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IC Notes
12/27/14. Complete notes compiled by Thomas
10/14. On the disappearances/deaths of former Heroes:
Descriptions of heroes (HFILE1.PDF) | Videos of Heroes (both given to Ms. Leonheart by Lieutenant Ananke.)
LACHESIS:
12/27. Compiled from Thomas' Notes.
--Greek. Fate. Brings imPorts here, grans them powers through the Porter.
--"The Lachesis we may or may not be dealing with is the same from that other side of the multiverse, just in a different housing. Which, well, if you want a theory, that's mine. She didn't only secure our escape, but followed after." -Kanaya
--"I do truly believe that Lachesis not only used the Porter here to synchronize our rescue, but also to accommodate her escape. It wasn't simply changed by her touch, but she came to abide in it, taking a dormant vessel and breathing her own life into it." -Kanaya
-"Lachesis was the second sister born, according to myth, and though the ideas may resonate, sometimes the details themselves get lost." --Loki (In the margins: An actual being?)
--"Perhaps you've heard this one before. More than four years ago, Lachesis used her power to create six new countries. I won't pretend to know her reasoning--it doesn't matter anyway. But after she was done, it was as though they had always been there. We were the only ones who knew there had ever been a world without Savoletta or Southwest Phoenicia. What I'm saying is that at her most powerful, she rewrote everything about our reality, past and present. And she was rarely subtle." -Lust (Well, well. Not bad, Lust.)
--"you remember Lachesis, don't you? That curious program that everyone keeps bringing up, the one that syncs with the Porter. If that's where this all began, then you can bet your behind that the three's not a coincidence rule will come into play." -Loki
--"Holiday did admit that the Porter synched to Lachesis, they're just not entirely sure of where she went." -Loki
--"Two years after it all started, she changed that world. Countries emerged, fully realized, emerged from nothing. The history of that world was rewritten; the memories of its inhabitants, too. The damage done by her enemies, erased. Those of us who were there could remember what the world was like, before she changed it, but we're the only ones who could." -Ruka
--"October 10th, 2008 by its calendar, and by this one, the "Porter" was activated, and brought the first "imPorts". At the time, it was controlled by an artificial intelligence in a suit of armor, but that being was later destroyed by the artificial intelligence of the Porter itself. She calls herself Lachesis. Like the Fate." -Ruka
--"She's...had the tendency to...solicit our collective attention through mild electrocution..or by turning our communicators on in the middle of the night, and blasting horn noises through the speakers." -Ruka
"Lachesis did in the City what she's doing here. After that universe was boomed into oblivion by Atropos, all of those ported into the City were ported here lickity split. That is, of course, after Lachesis infected the Porter. Now they can't send anyone home. They're stuck with any megalomanic powerhouse that arrives." -Loki
A copy of the post made by "L. Chases." (The name is circled)
ON THE PORTER:
12/27. From Thomas' Notes.
--"On Time, Importing, and Exporting: When someone imPorts, they leave their world at a specific moment, right? The last thing you remember, that's the "moment" in time you left. When you exPort, you go back to that "moment," without any memory of this--that is, that place. If that "you" comes back from a later "moment," then often when you arrive, you "regain" your memory of these worlds. Because it's still in your "past." Time is still linear. Does that make sense so far? --Ruka"
10/14. On the disappearances/deaths of former Heroes:
Descriptions of heroes (HFILE1.PDF) | Videos of Heroes (both given to Ms. Leonheart by Lieutenant Ananke.)
LACHESIS:
12/27. Compiled from Thomas' Notes.
--Greek. Fate. Brings imPorts here, grans them powers through the Porter.
--"The Lachesis we may or may not be dealing with is the same from that other side of the multiverse, just in a different housing. Which, well, if you want a theory, that's mine. She didn't only secure our escape, but followed after." -Kanaya
--"I do truly believe that Lachesis not only used the Porter here to synchronize our rescue, but also to accommodate her escape. It wasn't simply changed by her touch, but she came to abide in it, taking a dormant vessel and breathing her own life into it." -Kanaya
-"Lachesis was the second sister born, according to myth, and though the ideas may resonate, sometimes the details themselves get lost." --Loki (In the margins: An actual being?)
