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Roberto Solitano

2007-02-23T11:28:37Z

Arieh:

{{Infobox Perplexian
|name=Roberto Solitano
|image=
|age=
|date_of_birth=''(d. 30-JAN-07)''
|futures_sign=
|occupation=Adjunct Senior Fellow of Ancient Languages
|religion=
|associations=[[Third Power]]
|email=
|website=
}}

'''Roberto Solitano''' was an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the [[Academy]]. He was also a member of the [[Third Power]]. He was killed in a firefight on 30-JAN-07 (270 PXC) during [[Operation Bayonet]].

===Career===

*Robert Solitano was Adjunct Senior Fellow in the ancient languages of Perplex City
*He was the winner of the PCAG languages section in 256AC and has since pushed forward our understanding of many obscure elements of our ancient languages
*His work in translating some of the ancient writings in the catacombs won him the Sperka Prize in 261.
*Friends with [[Anna Heath]]
*Member of the [[Third Power]].
*Killed in the firefight during [[Operation Bayonet]]
*Is likely to be V's interlocuter in [[Leaked_E-mails:2003#.28blank_subject.29_Super_Sneaky.21|these leaked emails]]

===References===

*'''Email logs'''
*[[Leaked_E-mails:2005#14_June_2005_4.54pm|Leaked email]] from Anna Heath, June 2005

*'''Perplex City Academy
*Languages Department ([[http://www.perplexcityacademy.com/departments-lang.html link])

*'''[[The Perplex City Sentinel]]'''
**article, 31-JAN-07 "6 Killed in Deadly Police Raid on Point ([http://www.perplexcitysentinel.com/archives/2007/01/6_killed_in_dea.html link])

{{3P}}

Roberto Solitano

2007-02-23T11:27:45Z

Arieh:

{{Infobox Perplexian
|name=Roberto Solitano
|image=
|age=
|date_of_birth=''(d. 30-JAN-07)''
|futures_sign=
|occupation=Senior Fellow of Ancient Languages
|religion=
|associations=[[Third Power]]
|email=
|website=
}}

'''Roberto Solitano''' was a senior fellow at the [[Academy]]. He was also a member of the [[Third Power]]. He was killed in a firefight on 30-JAN-07 (270 PXC) during [[Operation Bayonet]].

===Career===

*Robert Solitano was Adjunct Senior Fellow in the ancient languages of Perplex City
*He was the winner of the PCAG languages section in 256AC and has since pushed forward our understanding of many obscure elements of our ancient languages
*His work in translating some of the ancient writings in the catacombs won him the Sperka Prize in 261.
*Friends with [[Anna Heath]]
*Member of the [[Third Power]].
*Killed in the firefight during [[Operation Bayonet]]
*Is likely to be V's interlocuter in [[http://perplexcitywiki.com/wiki/Leaked_E-mails:2003#.28blank_subject.29_Super_Sneaky.21|these leaked emails]]

===References===

*'''Email logs'''
*[[Leaked_E-mails:2005#14_June_2005_4.54pm|Leaked email]] from Anna Heath, June 2005

*'''Perplex City Academy
*Languages Department ([[http://www.perplexcityacademy.com/departments-lang.html link])

*'''[[The Perplex City Sentinel]]'''
**article, 31-JAN-07 "6 Killed in Deadly Police Raid on Point ([http://www.perplexcitysentinel.com/archives/2007/01/6_killed_in_dea.html link])

{{3P}}

The Receda Trail

2007-02-21T22:32:29Z

Arieh: /* The Receda School of Music */

==History==
In early 2005, after a year of anticipation, we learned name of the Cube: [[The Receda Cube]]. No explanation was given for the origin or meaning of the word Receda. It would be several more months before we even knew how to pronounce it. But the matter was never addressed directly by anyone in Perplex City, and was soon dropped by players.

Eventually, we learned about [[Pietro Salk]], and the [[Salklogs.doc]]. We learned of an Advisor named [[Monica Grand]]. We learned [[Theft|what she did]]. And on 16 September, 2005, we were bore witness to [[Track 3.mp3|tragedy and dismay]].

