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"Who is behind the apparent abduction of Oliver Lynton-Wolfe​​​ from the Acolyte's compound?"-Part 11 in the ever expanding series of Essex polls. In situations like this, it is best to ask, cui bono (who benefits, or stands to gain from OLW's abduction.) Alas, it's not a terribly short list. For starters, the abduction is eerily reminiscent of how the NIA 'liberated" OLW from Hulong Transglobal​​​, to recruit him for the Niantic Project. This N.I.A. has motive, access to Oliver's genius and research. They also are among the few organisations with the means to assault a compound without being identified and then to suppress any news coverage of the incident. Next, any of the XM corps would be highly motivated to bring OLW on board. In addition to his former employer, IQTech Research​​​ and Visur Technology​​​ must be considered potential suspects. The xm drought is both a crisis and a potential business opportunity for the xm corps. Bringing Oliver on...

I believe that we need to have a serious discussion about who or what is behind this. We are at a serious disadvantage the longer we remain ignorant of who the players are in this. I suggest our starting point in trying to ascertain who is behind this is to ask; cui bono (who benefits)? Is it possible that the Vesuvian MAGNUS didn't die at Pompeii? Could modern day sympathisers be behind this attack? Originally shared by H. Richard Loeb This is developing. A source sent this 911 dispatch log to me. A hiker in Northern California called in to report gunfire and a possible explosion in an area that's associated with the Enlightened Compound. #InvestigateIngress [embed]http://investigate.ingress.com/2016/04/26/acolytes-compound-attacked/[/embed]

On yesterday post, I commented about a theory about what is needed for ADA to prosper as If I check ADA's past history, I can see and interesting patron: Casandra/13Magnus : Won by enlightened. ADA merged with Klue Recursion :Won by Resistance, ADA bond with Klue grow and stabilise. Interitus :Won by Resistance, Klada deploys some on itself on the blue control fields. this was done to prevent shapers to control those areas (maybe n'zeer too if they were more present at that time? ) Helios :Won by Resistance, Klada got nothing important here, she was in fact hurt by portal virus Darsana : Won by Resistance, The link between Klue and ADA continue to diminish. Shonin : Won by Resistance, The link between Klue and ADA break Persepolis : Won by Resistance, ADA is killed, she is "forced" to seek refuge on the n'zeer substrate. Abaddon : Won by Resistance (even if one of the event is trigger by a enlightened victory),  She is thrown out of the n'zeer substrate ...

I can also confirm that the XM is coming back slowly around portals. It seems that the change of Oliver Lynton-Wolfe was (at least partial) successful. Question is: At what price. Is the Obsidian Shield now pierced? And how does ADA fit in this?  Originally shared by Mordicus 420 (Mordicus) Xm seems to be back 🙌slowly reappearing around portals Edgar Allan Wright​​​​​ Oliver Lynton-Wolfe​​​ Hank Johnson​​​​ Niantic Project​​ Operation Essex​​​​

I had a short discussion with Loeb last night.  It would seem that his ethics are still in charge of him, not any potential fears.

Originally shared by Sigbert Ingress Does the XM famine affect the game play or not? My personal prediction was that we will have soon more neutral portals. But after one week it seemed to me that the players could handle the new situation more or less well. An analysis based on nearly 22.000 portals in (and around) Berlin shows after two weeks still an inconclusive picture. The percentage of neutral portals till XMLess varied between 9.5-14.5% (horizontal gray dashed lines = 95% interval under normality assumption) and none of the data collected since XMLess are outside this interval. However, we observe  a significant (p-value ~ 1%) upward trend (black dashed line). Considering the average portal level (neutral portals are included as level 0 portals) we get the same picture, only the downward trend is now not significant. Statistically speaking: we can not be sure if the XM famine really affects the game, but we have some hints for it. Additionally it is said that the power cube dro...

