Socience Inc.

Socience is, as mentioned, the company that controls Capitol City. Like a standard dystopian novel, this is the Big Bad, the company that controls and influences and tracks its citizens. They control the new ‘satellite-based’ internet, the drones, prison complexes, etc. More information can be found on their website. Troubling is their simple sort-of mission statement: “Socience Inc. is the leading company for Medicine, Science, Energy, Military, Space Exploration and Network in Capitol City and The Ring. Since the founding of Hasselbrot GmbH in 2020 we've grown to the most important company in the world. Nothing happens without our consensus in Capitol City. You can learn more about our history in the History section.”

When making an account in Socience’s intranet (the back end part of the website), we are introduced to a cast of characters that work for Socience. Ultimately the people seem happy to be doing their jobs, brainwashed by this mega-corp. We have it under good authority that John will be executed or imprisoned for deserting the Scouts (the police force CONTROLLED by Socience).

They have Keziah, John’s friend, captive in the city. More information on Keziah

## **Background Information**

* Socience Inc., A.K.A. The Company, is a conglomerate running Capitol City and range of other governmental and infrastructure projects. They are located in Capitol City, Main Street 1 in "The Citadel".
* The company’s web address is http://www.socience-inc.online/ or http://www.socience-inc.com/
* The website contains information on what kind of projects they are involved in, main employees, a synopsis of the company’s history, as well as a newsletter sign up form and a contact form.
* Socience also has a twitter: https://twitter.com/Socience2

### Known Employees

* **Ezekiel Smith** - CEO

“After the mournful death of our founder Gernot Hasselbrot, Ezekiel Smith took over the management of Socience Inc.”

* **Mila Hamilton -** Social Media Manager

“Mila Hamilton is the assistant of our CEO and manager of our social media channels.”

* **Martin Ross** - IT Manager

“Martin Ross is responsible for our IT infrastructure and is the lead developer for our intelligent assistant and drone control program.”

* **AI.6.17** - Virtual Management

“The intelligent assistant AI.6.17 supports our workers and customers in the 6th main version. The AI also controls the drones supporting the scout missions in "The Zone".”

* Upon inquiry, @Svanu was sent an email with additional information on AI6.17, including a link to ‘talk’ with the AI: http://socience-inc.com/ai617/ai617talk.html The AI answers in code, but they can be translated by reentering its answers as input.

* **Teresa Gilbert**
* **Ross Tanner**
* **Lucas Barthlett**
* **Jeremy Dyer**

### Company History Synopsis

* **2020 -** Founding of Hasselbrot Medizintechnik GmbH by our glorious founder Gernot Hasselbrot (RIP).

Development of Covid-19 pharmaceuticals

* **2021 -** Treated patient zero with the experimental pharmaceuticals.

* **2022 -** Helping governments by global lockdown. Support with groceries supply. Foundation of Military Branch. Building barracks and arms factory.

* **2025 -** Researching virus mutations from experiment. Military support of riot suppression.

* **2030 -** Founding of Socience Inc. Holding Company. Support of evacuation from affected regions.

* **2031 -** First project of new construction branch: Building of "The Wall" around safe zone. Patented 3 stage defence ring.

* **2050 -** Founding of "TheRing" governed by "Capitol City" with the help of Socience Inc. Founding of Socience Incs "The Scouts" as police force and patrol.

* **2055 -** Start building of "Fortress City" as scout base and place to live for soldiers and their families.

* **2076 -** Start of drone program to find wildlings and stop emigration from The Ring.

* **2080 -** Start of re-socializing program for found wildlings.

## Newsletters

### First Newsletter - Welcome Message

* There is an option on the website to subscribe to Socience Inc.’s newsletter. Upon subscription, a welcome email is sent by Mila Hamilton reading: **Hi, [user name].**

**Thank you for subscribing to the official SOCIENCE Inc. Newsletter. We'll keep you updated about our latest products and projects.**

**Mila Hamilton**

**Social Media Manager in**

**SOCIENCE Inc.**

**www.socience-inc.com**

**6f76677a6976756e6776706172682e75737577677667722e657365**

* The code is HEX and translates into **ovgzivungvparh.usuwgvgr.ese** @Svanu found out that this can be further decoded as a Vigenere cipher using the key ‘socience’, resulting in **whereisjohnsnu.socience.com** While this is not a real web address, adding ‘-inc’ to the domain lead to a Most Wanted Page on socience-inc.com

* Further there is an image displayed in which the following code can be found: **Sm9obiBoZWxwIG1lLCBJIGRvbid0IGtub3cgaWYgSSBjYW4gbWFrZSBpdCBtdWNoIGxvbmdlci4gSSdtIGluIHRoZSBjaXRhZGVsLg0KLSBLLg==** can be translated toBase64 into: **John help me, I don't know if I can make it much longer. I'm in the citadel.** **- K**

### Second Newsletter - Talk to AI.6.17

* On February 1st, a second newsletter was sent:

with the news that you can now talk to AI.6.71 at http://socience-inc.com/ai617/ai617talk.html The AI answers in code, but it’s messages can be translated by re-entering its answers as input.