==[[The Receda Approach]]==
Monica Grand's [http://www.salkfamily.com/advisor.html dying words] were "We never held it, it was already gone." She pressed a broken key into [[Sylvia Salk]]'s hands. The key contained the following images:

{| border="0" cellpadding="10" style="border: 2px solid #ddddff; background: #f3f3ff"
| Search for the sign

19th September

LOCATION:

Imperial College

Beit Quadrangle

All I have is the beginning of this trail. It is

of no use to me now. I do not know much.

I do not have much time. There will be

keywords. You will be able to put them to-

gether to make up the address of a website.

This is all I know. I cannot follow where

this trail leads. You must follow for me.

|}

[[Image:Advisor key.jpg]] [[Image:Advisor key2.jpg]]

[[Image:Poster.jpg|thumb|Posters found at the Beit Quad]]

When Cube hunters showed up at Imperial College, they found a peculiar set of posters advertising for [[The Receda Approach]], a "hit new band, inspired by perplex city". Players discovered www.recedaapproach.com, which also included other appearance dates and locations:

{| border="0" cellpadding="10" width="70%" style="border: 2px solid #ddddff; background: #f3f3ff"
|
the receda approach will be playing pre-show support at all screens in these greater toronto area famous players cinemas from friday 23rd september:

canada square

paramount toronto

coliseum 10, coliseum scarborough

colossus woodbridge

silvercity brampton, newmarket, north york, mississauga

richmond hill, yonge-eglinton, yorkdale
|}

==[[The Receda Sign]]==
No time was specified. No one knew what to expect. Canadian locals dashed to theatres, only to be left empty-handed. The clues were either delayed, or too subtle to notice, right away.

In any event, The [[Sentinel]]'s Madame Bianca sent every signal she could, urging people via their [[Futures]] to return to the theaters once again. [http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=12351&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=60 Success!] (Madame B is ever so sharp, isn't she?) Viewers watched a short movie trailer featuring a series of images, hard data on the [[Receda Cube]] (finally, we had a sense of proportion!) and the next step of the trail: [[The Receda Sign]], a movie coming to Earth in 2006.

{|
| [[Image:25powers.png|thumb]]
| [[Image:Cube1.png|thumb]]
|}

Could it be? An actual movie? And what of the band we were promised? What was really going on, here? None could be sure. Another website was identified: http://www.therecedasign.com, featuring the movie trailer.

And then came the phone numbers.

==[[The Receda Institute for Somnatherapy]]==
On the website for [[The Receda Sign]] is the credit for "Meridian Cross Studios". Interested parties could telephone them, in England or America.

The party on the other end, however, was not a movie development company. A developer of the Theater of the mind, perhaps. [[The Receda Institute for Somnatherapy]] was discovered to be [http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=12485 an entirely automated phone voice machine]. The department names and functions were many and oscure.

Soon, players determined a careful path through the trail of dreams. At night, an entirely different set of messages was given. Voices describe a world of mighty giants and amazing locations. The able-minded observed the similarities between these venues, and the seven wonders of the world.

And the system gave us a set of global coordinates.

{| border="0" cellpadding="10" width="70%" style="border: 2px solid #ddddff; background: #f3f3ff"
|
Remember, Go quietly: North 40 degrees 35.745 West 73 degrees 30.539
|}

These coordinates [http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=191601#191601 led to a 9/11 memorial park and obelisk] at Jones Beach, New York, but no new clues were discovered, then or later.

==[[The Receda School of Music]]==
What *should* heve been found at the memorial park was a box of business cards for the Receda School of Music. In fact, these cards were never located; according to Mind Candy, they may still be there.

When following the global coordinates yielded no new information, PXC players turned to the darker side of ARGs, reasoning that "the show must go on." Someone did a domain search for "receda" and discovered http://www.recedaschoolofmusic.com. [[The Receda School of Music]] seemed to offer little to no information. Due to the method of its discovery, some argued it was not even on the Receda Trail at all. Many were still wondering what the global coordinates meant.

