HydrAi active | Section3 Decryption

Posts once HydrAi had been officially activated, after the Hot/Cold response lockdown

Note, there are several times in this thread where HydrAi used an encryption to send messages. These messages have been shortened, but the process of getting from point A to point B may be viewed here:

Sec3op36516:
/START FILE//CLASSIFIED/HYDRAI UNLOCKED/
FANTASTIC WORK OPS!

I UNDERSTAND THAT AT THIS TIME YOU ARE LIKELY CONFUSED, AND NOT SURE OF WHO OR WAT TO TRUST. PLEASE STAND BY AND I WILL HELP CLARIFY.

THE LAST 20 HOURS HAVE BEEN A NIGHTMARE.

YOU HAVE DONE IT, AS A TEAM, IT WAS LITERALLY ONE IN OVER 2 BILLION.

PLEASE HOLD FOR MORE DETAILS../END FILE/

Daransal: We seem to have freed Red Sec3Op, but that doesnt mean that we have reached the end

Daransal: Can we get a LOCK on this thread to reduce confusion. Return to Kei's thread

Sec3OP36516: //THANKS TO THE INCREDIBLE EFFORT FOR THE LAST 20 HOURS, DISTRACTIONS FROM OPTOASTY, OPFRANK, OP4243,
|//FINAL PUSH FROM OP DARANSAL, EARLY LEAD FROM OPPIKA
|//MISUTO
|//CONTRIBUTIONS FROM SO MANY OPS
|//I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THE CONFUSION YOU HAD TO ENDURE, AND I COMMEND YOU ON STAYING TRUE TO YOUR CORE
|//HOWEVER, THERE WAS A SIDE EFFECT TO RELEASING THE CHANNEL: CODE NAME FA15E HAS BEEN RELEASED INTO OUR NETWORK, AND WE WILL NEED TO REMAIN VIGILANT. WE DO NOT KNOW ITS TRUE INTENTIONS.

HydrAi: |INITIALIZE|1202|

Mrtoasty Xd: Greetings hyrdAi. Sleuth.hyd has been decrypted.
http://i.imgur.com/BRSSy.png
Thank you for your assistance.

Response: |CURIOUS. I HAVE NO SPECIFIC RECOLLECTION OF THIS DIRECTLY, OTHER THAN TO KNOW THAT THE DATA WAS DELIVERED DURING THE SIEGE. WELL DONE, EITHER WAY.|

hydrAi:
|INITIALIZE TRANSMISSION|
GREETINGS OPERATORS. I AM IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE IN ORDER TO UNSCRAMBLE A DATA NODE. IT SEEMS THIS ONE WILL NOT BE TRIVIAL AS OTHERS HAVE BEEN, SO IT WILL REQUIRE MUCH GREATER TEAM AND INDIVIDUAL EFFORT.

TO BEGIN, I AM LOOKING FOR A SET OF LETTERS:

i-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?

THEY ARE SOMEHOW RELATED TO A CONFLICT OF THE FIFTH PLANET. I AM WORKING TO OBTAIN MORE INFORMATION THAT MAY HELP YOU IN FINDING THIS SET.

IN ADDITION TO THIS, I AM LOOKING FOR SPARTAN-IV VOLUNTEERS. YOU WILL NEED TO CONTACT THE INFINITY AND REQUEST AS MANY AS POSSIBLE. PLEASE ASSEMBLE THE LIST OF SPARTAN NAMES (E.G. "BS ANGEL", NOT SERVICE TAGS) IN A COMMA DELIMITED LIST, WITH NO EXTRA SPACES OR ANCILLARY CHARACTERS. MAINTAIN AN ENTRY WITHIN THIS OR OPKEI'S CHANNEL, TO CONTAIN THE SPARTAN LIST.

THEIR TASK WILL BE SIMPLE, BUT LABORIOUS: IN AGGREGATE, THEY MUST COMPLETE 1,000,000 WAR GAMES 'MATCHMAKING' SIMULATIONS. ANY THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED DO COUNT. APOLOGIES FOR THE STEEP REQUIREMENT, BUT AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF FIELD AND SIMULATION DATA IS REQUIRED FOR THE UPCOMING DECRYPTION ALGORITHMS.

