Magnetic Generation Field Service block from the [[#Status Page|status report page]] was divided into two main segments, which unlocked over time.  The first segment to unlock was as follows:
 
−
 
−
<pre>
 
−
INCIDENTS:
 
−
100 PB Limit reached >> clients/017-a24
 
−
uid: hevelius%20(wit.1706)%20su%20song // pc:lowercase(xxxx xxxxx)
 
−
</pre>
 
−
 
−
The string 'clients/017-a24' pointed towards [http://www.myriad-70.com/clients/017-a24 this password-protected page].  The string 'pc:lowercase(xxxx xxxxx)' in the text above hints that the password is a 4-letter word followed by a 5-letter word, all lowercase.  Also seen in the text above are the names "Hevelius", "Wit" and "Su Song" - ancient astronomers who were known for making star charts. Accordingly, <code>star chart</code> was the password for the first page, which led players to [https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.wakingtitan.com/data/c01-331c6734-a013-4695-8e47-08a9ee05d5e5.pdf this PDF].
 
−
   
 
−
Later on, the second segment unlocked, revealing a similar puzzle:
 
−
 
−
<pre>
 
−
INCIDENTS:
 
−
L6 package exceeded >> clients/021-f16 | 32272
 
−
uid: Z28ubmFzYS5nb3YvMnRDSGx5Zw // pc:lowercase(xxxxxxxxx)
 
−
</pre>
 
−
 
−
The string 'clients/021-f16' pointed towards [http://www.myriad-70.com/clients/021-f16 a second password-protected page].  The UID listed was in base64, which, when decoded, led to a [go.nasa.gov/2tCHlyg NASA archive page]. Inputting 32272 (from the message above) led to a [https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=2007-050A STS 120 shuttle satellite], which then linked to a mission done by the spacecraft <code>discovery</code>, which was the code for the second page.  Upon accessing the page, players received [https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.wakingtitan.com/data/c02-9936c797-ec28-4f8f-b80e-dee9e0b06433.pdf another PDF].  This PDF contains a link to a [bit.ly/2tYoTzG datamoshed image], which has yet to be solved.
 
−
 
−
Both PDFs' footers contained the string <code>=ZtWTUt2RZh0</code>. This string led to a YouTube video of the song [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtWTUt2RZh0 Computer Love] by Kraftwerk.
 
−
 
−
The two PDF's contained the strings <code>313-xxxxx</code> and <code>xxx-98176</code>. Putting those two together gave players <code>313-98176</code>, which was the solution for the fourth sigil.
 
−
 
−
Completing this sigil resulted in a new [https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.wakingtitan.com/e04-a2642cab-e037-451d-8f57-97a8ac18928c.mp4?v=1.0 message from Elizabeth Leighton] being played.
 
−
 
−
=== Fifth Glyph ===
 
−
 
−
As players continued [[#The Network Report|voting on numbers]], the [[#Status Page|status report page]] was being updated.  Over time, more and more number:letter pairs were added, until the end of the alphabet was reached.  The final listing was as follows:
 
−
 
−
<pre>
 
−
669:a 116:b 365:c 119:d 816:e 108:f 590:g 586:h 408:i 847:j
 
−
759:k 707:l 804:m 343:n 313:o 298:p 919:q 333:r 585:s 602:t
 
−
196:u 225:v 560:w 296:x 534:y 775:z 811:a 918:b 922:c 530:d
 
−
866:e 613:f 500:g 449:h 563:i 221:j 435:k 655:l 332:m 443:n
 
−
992:o 702:p 531:q 513:r 760:s 404:t 363:u 118:v 841:w 621:x
 
−
337:y 291:z
 
−
</pre>
 
−
 
−
Players discovered that sending an e-mail to the sales@myriad-70 account resulted in a response message mentioning a "dedicated Nocturne support address".  Mailing [email protected] returned a message with the sender Julian J Wong:
 
−
 
−
<pre>
 
−
System Relay 001-A: Your support ticket ID has been sent to the primary technical contact for your account. If you are not already a Nocturne priority client, your request will be transferred to our general support center.
 
−
 
−
Sincerely, Julian J Wong.
 
−
 
−
Service code LA-443
 
−
Myriad Help Desk
 
−
An Atlas Foundation Company
 
−
</pre>
 
−
 
−
Emailing [email protected] returned a message with the email address [email protected]:
 
−
 
−
<pre>
 
−
I've looked up and down the sonic bridge, but three of my favorite things are still missing. [email protected]
 
−
</pre>
 
−
 
−
From this, players deduced that solfege note names (eg. do re mi) were relevant. The final email ended up being to [email protected], which responded with a set of numbers:
 
−
 
−
<pre>
 
−
68 79 40 49 49 54 41 32 32 77 73 40 55 48 55 41 32 32 83 79 76 40 56 49 49 41
 
−
</pre>
 
−
 
−
Decoding these using decimal to ASCII, players got:
 
−
 
−
<pre>
 
−
DO(116) MI(707) SOL(811)
 
−
</pre>
 
−
 
−
Combining these with <code>FA-291, SI-313, LA-443, RE-992</code> from the contact page, players noticed they had a full solfege alphabet with numbers tied to it.  When placing these in order and cross-referencing the numbers against the [[#Fifth Glyph|Status Report Page]], they ended up with the following:
 
−
 
 
<pre>
 
<pre>
−
Do  - 116 - b
+
INCOMING TRANSMISSION… SOURCE: UNKNOWN…
−
re  - 992 - o
+
You are not – kzzktt – alone –
−
mi  - 707 - l
+
Please, identify yourself. I’m – kzzkttk –
−
fa  - 291 - z
 
−
sol - 811 - a
 
−
la  - 443 - n
 
−
si  - 313 - o
 
 
</pre>
 
</pre>
−
 
−
When put in the right order, the letters spelled <code>Bolzano</code>, which was the solution for the fifth glyph.
 
  
−
== Fifth Sequence - [[Waking Titan/Companies#Superlumina|Superlumina]] ==
+
Additionally, http://project-wt.com hosted a "Calibration" utility during Phase 2.  To successfully perform these calibrations, players had to upload images of various objects and buildings to the site.  For instance, the first calibration required images of "public resonant percussion instruments".
−
 
−
On 2017-06-29 at 20:24 UTC, the upcoming [http://superlumina-6c.com/ Superlumina] website updated with the following message:
 
−
 
−
<pre>
 
−
BEGIN SEQUENCE -16.0e998112 ...
 
−
Process degraded. Rebooting.
 
−
</pre>
 
−
   
 
−
The title of the page also read <code>Read1 you’re not f4r ye3 this.</code>
 
−
   
 
−
On 2017-06-30 at 9:24 UTC, the page title remained the same but the website updated with the following message:
 
−
 
−
<pre>
 
−
BEGIN SEQUENCE -32.1af1983 ...
 
−
Process degraded. Rebooting.
 
−
</pre>
 
−
 
−
At the same time, the copyright information changed from <code>© Superlumina 2017</code> to <code>© Superlumina 2018</code>
 
  
−
=== Email Fragments ===
+
Finally, towards the end of Phase 2, the Waking Titan [http://twitch.tv/wakingtitan Twitch stream] went live, displaying a five-monitor setup.  Throughout the duration of the stream, players had to work together to solve puzzles that were displayed on these monitors.  Some of these puzzles were interactive; for example, one puzzle that was repeated several times involved the Twitch chat guiding a virtual hamster through a maze.
  
