Lonelygirl15

[janesalteredstates]

Lum, do we have something like a "what we know so far" type thread? I need something organized because my brain is being used on all the continents right now. Only 1/7 is here and it ain't the good part.


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[Luminous]

[Luminous]

Whoa! I just had an idea! I think the numbers 0312-0316 refer to dates! March 13-16. Maybe this is Walter's message to us about when we need to be prepared to retrieve the drop. TravelerJ19 posted a similar hint when we were waiting for McPackage to receive the first mailing.

Another interesting note, is that right smack in the middle of this is 0314 - Albert Einsteins birthday, also known, tounge in cheek, in the science community as Pi Day!

When I saw Walter's return address was in Princeton, I was immediately taken to thoughts of Einstein at 112 Mercer Street. Einstein worked with Oppenheimer on the Bomb - which Traveler J alludes to in "Great Minds Gather" I think Walter is trying to tell us that Facility J was the Biotech arm of post war defense research. Maybe he knew Einstein. Maybe Pi Day has some sort of sentimental significance to him.

Of course, I may be totally off base. (wouldn't be the first time )
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[Luminous]

Whoa! I just had an idea! I think the numbers 0312-0316 refer to dates! March 13-16. Maybe this is Walter's message to us about when we need to be prepared to retrieve the drop. TravelerJ19 posted a similar hint when we were waiting for McPackage to receive the first mailing.

Another interesting note, is that right smack in the middle of this is 0314 - Albert Einsteins birthday, also known, tounge in cheek, in the science community as Pi Day!

When I saw Walter's return address was in Princeton, I was immediately taken to thoughts of Einstein at 112 Mercer Street. Einstein worked with Oppenheimer on the Bomb - which Traveler J alludes to in "Great Minds Gather" I think Walter is trying to tell us that Facility J was the Biotech arm of post war defense research. Maybe he knew Einstein. Maybe Pi Day has some sort of sentimental significance to him.

Of course, I may be totally off base. (wouldn't be the first time )
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There's no place like home.
Click to watch: The Ice Princess

[TOSG]

[Luminous]

[janesalteredstates]

So is Walter being stubborn? Will he settle for a mailed drop again?
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[janesalteredstates]

And so it begins...

Looking for a cure?
http://www.stjude.org/disease-summaries/0,2557,449_2164_6524,00.html

[Luminous]

[trainer101]

Janesalteredstates,

I clipped what I feel is the pertinent information from the work Luminous did in LGpedia and added my own spices at the end to give you a feel for what I think the Traveler/Walter/FacilityJ story is about.

History Lessons (XX/XY)
"The Y chromosone progressively mutated, so much so that much of it no longer exists. But does this mean that as evolution takes it course, the ever-shrinking Y will spell the death of the male?"

History Lessons (Coded Rings)
"when people in the general public hear the term recombinant DNA they sort of conjure up these ideas of mad scientists going around you know cloning bizarre organisms or creating dangerous forms of life. I told you about plasmids last time - small circular DNA molecules that are, that are used in the purpose of cloning."

The Project (Welcome to Facility J)
"Gene knockdown uses RNA interference to silence the expression of the gene. Researchers at Stonybrook University have successfully knocked down genes in mice. and these traits are heritable in future generations. The creation of germ line transgenic mice with heritable rnai opens the door to the manipulation of gene activity in humans."

Catalyst (A Call to Action)
Description: What hath God wrought.
Attribution: The Happy Planets - Countdown to Armageddon
Tags: Codon, Call, Action, FacilityJ, OpAphid

The Project (Walter)
"For as long as I can remember, he's told me about his project, and how important it is. I never believed him, but I was willing to indulge the grandiose claims of an old man. That all changed when he showed me footage from the Facility. Now I know that his claims were, perhaps, not bold enough."

X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency (XSCID), is a genetic disease caused by defects in a protein called the common gamma chain, which is normally on the surface of immune cells called lymphocytes. XSCID patients cannot make T lymphocytes, and their B lymphocytes fail to make essential antibodies for fighting infections. Without T and B lymphocytes patients develop fatal infections in infancy unless they are rescued by a bone marrow transplant from a healthy donor. However, even transplanted patients may achieve only partial immune recovery and still suffer from many infections, auto-immunity and/or and poor growth.

While the disease may genetically transmitted by female carriers, XSCID is a distinctly MALE disease. Imagine what would happen to the global male population if, in fact, this gene could be further developed and enhanced in the female population.

To tie all of this back to LG15 and OpAphid, you have to do a little research here on the forum. I'll give you a head start, do a search for "Y-The Last Man" - it's a comic series that's has a distinct influence on the Tachyon story. It also happens that in that series the entire male population of the world is wiped out, with the exception of 1 man. Hence, the reference to the "Y" chromosome.

In addition, it's been speculated that the Order or OpAphid, if you prefer, is a distinctly female oriented organization.

There are more ties and if you put all of this together and you might draw the conclusion that the Order is intent on the elimination of all males of the human species.
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[Luminous]

[trainer101]

"Commonly known as "Bubble Boy Disease," XSCID is a rare, life-threatening immune system disorder that affects only males, but females who carry the gene mutation can pass the disease to their male children."

http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00006335
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