--"Perhaps you've heard this one before. More than four years ago, Lachesis used her power to create six new countries. I won't pretend to know her reasoning--it doesn't matter anyway. But after she was done, it was as though they had always been there. We were the only ones who knew there had ever been a world without Savoletta or Southwest Phoenicia. What I'm saying is that at her most powerful, she rewrote everything about our reality, past and present. And she was rarely subtle." -Lust (Well, well. Not bad, Lust.)
--"you remember Lachesis, don't you? That curious program that everyone keeps bringing up, the one that syncs with the Porter. If that's where this all began, then you can bet your behind that the three's not a coincidence rule will come into play." -Loki
--"Holiday did admit that the Porter synched to Lachesis, they're just not entirely sure of where she went." -Loki
--"Two years after it all started, she changed that world. Countries emerged, fully realized, emerged from nothing. The history of that world was rewritten; the memories of its inhabitants, too. The damage done by her enemies, erased. Those of us who were there could remember what the world was like, before she changed it, but we're the only ones who could." -Ruka
--"October 10th, 2008 by its calendar, and by this one, the "Porter" was activated, and brought the first "imPorts". At the time, it was controlled by an artificial intelligence in a suit of armor, but that being was later destroyed by the artificial intelligence of the Porter itself. She calls herself Lachesis. Like the Fate." -Ruka
--"She's...had the tendency to...solicit our collective attention through mild electrocution..or by turning our communicators on in the middle of the night, and blasting horn noises through the speakers." -Ruka
"Lachesis did in the City what she's doing here. After that universe was boomed into oblivion by Atropos, all of those ported into the City were ported here lickity split. That is, of course, after Lachesis infected the Porter. Now they can't send anyone home. They're stuck with any megalomanic powerhouse that arrives." -Loki
A copy of the post made by "L. Chases." (The name is circled)
ON THE PORTER:
12/27. From Thomas' Notes.
--"On Time, Importing, and Exporting: When someone imPorts, they leave their world at a specific moment, right? The last thing you remember, that's the "moment" in time you left. When you exPort, you go back to that "moment," without any memory of this--that is, that place. If that "you" comes back from a later "moment," then often when you arrive, you "regain" your memory of these worlds. Because it's still in your "past." Time is still linear. Does that make sense so far? --Ruka"
--"On Patterns with the Porters: "...Couples often go together, even if they're not from the same world. And...sometimes a group all from the same universe, they'll leave in quick succession, like a drain being pulled. Kids don't usually stick around, but there's been exceptions. Good hearted people are more prone to returning home quickly, I think. -Ruka"
--On the Porter's origin in the present cities: "The Porter made its timely debut in 1986by this universe's mortal calendar, when the first wave of imPorts arrived. Needless to say, the anecdotal instances of the Porter go back further. Well, kind of, depending on how we see time, hm?--We'll talk about the larger, omniversal impact, if you'll leave it to the open floor." -Loki
--Continuum: What keeps imPorts getting resurrected. In the nanites they put in us? Not used until after 2007.
9/30. From Hacker; source unknown. Claims to have read the government's files.
--"It's been confirmed that the Porter has its own automated defenses that prevents anyone from prying too much information out of it."
--"Its origins lead to the Atlantic Ocean where it was pulled near the coast in 1985. They have no idea how it works."
--"It is a mystery to both the government and their scientists. They have no control over it whatsoever. Any control you might think they have is an illusion. I have seen their files. They know no more than us."
(On the side is written the following note: If they've used it in the past, then how exactly can it be such a mystery to them?)
--On the Porter's origin in the present cities: "The Porter made its timely debut in 1986by this universe's mortal calendar, when the first wave of imPorts arrived. Needless to say, the anecdotal instances of the Porter go back further. Well, kind of, depending on how we see time, hm?--We'll talk about the larger, omniversal impact, if you'll leave it to the open floor." -Loki
--Continuum: What keeps imPorts getting resurrected. In the nanites they put in us? Not used until after 2007.
9/30. From Hacker; source unknown. Claims to have read the government's files.
--"It's been confirmed that the Porter has its own automated defenses that prevents anyone from prying too much information out of it."
