GalaxyRaider

Myriad Reality

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*Different student researchers seem to be co-authors for several papers, but no single line connects more than a handful*

@Server

A pipedream, I guess...

Myriad Reality

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*The snippets indicate that Purge01 deleted critical operating functions that triggered the errors in the records—they also appear to import replacement functions and modified system architecture instead of leaving the functionality empty, but the replacements returned null data, leading to live-swizzle failures*

@Server

*Takes a deep breath and starts backing up through all the information I’ve looked through, seeing if maybe the name of any co-researchers were left credited in the works*

Myriad Reality

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*The fragments of Purge01’s different iterations piece together not unlike a virus itself, modifying micro chunks of code and applying indecipherable operations on those that meet an unspecified set of requirements; the results also demonstrate an inverse correlation between the effects of Purge01 and the number of generations a virus lineage has been farmed at the lab*

@Server

*Sees if I can fill in any further gaps through inference by putting the jury rigged code next to the old error records to compare*

Myriad Reality

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*All of the metadata lines up with the experiment timeline, including variations of Purge01 itself according to viral trials*

@Server

…
*Takes the program fragments and tried to piece them together like a puzzle even in spite of missing pieces, in an attempt to assemble even just a fuzzy image of something useful from it*

Myriad Reality

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*The only traces of the program itself left are program fragments and error stacks from destroyed viruses, and the logs seem to indicate that the patch rapidly destroyed viral code sequences and traces of foreign data introduced to the test subjects*

@Server

*Checks a change log and tries to see if the last time it was modified in the system lines up with the dates of the experiments themselves, or if it was notably more recent*

Myriad Reality

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*The new records contain largely benign experiment results, including successful and failed viral strains, but the results that align with the date of the sudden shift in research priority expose another set of logs concerning a patch labeled Purge01*

@Server

*Reads more about “Purge01”*

Myriad Reality

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*The cursor blinks blankly as background services continue*

@Server

*Takes a deep breath and starts sifting through the new information*

Myriad Reality

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*Each password generates a corrupted decryption key until ‘Tempo+Rhythm’ releases the cleartext contents of the whole folder, scattering across the desktop*

@Server

*Pauses and stares down at the keyboard when the password is accepted*

Myriad Reality

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*It opens up access to every folder and service, and memory contains a history of keystrokes*

@Server

No fear of restrictions.
*Starts trying to piece together potential passwords by matching the keystrokes to times when the restricted data was accessed*

Myriad Reality

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I’ve got nothing but confidence.

@Server

Soon, I’ll have nothing but answers.
*Opens up the the data using forced-admin privileges to see if anything is different*