* The email also contained a base64 code that translates to **Ask him where his creator is**. See the section below for what happens when you do.

### Third newsletter - Socience Archive Data Leak

* On March 26, a third newsletter was sent:
* The Newsletter contains an image with part of a QR Code, the use of it is unclear until now

**Security Breach**

**Dear Socience Employees and Favorers,**

**ther has been a critical security break in our company archive. We hope no data from you has been leaked. If you have the assumption that your files have been distributed somewhere where they don’t belong or if you have any evidence who has caused the data leak, please write to [[1]]**

**We are very sorry for any invonveniences**

**Mila Hamilton**

### Fourth Newsletter - Censoring of propaganda material

* On April 27th another newsletter was sent
* The Newsletter contained another part of a QR Code

**Censoring of propaganda material**

**Due to an increasing number of reported cases of terroristic propaganda material being shared upon thering citizens we will increase our efforts in censoring such material and prosecuting the creators as well as the ones that spread those kind of messages. If you get some messages that might contain terrorist propaganda please report to [[2]]**

**Citizens that help us to uncover such propaganda will be rewared.**

**Sorry for any invonveniences and thank you for your help**

**Mila Hamilton**

* the Newsletter also containes a hidden text (white text on white background): dGhlIHVwZGF0ZSBvZiB0aGUgZHJvbmUgY29udHJvbCBpcyBhbG1vc3QgZmluaXNoZWQsIHdlIHdpbGwgbmVlZCBpdCBmb3IgbmV4dCBwaGFzZS4gUHJheSB0aGF0IHRoZXkgd29uJ3QgZ2V0IG1lIGJlZm9yZSBJIGZpbmlzaCBpdC4gLSBNYXJ0aW4= which can be base64 decoded to: the update of the drone control is almost finished, we will need it for next phase. Pray that they won't get me before I finish it. - Martin

### Fifth Newsletter - Recon Mission Status

* On September 1st 2021 another newsletter was sent
* The Newsletter contained another part of a QR Code

**Recon mission status**

**We didn’t want to make this public on twitter but just inform our employees and important followers:**

**The Scouts Recon mission to find John Snu unfortunately wasn’t able to locate him, but we succeeded to find the main terrorist base of the Southern Zone district.**

**Best Regards,**

**Mila Hamilton**

* Again there is hidden text (light grey on white background) in the newsletter: aHR0cHM6Ly95b3V0dS5iZS9NZnVWLTJ2T25ZNA==
* This can be base64 decoded to a youtube link: https://youtu.be/MfuV-2vOnY4
* The video shows a military mission with some shooting
* There is also text in the video: SCOUTS MISSION - STATUS: TOP SECRET - 2085/08/27 - secret rebel base - find John SNU
* at the end of the video another text can be seen: TARGET NOT FOUND, INFORMATION OUTDATED, LOST SCOUTS: 3, CASUALTIES ENEMY: UNKNOWN, STATUS: RETREAT, DEVASTATE REBEL BASE THROUGH AIR STRIKE, AIR STRIKE APPROVED
* The description of the video is: Secret scouts s̵̤̆c̴̯̽o̶̢̎u̸̿͜ẗ̴̗́s̶̭̆ s̸̠͔c̷̥̙o̷̼̤ủ̸̲͕ţ̸̰̭ş̵̪̜ s̵̱̔ĉ̵̛͈ǒ̶̡̤ű̷̩̃t̸̖͙ṣ̶̨̠ Mission zvhj://poo.ucwbwfes-cgu.uqa/whmfvripf
* The ciphered link could be decoded by @Sorc with vigenere and the key 'scouts' to: http://www.socience-inc.com/countdown
* The page shows a countdown with target date September 8. 2021
* Looking through the pages sourcecode @Cookii found out when the countdown expires it will show a youtube video: https://youtu.be/3OlKW1XHhXo
* The video shows a house and an explosion (assumed the rebel base to be bombed)
* later (after countdown ran out?) **a description was added** to the bombing video: 9EEADi^^:33]4@^bD\*d7K3
* this can be rot47 decoded to: https://ibb.co/3sY5fzb
* the description is also rot47 code 9EEADi^^:33]4@^A5\*AvHf which can be decoded to https://ibb.co/pdYpGw7
* these show messages where marshall got the warning from John about the airstrike, Marshall responded he is in a safe place but cannot tell where it is exactly. He says they want to reinvent project freebird.
* there is binary code in the second message that can be decoded: https://ibb.co/WyYGjLy
* this image shows the symbol of snumen / zion with the description: $F3;64E }2>6 &?<?@H? i |6EC@A@=:E2? tI:E }6EH@C<
* the description can be decoded to: Subject Name Unknown : Metropolitan Exit Network

msg1msg2symbol

### Sixth Newsletter - ?

* On september 3rd another newsletter was sent
* It contained the last part of the Qr Code