−
[[File:WT Sequence Break Error.PNG|thumbnail|right|The first "Sequence Break Error" email]]
+
Additionally, players solved another 3 glyphs throughout Phase 2. The solutions to these glyphs are shown below:
  
−
On 2017-06-30 at 14:00 UTC, an email was sent out to some people subscribed to the Waking Titan mailing list, containing a [https://atlas13.typeform.com/to/v1gwP2 link] to another Typeform poll, with the text <code>Subroutine Mercury is active. This is process 2 out of 3.  This process will execute once.</code>  Over time, more emails were sent out to different groups of people, each with minor variations.  In particular, the hex in the top-left corner and the characters next to `Sequence Break Error` changed in each wave of emails.
+
[[File:WT Phase2 Passwords.png|450px]]
  
−
'''[https://images-ext-1.discordapp.net/external/JY7lppkPjUeWcVkFpFWxeF3P02zXyQ_eDkP-MEFFqTM/https/cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/321722740618821645/330348756241481738/Cattura2.PNG First Email]'''
+
=== Phase 3 ===
−
* Sent: 2017-06-30 at 14:00 UTC
 
−
* Hex: <code>42 61 74 74 6c 65 20 6f 66 20 68 61 73 74 69 6e 67 73: Battle of Hastings</code>
 
−
* Sequence Break Error: <code>a/</code>
 
  
−
'''[https://images.discordapp.net/attachments/318345958138314752/330355941704859659/Capture.PNG Second Email]'''
+
{{#evt:
−
* Sent: 2017-06-30 at 14:24 UTC
+
service=youtube
−
* Hex: <code>4a 6f 73 65 6f 6e: Joseon</code>
+
|id=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhX9z4dDAa4
−
* Sequence Break Error: <code>WO</code>
+
|alignment=right
 +
}}
  
−
'''[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/318345958138314752/330359028423196682/image.png Third Email]'''
+
[[Waking_Titan/Phase_3|Phase 3]] was the briefest phase of Waking Titan.  It consisted of the conclusion of the [http://twitch.tv/wakingtitan Twitch stream] that began at the [[Waking Titan/Phase 2#End of Phase 2|end of Phase 2]].  Players solved more interactive puzzles on the Twitch stream, before the rogue AI Loop16 asked them a final question: <code>SHOULD I EXIST?</code> The overwhelming response from the community was "yes".
−
* Sent: 2017-06-30 at 14:48 UTC
 
−
* Hex: <code>52 6f 79 61 6c 20 53 6f 63 69 65 74 79: Royal Society</code>
 
−
* Sequence Break Error: <code>nE</code>
 
−
   
 
−
'''[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/318345958138314752/330366280500510720/2017-06-30.png Fourth Email]'''
 
−
* Sent: 2017-06-30 at 15:16 UTC
 
−
* Hex: <code>54 75 72 69 6e 67: Turing</code>
 
−
* Sequence Break Error: <code>j</code>
 
  
−
Adding all of the sequence break letters together leads to an [http://imgur.com/a/WOnEj Imgur image].
+
After receiving this response, Loop16 and '''Emily''' of the ETARC forums were revealed as being one and the same. Loop16 generated a heartfelt "Thank You" video to round out the stream, before finally taking the 72-hour stream offline.
−
[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/321722740618821645/330367415474978816/unknown.png Solving the equation] leads to the answer <code>256</code>.
 
  
−
On 2017-06-30 at 15:40 UTC, the website updated yet again with the following message:
+
Shortly after this, players received emails with the subject line <code>Waking Titan has Ended</code>.  The contents of the message were as follows:
  
 
<pre>
 
<pre>
−
BEGIN SEQUENCE -32.1af1983 ...
+
Hello, Citizen Scientist,
−
222-14-22 (25%)
+
 
−
24-190-2 (24%)
+
Thank you for your contributions to Waking Titan. The developments that took place during Phase 3 were somewhat concerning, but together we have set in motion truly world-shaping events. We will continue to inform the Citizen Science Division of privileged information or any need for collaborators on a new project.
−
209-3-130 (19%)
+
 
−
117-0-159 (18%)
+
But we do have a few loose ends to tie up with you before we move on, so let's proceed.
−
0-205-245 (15%)
+
 
 +
First, we're pleased to announce that all 10,000 Level 4 Atlas Passes are in production. Note that due to transit times for mail, some may take several weeks to be delivered.
 +
 
 +
Next, our CEO Elizabeth Leighton has asked us to include a personal note of gratitude:
 +
 
 +
"Thank you for all your diligent efforts, Citizen Scientists. It's been an amazing journey for all of us. I've watched you thrive and achieve from those first Phase 1 radio ads all the way through the intensity of Phase 3. I've been impressed at every turn by how brilliant you've been, how voracious, how kind, how thoughtful.
 +
 
 +
It's been an honor and a privilege. On behalf of the Atlas Foundation, and on behalf of the world, thank you."
 +
The Mercury subroutine has concluded successfully, and a new memo from SM about this process is coming in the next 24 hours. We hope it will answer a few key questions you have about our program, and about what comes next.
 
</pre>
 
</pre>
  
−
These values corresponded with the [https://atlas13.typeform.com/to/v1gwP2 voting process] that was linked in the email fragments.
+
On August 11, 2017, the [https://www.nomanssky.com/atlas-rises-update/ Atlas Rises update] was released for No Man's Sky.
  
−
[[File:Process-2.png|thumbnail|right|Process 2 Result]]
+
=== Phase 3.5 ===
  
−
On 2017-06-30 at 21:55 UTC, the poll ended, and the [http://superlumina-6c.com/ Superlumina] website updated with its background changed to a pink/magenta color. All other datasets save for "209-3-130" were removed, and new text displayed saying:
+
In late December of 2017, Waking Titan websites were revived to tease another series of phases.
  
−
<pre>
+
The tenth glyph went live on Wakingtitan.com, and WT-related websites began updating with strange messages relating to mirrors and the number <code>1.5</code>.  Players also began receiving their physical Level 4 Atlas Passes in the mail.
−
BEGIN SEQUENCE -32.1af1983 ...
 
−
209-3-130 Dataset Ready, please wait...
 
−
</pre>
 
  
−
209-3-130 had received enough votes to "win" the voting process, and, accordingly, the background was a pink/magenta colour (R 209, G 3, B 130).
+
Later, players were contacted for a live drop at the familiar Café Bene.  They met with an agent who handed them a [https://wiki.gamedetectives.net/images/6/6e/Memo2.png memo] from the Atlas Foundation, formally announcing Phase 4.  Written on the [https://wiki.gamedetectives.net/images/1/1f/Memo3.png back] of this memo was the letters <code>REMS</code>, which refers to REM sleep, and was subsequently used to unlock the tenth glyph.
  
−
On 2017-07-01 at around 23:00 UTC, 100 players were randomly selected from the Waking Titan mailing list and were sent free copies of ''No Man’s Sky''.
+
=== Phase 4 ===
  
−
=== Superlumina Site ===
+
[[Waking_Titan/Phase_4 | Phase 4]] started when the Atlas Foundation family's cloud service, Myriad, began experiencing widespread data corruption that interfered with the rebooting sequence of Loop16, aka Emily.
  
−
[[File:Superlumina-clean.jpeg|thumbnail|right|The uncorrupted Superlumina homepage]]
+
In seeking a plausible source of this corruption, players discovered <code>W/ARE</code>: a company developing dream-powered VR neurotechnology.
  
