The Survivor 2299 update - Quabbin Reservoir
Hello Vault Dwellers. We have some updates for you on the messages posted on The Survivor 2299. This time they are a bit trickier, but there's nothing that could prevent real Fallout fans from getting new information on so hoped-for sequel. Even if there is a strong chance that those rumors are just a hoax.
Today, the site has a new message and a Morse code.
Nuclear winter is coming in 6days 13h 29m 00s [December 1st]
”Bridgeport this is Concord - Quabbin is hit - I repeat - Quabbin is hit.
”Seems like the teasing will continue until the countdown ends. Check our map for locations referenced by the website.
Yesterday, The Survivor's main page featured a new cipher message:
VGNR [CAP] – ***? – LET- GRZ XJG XRS FWZZR GOS UIEG SII GZVZI || GRZ SAW XRS SAZZ XJG DZVB GRZ XUJIZ
”This code was not as easy as the previous one. But at the same time it contained a hint. "VGNR" means that the cipher used is Vigenère cipher - ach letter in the message is replaced by a letter some fixed number of positions down the alphabet, with a different shift number for each letter based on a predetermined key. Using the key "seven", the message above is translated to:
one two two seven two zero one three || one one two five two zero one three
”which gives us two dates: 12/27/2013 and 11/25/2013 (Monday and Friday). Not much for an update, but it becomes more interesting when you look at today's message:
VGNR [CAP] - ***? - LET- GRZ XJG XRS FWZZR GOS UIEG SII GZVZI || GRZ SAW XRS SAZZ XJG DZVB GRZ XUJIZ
”Using "monday friday" as a key and then reading the resulting message backwards you get
The Quabbin Reservoir seven zero four two two nine nine
”According to Wikipedia, Quabbin Reservoir is the largest inland body of water in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and was built between 1930 and 1939. Another mention of the Commonwealth together with a hint to a new interesting location.
You can check all the deciphering using any codebreaker website that supports Vigenère cipher, e.g. MyGeocachingProfile.com. Heads up to Fallout sub-Reddit for original deciphering.
In addition, it appears a new page is present on the server. As of now, the page has been taken down, but it has been saved in Google cache. The text on the page said:
2510730 PLEASE STAND BY
”Two other pages (23710-7667-1660 and 7042299), which has also been taken down but still available thanks to Google cache, said:
19.04 || 2247 LLUB
”GBG #23710-7667-?
”As always, we encourage you to be skeptical about all updates from The Survivor 2299 until we have an official confirmation from Bethesda.
Note: While it has been claimed that the site has been tied to AKQA, this is not true. The only tie was an e-mail address obtained from the historical DNS data that, when input into Google Images, returned a photo of a man that was apparently present on the Google+ page of an alleged AKQA employee with a completely different name than that in the e-mail address. As the e-mail address is dead and the Google+ pages were pulled down, this link cannot be verified or confirmed. Therefore, employ that salt, gentlemen.