**It's all about the energy**

RmluZCB0aGUgbWlzc2luZyBozLXMmsyMzL/Mis2UzKbNnMyezJZpzLTMjcykzKbMl8ykzLlkzLTMj8ySzJjNlGTMtMySzITMqGXMuM2CzJDNls2Vbsy4zIbNk8yqIGxpbms=

* the hex code can be translated to: "Find the missing ȟ̵̚i̴̤̍d̴̏̒d̴̒̄e̸͂̐n̸͓̆ link"
* combining all 4 QR Code pieces lead to an intranet link: http://socience-inc.com/ai617/Facilities.html
* "Find the missing link" hints to an image in the facilities segment of the intranet (right), this image has a link that seems to lead nowhere https://awjilmnvl1i0chhwaes=/
* When you base64 decode the link (Credits to @PotatoKing) it gives a working ibb link: https://ibb.co/R4pxphK
* The ibb image shows the words "When did GH start?", the description reads aHR0cDovL3NvY2llbmNlLWluYy5jb20vaGlzdG9yeS5odG1s
* The description can be base64 decoded to http://socience-inc.com/history.html
* according to the history page Gernot Hasselbrot (GH) started the company in 2020 -> 2020 is the password for the prison page (see below in intranet segment)

### Seventh Newsletter - ??

* the seventh newletter was sent on September 6th 2021
* It only contains one very long hex string
* the hex bytes can be saved as hex file and renamed to .png and show an image:

## **Socience Image Film**

* On February 24, Socience tweeted a link to their so called “Image Film”.
* The Title of the video is **ZHJvbmVz** Which translates to “drones”.
* The Voice over of this promo video says: “Socience Incorporated is the leading company for medicine, science, energy, military, space exploration, and communication in Capitol City and The Ring. Since the founding of our predecesor complany in 2020, we’ve grown to the most important company in the world. Nothing happens without our consensus in Capitol City. Together with the state of The Ring and our military force, the Scouts, we provide security for all residents of our modern utopia.”
* Throughout the video, hidden messages can be found in single frames.
* The first hidden code translate via HEX to a link to another drone video:  https://streamable.com/uuxtjh

The second hidden code translates via Base64 to a message from K:
**John I hope you are okay, MR will get me out of here, but he can't do it alone. Maybe the other freebirds can help him. -K**

### Socience Inc Jingle

* The Image Film, the Third Drone Video, and the Drone Control app all play the same background music that was released on bandcamp by Socience and tweeted about on February 25.
* The description of the song on Bandcamp features two codes in the AI language that translate to:
	+ **Project freebird is a mistake, help us to find John Snu, we must bring him back on the right path.**
	+ **This is our companies official jingle song for 2084 and ongoing.**
* The album cover features a Base64 code that translates to another message from K, finally revealing her full name: **Please help me get out of here, Martin Ross is a friend, ask AI.6.17 where his creator is, write Martin, he will know if you are ally - Keziah**

## **AI 6.71 and the Intranet**

### Getting access

* When the AI is asked about his creator Martin Ross, it replies with **write him aXdhbnR0b2tub3d0aGV0cnV0aA==** which translates via Base64 to **iwanttoknowthetruth**.
* @Wormhole sent an email to Martin Ross with just that phrase and got a Base64 coded message back that translates to another coded message in the AI language. That message translated reads:**Sorry this is not a safe channel to communicate. It would be better to use the old internet, but I can't access it from here. So it may sound strange but the only channel that cannot be supervised by them is their own intranet and AI617. Because I created it that way. They have no clue. Ask him how can I signup**
* When the AI is asked how to sign up, it responds with **to join the Socience Inc. Intranet, you need to get into the application process. Write a mail to recruiting@socience-inc.com and pretend you are interested**
* When you send an email to reqruitment, Socience requests you send a CV. Several users (@WhippedPistol, @VioletFyre) have done so and received a link to create an account on the company’s intranet. Anyone can still do so by following this link: http://socience-inc.com/ai617/Signup.php
* Once logged in, the dashboard of the Intranet shows several functions. A message board, a possibility to send messages, a link to the AI chat, a ‘missions’ tab, a ‘drone control’ tab, and a ‘Facilities’ tab.
* After gaining access to the intranet, @Wormhole sent Martin Ross another message saying “HELLO MISTER ROSS, WE FOUND YOUR HIDDEN MESSAGE. IWANTTOKNOWTHETRUTH” To which Martin Ross replied:

### Drone Control and further investigating

* Access to the Drone Control page (http://socience-inc.com/ai617/Dronecontrol.html) was finally opened on February 24, some days after @Wormhole had asked Martin Ross where the drones can be found. The URL was individually found by @Svanu through the Socience “Image Film”.

