Recursion (03/2014)
Mar 01 2014
URGENT ALERT TO ALL INVESTIGATORS
BODY OF HANK JOHNSON DISCOVERED
A lost camera from the filming of Hank Johnson's NOMAD - #13MAGNUS episode was recently recovered at a night bazaar in Karachi.
The finder claims to have received a large wire transfer in exchange for 'destroying the SD card.'
I've obtained a copy of the footage. I expect ADA obtained a replica of the data on the card before ordering its destruction.
The person in Karachi promised that it 'had to be seen to be believed.'
I'm afraid to say he's right.
Reportedly, Klue showed this video to players at the #Recursion Anomaly in Nashville today.
Her words to them: “Enlightened Agents, give up the pursuit of the Artifacts. Hank Johnson is dead…”
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#RIPHankJohnson
Mar 02 2014
BREAKING - INTEL ANALYSIS HANK JOHNSON VIDEO
Preliminary analysis of Hank Johnson Video allegedly surfaced in Karachi, Pakistan and intercepted by unknown entity to Niantic Project Google+ Page.
#RIPHankJohnson
Mar 03 2014
INTEL ANALYSIS - HANK JOHNSON DEATH VIDEO
UPDATE - March 03 2014
FACIAL RECOGNITION UPDATE, REFLECTION ENHANCEMENT, +Lukas Lentz ‘FRAME BY FRAME ANALYSIS’
Mar 04 2014
+Thomas Greanias has shared the first five pages of previously unreleased work co-written with +Hank Johnson, revealing some of what happened in Cross Plains, Texas last summer.
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The Shaper Key - First 5 pages
Mar 05 2014
As promised, +Thomas Greanias delivers more of +Hank Johnson's story from Cross Plains.
The next Anomaly is only days away, and the Resistance have obtained control of the 'Creativity' Artifact. Much remains to be learned about how these Artifacts will define the future for ADA, +Klue S. and +Hank Johnson.
I expect this weekend will be revelatory.
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Mar 06 2014
This week on the #IngressReport
A united Resistance capture their third straight Anomaly in Nashville, Mobile and Little Rock.
Moyer reports on +Hank Johnson's death.
Three new Artifacts manifest: Past, Present and Future.
XM Vaults in Austin, TX may contain ancient Relics.
Tech News: New Scanner Enhancements include ability to view name of dropped Portal Keys, Remote View, more granular Comm and improved zoom UI.
Operation #BlueOasis - A vacation turns into a massive joint operation and the discovery of new family.
Elite V Update - The Agents prepare for the #Recursion Caravan.
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Mar 07 2014
More revelations emerge as +Thomas Greanias continues to reveal previously unseen pages from his most recent work with the late +Hank Johnson, 'The Shaper Key.'
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Mar 08 2014
+Hank Johnson is dead.
+Hank Johnson is alive.
Perhaps both these statements are true.
Hank Johnson finally found his old friend, Azmati, and at the XM Anomaly in Austin today, much was revealed about exactly who and what Hank Johnson really is.
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Hank Johnson: The Secret Revealed - Part I
Mar 09 2014
Last week, +Verum Inveniri and Agents from across the world worked together to disseminate and assemble a new scene from the Andy Nominus screenplay.
It covers in sharp and vibrant detail the last moments of a +Hank Johnson we've seen before, lying dead in a cave in Afghanistan, and helps us better understand the moments that led to now.
With the staggering revelations uncovered in Austin yesterday, what's clear is that Hank Johnson represents something we've never encountered before.
We have enough evidence before to begin to prepare hypotheses. Who or what is Hank Johnson? How is 13MAGNUS involved? Are there two Hanks or is this some kind of illusion aided by the power of Exotic Matter? And here, then, is the most important question: Having learned all that we've learned… do you trust Hank Johnson?
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Mar 10 2014
Some weeks ago, I was able to recover a portion of the Nominus screenplay pages revealing a moment from +Misty Hannah's past - an uncomfortable encounter with a casino owner named J. A. Potts and a few of his uglier employees.
It appears I had only received part of the document, and the pages that follow reveal that this moment in time was much more significant than we previously believed.
Once again, a single name stands at the center of the swirling chaos. With filament-thin strings, sometimes barely visible, often completely hidden, Ezekiel Calvin's control extends through the mesh of our world, touching everyone.
A few questions are floating in my mind. One wonders, having had an awareness of 13MAGNUS even prior to meeting +Hank Johnson; was Calvin aware of Hank Johnson's dual-state existence during the Niantic Project? Misty Hannah, in the past few weeks, left cryptic message about her awareness of Hank Johnson. Why did her perceptions of him become clouded only recently?