However, a listing on the School's website advertised music lessons, and following the link to re-cedasrevenge.com provided the next step in the trail.

==[[Receda's Revenge]]==
[[Image:Recedasrevengedragon.gif|thumb]]
Receda's Revenge - some sort of retro text adveture's homepage? No one had any idea what to expect here -- but that'd be about par, now wouldn't it? About this time, talk of the nature of the trail began to surface. The website promised something happening a week or so away, so Cube hunters had plenty of time to adjust their thinking caps. What did Receda mean? It became apparent to some, each step along the trail was some sort of keyword -- the keywords mentioned in [[Monica Grand]]'s hidden message. But more on that, later.

At last, [[Receda's Revenge]] was unveiled. Very rapidly, players located an IRC server and engaged a game. The game was reminiscent of early Earth computer games: text based parsing of basic instructions. Players were engaged in a rambling tour of Perplex City itself, and died often. (No worries, it's only a game: death simply results in another player taking over the controls, and the game continues apace.)

This has been called one of the greatest highlights in all of perplex City (and possibly in all of ARGing history). Those who missed out can read [[Receda's Revenge Highlights]], which gives all the major plot points, quotables, and deaths.

In the course of the game, players discovered scrolls reading: "CENTRE", "UK", "SKY", "ER", "HE", "ST", "NC", "MA", "TOWN" Which is, in some order: SKY CENTRE MANCHESTER TOWN UK. They also got a slashed message saying "The key to the kingdom is" .... "sortails". Following this to http://www.re-cedasrevenge.com/sortails revealed the engame message:

{| border="0" cellpadding="10" width="70%" style="border: 2px solid #ddddff; background: #f3f3ff"
|
Congratulations!

The first chapter of your quest is complete!

Never again will Lord Flaganroth endanger anyone's life... or will he?

Coming soon, 12 more chapters delving into the mysteries of the dragon,

Lord Flaganroth's birth, the Princess's curse and much, much more! Check back soon for more details.

'''Buy the next chapter at the secret location locked away in this thrilling adventure on'''

'''Sunday 9th October - 2-3PM'''

You've survived one adventure, but keep on the lookout, more is coming soon.
|}

Sky Centre, Manchester? Players discovered that no such building exists. So, what could it be? Looks like we'll find out on 9 October.

==[[Receda Resorts]]==
Players converged in Manchester and witnessed a banner, tagged along behind an airplane, directing us to http://recedaresorts.com.

[[Image:Img_1261_906.jpg|thumb]] [[Image:Img_1258_617.jpg|thumb]]

[[Receda Resorts]] - Friendly vacation getaway? Maybe. Lost in the woods? Possibly. Charming layout? Of course (are those the [[Tanraga]] Mountains in the background?). Its content does include one important feature, however.

In the image of stone cabin ruins are multiple hotspots, labeled 1-26 and 99. A keyboard! [http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=193895#193895 A frantic search for passwords took place.] The resulting password: ''thirdpower''. Entering this took us to a seemingly taunting page: http://recedaresorts.com/accessmainframe/

==[[22-OCT-05]]==
The messages on the [[Receda Resorts]] mainframe access page hinted about an event happening in London, informing all operatives to remain alert, especially because an unidentified Earth network has infiltrated their system. They even link to the interloper's website: http://www.weneedtofindthem.com, which explains the mainframe's mysterious message:

{| border="0" cellpadding="10" width="70%" style="border: 2px solid #ddddff; background: #f3f3ff"
|
I'm on the trail of a dangerous organisation called the [[Third Power]]. They come from a place called Perplex City, where they are involved in the theft of the city's most valuable artefact. When I found out that they're here in our world, and even in London, I knew I had to do something to stop them. Along with others, I've managed to break into their systems.

It turns out that the Third Power are planning a rendezvous in London on Saturday 22nd October, in order to exchange some kind of password. They know we're onto them, so they're going to hide the location of the rendezvous in a series of cryptic tasks in Clapham Common.
|}

The Third Power again? That seems ominous. The good news here was that the Cube Hunters had assitance on Earth. The bad news was of course, more questions. Who posted this page, why are they helping us (or why are we helping them), and where did they come from?