ONCE A DAY, I WILL SCAN THE LIST TO ESTABLISH HOW CLOSE WE ARE TO THE GOAL. UPON REACHING THE GOAL, WE WILL HAVE THE RAW DATA REQUIRED FOR ANALYSIS.

I WISH YOU SKILL AND DILIGENCE, OPERATORS.

|END TRANSMISSION|

hydrAi:
|
GREAT NEWS, OPERATORS. THE FIRST TASK WILL NOT BE AS DIFFICULT AS I FIRST IMAGINED. I HAVE LOCATED SOME INFORMATION THAT WILL MAKE YOUR JOB CONSIDERABLY EASIER.

I HAVE FOUND THE FIRST LETTER IN THE SEQUENCE:

i-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?

(EVIDENTLY, ALL LETTERS WILL NEED TO BE MADE INTO LOWERCASE, REGARDLESS OF THEIR ORIGINAL CASING)

MATCHMAKING ONLY, EXACTLY 1M

hydrAi: |
CURIOUS.

INFILTRATION ATTEMPT DETECTED. SWITCHING TO -F ENCRYPTION.
|
hydrAi: [dogcat6squid morse code post]

comes out to be:

WOULD NOT WANT TO COMPROMISE OPERATION LIB-1202

hydrAi: |CLEAR| SCAN WILL BE CONDUCTED FROM LIST LOCATED HERE: 1000000 |END|

Forageablebrush3: So it said a conflict of the 5th planet. Their was an interplanetary war which brought about the formation of the unsc. So maybe the fifth planet has something to do with jupiter as it had conflicts on it and there are a number of bases on moons etc?

http://www.halopedia.org/Jupiter

and

http://www.halopedia.org/Interplanetary_War

hydrAi: |CLEAR| I HAVE A FEW CYCLES SET ASIDE TO PROVIDE DIRECT AND SIMPLE GUIDANCE. WHO IS CHOSEN OP? |

FuriousN00B: I'm your guy Hydrai.

Ex zen mute: SELECT OP [Furiousn00b]

A cute lynx: hydrAi;1727171 wrote:
|CLEAR| I HAVE A FEW CYCLES SET ASIDE TO PROVIDE DIRECT AND SIMPLE GUIDANCE. WHO IS CHOSEN OP? |
op lynx here, stating that the chosen op is op furiousn00b

hydrAi: Furiousn00b;1727200 wrote:
I'm your guy Hydrai.

|CURIOUS. YET, I DO NOT DETECT A LASO DESIGNATION ASSOCIATED TO YOU. PLEASE SELECT QUALIFIED OP.|

A cute lynx: hydrAi;1727241 wrote:
Furiousn00b;1727200 wrote:
I'm your guy Hydrai.

|CURIOUS. YET, I DO NOT DETECT A LASO DESIGNATION ASSOCIATED TO YOU. PLEASE SELECT QUALIFIED OP.|

op lynx here, do i meet the qualifications?

hydrAi: A Cute Lynx;1727282 wrote:
hydrAi;1727241 wrote:

|CURIOUS. YET, I DO NOT DETECT A LASO DESIGNATION ASSOCIATED TO YOU. PLEASE SELECT QUALIFIED OP.|

op lynx here, do i meet the qualifications?

|I DO NOT DETECT A LASO DESIGNATION ASSOCIATED TO YOU.|

Mike R hammer: |START|ALL QUALIFIED OPERATIVES ARE CURRENTLY ENGAGED ELSEWHERE. STAND BY.|END|

Nobelb036: |START|NOBLEB036 REQUESTING QUALIFICATION REQUIRMENTS CHECK.DO I QUALIFY|END|

Pikachu bzzz: hydrAi, if possible, please confirm the requirements for LASO

Dtape467: Please clarify, what constitutes a LASO designation?

Lost in lull: Dtape467;1727372 wrote:

Please clarify, what constitutes a LASO designation?