I came across this article from +Stein Lightman after some research inspired by the result of PAC´s survey on www.investigate.ingress.com about the person best positioned to represent the resistance.   Both glyphs are representing the resistance and the existence of two different  glyphs translates logically into two different types of resistance at the time this article was written. I don´t know about you, but I´ve have never seen the second glyph appearing in my scanner, while the first one does so regularly. Does that mean the schism inside the resistance does no longer exist? When we go back to May 2014 – the time Lightmans article was written – this schism was a well-known fact. While the majority of Resistance agents wanted to continue working with portals and XM to better the future of mankind, a minority of them damned XM and portals altogether and would have prefered to close them down. This minority found a prominent figurehead in +Devra Bogdanovich . She went on to create a...

The bronze sculpture 'Ilmatar ja Sotka' depicts the creation myth from Finland's National Epic 'poem' the 'Kalevala'. Ilmatar, the Goddess of the Air is impregnated by a storm and became pregnant with Väinämöinen (the central character of the Kalevala). She drifts in the sea for 700 years until a Scaup settles on her knee, mistaking it for an islet, and lays seven eggs which she then begins to brood. The heat from the brooding makes Ilmatar move her leg and the eggs break, becoming the Earth, Sky, Sun, Moon, etc. So we can see that important bright shining apparitions emanating from 'Ilmatar ja Sotka' is a phenomenon as old as the earth itself. Are there any similar Creation Folklores attached to the other portals which +Oliver Lynton-Wolfe​​ is investigating?  [embed]https://plus.google.com/109359008553791475307/posts/1wBETrhpsij[/embed]

Over at Project Isthmus we are working with Vicki Ellen on continuing glyph research as part of Oliver Lynton-Wolfe's challenge to solve the XM drought (if he is to be trusted here). Originally shared by Jaime Quinonez OLW Has Issued A Global Challenge Oliver Lynton-Wolfe requested agents take pictures of glyphs at certain key portals:  https://plus.google.com/events/c26shk6bpqa43tagjcfd8t5mjrs Huge thanks to Vicki Ellen for heading up this cross-faction coordination of the effort. She has provided this URL for global collaboration: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JNES3dw0q4KowSVGx7WDRl8bm8R5EiPfL3dqHqm3GxA/edit#gid=0 While we track the efforts, if you know of any pictures missed, please make a comment on the document and we'll verify and add it.  Together, we can restore the portal network and continue the investigation of the influence of these glyphs as in our current evaluation:  https://plus.google.com/+JenniferBrozek/posts/GBGfLHrDaUP Edgar Allan Wright H. Richard...

Morse code yields rzq39future24taa which contains Obsidian day 1 media. [embed]https://plus.google.com/107601185607126623488/posts/YWPmTeQzvgJ[/embed]

"Why did Jarvis stop hunting A Detection Algorithm​ and allow her to assist Oliver Lynton-Wolfe​?" -Part 10 in my ever expanding series of polls. Essentially, this question touches on quite a few unknowns: the relationship of The Acolyte and Jarvis, the purpose of the Society for the Ethical Treatment of AIs​, and the nature of the xm drought. Jarvis is obviously on record as being vehement in his denunciations of artificial intelligence. It appears that AI might even represent the path of the N'Zeer for Jarvis; unbounded growth of humanity as infomorphs vs transcendence into the Ultimate. Jarvis' opposition to artificial intelligence is based on his belief that AI poses an existential threat to the cause of Enlightenment. This is not a position that Jarvis would cast aside lightly. This raises the best inevitable question: why did Jarvis release ADA? It appears to me that Jarvis and ADA were locked in a struggle that fully occupied both of their respective wills, en...

I think this video may interest the audience here. 😉 Originally shared by Jaime Quinonez Project Isthmus Investigator Agent derp Posts The Acolyte's Artifact Speech From Vienna I'd like to thank fellow Project Isthmus founder M. K. for taking this video of the Acolyte, Nicole Kraler, and myself. We are happy to be able to provide this to the Niantic Project & Operation Essex Investigators, and the broader Ingress community as well. Edgar Allan Wright H. Richard Loeb flint dille Hank Johnson Stein Lightman Oliver Lynton-Wolfe Luma Viride Andrew Krug Linda B  [embed]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6jCeKqraUs[/embed]