With the help of [http://www.fneh.net/guy/thelastkeyword/ GuyP's website], PXC players got organized, donned purple, and converged in Clapham Common on [[22-OCT-05|22 October, 2005...and all hell broke loose]]!

==The Websites, In Summary==
*http://www.therecedaapproach.com
*http://www.therecedasign.com
*http://www.recedaschoolofmusic.com/
*http://www.re-cedasrevenge.com
*http://www.recedaresorts.com

{{Receda}}

{{3P}}

Unsolved mysteries

2007-02-21T22:21:50Z

Arieh: /* Loose Threads */

This page contains a list of all our "known unknowns" - questions that we don't yet have answers to. There is also an oft-unused page of [[False Puzzles & Speculation]].

==Current Hot Topics==

Since the demise of the [[Third Power]] and [[Violet]] coming clean about the Cube, most of the loose ends have tied themselves up. [[V]] is presumably still on the loose, and we don't know what [[Claire Castille]] was really digging for. But that's about it.

==Unsolved Puzzle Cards==
''See: [[Puzzle Cards]] for more on these.''

*'''[[Riemann]]''' ({{Card|238|Reimann}})- It's not really meant to be solved.

*'''[[Shuffled]]''' ({{Card|243|Shuffled}}) - Once the method is discovered, it'll be easy...

*'''[[The Thirteenth Labour]]''' ({{Card|251|The Thirteenth Labour}}) - Come join the concerted effort to solve this puzzle, download the client from [http://www.e-wire.net.au/~eb_oakla/pxc/13labour_1_3_1.zip here], and follow progress at the [http://www.13thlabour.tk Assault on 13th Labour] site.

*'''[[Billion to One]]''' ({{Card|256|Billion to One}}) - A person must be located by just a photo; the card is meant to test the "six degrees of separation" concept by having us send emails around the world. A website dedicated to the card is [http://www.billion2one.org/ here].

* Many of the [[Cards]] have [[Playing card symbols]], and their various respective [[Talk:Playing card symbols|Letters]]. There are also strange [[Playing card symbols#Wave 4 Meta Information|shapes and number strings]]. The full message and meaning is still unknown, although it appears the card metapuzzle will lead us to the location of the cube.

==On The Back Burner==
No news from Perplex City lately:

* Who created the [[Djinn]] virus? This was a virus that destroyed or accessed data on people's [[keys]], and was transmitted key-to-key. It was created by someone who accessed insider information at the [[Centrifuge]] labs - a company that manufactures keys. The answer to this question is also the answer to the silver [[Shuffled]] card.

* Do the [[Public Unrest|symbols and references to Anarchists]] made by the vandals [[Malcolm and Spencer Kaplan]] mean anything important?

* Who, and where, is [[Cyrus Quinton]]? We think Cyrus Quinton was the operational mastermind of the Cube Theft Team (codename: V) who disappeared once he had murdered [[Monica Grand]]. V's DNA records are not on the city databases, according to police leiutenant [[Helena Frye]], which means he is either from outside the city, or has been able to hack into their records. Kurt can't find the name Cyrus Quinton on any databases either.

* Who was [[Miranda]] working for? She talks about being a "lesser evil" -- does that imply there is an existing group which represents a greater one?

* Who was above [[V]] in the chain of command? We know he has a Bigger Boss, possibly representative of an even bigger Conspiracy. Who are these people?

* [[Inari Ekeba]] is a Professor Of Natural Sciences and wanted to do Cube Research, but [[Sente Kiteway]] wouldn't let her. The [[Leaked_E-mails#Senior_Fellows_Meet_with_Sente|meeting]] flared up and she rashly threatened to steal the Cube. Significant, or a red herring?

* Now that The Cube has been found on Earth, how are we meant to get it back to Perplex City?

==Loose Threads==
Some unresolved questions are unlikely to tie back into the plot, but remain hanging nonetheless:

* There are numerous [[The_San_Francisco_Connection:_Unsolved_Questions|unsolved questions]] from the online component to [[The San Francisco Connection]].