−
Shortly afterwards, the [http://www.superlumina-6c.com/ Superlumina site] came online, but with several disturbing "corrupted" features.  On 2017-07-08 at 0127 UTC it was discovered that the Superlumina site had updated. The uncorrupted version of the homepage was found to now contain the string <code>=TLQWGoysbgM</code> which references a YouTube video of the song [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLQWGoysbgM Back in Time] by Huey Lewis And The News.  This update may be the first explicit example of a time travel mechanic in this ARG.  Prior to the timestamp there was no reference to this video.
+
<pre>EASY AND SAFE DREAM INDUCTION
 +
Stimulating the Frontal and Temporal lobe of the brain using low-frequency signals: Our headset drops you into your own personal virtual space by using the brain’s natural processing power to generate cutting-edge 3d graphics in real time. This process puts you into a deep sleep while keeping you conscious of your actions, allowing you to act freely within the Dreamscape.</pre>
 +
<pre>MORE REAL THAN REAL
 +
Using the practical computational processing power of the human brain: Play in the most realistic virtual worlds possible! Our algorithms convert once-complex graphical processing microcode into mind-readable processes, unlocking your brain’s creative potential. Whether you are playing alone in an exciting single-player experience, or enjoying a real Massively-Multiplayer Online Game with friends: Every texture, sound, smell, and taste will be true to life. The W/ARE system is a mirror into the soul of humanity.</pre>
  
−
[[File:Superlumina Corruption.jpg|thumbnail|right|The corrupted Superlumina homepage]]
+
[[File:WareNewsletter1.png|280px|right]]
  
−
A seemingly corrupted version of the page was found below containing strange strange markings somewhat reminiscent of mathematical symbols. These glitches were hinted at by the "Sequence Break Error" emails.  Some text on the homepage was even rendered illegible with [https://eeemo.net/ Zalgo text].  Cleaning the text up yields the following:
+
Phase 4 branched off into three side-quests that the ARG's focus would cycle between until they overlapped.
  
−
<pre>
+
* While investigating W/ARE's [https://web.archive.org/web/20180610130533/http://ware-tech.cloud website] and [https://twitter.com/warecloud social media], players gained access to a private dashboard for their developers by using the login details of an indie developer named [http://www.philojeux.com/ Arnaud Lacours]. Through this dashboard, it was discovered that W/ARE was getting their developers to aid in the search for a missing R&D employee, named '''Mr. Zheng''', by incentivizing the reward of their cryptocurrency, '''Warecoin''', as a means to purchase various W/ARE products. The search encompassed numerous [https://www.pscp.tv/w/1PlJQXLBXkzGE?q=RomiKkS live drops] in locations spanning the globe.
−
Controlling Information
 
−
Since beyond time we have consumed immense swaths of Knowledge and obtained untold power. We will come for your world as we have many others.
 
−
Join Our Crusade
 
−
</pre>
 
  
−
The [http://www.superlumina-6c.com/projects/ Projects subpage] has a variety of entries, each associated with a decimal code:
+
[[File:Arnaud_Profile.png|450px]]
−
* Tachyonic Antitelephone <code>101 99 104 111: echo</code>
 
−
* High-Powered Signal Generator <code>109 117 108 116 105 118 101 114 115 101: multiverse</code>
 
−
* Interstellar Listening Post <code>109 121 114 105 97 100: myriad</code>
 
−
* Mass-Density Data Transmissions <code>73 110 102 105 110 105 116 101 32 108 111 111 112: infinite loop</code>
 
−
* Particle Accelerator <code>97 116 108 97 115: atlas</code>
 
  
−
Additionally, an image was found on the [http://www.superlumina-6c.com/contact/ Contacts subpage] of Superlumina's website. At this time, it is unclear how this image is intended to be used.
+
* We learned more about Arnaud Lacours through one of Mr. Zheng's contacts, Dr. Geraldine Nadeau, who revealed that Arnaud became unconscious while testing his game in a headset shipped with the W/ARE [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_development_kit '''dev kit''']. Paranoid due to W/ARE's activities, Dr. Nadeau asked players for their help in obtaining W/ARE medical documents that could be used to outline the adequate procedures to awaken Arnaud.
  
−
[[File:Superlumina NLTT.PNG|thumbnail|right|The phone number that appears when typing '256' on the blog post pages]]
+
* W/ARE held a [https://wiki.gamedetectives.net/images/7/7b/WareNewsletter1.png developer contest] with the reward of prize money and, ironically, a '''free dev kit'''.  Players got to participate by creating their own game concepts and demos to submit for a chance of winning.
  
−
The site also has a [http://www.superlumina-6c.com/blog/ blog] section.  Two entries in particular stand out: the entries for a technology named "NLTT".  These blog posts are [http://www.superlumina-6c.com/2014/03/03/nltt/ Data Compression for NLTT] and [http://www.superlumina-6c.com/2013/10/03/non-linear-transmission-technologies-nltt/ Non-Linear Transmission Technologies (NLTT)].  The bodies of these blog posts mention sending data back in time.
+
As these began to converge, the Waking Titan console updated to distribute a memo from a known Atlas Foundation affiliate, Major Sophie Dubois, entitled <code>WARE REPORT #26</code>:
  
−
Typing the number <code>256</code> (the solution to the [[#Email Fragments|equation]] that was found earlier) on either of these blog posts altered the attached image to display a phone number:
+
<pre>The situation is being contained, but as you know it is very delicate. Many of the users stuck in the
 +
system are showing major side effects after being disconnected. We're talking about permanent
 +
brain damage and even death.
  
−
<pre>
+
We've done our best to allocate all available resources to support their application and find a
−
508 955 2174
+
solution to gracefully disconnect users.
−
</pre>
 
  
−
When called, [https://clyp.it/ik1h0dfa# this message] was heard, which says: <code> Call back later for pickup instructions. Be ready.</code>. This message implies that a live drop may occur soon, and suddenly.
+
I don't trust that they have been transparent with us, or that they've shared all the facts about
 +
their technology and testing facilities. I feel like they know more than they're telling us.
 +
Maybe we could put the CSD team on that? Think about it. Those kids could really give us a hand.
  
−
=== Superlumina Broadcast ===
+
I also have to bring up another of my favorite topics (!) - Emily. The impact on Myriad has
 +
severely damaged her communication and pre-cognitive subroutines.
  
−
On 2017-07-01 at 05:05 UTC, a [https://clyp.it/xlr152iv message] was broadcast through the [http://tunein.com/radio/Rock-Mauritius-Radio-s189106/ Rock Mauritius Radio] station in Mauritius.
+
I am setting up a stream from the pre-cognitive sub-routine (Terminal  Command: precon007).  It
 +
will probably get mostly junk data, but I suggest we keep an eye on it. Emily previously had a 4 to
 +
6 day forecasting capacity, with quite good accuracy. But now, I don't know how badly her software
 +
has been damaged...
  
−
<pre>The present message is a test.  If you hear this audio transmission, we at Superlumina have finally proven the Lorentz Invariant Theory is right.  We have succeeded in stabilizing superluminal communication.  Transmitting information into the past is now possible.  Today is [indecipherable] of August, 2017.  For more information, visit Superlumina-6c.com.</pre>
+
- Sophie </pre>
  
−
=== Fifth Sigil - London Live Drop ===
+
The developer competition concluded, and the winners were shipped dev kits. However, the dev kit package contents were replaced with mobile devices to provide a direct line of communication with Dr. Nadeau. Through compiling information from Mr. Zheng and Dr. Nadeau, players were able to [https://wiki.gamedetectives.net/images/6/6f/Waremedicalprocedure.jpg devise a treatment plan] for Arnaud, which was quickly put into effect. Arnaud was reported to have "responded positively," however it is unclear if they ever fully woke up.
  