Operación Excalibur En vista de la reciente sequía de XM, ocurrida a raíz de la activación del Obsidian Shield, un grupo de agentes investigadores de Latinoamérica se ha unido en esfuerzos para encontrar maneras de volver a permitir el paso de XM a nuestro mundo. En ese sentido surge la iniciativa Excalibur. ¿Qué es Excalibur? Es una propuesta basada en los análisis de PAC y otros conocidos investigadores del mundo de Ingress, quienes indican que las estructuras tipo domo o cúpulas simbolizan protección y están relacionadas con el Obsidian Shield, y que en contraposición las estructuras puntiaguas y de gran altura, como los obeliscos, torres, pirámides (entre otras), simbolizan poder. ¿Cuál es la propuesta? Unirnos la mayor cantidad de agentes alrededor del mundo en un esfuerzo por trazar Glyphs mediante links, control fields, droppeo de items, cadenas humanas, tiza, luces (¡usar la creatividad!) utilizando como referencia portales cuyas estructuras sean de gran altura y simbolicen...

I'd like to shed light on a random thought that's been mulling in my mind for a long time now. I'm considering hosting a investigation hangout event soon, similar to the one Edgar Allan Wright ​ hosted during Abaddon. It is important to state that nothing about this is concrete yet. If everything on my end works in my favor, I'll be poking some of you to appear as members of the hangout. What do you guys think? What topics should we discuss? If I choose to go ahead about this, what advice can you give to me to help make the experience run as smooth as possible? Share your thoughts here. -Mustafa.

Hail everythee! I got this Dr. Edgar Allan Wright 's badge earlier today!! My Cerebral Eruption! =D

Background used in today's post:  http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Mythology/AthenaAegisCdMDeRidder254.html Post:  http://investigate.ingress.com/2016/04/11/strange-words-and-ideas/

More revelations about Jahan and the Acolyte's recent activities... Fellow Investigator QuantumIngressEffectIngress QuantumEffect  linked me to this article https://plus.google.com/+NianticProject/posts/PZJPAZmZHsN , yes it's about the #13Magnus anomaly, but looking through the photos attached, we came to the conclusion of "Look! Those look like 2 shields in the photos!" These COULD be what the manifestations of the Aegis and Ancile look like?  Configurations of the shields that Jahan knew about? And the location mentioned in that document, at Arecibo, Puerto Rico,  which is a coastal town. This leads me to believe that the Acolyte recently visited the area before the #Obsidian   finale, where she obtained the sea shells that she was handing out to agents in Vienna. As displayed in this post.. https://plus.google.com/110169319606307166803/posts/U5aWNF2ZwGg So Edgar Allan Wright and Hank Johnson , what do you think? Could there be some further intel there? flint di...

I dont know how many here would be interested in this but i figured i would share it with the group. We are on day 20 of tracking glyphs :)

Humanity as partners, not subjects. Elon Musk captures the approach to consciousness and technology that I identified with when I aligned to Enlightenment when I started playing  #Ingress  . Quote: "I came to the conclusion that we should aspire to increase the scope and scale of human consciousness in order to better understand what questions to ask. Really, the only thing that makes sense is to strive for greater collective enlightenment." [embed]http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-09-13/elon-musk-the-21st-century-industrialist[/embed]

Domes and Towers. 13Magnus and Anti-Magnus. Obsidian Shield and ... ? Is it possible that here is the secret of how to reverse the effects of Obsidian Shield? (XM drought) Domes means protection... like a Shield. Towers means power... like a Sword. H. Richard Loeb already told us to think about this... ### Cúpulas y Torres. 13Magnus y Anti-Magnus. Obsidian Shield y ... ? Será posible que aquí esté el secreto para revertir los efectos del Obsidian Shield? (escasez de XM)  Las cúpulas simbolizan protección... como un Escudo. Las torres simbolizan poder... como una Espada. H. Richard Loeb ya nos dijo para pensar sobre esto.. Hank Johnson Susanna Moyer Edgar Allan Wright Operation Essex  #Ingress   #Obsidian   #AegisNova   [embed]http://investigate.ingress.com/2016/03/27/pacs-weekly-wrap-up-march-27-2016/[/embed]