* The [[London_PCAG_event#The_London_Eye_and_Morse_Code|London Morse Code Message]] - WTF? We have snippets that are possibly decoded, but no concrete solve for the full message. We were possibly meant to go to the Tate Gallery at some point, but clearly haven't. Chalk another one up to the 3P, y'all!

* Some while ago, a special offer was sent out from Firebox, which contained the [[Firebox 100 Letters]]. Many have speculated this is a global sudoku. While it is not directly tied to the rest of the story, the question remains, what is the correct solution?

* The [[Backdoor]] to the Crypto department is still somewhat mysterious in operation and scope, but since it is no longer accessible there's no way to figure it out further. There were two open questions: first, there was some method of crashing the system Caine found which pulled up a file we never saw. Secondly, when starting the commands with a single END, it was possible to extract single letters and punctuation -- were there more, and did they anagram together to form a password or the like?

Unsolved mysteries

2007-02-21T22:21:08Z

Arieh: /* On The Back Burner */

This page contains a list of all our "known unknowns" - questions that we don't yet have answers to. There is also an oft-unused page of [[False Puzzles & Speculation]].

==Current Hot Topics==

Since the demise of the [[Third Power]] and [[Violet]] coming clean about the Cube, most of the loose ends have tied themselves up. [[V]] is presumably still on the loose, and we don't know what [[Claire Castille]] was really digging for. But that's about it.

==Unsolved Puzzle Cards==
''See: [[Puzzle Cards]] for more on these.''

*'''[[Riemann]]''' ({{Card|238|Reimann}})- It's not really meant to be solved.

*'''[[Shuffled]]''' ({{Card|243|Shuffled}}) - Once the method is discovered, it'll be easy...

*'''[[The Thirteenth Labour]]''' ({{Card|251|The Thirteenth Labour}}) - Come join the concerted effort to solve this puzzle, download the client from [http://www.e-wire.net.au/~eb_oakla/pxc/13labour_1_3_1.zip here], and follow progress at the [http://www.13thlabour.tk Assault on 13th Labour] site.

*'''[[Billion to One]]''' ({{Card|256|Billion to One}}) - A person must be located by just a photo; the card is meant to test the "six degrees of separation" concept by having us send emails around the world. A website dedicated to the card is [http://www.billion2one.org/ here].

* Many of the [[Cards]] have [[Playing card symbols]], and their various respective [[Talk:Playing card symbols|Letters]]. There are also strange [[Playing card symbols#Wave 4 Meta Information|shapes and number strings]]. The full message and meaning is still unknown, although it appears the card metapuzzle will lead us to the location of the cube.

==On The Back Burner==
No news from Perplex City lately:

* Who created the [[Djinn]] virus? This was a virus that destroyed or accessed data on people's [[keys]], and was transmitted key-to-key. It was created by someone who accessed insider information at the [[Centrifuge]] labs - a company that manufactures keys. The answer to this question is also the answer to the silver [[Shuffled]] card.

* Do the [[Public Unrest|symbols and references to Anarchists]] made by the vandals [[Malcolm and Spencer Kaplan]] mean anything important?

* Who, and where, is [[Cyrus Quinton]]? We think Cyrus Quinton was the operational mastermind of the Cube Theft Team (codename: V) who disappeared once he had murdered [[Monica Grand]]. V's DNA records are not on the city databases, according to police leiutenant [[Helena Frye]], which means he is either from outside the city, or has been able to hack into their records. Kurt can't find the name Cyrus Quinton on any databases either.

* Who was [[Miranda]] working for? She talks about being a "lesser evil" -- does that imply there is an existing group which represents a greater one?

* Who was above [[V]] in the chain of command? We know he has a Bigger Boss, possibly representative of an even bigger Conspiracy. Who are these people?

* [[Inari Ekeba]] is a Professor Of Natural Sciences and wanted to do Cube Research, but [[Sente Kiteway]] wouldn't let her. The [[Leaked_E-mails#Senior_Fellows_Meet_with_Sente|meeting]] flared up and she rashly threatened to steal the Cube. Significant, or a red herring?

