Sheridan Disc

The **Sheridan Disc** was a 'wait' music disc discovered on Day 9 that was found buried at the coordinates hidden in the GUNS page. It was one of the clues in the Octangula ARG, owned by IAmSp00n.

## History

15 minutes before the countdown ended, coordinates were found in the GUNS page via inspect element tool that pinpointed to the center of a formation resembling a face in northern Russia.

The ARG team from the SMPEarth Discord initially sent the discovered coordinates (x: 8641 z: 2361) to Reflex, followed by IAmSp00n. Sp00n agreed to investigate the area, as he was interested to participate and somewhat familiar with the ARG.

After flying to the coordinates which turned out to be in a precariously steep crater, Sp00n dug up a buried chest containing a 'wait' music disc named *Sheridan*. He returned to his base, but did not have the diamond required for a jukebox. He initially tried to trade a mending book for a diamond, but after none of the people he contacted had any, he decided to go mining instead.

After crafting a jukebox, the disc played a jazzy "coffee shop"-like tune, that contained people talking, chatting, and dining in the background. IAmSp00n muted all outside audio to give a clear recording. The music progressed normally, but the end of the disc contained a sudden, loud ominous audio capped with a fart noise.

*The audio of the Sheridan disc as heard for the first time in Sp00n's stream upon its discovery*

## Connection to the ARG

*See also: Laramie Online Office, BIGPRISM Computer*

The final part of the disc was the aspect found to be the most important to the ARG. Though it was found to indecipherable when reversed, some had put it into spectograph and revealed the text *SHERIDAN*, an unidentified ominous face (which some speculated as a deeply edited Garfield or a hooded figure), and a string of alphanumeric code:

```
*WDogMTU4ODAgWjogNDM2OQ==*

```

The alphanumeric code was decoded using base64 and translated to the raw text "X: 15880 Z: 4369". The coordinates pinpointed to a small crab-shaped patch of dirt in an area roughly around Sheridan County, Kansas. A minor misinterpretation of the code (confusing a zero to an O) may lead to a different set of coordinates (X: 1580, Z: 4369), corresponding to a location somewhere in eastern Spain, much closer to the Inquisition's faction base.

Later on day 9, after excavating the dirt, Sp00n discovered the LaramieOnline office and BIGPRISM computer deep underground. Sp00n and the chat spent a couple of hours attempting to guess the password for the computer before being locked out, and IAmSp00n returned to building his town. One of his earlier attempts prompted the same song to be played, albeit interrupted midway, from the computer.

A video from chip's second YouTube channel was found having the same song as the Sheridan disc, but the song in the video was interrupted with several graphics such as a news clip, a message from PBS and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security among others, and especially, an octangula symbol.

The music appears to be an original song made by Chip, as unlike the other music discs previously discovered, the song has not been identified to be from any other media.

*History, lore and theories* •
*Chip* •
 Southwest Octangula | Octangula Disc •
Vigenere totem of undying •
 Northeast Octangula | Nietzsche villager •
Tetrahedron book •
 Antarctic Wilderness Sundial | First Warren Book •
Red Herring Book •
Second Warren Book •
 Laramie Online Office | The Stella Countdown •
**Sheridan Disc** •
Laramie Online (company) •
Laramie Online Books •
BIGPRISM Computer •
BIGPRISM Archived Files •
Mariah Camrey •
 The Moon | The Moon Octangula •
The Hidden Moon Base