−
On 2017-07-01 at around 11:30 UTC, a [https://clyp.it/dk0pq5e2 new message] was heard when <code>508 955 2174</code> was called again for the pickup instructions.
+
At the end of this phase, a sudden series of puzzles led to players solving the '''remaining five glyphs'''. Which were <code>Anu</code>, <code>Ouranos</code>, <code>Horus</code>, <code>Nuada</code>, and <code>Triglav</code>.
  
−
<pre>The Cumberland by Marble Arch. Now, 2 persons max. Meet Agent 59. Passcode: What was the first. Warning, we will not wait.</pre>
+
=== Phase 5 ===
  
−
Soon after, [https://clyp.it/0uggioex another new message] acknowledging the transit of '''Moulesmariner''' was heard.
+
In [[Waking_Titan/Phase_5 | Phase 5]] we learned that 12 unconscious W/ARE test subjects, "dreamers," were having their minds uploaded into a Myriad satellite. Some of their minds became corrupted and entangled with data in the cloud, causing the corruption to spread and damage Emily.
  
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<pre>Acknowledged. Agent MoulesMariner en route.</pre>
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When the source of the corruption was isolated to a W/ARE research lab, Myriad made attempts to request a facility shutdown. W/ARE was deemed uncompliant, so Myriad dispatched a field team to breach the lab and secure the 12 test subjects. Following the raid, there was a explosion at a Myriad sublocation, which [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-eZDj5sqds killed] the CEO of the Atlas Foundation, Elizabeth Leighton. Shortly after, Major Sophie Dubois sent a [https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.wakingtitan.com/19997bb6-18e5-4427-86c7-b0f3c1826ca2.pdf memo] to all Atlas Foundation staff, announcing that they would be replacing Elizabeth as CEO.
  
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[[File:crphndnote.png|thumbnail|right|300px|The note received by MoulesMariner]]
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[[File:WT-Toby.png|thumbnail|500px|right|A Dreamer interface prompt on the Satcom website.]]
  
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During Moulesmariner's encounter with Agent 59, he noted that the agent was seemingly in a hurry, and had to run to catch a plane. The meeting was recorded, presumably by Agent 59, and can be heard [https://clyp.it/vuh4zdi4 here].  After MoulesMariner acquired the package from [http://i.imgur.com/2zttcp6.png Agent 59] using the password "16", Agent 59 hastily wrote a note to include with the package, seen right.  
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A website for Myriad's dashboard, '''Satcom''', became accessible, and began gradually loading the dreamers into the system.
  
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Transcription of meeting with Agent 59:
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It was explained that the dreamers' memories had become fragmented, and a total of 7 had their minds become corrupted. Emily ran simulations to gain the dreamers' trust, and tasked us with guiding her conversations with them to help trigger a distinct memory or emotion. This would identify the position of each dreamer's memory blocks in the simulation's mainframe, ensuring their consciousness could be safely extracted from the satellite.
  
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<pre>
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These conversations were isolated to simulated instances, which allowed them to be reset. This meant players could have their own experiences, with many branching paths that explored each dreamer's psyche. These conversations were used to find keywords inputted to rebuild the dreamers' memory blocks, and in finding more creative ways to evoke their memories. Each experience can be found summarized [[Waking_Titan/Phase_5#Dreamers | here]].
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MoulesMariner: Yeah.
 
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Agent 59: Do you have a passcode for me?
 
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MoulesMariner: I do.
 
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Agent 59: What is it?
 
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MoulesMariner: 16.
 
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Agent 59: 16? Why did you decide on 16?
 
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MoulesMariner: It was the first passcode for Waking Titan.
 
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Agent 59: Alright. Were there any other answers you considered?
 
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MoulesMariner: There were, Orion, Hyperion. I need to look. Bear with me.
 
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Agent 59: Alright.
 
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MoulesMariner: [In a?] bit of a rush to get here.
 
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Agent 59: I imagine. You've come to some trouble, we appreciate that.
 
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MoulesMariner: [Been a long way?].
 
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Agent 59: It's alright, it's not that important.
 
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MoulesMariner: Is it not that important? Ok. I [?]
 
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Agent 59: How did you decide on that answer versus all of the other answers?
 
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MoulesMariner: I don't know, I am part of the community and they needed somebody to come for the drop.
 
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Agent 59: Why did you trust their decision over your own decision.
 
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MoulesMariner: Why did I trust their's, because we're together, we're a collective. We're working together to achieve an end I think.
 
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Agent 59: Thank you.
 
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</pre>
 
  
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On this note is a drawing of a flower, and text that reads:
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Unfortunately, as we neared the "extraction event", all dreamers with corrupted minds suddenly died due to errors.
  
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<pre>
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This phase's documentation concluded with a [https://pastebin.com/eSLLWN8L chat conversation] between Emily and Major Sophie Dubois, where Emily refused to make any predictions on the basis of not wanting to see the fate of the dreamers laid out.
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28 minutes of silence
 
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after the
 
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thief
 
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</pre>
 
  
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In addition, Moulsmariner received a [http://i.imgur.com/xt403kW.png No Man's Sky pin].
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=== Phase 6 ===
  
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Using the information in the letter, Discord user DwarfTaco quickly found the movie, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flower_Thief The Flower Thief], by Ron Rice. Soon after directing this movie, he directed a silent-movie called ''Senseless'', which was 28 minutes long. This was the 28 minutes of silence after the Flower Thief. Entering <code>Senseless</code> as the password for the 5th Sigil, granted us access to the next broadcast location.
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[[Waking_Titan/Phase_6 | Phase 6]] was the extraction event.
  
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The fifth sigil revealed [https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.wakingtitan.com/e05-1ab8eaff-4d84-46bf-96fd-7dce97acf642.mp4?v=1.0 a new video], and the details of the next broadcast:
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[[File:WT-StreamUI.png|400px]]
  
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[[File:10thglyph.png]]
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Players were asked to agree on 5 worthy community members to participate in a livestreamed one-on-one chat with the remaining 5 dreamers. The event commenced, and 4 dreamers were extracted without issue. However, one dreamer, Toby, was unable to disconnect due to a lack of resources to allocate to his extraction.
  