* Now that The Cube has been found on Earth, how are we meant to get it back to Perplex City?

==Loose Threads==
Some unresolved questions are unlikely to tie back into the plot, but remain hanging nonetheless:

* There are numerous [[The_San_Francisco_Connection:_Unsolved_Questions|unsolved questions]] from the online component to [[The San Francisco Connection]].

* The [[London_PCAG_event#The_London_Eye_and_Morse_Code|London Morse Code Message]] - WTF? We have snippets that are possibly decoded, but no concrete solve for the full message. We were possibly meant to go to the Tate Gallery at some point, but clearly haven't. Chalk another one up to the 3P, y'all!

* On the [[Receda Trail]], what was the missing link? Players traveled to a 9/11 memorial obelisk at Jones Beach, New York, but found no clues. Players then located the next step by checking for registered domains containing the word "receda". But what was the missing link between the two?

* Some while ago, a special offer was sent out from Firebox, which contained the [[Firebox 100 Letters]]. Many have speculated this is a global sudoku. While it is not directly tied to the rest of the story, the question remains, what is the correct solution?

* The [[Backdoor]] to the Crypto department is still somewhat mysterious in operation and scope, but since it is no longer accessible there's no way to figure it out further. There were two open questions: first, there was some method of crashing the system Caine found which pulled up a file we never saw. Secondly, when starting the commands with a single END, it was possible to extract single letters and punctuation -- were there more, and did they anagram together to form a password or the like?

Unsolved mysteries

2007-02-21T22:19:43Z

Arieh: /* Current Hot Topics */

This page contains a list of all our "known unknowns" - questions that we don't yet have answers to. There is also an oft-unused page of [[False Puzzles & Speculation]].

==Current Hot Topics==

Since the demise of the [[Third Power]] and [[Violet]] coming clean about the Cube, most of the loose ends have tied themselves up. [[V]] is presumably still on the loose, and we don't know what [[Claire Castille]] was really digging for. But that's about it.

==Unsolved Puzzle Cards==
''See: [[Puzzle Cards]] for more on these.''

*'''[[Riemann]]''' ({{Card|238|Reimann}})- It's not really meant to be solved.

*'''[[Shuffled]]''' ({{Card|243|Shuffled}}) - Once the method is discovered, it'll be easy...

*'''[[The Thirteenth Labour]]''' ({{Card|251|The Thirteenth Labour}}) - Come join the concerted effort to solve this puzzle, download the client from [http://www.e-wire.net.au/~eb_oakla/pxc/13labour_1_3_1.zip here], and follow progress at the [http://www.13thlabour.tk Assault on 13th Labour] site.

*'''[[Billion to One]]''' ({{Card|256|Billion to One}}) - A person must be located by just a photo; the card is meant to test the "six degrees of separation" concept by having us send emails around the world. A website dedicated to the card is [http://www.billion2one.org/ here].

* Many of the [[Cards]] have [[Playing card symbols]], and their various respective [[Talk:Playing card symbols|Letters]]. There are also strange [[Playing card symbols#Wave 4 Meta Information|shapes and number strings]]. The full message and meaning is still unknown, although it appears the card metapuzzle will lead us to the location of the cube.

==On The Back Burner==
No news from Perplex City lately:

* What is at [[Viendenbourg]]? What did the Castille family do there? We know it's some kind of military installation, and that they're trying to put together something that used to be there, according to [[Claire Castille]]'s story to [http://www.thescarlettkite.com/archives/2006/03/index.html Scarlett]. The sound of drilling emanates from a long, low-slung industrial building. It's very heavily protected by a neurodisruptive field built by Claire that renders intruders confused and ultimately unconscious. It was implied that [[Sente]] knows about its existence, but the employee might have assumed this from [[Scarlett]]'s presence at the facility. Does it have something to do with content in the previously mentioned [[Anthony Granier|Granier Diary]]?