Interview with Jahan. I was granted an interview with Jahan after the anomaly activities in Orlando. My wife and I were actually impressed and flattered with how kind and polite Jahan is in person. Compliments were exchanged and returned. Below you'll find the questions that I was able to ask, and her answers. Why should we follow her? What does she offer. -"I am a vessel that serves the N'Zeer, and a guide toward the N'Zeer". What do you make of Hank Johnson's assertion that he was endowed with the memories of past 13Magnus leaders at the culmination of the Shonin anomaly?  Does your Anti-Magnus movement have a similar direct source of historical knowledge, or does your library represent its primary source for understanding past events? -"I do have a source of information." Felicia has been very interested in Jahan's life. Most of this question was answered by Jahan's dossier on the investigate site. You have been hunting for the Arrows of ...

This Picture was found (or so I read in a comment) of the new Info released today by PAC. http://investigate.ingress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/2228.png The final cube in that picture is the Alamo (AKA the astor place cube.) I took the liberty of looking up the portal location of it and found that it is in NYC. Here: https://www.ingress.com/intel?ll=40.729879,-73.991065&z=17&pll=40.729879,-73.991065 [embed]http://investigate.ingress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/2228.png[/embed]

The new email from investigae.ingress.com 's emali list had this string of letter in it: ttyouuyyteyiiwyoytuuiptwiettir I am no decoder, but i am trying to see if this will have any kind of info to help us. any help will be appreciated. (If it is anything at all -_-)

Where are the answers to the questions that we asked Jahan at the Obsidian anomaly?  I saw the responses posted by the Acolyte but maybe I missed Jahan's.

The new anomaly is known as Aegis Nova (my first) So lets see: Nova no·va ˈnōvə/ noun ASTRONOMY a star showing a sudden large increase in brightness and then slowly returning to its original state over a few months. Aegis ae·gis ˈējis/ noun the protection, backing, or support of a particular person or organization. "negotiations were conducted under the aegis of the UN" synonyms: protection, backing, support, patronage, sponsorship, charge, care, guidance, control, guardianship, trusteeship, agency, safeguarding, shelter, umbrella, aid, assistance;  auspices "they had wrongly assumed that Lincoln Beach fell under the aegis of the Parks Department" (in classical art and mythology) an attribute of Zeus and Athena (or their Roman counterparts Jupiter and Minerva) usually represented as a goatskin shield. plural noun: aegises So, my theory. Nova has a definite space theme or it is related to the changes of XM patterns. The change in XM pattern may be a inverse Nova. Les...

Aegis Nova Aegis, coming from the greek mythology represents a shield worn by Zeus und Athena. Nowadays a word used when standing under someones protection (Obsidian Shield?) Nova is the explosion of a star. Explosion of the Obsidian Shield? Removement of the Shield?  Originally shared by Sandra J. So, the name of the next XM Anomaly is "Aegis Nova" #ingress

Hi! I'm new here and I'd like to share something with you. We know that new anomaly is called Aegis Nova. It's almost certain that it will be about a shield, protection or only Obsidian Shield in this case. But, on the other hand Aegis is a name of naval weapons system so again we have something related to sea. Of course the system name originated in Aegis - shield of Zeus but is it really only a coincidence? PS. And Nova?

Is it just me, or does it seem that since the drought started around portals, more xm has seemed to appear in other particular places?

The end of this makes it look like the race is on between The Acolyte/Oliver and Jahan/Stein. However, it also shows that Oliver was involved for a while already while Jahan did only turn to Stein after she was not given the Obsidian shards. Apart from Stein and Ollie, Hank mentioned Edgar Allan Wright was also working on a solution. Who is our Pliny? (Or: who send the box to Susanna?) Both Hank and Edgar seem to know a lot of what is going on on both sides... but I can't imagine one of them wanting to risk the fate of our society. Looking at the state of the portals.... Devra Bogdanovich would be happy I guess. And another question: Is The Acolyte a mermaid? ;P More serious: when she handed out the shells, the outcome of the anomaly was still very uncertain. So would the path these shells represent have been the same had Resistance won? And why did she specifically mention Mexico? Originally shared by H. Richard Loeb This transcript sheds light on some important pieces of informa...