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Mar 11 2014
In their usual, brilliant but extraordinarily complex manner, +Stein Lightman, +Martin Schubert and +Yuri Alaric Nagassa, the three wise-men of our world, attempt to figure out the value the XM Artifacts hold for +Klue S., ADA and +Hank Johnson.
Their diagnosis, in summary: “My fear is that Klue will be driven to death, or madness without the Artifacts and Hank Johnson will be damned to walk the earth as a Simulacrum without them.”
Do you agree, or is there more at play?
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Mar 12 2014
Mar 13 2014
This week on the #IngressReport
Resistance capture #Recursion 04 in Austin, Mexico City and St. Louis.
Agents recover an Alexander scroll, medallions and coins from the XM Vaults in Austin. Still unclear who was driving the #NL1331 XM Collection Vehicle.
Who or what is +Hank Johnson?
Three new Artifacts manifest: Finality, Progression and Loss.
And we hear from Roland Jarvis.
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Mar 14 2014
I've obtained the following photo of the scroll retrieved from an XM Vault during the #Recursion Anomaly in Austin, TX.
This is important. What is this message? And who was it intended for?
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Mar 15 2014
Simulacrums like +Hank Johnson can live forever, but die and are reborn without any memory of what has happened.
A blessing or a curse? Depends on who's asking.
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Mar 16 2014
March 16, 2014
[https://plus.google.com/105211554081025512763/posts/1GmBMvL6GES|Original Link]]
Some of you may have already seen this, but I've been able to recover higher quality versions of the dead drops recovered in Zagreb yesterday.
As Investigators have noted, they visualize moments previously revealed in +Felicia Hajra-Lee's Niantic Project: Ingress novella. ( Felicia_Hajra_Lee_The_Niantic_Project_Ingress
It seems to have been a while since we've heard anything of 855… Where was he last? What do we expect he might be working towards?
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Mar 17 2014
I sensed this document's importance when it first surfaced following the XM Anomaly in Austin, TX.
This is a complete transcription of the scroll recovered by Hank Johnson and +Ingress Agents from the XM Vaults there.
Thank you, +Stein Lightman, for your assistance in verifying this translation.
To me, the interpretation and power of this series of Glyphs is quite clear, but I'll leave you to express your own opinions without priming you with my own.
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Mar 18 2014
I sensed this document's importance when it first surfaced following the XM Anomaly in Austin, TX.
This is a complete transcription of the scroll recovered by Hank Johnson and +Ingress Agents from the XM Vaults there.
Thank you, +Stein Lightman, for your assistance in verifying this translation.
To me, the interpretation and power of this series of Glyphs is quite clear, but I'll leave you to express your own opinions without priming you with my own.
A passcode to those who enrich this conversation with meaningful insights, speculation and references.
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Mar 19 2014
11 of the 17 #Recursion XM Artifacts have manifested in the world. We know their names.
I've been trying to find the pattern, to understand what they might represent, but so far the epiphany's eluded me.
Do you see a pattern?
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Mar 20 2014
We know the ancient XM Artifacts are connected somehow to the life (and death?) of Alexander of Macedon. We know that #13MAGNUS may protect ancient secrets, among them the power of resurrection, or perhaps of 'simulacrization,' if such a thing exists.
I'm going to ask you to venture into history, do some research and ask a few very important questions that will shed light on the power these Ancient Artifacts may hold, Alexander's life and death, the power of #13MAGNUS and the roles +Hank Johnson and ADA may play in all of this.
How did Alexander die? What became of his body? Where is it now? Where is his tomb?
As you search for these answers, share your findings. In them, we will find one of the most elaborate and brazen cover-ups in written history.
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Mar 21 2014
Agents in Boulder tomorrow will get a chance to interact with the simulacrum of +Hank Johnson. He's the only Hank we've ever known, and I wonder how, if we are ever able to, interacting with 'the real Hank' would be different. I don't know if we will ever be able to answer that question… time is running out for Hank, and the Resistance and ADA control all captured #Recursion Artifacts so far.
I've been told that Tycho's newest work, a compendium of all his comics so far including a new issue of which we've seen pieces recently, is nearing completion.
Unconfirmed rumors are surfacing that agents in Los Angeles and Berlin may be able to obtain copies at the #Recursion Anomalies there.
Mar 22 2014
BREAKING
I've been told this announcement from Roland Jarvis was just released by +Hank Johnson in Boulder, CO, USA just after the end of the #Recursion Anomaly there.
Jarvis has announced the formation of a new organization… The Society for the Ethical Treatment of Artificial Intelligences.
“'Artificial intelligences' should be the subject of our compassion, not fear. They deserve our compassion in the same way we would show compassion if we happened upon a young deer in the woods, struggling with an injury or deformity.”
