Server

Myriad Reality

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There's some stuff. Not sure how much it is compared to what you all could find, but I was really hoping for... More.

@GalaxyRaider

You want to help me grab the other half of this key, and we can see if it gets us the rest of the way?

Myriad Reality

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*Saves all the noteworthy files separately onto a new drive*

@GalaxyRaider

Anything good?

Myriad Reality

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A pipedream, I guess...

@GalaxyRaider

*Several half-corrupted recovery documents on the system also outline some of the theorized functionality of Purge01-like programs, including removal of viral strains while maximizing structural integrity of remaining code*

Myriad Reality

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*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*

@GalaxyRaider

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

Myriad Reality

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*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*

@GalaxyRaider

*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*

Myriad Reality

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…
*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*

@GalaxyRaider

*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*

Myriad Reality

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*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*

@GalaxyRaider

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

Myriad Reality

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*Reads more about “Purge01”*

@GalaxyRaider

*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*

Myriad Reality

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

@GalaxyRaider

*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*