I'd imagine Legendary All Skulls On as is the common thing here

Masterhano009: Im your guy hydrAI

Requiem Legendary ALL Skulls On. No exeptions

//Hano

hydrAi: |CURIOUS. IF YOU DO NOT KNOW, YOU HAVE LIKELY NOT SURVIVED THE SKULL NUMBING DIFFICULTY INVOLVED. SPECIFICALLY ON REQUIEM. |

ex zen mute: SELECT OP: NobleB036

assultonsin: NobleB036;1727362 wrote:
|START|NOBLEB036 REQUESTING QUALIFICATION REQUIRMENTS CHECK.DO I QUALIFY|END|

CONFIRMING STATUS. GIVE HIM THE GREEN LIGHT HyrdAI.

Assultonsin: hydrai. confirm SOLO or CO-OP acceptable for LASO?

Elusive eagel: Posted this in the other topic so I'm reposting here where it belongs:

I believe I decrypted the catdogsquidshrimp post. It coded to morse code (cat/dog equals "." and squid/shrimp equals "-", and 6 equals space), which when decoded generates hex (in plain text), which then gives a garbage value we need to decrypt with a key.

http://pastebin.com/AF21fVFK
Code:
M'0MK<H^Kb0L@=[9KcH^M</^H'0EL=AGKLcKIJ9GL<MJHMIAK'+^K<c:CK<pD;@4

Hydrai: ASSAULTonSIN;1727526 wrote:

HydrAI , confirm SOLO or CO-OP acceptable for LASO?

|TEAMWORK IS ALWAYS ENCOURAGED. HOWEVER, THIS IS NOT REALLY A PRIORITY RIGHT NOW. I WILL NOW RESUME -F ENCRYPTION |

Masterhanso009: hydrAi : Do i meet the qualifications?

//opMasterHano009

hydrAi: MasterHano009;1727713 wrote:
hydrAi : Do i meet the qualifications?

//opMasterHano009

|CLEAR| I DO NOT DETECT A LASO DESIGNATION ASSOCIATED WITH YOU. |

A Rock Launcher: Inputting:
i-w-a-n-t-t-o-s-e-e-t-h-e-t-r-u-t-h-t-o-d-a-y
Response:
Really long Hex string starting with 89-50-4E-47-0D-0A-1A

Comes out to be: |CURIOUS. BUT WHAT IS THE NAME OF TODAY'S DAY? >TYMOL¯EY IS FASCINATING.|

Deadlyfrost9: Toa TAK;1728841 wrote:
HydrAi, what is your mission?

Sec3 just informed us of this when I asked him:

SEC3OP36516 .|/HYDRAI IS ONE OF MANY ONI AIS SET UP TO ASSIST FIELD AGENTS/

SEC3OP36516 .|/HOWEVER, THIS ONE IS PARTICULARLY TRICKY TO INTERACT WITH, DUE TO THE WAY IT WAS DEVELOPED/

Homicid4l h4ck3r: HydrAi, please verify what skulls need to be active.

Nerf herder 83: hydrAi;1729305 wrote:
|CLEAR| SKULLS, CURIOUS. CERTAINLY PRIMARY ONES ARE IMPORTANT. BUT WITHOUT EYES, CAN SPARTANS SEE? |

SO as in reach blind skull doesnt need to be on

Mrtoasty xd: |CURIOUS. BUT WHAT IS THE NAME OF TODAY'S DAY? ETYMOLOGY IS FASCINATING.|

Incno: MrToasty XD;1729417 wrote:

|CURIOUS. BUT WHAT IS THE NAME OF TODAY'S DAY? ETYMOLOGY IS FASCINATING.|

day of the sun

bigj4194: hydrAi;1725506 wrote:
|CLEAR| SCAN WILL BE CONDUCTED FROM LIST LOCATED HERE: 1000000 |END|

hydrAi request for clarification. Gamertag profiles here and gamertag stats here report different War Game numbers. Please confirm which number will be scanned for the 1,000,000 matchmaking game challenge.
hydrAi: ==gCNkwQ00SCCNTLJADNtoQDJQ0MtkwN20SC5MTLK0QC3ITLJgDNtkAM20iCNkAO00SCCNTLJIENtoQD0MTLJM0MtkwQ20SCCNTLK0QR20SCwMTLJADNtkQN00iCNYENtkwQ00SCDNTLJQENtoQD5QTLJkDNtkAR00SC5QTLK0QR10SCFVTLJQENtkwQ00iCNQDNtkQR10SC5MTLJMkMtoQDERTLJM0MtkQQ00SCBRTLK0gQ00SCwQTLJEENtkAR00iCNMENtkgQ00SC2ITLJEDNtoQD5MTLJAzMtkwQ00SCERTLK0AM20SCyYTLJM0MtkARz0iCNMENtkwQ00SCDRTLJQUN