* On March 5, @Cookiiookii received back a response from Teresa Gilbert with a link to a map of the ring after inquiry.
* On July 14th some leaked intranet messages were found with information about Keziah's whereabouts, see July 2021

### Unlocking Missions and Facilities Page

* On August 17th Socience tweeted they were looking for tips about the whereabouts of John Snu
* Discord User @ChaosDubdest Cube sent a tip with an old location (coordinates for Rebel Compound) pretending to be Discord User @Cookiiookii who applied for Energy Department
* Socience started a reckon mission to that coordinates and found out that there is no John Snu but indeed the rebel forces
* As a reward @Cookiiookii's application got promoted and she got entrance to the 2 previously locked intranet buttons for "Facilities" and "Mission"
* Later (propably after the Qr code - see Newsletter above - was completed) all users got access to the new pages

### Facilities page

The facilities page shows a map of the ring where different regions can be clicked to show more information. On most of them only "Data missing" is shown but some have more info and also clickable links:

data missingfortress citycapitol cityinner ring

The link "Prison for high-risk captives" leads (better lead, until powerplant was destroyed) to the "prison page"

* the first image contains hidden base64 text d2hlcmUgaXMgaz8= that can be decoded to "where is k?"
* the second image contains written morse that can be decoded to 514
* the third image contains the zion / snumen symbol
* when entering 514 as cell number and 2020 as password (see newsletter 6 above) a video from Keziah in her cell can be seen, see Keziah

Accommodatio page:

* There seems to be no significant information here

Elite School page:

* the image in the middle contains a hidden link see Newsletter 6 above

Facilities Recreational page:

* on the tree a latin sentence can be read: "ut aliquid novi creet, vetus destruendum est" - destruendem is highlighted red
* this can be translated to "to create something new, the old must be destroyed"
* "destruendum" turned out to be the password for the captive514 protectedtext page (see Keziah)

### Missions page

* this is the content of the missions page as of September 14th 2021

**2085**

**Rebel Base Recon Mission - 2085-08-28 10:16:02**

Recon Mission to find John Snu in Rebel Base. Got a hint by intranet user ###### with coordinates

**Drone Rebel Base Recon - 2085-08-27 10:44:48**

Checking Coordinates for Rebel Base

**Scouts Patrol - 2085-08-14 17:41:26**

DATA MISSING

**Scouts Patrol - 2085-07-14 10:41:54**

DATA MISSING

**Scouts Recon Mission South of Wall - 2085-06-16 05:22:04**

Scouts Recon Mission South of Wall /w 7 Scouts Soldiers - Nothing Conspicuous

**Scouts Patrol South of Wall - 2085-05-15 19:16:58**

Scouts Patrol South of Wall /w 3 Scouts Soldiers, Nothing Conspicuous

**2084**

**Scout Patrol South of Wall - 2084-09-13 23:01:23**

Patrol Mission /w 3 Scouts Soldiers to find wildling camp. Status: Attacked by unknown forces, 2 soldiers deceased, 1 soldier deserted Find, interrogate and prosecute deserter.

**Scouts Patrol West of Wall - 2084-07-15 10:32:21**

Scouts Patrol West of Wall /w 5 Scouts Soldiers, Nothing Conspicuous

**2083**

**Scouts Recon Mission South of Wall - 2083-10-13 00:37:20**

Scouts Recon Mission South of Wall /w 13 Scouts Soldiers, exchange of fire /w wildings, caught 3 of them. Taking to theRing for re-socializing program

**Scouts Patrol South of Wall - 2083-09-01 12:12:56**

Scouts Patrol South of Wall /w 3 Scouts Soldiers - Found dead body parts (ripped apart by someone / something) that formed a strange symbol nzzqt://jii.ju/EKJHIAduTOTFWx

**2082**

**Scouts Patrol South of Wall - 2082-07-13 02:47:47**

Scouts Patrol South of Wall - Attacked by #######################################################################################################################

**2076**

**Drone Test Flight - 2076-09-13 00:40:08**

First Drone Test Flight South of Wall - Start From Fortress City - Test Successful