* Who created the [[Djinn]] virus? This was a virus that destroyed or accessed data on people's [[keys]], and was transmitted key-to-key. It was created by someone who accessed insider information at the [[Centrifuge]] labs - a company that manufactures keys. The answer to this question is also the answer to the silver [[Shuffled]] card.

* Do the [[Public Unrest|symbols and references to Anarchists]] made by the vandals [[Malcolm and Spencer Kaplan]] mean anything important?

* Who, and where, is [[Cyrus Quinton]]? We think Cyrus Quinton was the operational mastermind of the Cube Theft Team (codename: V) who disappeared once he had murdered [[Monica Grand]]. V's DNA records are not on the city databases, according to police leiutenant [[Helena Frye]], which means he is either from outside the city, or has been able to hack into their records. Kurt can't find the name Cyrus Quinton on any databases either.

* Who was [[Miranda]] working for? She talks about being a "lesser evil" -- does that imply there is an existing group which represents a greater one?

* When Monica died, she told Sylvia that the original theft team "never held it" - meaning [[The Receda Cube]]. [[Claire]] told [[Scarlett]] "We never got our hands on the target. ... Someone else was there. I don't know who and I don't know why. But to do what they did, they must have been a better programmer than me. That's not a large group." There was most definitely someone else there. However, [[Miranda]] didn't seem to know about them, and in [[3PGroupwareManager|V's talking with the operatives on Earth]], he sounds confident and upbeat. So does someone else have it or not?

* Who was above [[V]] in the chain of command? We know he has a Bigger Boss, possibly representative of an even bigger Conspiracy. Who are these people?

* [[Inari Ekeba]] is a Professor Of Natural Sciences and wanted to do Cube Research, but [[Sente Kiteway]] wouldn't let her. The [[Leaked_E-mails#Senior_Fellows_Meet_with_Sente|meeting]] flared up and she rashly threatened to steal the Cube. Significant, or a red herring?

* Now that The Cube has been found on Earth, how are we meant to get it back to Perplex City?

==Loose Threads==
Some unresolved questions are unlikely to tie back into the plot, but remain hanging nonetheless:

* There are numerous [[The_San_Francisco_Connection:_Unsolved_Questions|unsolved questions]] from the online component to [[The San Francisco Connection]].

* The [[London_PCAG_event#The_London_Eye_and_Morse_Code|London Morse Code Message]] - WTF? We have snippets that are possibly decoded, but no concrete solve for the full message. We were possibly meant to go to the Tate Gallery at some point, but clearly haven't. Chalk another one up to the 3P, y'all!

* On the [[Receda Trail]], what was the missing link? Players traveled to a 9/11 memorial obelisk at Jones Beach, New York, but found no clues. Players then located the next step by checking for registered domains containing the word "receda". But what was the missing link between the two?

* Some while ago, a special offer was sent out from Firebox, which contained the [[Firebox 100 Letters]]. Many have speculated this is a global sudoku. While it is not directly tied to the rest of the story, the question remains, what is the correct solution?

* The [[Backdoor]] to the Crypto department is still somewhat mysterious in operation and scope, but since it is no longer accessible there's no way to figure it out further. There were two open questions: first, there was some method of crashing the system Caine found which pulled up a file we never saw. Secondly, when starting the commands with a single END, it was possible to extract single letters and punctuation -- were there more, and did they anagram together to form a password or the like?

Perplex City Lecks

2005-03-29T00:04:18Z

Arieh:

'''STUB: Needs Fleshing Out'''

Currency of [[Perplex City]]. Mentioned in an ad from PCBC ("The world's smartest bank") in the [[Perplex City Sentinel]].

We know that a week's subscription to the [[Perplex City Sentinel]] is PCL70, and a year's is PCL2,350. We also know that the [[Djinn]] worm caused PCL750m of damage.

Perplex City Lecks

2005-03-29T00:03:52Z

Arieh:

Timeline:History

2005-03-28T23:55:18Z

Arieh:

===General===

Years are designated with "BC" and "AC", presumably referring to "Before Cube" and "After Cube".