Maybe that's a hint... Found in the fotos from Obsidian Anomaly in Vienna taken by NCC1701R [embed]https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-oISWtRB2m5o/VwUMmV5W0_I/AAAAAAABFHw/_L-wgcd8quE8-udyQOFGVpcf0KJibfBkw/w1425-h951-no/20160402_222029.jpg[/embed]

I got this video out of a hack of a portal today there is definitely a glyph sequence and prbably hidden msgs in the flashes. [embed]https://youtu.be/szU6Qa4_S0c[/embed]

Theory tested, and #confirmed Originally shared by Aaron Barnard The pursuit of Knowledge, and Truth Teammate asked if you could recycle a lawson. I said, thats a dangerous question...

Although this may be an old topic to discuss, but has anybody been able to figure out what the Acolyte's real name, her "student's," name, and the location of the portal that is the cabin if it even is one? This might be a long shot, but I'm taking a guess that the Acolyte's name is Cassandra, simply because of how Jarvis talked about Cassandra long before his death in the early days of Ingress before his "death". As a Resistance member, I want to get to the bottom of this XM drought and what secrets the Acolyte may be hiding from everyone, including her own followers, now that she is in control of the Obsidian Shield. If this cabin is a legitimate portal accessible to the public, then there may be some things that she and/or Jarvis is hiding in there... Then again, I could be talking nonsense, but this is just my theory :P [embed]http://youtu.be/k80jDZtuz3M[/embed]

¿La oportunidad de corregir nuestros errores? / The chance to correct our mistakes? Originally shared by Ingress Big news, Agents.  We are pleased to confirm the cities and dates for the next XM Anomaly series.  May 28th, 2016 Brooklyn, NY, USA {P} Minneapolis/Saint Paul, MN, USA {s} Savannah, GA, USA {s} Rotterdam, NETHERLANDS {P} Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA {s} Padova, ITALY {s} Tainan, TAIWAN {P} Chiang Mai, THAILAND {s} Manila, PHILIPPINES {s} June 25th, 2016 San Diego, CA, USA {P} Calgary, AB, CANADA {s} Salt Lake City, UT, USA {s} Moscow, RUSSIA {P} Dublin, IRELAND {s} Nice, FRANCE {s} Sydney, AUSTRALIA {P} Hyderabad, INDIA {s} Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA {s} Please note that the XM Anomaly series name, logo and online RSVP / registration pages will be coming soon.

Hello Operation: Essex, Although I have been in your ranks for some time I've felt I haven't been understood your purpose, until now. After our defeat in Orlando and the beginning of the drought I've been thinking: isn't a lack of xm emanating from portals everything the resistance have ever wanted? This means that only natural xm is being exposed to the general population as oppose to the portal generated xm that is "leaking into our world". Hasn't the shield plugged these leaks? If so why should the resistance make an effort to undo it? On the flip side why was it the enlightened deployment that caused this? Did the shapers deceive the very force working to further their influence?  These are a questions I turn to you for Operation: Essex.

Very new to the investigation. It looks like the Niantic Project webpage doesn't update anymore. Is this correct?

Originally shared by Hank Johnson For those of you who don’t know me, I’m Hank Johnson. I’ve studied and experienced anomalies throughout my career as a scholar, a special operator and have investigated them extensively on my Nomad ( https://youtu.be/Q46_58xAr8s ) TV show. In retrospect, we should have known that the Obsidian Shield was not what was represented to both 13MAGNUS and Anti-Magnus ( http://investigate.ingress.com/persons-of-interest/persons-of-interest-organizations-and-forces/ ), but hindsight is always twenty-twenty, high-def and 3D. When the Vesuvian Magnus attempted to build the shield, they threatened both the Shapers and the N’zeer, two forces that exert gravity on our species and have for a very long time… we don’t know what they look like, where they are, what their true intentions are and what role we play in this quantum chess game, but we do know that the Vesuvian Magnus was destroyed in 79 A.D. by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The truth is, we couldn’t have k...