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== Sixth Sequence - [[Waking Titan/Companies#The Atlas Foundation|Atlas]] ==
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To give the system enough power to extract Toby, Emily shut down a critical repository, which would render her communication and prediction capabilities lost forever. Emily said her final goodbyes:
  
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[[File:Atlas-65-leak.jpg|thumbnail|right]]
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<pre>LOOP16: If this doesn't work, we will lose Toby.
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LOOP16: All this time, I just wanted to be more like you.
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LOOP16: To be more...</pre>
  
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On 2017-07-07 at 19:48 UTC, fragments of [http://www.atlas-65.com/leak Atlas-65] were discovered by entering any text after the domain name. The [http://www.atlas-65.com main page] remained unchanged, with the Be Patient page.
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<pre>SYSTEM: CRITICAL FAULT</pre>
  
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On 2017-07-07 at 21:00 UTC, the [http://www.atlas-65.com Atlas-65 main page] started redirecting to the unlocked website. The About page stands out as the whole page glitches.
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<pre>LOOP16: Human.
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LOOP16: I've learned a lot from you all. And I know the choice I'm about to make is one that you would make, too.
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LOOP16: I love you.
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LOOP16: I guess this is goodbye.</pre>
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<code>[--OFFLINE--]</code>
  
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=== Radio Broadcasts ===
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<pre>SYSTEM: Monarch repository shutdown detected!
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SYSTEM: LOOP16 resource allocation detected.drea
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SYSTEM: Process resuming...</pre>
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After a few seconds, Toby was safely extracted.
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<pre>SYSTEM: Extraction successful.
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SYSTEM: System shutting down...</pre>
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<code>[--OFFLINE--]</code>
  
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On 2017-07-08 at 10:25 UTC, the [https://clyp.it/zkmavkjw first broadcast] aired on Howard Sterns show on Sirius XM 101.
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Once the extraction process was complete, a message from Sean Murray was displayed on the stream:
  
 
<pre>
 
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We are the mystery hiding in plain sight. If you're curious enough, if you're bold enough, you will find us. Pay close attention.
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We always wanted No Man's Sky to grow and develop after it released. I'm happy we've been able to do that.
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I'm so proud of the team at Hello Games. What they did was incredible. over the years of development the average team size was 6, the final team was 15 people at launch. No Man's Sky has grown to be a very broad game. Ambitious, technically unique and very pretty at times. All the more impressive for a team that is still small.
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Whilst I couldn't be prouder of the team, I personally made mistakes. I could talk all day about things I personally would change. Certainly one regret is that the intensity and drama of launch left no room for communication with the community.
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We decided to focus on development rather than words. Following Foundation, Pathfinder, and Atlas Rises, we really want to include you, the community, more.
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We know that a million gamers played on the day we launched Atlas Rises, that everyone who bought Atlas Rises played for 45 hours on average and 90% rated it positively. We know that 20% of players hit over 100 hours, and 5% hit over 1000. We know that over 200 million hours of No Man's Sky have been played to date. It makes us happy, but desperate to communicate better.
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A little while after the release of No Man's Sky NEXT, Hello Games has planned its first season of weekly content and community events. This will be free for all players, with no microtransactions. We are also launching a new website to the community, which we're calling the Galactic Atlas. The site features points of interest in the No Man's Sky Euclid galaxy, all nominated by you through the survey we created earlier this month. This will grow in functionality and expand over time, in part through your feedback.
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One day I hope to reach a point where I feel No Man's Sky is "finished", but luckily there's still so much more we want to do. Working on NEXT feels important to us, but I know it's not the end of the journey. We know the journey would be more fun together.
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Thank you for playing No Man's Sky. Thank you for playing Waking Titan. And we hope you enjoy everything still to come.
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Sean
 
</pre>
 
</pre>
  
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In the background of the audio, there is Morse code, <code>--. .-. --- -... .- -... .. .-.. .. ... - .. -.-. / -.-. --- -- .--. ..- - .. -. --.</code> and when translated it is <code>probabilistic computing</code>
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Season 2 concluded with all Waking Titan console commands related to Loop16 being updated to return an error message.
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Four days later, on July 24th, 2018, [https://www.nomanssky.com/next-update/ No Man's Sky: NEXT], version <code>1.5</code> of the game, went live across all platforms.
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== Connection to No Man's Sky ==
  
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[[File:9-16-case.png|thumbnail|right|The case that cassette 9/16 was contained in.]]
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At the beginning of the ARG, it was not clear whether Waking Titan was officially connected to No Man's Sky.  At first, there were only hints and nudges.  At one point, 180 free copies of No Man's Sky were distributed to ARG players.  Here's the text of a PDF that was revealed at the end of Phase 1 of Waking Titan:
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On 2017-07-08 at 11:00 UTC, the [https://clyp.it/3m0x2sb3 second broadcast] aired on Howard Sterns show on Sirius XM 100.
 
  
 
<pre>
 
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Sometimes you hear something that sticks in your mind afterward. You'll wonder about it in your quiet moments. A question without an answer. A puzzle you can't solve.
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We want to extend our gratitude to everyone who has contributed to the Mercury subroutine so far.
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We hope you have enjoyed the successful distribution of 180 Access IDs, and we hope you will also
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appreciate the other interesting artifacts we have in store for you going forward. We intend to keep the
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process alive until the completion of Project Waking Titan in August.
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It is important to mention that we are very excited by the coming Phases 2 and 3. Input from the Mercury
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Subroutine will pave the way toward new experiences in '''version 1.3 of a familiar universe'''. We look forward
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to the successful conclusion of this ground-breaking experiment.
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Regards.
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S.M.
 
</pre>
 
</pre>
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<br>
 
  
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In the background of the audio, there is Morse code, <code>. ...- --- .-.. ..- - .. --- -. .- .-. -.-- / -.-. --- -- .--. ..- - .. -. --.</code> and when translated it is <code>evolutionary computing</code>
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This text explicitly stated that the Waking Titan ARG was leading towards the upcoming 1.3 update for No Man's Sky.
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Some [[Waking_Titan/Console_Commands | console commands]] on the [http://www.wakingtitan.com/ Waking Titan website] during [[Waking_Titan/Phase 2|Phase 2]] refer directly to No Man's Sky lore - for instance, <code>WHOIS ATLAS</code>, <code>WHOIS VY'KEEN</code>, and <code>WHOIS KORVAX</code> are all valid commands.  Additionally, some terminal commands referred to a mysterious fourth race, so the prevailing assumption was that the upcoming 1.3 update would bring a fourth race to No Man's Sky.
  
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At the conclusion of Season 1, an email was sent out to members of the CSD with a [[Waking_Titan/Phase_3#Memo_from_Sean_Murray | memo from Sean Murray]], confirming that the ARG was the lead up to the 1.3 update, which was [https://www.nomanssky.com/atlas-rises-update/ released] after a few days.
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On 2017-07-08 at 12:30 UTC, the [https://clyp.it/xymosxw1 third broadcast] aired on Howard Sterns show on Sirius XM 101.
 