--"Its origins lead to the Atlantic Ocean where it was pulled near the coast in 1985. They have no idea how it works."
--"It is a mystery to both the government and their scientists. They have no control over it whatsoever. Any control you might think they have is an illusion. I have seen their files. They know no more than us."
(On the side is written the following note: If they've used it in the past, then how exactly can it be such a mystery to them?)
8/14.
(Copy of Hange's notes, provided by Commander Erwin):
The Porter itself doesn't provide any background information on the imPorts it brings in, so what's in their files is all that the government has access to. Whether that information exists somewhere currently inaccessible within the Porter is unknown.
- Not as far as the government has been able to determine, although some of the technicians theorize it may have some dormant precognitive abilities that it is choosing not to display.
- In the past it was possible to send people home at their request, although since the recent Porter changes that occurred in January it has been behaving irregularly. People being brought in and then sent home is currently classified as a malfunction.
- After the Porter was synched up to by a sentient and nearly omnipotent program known as Lachesis, it has been able to instantaneously "scan" each imPort brought in through means still unknown and produce basic information such as their names and abilities. It is theorized but still undetermined this may be achieved by some sort of DNA reading or brain scanning.
- It is thought that the radiation the Porter gives off is what gives imPorts their powers (or changes them, or allows them to keep them).
(Written in the margins: Perhaps for some. However, I doubt that that's all there is to it.)
The Porter itself doesn't provide any background information on the imPorts it brings in, so what's in their files is all that the government has access to. Whether that information exists somewhere currently inaccessible within the Porter is unknown.
- Not as far as the government has been able to determine, although some of the technicians theorize it may have some dormant precognitive abilities that it is choosing not to display.
- In the past it was possible to send people home at their request, although since the recent Porter changes that occurred in January it has been behaving irregularly. People being brought in and then sent home is currently classified as a malfunction.
- After the Porter was synched up to by a sentient and nearly omnipotent program known as Lachesis, it has been able to instantaneously "scan" each imPort brought in through means still unknown and produce basic information such as their names and abilities. It is theorized but still undetermined this may be achieved by some sort of DNA reading or brain scanning.
- It is thought that the radiation the Porter gives off is what gives imPorts their powers (or changes them, or allows them to keep them).
(Written in the margins: Perhaps for some. However, I doubt that that's all there is to it.)
- The technology in this world, Porter not included, has not yet advanced enough to the point of being able to give civilian powers. (In the margins: What makes it so advanced?) The Porter itself appears either disinterested (this word is circled, accompanied by a "?" next to it) or also incapable of this, and the Porter specialist Moira Nomos's hypothesis is that people native to this world are immune and incompatible with the Porter's radiation. Why this world is considered important by the Porter is still unknown.
- The Sidereal technology is very similar to virtual reality, but on more of an "astral plane" level than a truly virtual one. The "Quantum Zone" exists separately from said technology and is said to be a spiritual plane that exists directly above the normal one, though not "high" enough to completely separate the soul from the body.
- While the government -- and much of the public -- believes that imPorts are brought in to help protect humanity and aid the American war effort, the military is more skeptical of this theory. They do believe the imPorts are brought in for a purpose but that purpose has not been realized yet, and is in fact a far off future event that the Porter has foreseen. This is of course not proven as of yet. (Circled next to the note in big letters is the word: MILITARY)
7/08. Inga. Investigate "Amur".
6/08."Import Education"
5/28 "Captain Holiday"
- The Sidereal technology is very similar to virtual reality, but on more of an "astral plane" level than a truly virtual one. The "Quantum Zone" exists separately from said technology and is said to be a spiritual plane that exists directly above the normal one, though not "high" enough to completely separate the soul from the body.
- While the government -- and much of the public -- believes that imPorts are brought in to help protect humanity and aid the American war effort, the military is more skeptical of this theory. They do believe the imPorts are brought in for a purpose but that purpose has not been realized yet, and is in fact a far off future event that the Porter has foreseen. This is of course not proven as of yet. (Circled next to the note in big letters is the word: MILITARY)
7/08. Inga. Investigate "Amur".
6/08."Import Education"
5/28 "Captain Holiday"