Any idea what this is?

Water, Sea, Ocean, Ships, Harbours.... I'm detecting a 'sea' theme in recent proceedings: - the Acolyte's reference to Water - the (nautilus?) shells she handed out - the sea bird (Albatross, Cormorant?) in the background of H. Richard Loeb's post - many (12 of 18) of the new anomaly sites are in cities by the ocean or sea I get the feeling the new series name is hiding in here somewhere. Edgar Allan Wright

Relistening and reviewing some things - listening to this and reinterpreting the words... foreshadowing was always there and I missed it - wonder what else was missed. "What do we really know of Devra Bogdanovich..." " Just like Hank Johnson in that video last year." "Just like Hank Johnson" There is a mention of how the Devra test subjects resorted to violence to quiet their minds... I wonder if that is somehow linked to the Vesuvian Magnus... - https://plus.google.com/u/0/+HRichardLoeb/posts/VpgwiBx7Gps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McF6FOggDac [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McF6FOggDac[/embed]

Originally shared by Josh Basilio Let me say, what a weekend. Possibly a full post of my experiences later, but I've been captured in picture and video so much and the results speak for themselves. I did want to share something interesting the Enlightened GORUCK teams discovered during the course of our mission in Orlando. These are two sections of an encoded message, and we were told Hank Johnson​ is involved somehow. I'm also told that GORUCK teams elsewhere across the globe have recovered similar sections. I post these to foster a concerted effort to collect these fragments together and discover more truth. I believe my Resistance counterparts in Orlando have seen the same encoded sections that I have, plus more. Let's work together!

This is the shell I got from Acolyte in Vienna. She said it is from Mexico.

After my meeting with the Acolyte, as promised, I'm posting the answer to the question everyone submitted, the time I have with her was limited, so no all the question has been answered. I have also resume my impression on the meeting at the end. Mustafa Said  I would like to know just how she had grown so close to +Roland Jarvis​ to the point that she was able to surpass him as the spiritual leader of the Enlightenment   She told me that even when they have different means, they want to achieve the same destination. He understood that and that's why she is her successor Mustafa Said   and  Mike Wissinger  I would also like to know what knowledge she possesses on the matter of Mazz and her untimely demise She can't answer that now, but she says, that everything will be revealed on time *What is the current state of Roland Jarvis  now that the sensitives have been respawned as simulacra* She does not know, she can communicate with him but is not aware of his state Steven Ca...

I may start off by saying that I am not intimately familiar with the intricacies of the portal network. However, my experience and own experiments have made me aware of a possible explanation for the disappearance of XM throughout the portal network following the obsidian event. I may start off by saying that some months ago I discovered a bizarre phenomena that could occur when interacting with capsules in a certain way. As we know, XM objects are XM entities that have the bizarre property of replicating at portals. XM is something of an energy source and it fabricates XM objects. It is known that XM objects can be decomposed into XM. XM usually can not be detected directly by non-sensitives. Some of us may feel it, but at the very least we cannot usually see it in the way they may be able to. We are able to detect XM objects through the aid of our scanner. When interacting with capsules in specific manners I noticed that it was possible to create transient deficiencies in detectable ...

The infamous 13 Magnus. However their name has a hidden latin name. The word "Magnus" means great. It was used in roman times as a title. A possible inspiration for the original creators of 13 Magnus could be like this: There were 13 XM sensitives, question greatness However I doubt that the anti Magnus really meant to be anti greatness. They were trying to be against the 13 Magnus (sorry if this is really convoluted, I'm tired)

My theory of exotic matter, own ideas. We apologize if I only caused them to spam, I'm just a humble lone researcher, as apparently to my local community, not called the game's story as much as I only two players, who have a knowledge equally limited than mine, which are the only ones who have accompanied me on this long journey, and that, without them, there would here (@ Rul01 and @MentalRider), sorry again if I write first in Spanish and then in English, and another apology if this theory was already analyzed and only contributed to hinder the investigation, only I took a year of research and can not find anyone else with whom you discuss, though, rather than debating learn from you. (Start) From the "13Magnus," "Abaddon" and finally to "Obsidian" has shown that the power of exotic matter beyond our limits, now, with the active shield Obsidian, exotic matter is disappearing, so as to obtain objects portal, this does not give cubes of power (Powe...