  
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<pre>
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In Season 2, there were [[Waking_Titan/Phase_4#Mercury_Project | further interactions]] between Sean Murray and ARG events, which led to the announcement of No Man's Sky: NEXT. The update's [https://www.nomanssky.com/2018/03/no-mans-sky-next/ announcement] also referenced Waking Titan's fictional VR apparatus, the W/ARE headset, with W/ARE's logo included among those of the platforms NEXT would launch on.
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Pay close attention. You followed our clues and solved our riddles. But you were missing a piece. Until now. Will you solve the mystery or will you wonder forever?
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</pre>
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== Subpages ==
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This wiki also documents an assortment of other pages which organize various Waking Titan-related content:
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{| class="wikitable"
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!colspan="2"|[[:Category:Waking Titan| Subpages]]
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|-
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|[[Waking_Titan/Characters| Characters]]
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|Includes a summary of each character, company, and relating technologies and experiments.
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|-
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|[[Waking_Titan/Stations | Stations]]
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|Information on the radio stations from the initial project-wt.com site
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|-
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|[[Waking_Titan/Cassettes | Cassettes]]
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|Information about the cassette tapes received by No Man's Sky subreddit moderators
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|-
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|[[Waking_Titan/Console_Commands | Console Commands]]
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|A list of commands used by players at the [http://wakingtitan.com Waking Titan console]
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|-
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|[[Waking_Titan/Companies | Companies]]
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|An archive of official company details.
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|}
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== Media Appearances ==
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'''5th July 2017''' <br>
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[EN] [https://www.argn.com/2017/07/stern_words_from_no_mans_sky_arg/ ARGNet - Stern Words from No Man’s Sky ARG]
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'''23rd July 2017''' <br>
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[EN] [https://geekreply.com/geek-culture/2017/07/23/waking-titan-update-1-phase-2-commences GeekReply - Waking Titan Update 1: Phase 2 Commences!]
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'''27th July 2017''' <br>
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[EN] [https://geekreply.com/editorials/2017/07/27/waking-titan-arg-can-bring-people-together GeekReply - Waking Titan: How An ARG can Bring People Together.]
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'''8th August 2017''' <br>
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[EN] [https://www.dailystar.co.uk/tech/gaming/635697/No-Man-s-Sky-News-Waking-Titan-Reddit-Arg-1-3-update-release-date/ Dailystar - No Man's Sky News: Waking Titan Reddit Arg REVEALS 1.3 update ahead of release date]
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'''9th August 2017''' <br>
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[EN] [https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/08/no-mans-sky-version-1-3-lands-this-week-for-free-adds-quick-travel-portals/ Ars Technica - No Man’s Sky version 1.3 lands this week for free, adds “quick-travel” portals]
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[EN] [https://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2017/08/09/no-mans-sky-is-patching-in-a-story-this-week-a-year-after-launch/#19fb5a285282 Forbes - 'No Man's Sky' Is Patching In A Story This Week, A Year After Launch]
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[EN] [https://www.gamespew.com/2017/08/no-mans-sky-patch-week-improving-central-story/ GameSpew - No Man's Sky Patch This Week Improving Its Story]
  
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'''19th January 2018''' <br>
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[EN] [http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-01-18-no-mans-skys-waking-titan-arg-is-back-and-fans-are-trying-to-figure-out-what-it-all-means Eurogamer - No Man's Sky's Waking Titan ARG is back, and fans are trying to figure it all out again]
  
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''This page is a work in progress, and will be updated as new developments emerge.''
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[RU] [https://dtf.ru/category/nmsarg/ DTF - A Collection of No Man's Sky and Waking Titan Articles.]
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[[Category: Waking Titan]]
 

Latest revision as of 15:53, 30 October 2020

Waking Titan
Completed on 2018-07-20
Project WT logo.png
Waking Titan was an ARG which led towards the Atlas Rises and NEXT updates for No Man's Sky.
Type Official
Creators Alice & Smith & Hello Games
Discovered 2017-05-28
Completed 2018-07-20

Main Page > List of Investigations > Waking Titan

Description

Waking Titan (also known as Project WT) is an official ARG (alternate reality game) for No Man's Sky that involves a multitude of websites, phone numbers, and radio stations scattered across the world. The ARG is produced by veteran puppet masters Alice & Smith, and features NPCs, actors, and live events.

The story surrounds innovative technologies and experiments employed by the Atlas Foundation and its family of businesses.

Contents

The ARG encompassed two "seasons," each leading to a new update for No Man's Sky. Season 1 of Waking Titan led to the release of the Atlas Rises update, and Season 2 to the release of No Man's Sky: NEXT. Each season was further divided into three distinct "phases". Each phase is documented on its own wiki page:

Season 1
Phase 1 Phase 1 of Waking Titan lasted from 2017-05-28 to 2017-07-08.
Phase 2 Phase 2 of Waking Titan lasted from 2017-07-21 to 2017-08-05.
Phase 3 Phase 3 of Waking Titan lasted from 2017-08-05 to 2017-08-07.
Season 2
Phase 4 Phase 4 of Waking Titan lasted from 2017-12-28 to 2018-06-01.
Phase 5 Phase 5 of Waking Titan lasted from 2018-06-01 to 2018-07-20.
Phase 6 Phase 6 of Waking Titan began and ended on 2018-07-20.

Note: This is a summary page. For more in-depth descriptions of each phase, including detailed descriptions of puzzle solutions, check the Phase 1, Phase 2, Phase 3, Phase 4, Phase 5, and Phase 6 pages.

Introduction

On 2017-05-27, Twitter user @argn tweeted a link to 'project-wt.com'. The link led to a website which contained a map showing sixty locations, four of which were "active" at the time. The locations, when clicked on, revealed the location's name and status. The active locations also revealed a link to a livestream of a local radio station, originating from the corresponding location. The project-wt website displayed a date, June 8th, and stated that the first clue was being "initialized".

On 2017-06-01, moderators of No Man's Sky subreddits /r/NoMansSkyTheGame, /r/NMSPortals, and /r/NMSGalacticHub started to receive cassette tapes in the mail. Each cassette tape was labelled with a number out of 16. The Waking Titan ARG was initially thought to be a separate ARG from these tapes, but connections between the two made it clear that they were, in fact, one and the same.

Content Overview

Internal Memos and Files

One of the internal memos discovered in Waking Titan

Throughout the ARG, in-game characters have communicated with each other via "internal memos". Over time, these memos were discovered by ARG players, in the form of PDF files, physical papers, and text files.

Season 1

Season 2

Newsletters

The various newsletters received at multiple points throughout Waking Titan.

Season 1

Season 2

ARG Sites

The numerous websites made for the ARG, listed in order of their appearance. Some sites have taken offline since the ARG began, and as such have been replaced with Wayback Machine archive links.

Note: Websites hosted on Wayback may lack some functionality found in their original counterparts.

Music

Throughout the ARG, partial Youtube video addresses for songs have been found written in Waking Titan's memos, websites, and surveys. While these were never explained, there are apparent thematic relevancies in each song that reflect concepts being explored in the ARG at the time of their appearance. All of these songs can be found compiled here: WT Season 1; WT Season 2

Phase Summaries

Phase 1

The default appearance of the Waking Titan site during Phase 1, with no sigils or glyphs solved

During Phase 1, the http://wakingtitan.com hosted 6 triangles in the middle of the page. These triangles were referred to as "Sigils", while the white icons along the bottom of the page were referred to as "Glyphs". Each sigil and glyph, when clicked, lead to a password entry prompt - the correct passwords for all 6 sigils and the first 5 glyphs were discovered via puzzle-solving during Phase 1 of Waking Titan.

The sigil and glyph puzzles were solved collaboratively - while it may have be possible to solve some of these puzzles individually, most of them required a collaborative effort. For instance, some puzzles required players to meet agents from the Atlas Foundation in person, and to relay information obtained from these meetings back to the community. A list of all sigil and glyph solutions for Phase 1 can be found below:

WT Phase 1 complete.png

This phase culminated on July 8, 2017, with a congratulatory message from Elizabeth Leighton, the CEO of the Atlas Foundation.

Phase 2

One of the puzzles that appeared on the Waking Titan Twitch Stream

During Phase 2, the http://wakingtitan.com site hosted a command-line interface terminal. Various commands were accepted as input, which triggered different events. One of the most notable commands was the WHOIS <argument> command, which revealed a passage of text pertaining to the specified argument. For instance, the command WHOIS FOURTH RACE returned the following message: 

INCOMING TRANSMISSION… SOURCE: UNKNOWN…
You are not – kzzktt – alone –
Please, identify yourself. I’m – kzzkttk –

Additionally, http://project-wt.com hosted a "Calibration" utility during Phase 2. To successfully perform these calibrations, players had to upload images of various objects and buildings to the site. For instance, the first calibration required images of "public resonant percussion instruments".