===Time line===

* 573 BC = 1164 - Probable date of the founding of the Academy
* 571 BC = 1166 - Academy known to exist
* 452 BC = 1285 - First significant expansion to the Academy, thanks to a gift from Naskent Taversen
* 443 BC = 1294 - Aetiant Taversen elected to be the Academy's first master
* 179 BC = 1558 - quote, author unknown: â€œKeep that which you value close; better to be vigilant than to rely upon the kindness of strangers.â€? ([[:Image:Pp6.jpg|used in Sente's letter]])
* 1 BC or 0 AC = 1737 - Cube discovered
* 89 AC = 1826 - Sentinel Founded by Redward Innes
* 107 AC = 1844 - The Sentinel & The Vanguard, the leading newspapers, merge
* 115 AC = 1852 - Redward Innes dies
* 137 AC = 1874 - The Sentinel newspaper purchased by the Heathcote Group. It's director was Ram Zadorin, and Emmi Hartlin was brought in as new editor.
* 138 AC = 1875 - Hartlin begins editing The Sentinel.
* 148 AC = 1885 - [[Marchant Quote|"I had thought" quote]], by [[S_Marchant|S. Marchant]], via the City Archives.
* 156 AC = 1893 - Hartlin ends her editing career by retiring from The Sentinel.
* ? AC - Sabine Wells begins editing The Sentinel.
* 167 AC = 1904 - Political scandals. Unknown so far. Carl Bauer edits the Sentinel.
* 174 AC = 1911 - The Sentinel investigates current situations, discovers something, forcing the then City Council leader to resign as well as seven deputies (spec = the seven names?).
* 200 AC = 1937 - The current [[Perplex City]] century. Three editors of the [[Perplexcitysentinel.com|Sentinel]] in this century between now and 228 AC - Theo Tao, Veronica Ruiz and Armand Levi.
* 228 AC = 1965 - [[The Receda Cube]] was first displayed in the Academy Museum.
* 235 AC = 1972 - First attempt to steal the [[The Receda Cube|Cube]].
* 243 AC = 1995 - Jonathan Smart becomes CEO of PCBC.
* 258 AC = 1980 - Jonathan Smart joins the board of PCBC.
* 262 AC = 1999 - Armand Levi quits editing the [[Perplexcitysentinel.com|Sentinel]] and jumps into politics.
* 267 AC = 2004 - Cube stolen and [[Fran Mendling]] murdered at 42 by a neuro-supressive device.
* 268 AC (Now) = 2005 - Armand Levi is a member of the city council.

'''The Cube was discovered in 1737.'''

'''Dates in BC may be off by one year (so 179 BC may be 1559 not 1558) depending on whether there is a 0 AC or not (there is no 0 AD for example)'''

===Dates we don't know===

* Year in which our characters exist (dates in [http://wiki.incognitus.net/mirror/ppc/www.perplexcity.com/10.10.04/tmp/httpd/errorlog/ errorlog e-mails] are X'd out)
* birth and death dates of [[Hesketh Zeller]] (as seen in his [http://wiki.incognitus.net/mirror/ppc/www.perplexcity.com/10.10.04/tmp/httpd/errorlog/4590452353.cache biography (4590452353.cache)])

===Offsite References===
* [http://www.thebruce.ca/PerplexCity/Timeline_PPC.asp TheBruce's Timeline]
* [http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=9219&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15 Unfiction Timeline topic]

Ceretin

2005-03-23T19:58:58Z

Arieh: added domain details

Advertisements for '''Ceretin''' appear througout the content of the [[Perplex City Sentinel]], associated with the slogans, "problems untangled", "stay sharp," and "faster, sharper and more alert."

The ads resemble pharmaceutical company advertisements and presumably Ceretin is some kind of cognitive treatment or medication.

===Potential relationship===

According to the Sentinel article "Cube Stolen in Deadly Raid" by [[Iona Rodie]], [[Fran Mendling]] was killed using a "neuro-suppressant device."

===Domain Name===

ceretin.com was registered on 2004-10-05 via Domains by Proxy, the same whois-data hiding company used to register the other Perplex City domains. There's not a website there, and the MX record doesn't point to a mailserver.