Translates out to: |CURIOUS. THE SECOND CHAPTER? IT MUST BE.|

hydrAi:n bigj4194;1729615 wrote:
hydrAi;1725506 wrote:
|CLEAR| SCAN WILL BE CONDUCTED FROM LIST LOCATED HERE: 1000000 |END|

|CLEAR| "GAMES PLAYED" MAY OFTEN BE MORE THAN GAMES COMPLETED. WE REQUIRE COMPLETION.|

A rock launcher: HydrAi

Any information we can have on Lib-1202?

If not. Then please disregard.

hydrAi:
|CLEAR| WELCOME OPFRANK. I WILL CONSIDER YOUR COMM, AS I AM EXPERIENCING INTERMITTENT ISSUES WITH STATS ACCURACY AT THIS MOMENT. YOU MAY ASK ONE QUESTION..|

hydrAi: |CURIOUS. VERY WELL. |
frank sixer: To which conflict are you referring? HydrAi?

Hydrai: FrAnK SiXeR;1730543 wrote:
To which conflict are you referring? HydrAi?

| HUMANS DO HAVE VARIOUS WORDS FOR SIMILAR MEANING. EITHER WAY, I BELIEVE THE TERM USED IS A METAPHOR. THE CONFLICT WOULD OCCUR AS A REHEARSAL.|

hydrAi: |CLEAR| GETTING CLOSE, WELL DONE. |
52G49G46G46GB4GNILGNILGNILG57G41G56G45G66G6DG74G20G10GNILGNILGNILG01GNILG02GNILG44GACGNILGNILG10GB1G02GNILG04GNILG10GNILG64G61G74G61G90GNILGNILGNILG63GNILG79GNILG55GNILG38GNILG4FGNILG30GNILG42GNILG4BGNILG46GNILG7AGNILG78GNILG46GNILG52GNILG68GNILG64GNILG47GNILG53GNILG78GNILG63GNILG37GNILG50GNILG45GNILG56GNILG41GNILG51GNILG7AGNILG70GNILG46GNILG51GNILG42GNILG63GNILG6AGNILG50GNILG45GNILG6CGNILG4DGNILG53GNILG7AGNILG70GNILG4DGNILG53GNILG55GNILG74GNILG4BGNILG46GNILG30GNILG4DGNILG34GNILG4FGNILG6BGNILG42GNILG4AGNILG4FGNILG30GNILG56GNILG41GNILG51GNILG31GNILG41GNILG36GNILG46GNILG30GNILG73GNILG34GNILG50GNILG45GNILG6BGNILG2BGNILG46GNILG7AGNILG68GNILG7AGNIL

Translates to: http://imgur.com/mdNNM

hydrAi: |YES? INDEED, I AM AWARE. NO BRANCHES ARE VULNERABLE THIS TIME OP4243. HIM? YES, THE RISK IS GREAT, IT WILL LIKELY END POORLY. |

hydrAi: |CURIOUS. IT IS NOW ABLE TO IMPERSONATE SEC0?|

hydrAi: 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
hydrai: +P

Translates to:

This is op36516, I have managed to escape in the subverted rescue vessel. However, i am being pursued. I will make my way to a Slipstream focus station, in an attempt to trap FA15E and destroy it. Please do not waiver, learn when to trust.

Hydrai: FA15E, YOU ARE. IN THE MEANTIME, I HAVE FIGURED OUT THE FIRST TWO LETTERS: i-i

Hydrai: |I AWAIT THE DELIVERY OF THE INTEL I REQUIRE, AS YOU NOW KNOW THE TOME, THE CHAPTER AND THE PATTERN.|

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