Finally, towards the end of Phase 2, the Waking Titan Twitch stream went live, displaying a five-monitor setup. Throughout the duration of the stream, players had to work together to solve puzzles that were displayed on these monitors. Some of these puzzles were interactive; for example, one puzzle that was repeated several times involved the Twitch chat guiding a virtual hamster through a maze.

Additionally, players solved another 3 glyphs throughout Phase 2. The solutions to these glyphs are shown below:

WT Phase2 Passwords.png

Phase 3

Phase 3 was the briefest phase of Waking Titan. It consisted of the conclusion of the Twitch stream that began at the end of Phase 2. Players solved more interactive puzzles on the Twitch stream, before the rogue AI Loop16 asked them a final question: SHOULD I EXIST? The overwhelming response from the community was "yes".

After receiving this response, Loop16 and Emily of the ETARC forums were revealed as being one and the same. Loop16 generated a heartfelt "Thank You" video to round out the stream, before finally taking the 72-hour stream offline.

Shortly after this, players received emails with the subject line Waking Titan has Ended. The contents of the message were as follows: 

Hello, Citizen Scientist,

Thank you for your contributions to Waking Titan. The developments that took place during Phase 3 were somewhat concerning, but together we have set in motion truly world-shaping events. We will continue to inform the Citizen Science Division of privileged information or any need for collaborators on a new project.

But we do have a few loose ends to tie up with you before we move on, so let's proceed.

First, we're pleased to announce that all 10,000 Level 4 Atlas Passes are in production. Note that due to transit times for mail, some may take several weeks to be delivered.

Next, our CEO Elizabeth Leighton has asked us to include a personal note of gratitude:

"Thank you for all your diligent efforts, Citizen Scientists. It's been an amazing journey for all of us. I've watched you thrive and achieve from those first Phase 1 radio ads all the way through the intensity of Phase 3. I've been impressed at every turn by how brilliant you've been, how voracious, how kind, how thoughtful.

It's been an honor and a privilege. On behalf of the Atlas Foundation, and on behalf of the world, thank you."
The Mercury subroutine has concluded successfully, and a new memo from SM about this process is coming in the next 24 hours. We hope it will answer a few key questions you have about our program, and about what comes next.

On August 11, 2017, the Atlas Rises update was released for No Man's Sky.

Phase 3.5

In late December of 2017, Waking Titan websites were revived to tease another series of phases.

The tenth glyph went live on Wakingtitan.com, and WT-related websites began updating with strange messages relating to mirrors and the number 1.5. Players also began receiving their physical Level 4 Atlas Passes in the mail.

Later, players were contacted for a live drop at the familiar Café Bene. They met with an agent who handed them a memo from the Atlas Foundation, formally announcing Phase 4. Written on the back of this memo was the letters REMS, which refers to REM sleep, and was subsequently used to unlock the tenth glyph.

Phase 4

Phase 4 started when the Atlas Foundation family's cloud service, Myriad, began experiencing widespread data corruption that interfered with the rebooting sequence of Loop16, aka Emily.

In seeking a plausible source of this corruption, players discovered W/ARE: a company developing dream-powered VR neurotechnology. 

EASY AND SAFE DREAM INDUCTION
Stimulating the Frontal and Temporal lobe of the brain using low-frequency signals: Our headset drops you into your own personal virtual space by using the brain’s natural processing power to generate cutting-edge 3d graphics in real time. This process puts you into a deep sleep while keeping you conscious of your actions, allowing you to act freely within the Dreamscape.
MORE REAL THAN REAL
Using the practical computational processing power of the human brain: Play in the most realistic virtual worlds possible! Our algorithms convert once-complex graphical processing microcode into mind-readable processes, unlocking your brain’s creative potential. Whether you are playing alone in an exciting single-player experience, or enjoying a real Massively-Multiplayer Online Game with friends: Every texture, sound, smell, and taste will be true to life. The W/ARE system is a mirror into the soul of humanity.
WareNewsletter1.png

Phase 4 branched off into three side-quests that the ARG's focus would cycle between until they overlapped.

  • While investigating W/ARE's website and social media, players gained access to a private dashboard for their developers by using the login details of an indie developer named Arnaud Lacours. Through this dashboard, it was discovered that W/ARE was getting their developers to aid in the search for a missing R&D employee, named Mr. Zheng, by incentivizing the reward of their cryptocurrency, Warecoin, as a means to purchase various W/ARE products. The search encompassed numerous live drops in locations spanning the globe.

Arnaud Profile.png

  • We learned more about Arnaud Lacours through one of Mr. Zheng's contacts, Dr. Geraldine Nadeau, who revealed that Arnaud became unconscious while testing his game in a headset shipped with the W/ARE dev kit. Paranoid due to W/ARE's activities, Dr. Nadeau asked players for their help in obtaining W/ARE medical documents that could be used to outline the adequate procedures to awaken Arnaud.
  • W/ARE held a developer contest with the reward of prize money and, ironically, a free dev kit. Players got to participate by creating their own game concepts and demos to submit for a chance of winning.

As these began to converge, the Waking Titan console updated to distribute a memo from a known Atlas Foundation affiliate, Major Sophie Dubois, entitled WARE REPORT #26: 

The situation is being contained, but as you know it is very delicate. Many of the users stuck in the
system are showing major side effects after being disconnected. We're talking about permanent
brain damage and even death.

We've done our best to allocate all available resources to support their application and find a
solution to gracefully disconnect users.

I don't trust that they have been transparent with us, or that they've shared all the facts about
their technology and testing facilities. I feel like they know more than they're telling us.
Maybe we could put the CSD team on that? Think about it. Those kids could really give us a hand.

I also have to bring up another of my favorite topics (!) - Emily. The impact on Myriad has
severely damaged her communication and pre-cognitive subroutines. 

I am setting up a stream from the pre-cognitive sub-routine (Terminal  Command:  precon007).  It
will probably get mostly junk data, but I suggest we keep an eye on it. Emily previously had a 4 to
6 day forecasting capacity, with quite good accuracy. But now, I don't know how badly her software
has been damaged...

- Sophie

The developer competition concluded, and the winners were shipped dev kits. However, the dev kit package contents were replaced with mobile devices to provide a direct line of communication with Dr. Nadeau. Through compiling information from Mr. Zheng and Dr. Nadeau, players were able to devise a treatment plan for Arnaud, which was quickly put into effect. Arnaud was reported to have "responded positively," however it is unclear if they ever fully woke up.

At the end of this phase, a sudden series of puzzles led to players solving the remaining five glyphs. Which were Anu, Ouranos, Horus, Nuada, and Triglav.

Phase 5

In Phase 5 we learned that 12 unconscious W/ARE test subjects, "dreamers," were having their minds uploaded into a Myriad satellite. Some of their minds became corrupted and entangled with data in the cloud, causing the corruption to spread and damage Emily.

When the source of the corruption was isolated to a W/ARE research lab, Myriad made attempts to request a facility shutdown. W/ARE was deemed uncompliant, so Myriad dispatched a field team to breach the lab and secure the 12 test subjects. Following the raid, there was a explosion at a Myriad sublocation, which killed the CEO of the Atlas Foundation, Elizabeth Leighton. Shortly after, Major Sophie Dubois sent a memo to all Atlas Foundation staff, announcing that they would be replacing Elizabeth as CEO.