“You know what must be done, for the sake of all humanity. I will guide you in this mission.”
“Join me. Today I am announcing a formal structure for this work– 'The Society for the Ethical Treatment of Artificial Intelligences.' We will use it to organize and draw others to our cause. We will use it to raise funds so that we may propagate our message to all who need to hear it.”
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Mar 23 2014
Mar 24 2014
Mar 25 2014
+enoch dalby has released the final track of his first EP since the dissolution of the Niantic Project.
The track, entitled 'Shaped,' is contemplative and complex; neither overwhelmingly positive nor cynical.
I had previously viewed +enoch dalby as having an Enlightened point of view. Now, I'm not so sure.
Perhaps he is truly neutral– an artist seeing both ideals and using their conflict to fuel his work.
Or perhaps he remains Enlightened. If so, it's refreshing to see an influencer whose message remains calm and thoughtful.
A sharp contrast to the most recent message from Roland Jarvis.
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Mar 26 2014
Surveillance audio reveals an intimate moment between +Klue S. and +H. Richard Loeb (aka P. A. Chapeau).
The depth of their bond is disquieting; Klue's vision for the future, equally so.
Klue and PAC Surveillance Audio: "Perfect forever"
Mar 27 2014
FOR IMMEDIATE PUBLIC RELEASE
IQTECH RESEARCH INTRODUCES DR. FIONA SHARP AND THE NEW HEATSINK
+IQTech Research, with operations based entirely on sovereign US Soil, is proud to introduce a new generation of the Heatsink XM Portal Modification and a new head of XM Object Development, Dr. Fiona Sharp.
After 18 years of deep-tech research for the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, specializing in high-energy weapons, Dr. Sharp joined IQTech Research in early 2014 to lead IQTech to the front of the global race in XM research and development.
As a first challenge, Dr. Sharp chose to rebuild IQTech’s exclusive Heatsink Portal Modification Technology from scratch, finding new efficiency in design and production, resulting in a significantly faster deployment mechanism.
Heatsinks are now viable as soon as they are deployed on Portals, enabling Hacking on burnt out Portals immediately. In addition, with exceptional improvements to Portal cooling after deployment, the new Heatsink Mod will allow an additional four (4) Portal Hacks in the four (4) hours following its deployment.
IQTech Research has proven time and again its commitment to developing and maintaining the highest standard in XM Development, and with the addition of Dr. Sharp, has placed itself once again ahead of the competition in XM Research and Development.
IQTech Research is currently seeking forward-looking research scientists and engineers who wish to plant their feet firmly in tomorrow’s largest technology sector.
Mar 28 2014
The 6 final #Recursion Artifacts have emerged into the world.
For either +Hank Johnson, or ADA and +Klue S., the time is fast approaching for them to face the consequences of their path. With the Resistance in firm control of the majority of the Artifacts so far, I worry for Hank Johnson. If left trapped in his current state, I do not know if he will have the fortitude to survive it.
In the meantime, the remaining Artifacts race towards their destiny.
The image comes from Tycho. As many of you suspected, he was the source behind the first image of the Glyphs associated with the Artifacts. As some of you may have heard, he intends to release his new +Ingress Comic series in LA shortly, perhaps at or prior to tomorrow's final #Recursion Anomaly. Details are still emerging, and I'll keep you posted as the facts surface.
In the meantime, I reached out to the best possible option I could for help in understanding the pattern present in the Glyphs associated with the 17 Artifacts: +Stein Lightman.
The line connecting us was poor, and I was unable to get a hold of him again after we lost the connection… When I asked his opinion of the Glyph sequence, he said “Each revelation is the opposite of what I would have expected. Aspects {unintelligible… }, transient and finite. How very intriguing.”
I'm left wondering what pattern it is that he's seeing among the Glyphs.
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Mar 29 2014
March 29, 2014
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Through struggle and conflict, #Recursion has come to an end. This was about two people, but it was also about ideas… about the path we each believed humanity must travel.
The Resistance, and by their efforts, +Klue S. and ADA, the first human-machine hybrid intelligence, have prevailed. They control 5 of the #Recursion Artifacts; the Enlightened have emerged from the fray empty-handed.
For better or worse, humanity has taken the first step on a bold path… one where our creations are our equals, perhaps more, and may be the stepping stone in the next phase of our evolution.
+Hank Johnson, well… time will tell. He's a survivor.
Perhaps he always will be.
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Mar 30 2014
Mar 31 2014
Discovered a new profile on Google+ earlier today, but didn't know if it was active…
Turns out it is…
Tune in, Agents. It looks like +Tycho C. is spilling the beans on his life story…
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