The Ultimate SOMA Discussion Thread

**Sampyli** · 10-07-2013, 01:33 PM

(10-07-2013, 01:31 PM)Blackrobin Wrote: The Chinese translate to a Chinese proverb "the sky is high and the emperor is far away". Meaning that the central authority (i.e. emperor) have little influence to what we're doing here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tian_gao,_Huangdi_yuan

So the machines are taking control / doing what they want? Interesting ..

**Chrysler** · 10-07-2013, 01:35 PM

(10-07-2013, 01:15 PM)Mothhive Wrote: Hidden text in the warning message

"code: b:0x40
log: RFC 48 80

Refer to source for further information."

So far the only things I've found in the source that look odd are hidden comments that say:

LS0tLS1CRUdJTiBQR1AgTUVTU0FHRS0tLS0tDQpWZXJzaW9uOiBHbnVQRyB2Mi4wLjE5IChNaW5nVzMyKQ0KDQpqQTBFQ1FNQ09aTXA0aVI0VUxXdTBsb0JWTEV0N3pnUXlUSk9OT05OY3luWmhkb08wbHAyRkM2aDgvNTROUkF1DQo0WGZ3L0JXVjV0Q3gxMm1UTzIwSDFUUFNnWEtSSWNpbnVyQnFxbFp4Q1U2RzdyZFRtckhra2gyeFFNdDFjNlFqDQpkWXA5YUhEdzA1cUx3c3c9DQo9YzY2aQ0KLS0tLS1FTkQgUEdQIE1FU1NBR0UtLS0tLQ==

and

bm90ZTogcGhyYXNlLCBsb3dlcmNhc2U=

Code: (Select All)

-----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----

Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (MingW32)



jA0ECQMCOZMp4iR4ULWu0loBVLEt7zgQyTJONONNcynZhdoO0lp2FC6h8/54NRAu

4Xfw/BWV5tCx12mTO20H1TPSgXKRIcinurBqqlZxCU6G7rdTmrHkkh2xQMt1c6Qj

dYp9aHDw05qLwsw=

=c66i

-----END PGP MESSAGE-----

and

Code: (Select All)

note: phrase, lowercase

.

RFC 4880 is the OpenPGP message format.

**ddonohu2** · 10-07-2013, 01:37 PM

Hmm, I get the feeling that the logo that we see in Vivarium and in this video might be for the Omicron company that these guys work for.

**Potato** · 10-07-2013, 01:56 PM

Spoiler below!

I found that part both partially upsetting and extremely hilarious for some reason.

**Blackrobin** · 10-07-2013, 02:06 PM

(10-07-2013, 01:33 PM)Sampyli Wrote:
(10-07-2013, 01:31 PM)Blackrobin Wrote: The Chinese translate to a Chinese proverb "the sky is high and the emperor is far away". Meaning that the central authority (i.e. emperor) have little influence to what we're doing here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tian_gao,_Huangdi_yuan

So the machines are taking control / doing what they want? Interesting ..

Maybe its set in space?

**Draug** · 10-07-2013, 02:22 PM

So there is probably something hidden in the source code?

One guy from twitter:
"note: phrase, lowercase" hint in @frictionalgames http://somasystems.org page GPG encrypted document. AES256, help find the password.

**Chrysler** · 10-07-2013, 02:35 PM

Most likely the passphrase consists of the last words of the guy's father. Tried "hang on to your wife" but no success so far. Not sure what "code: b:0x40" means.. 0x40 is 64 hexadecimal..

**MidgeS** · 10-07-2013, 02:40 PM

(10-07-2013, 02:35 PM)Chrysler Wrote: Most likely the passphrase consists of the last words of the guy's father. Tried "hang on to your wife" but no success so far. Not sure what "code: b:0x40" means.. 0x40 is 64 hexadecimal..

code b:0x40 ist just saying that the text is encoded in Base64.

And the phrase could be anything. Maybe something from previous page versions or something we didnt find yet. ^^

**ddonohu2** · 10-07-2013, 02:54 PM

(10-07-2013, 02:40 PM)MidgeS Wrote: code b:0x40 ist just saying that the text is encoded in Base64.

This. The messages in the page source code are in base 64. When decoded it gives us the messages Chrysler posted earlier.

Suggestions for password:

cogito ergo sum
it is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane

**Alardem** · 10-07-2013, 02:55 PM

This Reed woman's been in both videos we've seen so far. Wonder if that means she'll be a character in the game - maybe the protagonist's contact?