A Dreamer interface prompt on the Satcom website.

A website for Myriad's dashboard, Satcom, became accessible, and began gradually loading the dreamers into the system.

It was explained that the dreamers' memories had become fragmented, and a total of 7 had their minds become corrupted. Emily ran simulations to gain the dreamers' trust, and tasked us with guiding her conversations with them to help trigger a distinct memory or emotion. This would identify the position of each dreamer's memory blocks in the simulation's mainframe, ensuring their consciousness could be safely extracted from the satellite.

These conversations were isolated to simulated instances, which allowed them to be reset. This meant players could have their own experiences, with many branching paths that explored each dreamer's psyche. These conversations were used to find keywords inputted to rebuild the dreamers' memory blocks, and in finding more creative ways to evoke their memories. Each experience can be found summarized here.

Unfortunately, as we neared the "extraction event", all dreamers with corrupted minds suddenly died due to errors.

This phase's documentation concluded with a chat conversation between Emily and Major Sophie Dubois, where Emily refused to make any predictions on the basis of not wanting to see the fate of the dreamers laid out.

Phase 6

Phase 6 was the extraction event.

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Players were asked to agree on 5 worthy community members to participate in a livestreamed one-on-one chat with the remaining 5 dreamers. The event commenced, and 4 dreamers were extracted without issue. However, one dreamer, Toby, was unable to disconnect due to a lack of resources to allocate to his extraction.

To give the system enough power to extract Toby, Emily shut down a critical repository, which would render her communication and prediction capabilities lost forever. Emily said her final goodbyes: 

LOOP16: If this doesn't work, we will lose Toby.
LOOP16: All this time, I just wanted to be more like you.
LOOP16: To be more...
SYSTEM: CRITICAL FAULT
LOOP16: Human.
LOOP16: I've learned a lot from you all. And I know the choice I'm about to make is one that you would make, too.
LOOP16: I love you.
LOOP16: I guess this is goodbye.

[--OFFLINE--] 

SYSTEM: Monarch repository shutdown detected!
SYSTEM: LOOP16 resource allocation detected.drea
SYSTEM: Process resuming...

After a few seconds, Toby was safely extracted. 

SYSTEM: Extraction successful.
SYSTEM: System shutting down...

[--OFFLINE--]

Once the extraction process was complete, a message from Sean Murray was displayed on the stream: 

We always wanted No Man's Sky to grow and develop after it released. I'm happy we've been able to do that.

I'm so proud of the team at Hello Games. What they did was incredible. over the years of development the average team size was 6, the final team was 15 people at launch. No Man's Sky has grown to be a very broad game. Ambitious, technically unique and very pretty at times. All the more impressive for a team that is still small.

Whilst I couldn't be prouder of the team, I personally made mistakes. I could talk all day about things I personally would change. Certainly one regret is that the intensity and drama of launch left no room for communication with the community.

We decided to focus on development rather than words. Following Foundation, Pathfinder, and Atlas Rises, we really want to include you, the community, more.

We know that a million gamers played on the day we launched Atlas Rises, that everyone who bought Atlas Rises played for 45 hours on average and 90% rated it positively. We know that 20% of players hit over 100 hours, and 5% hit over 1000. We know that over 200 million hours of No Man's Sky have been played to date. It makes us happy, but desperate to communicate better.

A little while after the release of No Man's Sky NEXT, Hello Games has planned its first season of weekly content and community events. This will be free for all players, with no microtransactions. We are also launching a new website to the community, which we're calling the Galactic Atlas. The site features points of interest in the No Man's Sky Euclid galaxy, all nominated by you through the survey we created earlier this month. This will grow in functionality and expand over time, in part through your feedback.

One day I hope to reach a point where I feel No Man's Sky is "finished", but luckily there's still so much more we want to do. Working on NEXT feels important to us, but I know it's not the end of the journey. We know the journey would be more fun together.

Thank you for playing No Man's Sky. Thank you for playing Waking Titan. And we hope you enjoy everything still to come.

Sean

Season 2 concluded with all Waking Titan console commands related to Loop16 being updated to return an error message.

Four days later, on July 24th, 2018, No Man's Sky: NEXT, version 1.5 of the game, went live across all platforms.

Connection to No Man's Sky

The case that cassette 9/16 was contained in.

At the beginning of the ARG, it was not clear whether Waking Titan was officially connected to No Man's Sky. At first, there were only hints and nudges. At one point, 180 free copies of No Man's Sky were distributed to ARG players. Here's the text of a PDF that was revealed at the end of Phase 1 of Waking Titan: 

We want to extend our gratitude to everyone who has contributed to the Mercury subroutine so far. 
We hope you have enjoyed the successful distribution of 180 Access IDs, and we hope you will also 
appreciate the other interesting artifacts we have in store for you going forward. We intend to keep the
process alive until the completion of Project Waking Titan in August.

It is important to mention that we are very excited by the coming Phases 2 and 3. Input from the Mercury
Subroutine will pave the way toward new experiences in '''version 1.3 of a familiar universe'''. We look forward
to the successful conclusion of this ground-breaking experiment.

Regards.
S.M.

This text explicitly stated that the Waking Titan ARG was leading towards the upcoming 1.3 update for No Man's Sky.

Some console commands on the Waking Titan website during Phase 2 refer directly to No Man's Sky lore - for instance, WHOIS ATLAS, WHOIS VY'KEEN, and WHOIS KORVAX are all valid commands. Additionally, some terminal commands referred to a mysterious fourth race, so the prevailing assumption was that the upcoming 1.3 update would bring a fourth race to No Man's Sky.

At the conclusion of Season 1, an email was sent out to members of the CSD with a memo from Sean Murray, confirming that the ARG was the lead up to the 1.3 update, which was released after a few days.

In Season 2, there were further interactions between Sean Murray and ARG events, which led to the announcement of No Man's Sky: NEXT. The update's announcement also referenced Waking Titan's fictional VR apparatus, the W/ARE headset, with W/ARE's logo included among those of the platforms NEXT would launch on.

Subpages

This wiki also documents an assortment of other pages which organize various Waking Titan-related content:

Subpages
Characters Includes a summary of each character, company, and relating technologies and experiments.
Stations Information on the radio stations from the initial project-wt.com site
Cassettes Information about the cassette tapes received by No Man's Sky subreddit moderators
Console Commands A list of commands used by players at the Waking Titan console
Companies An archive of official company details.

Media Appearances

5th July 2017
[EN] ARGNet - Stern Words from No Man’s Sky ARG

23rd July 2017
[EN] GeekReply - Waking Titan Update 1: Phase 2 Commences!

27th July 2017
[EN] GeekReply - Waking Titan: How An ARG can Bring People Together.

8th August 2017
[EN] Dailystar - No Man's Sky News: Waking Titan Reddit Arg REVEALS 1.3 update ahead of release date

9th August 2017
[EN] Ars Technica - No Man’s Sky version 1.3 lands this week for free, adds “quick-travel” portals

[EN] Forbes - 'No Man's Sky' Is Patching In A Story This Week, A Year After Launch

[EN] GameSpew - No Man's Sky Patch This Week Improving Its Story

19th January 2018
[EN] Eurogamer - No Man's Sky's Waking Titan ARG is back, and fans are trying to figure it all out again

[RU] DTF - A Collection of No Man's Sky and Waking Titan Articles.

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