Does an xm sensitive "see" portals? I'm imagining this campfire... burning coals and a flame without heat. Might that be what a portal with resonators deployed close to the center looked like to ancient eyes (some of us call deploying resonators too close to center "campfiring" the portal even now). Then this Cybella, perhaps like others we have heard of, was able to transport through the network to the Vesuvius site. Might this be how the xm is travelling in the current drought? Do we know anyone, disembodied, that might be able to pass through the network? Ada? Jarvis perhaps? Is that what the Acolyte is really up to? Finding a way to release him?

So everyone has been talking about the recent XM famine, however I barely notice it. There actually seems to be MORE of it, albeit spread out. It seems to congrate on roads in small clumps. I actually seems more plentiful in no field areas, far from portals. I haven't been able to check a restitance field for XM.

This post will serve to collect all of the Operation Essex/Project Isthmus polls in a single, easy to reference collection. I will try and keep this up to date. The purpose of the polls is to allow for easier, collective engagement with questions that don't have easy answers. When approaching a poll, one can't help but think, are these the only choices? are these choices mutually exclusive? Perhaps seeing the views of other agents will prompt you to rethink something you thought you knew. This is not an attempt to establish the truth by appealing to a majority, indeed many minority viewpoints will no doubt be confirmed by later evidence. Conversely, on other questions, it might be interesting to observe a consensus emerge. Some questions might inspire agents to challenge the very premise of the question itself. All of these outcomes are great: they prompt agents to think more seriously about questions without neccesarily having to produce a post of their own. I hope agents wi...

This just came out - could this be tied into what is happening with the Shield and linked to Hank Johnson's Nomad theory https://news.wsu.edu/2016/04/01/researchers-link-climate-changes-pueblo-social-disruption/ I bring this up as a reminder - https://plus.google.com/u/0/+NianticProject/posts/N9BuTE1jvGb [embed]https://news.wsu.edu/2016/04/01/researchers-link-climate-changes-pueblo-social-disruption/[/embed]

We wanted to be sure this was shared here at Essex as well. Originally shared by Jaime Quinonez The Enlightened Team Analysis Of The Obsidian Artifacts As most of you know, the Artifacts were won as part of an Ingress  challenge that started with Susanna Moyer. As such, in order for our global Enlightened team to make the best decision when presented with such a tough choice, we needed to analyze it. Special thanks to GreyWagtail ENL Agent and others for help with the analysis. Now that we have been allowed to reveal the complete Artifact images, let us show you our interpretation of them. This is the second of a two part series we are releasing today. ~Agent derp Edgar Allan Wright H. Richard Loeb Operation Essex flint dille Hank Johnson Andrew Krug Linda B 

Originally shared by Jaime Quinonez Full Obsidian Artifacts Image Release Project Isthmus is happy to present the full images of the Obsidian Artifacts. These were photos taken that were originally sent to the Acolyte and corresponded about with Luma Viride  This is the first of a two part series we are releasing today. ~Agent derp Edgar Allan Wright H. Richard Loeb Operation Essex flint dille Hank Johnson Andrew Krug  Linda B 

This was hacked by agent @ZeroAran from a portal near the Alamo, not sure what it means. Juan José Flores Sánchez​

At the Obsidian anomaly in Vienna we had the chance to meet the Acolyte. When I talked to her she gave me a shell and told me that this will help to continue the path we are walking (sadly I do not remember the exact wording - I was too tired and exhausted).  Maybe this is a hint for the next anomaly or the next steps she will take? Are there others who got something else?

Theories on the current Global XM Drought Not long after the Obsidian anomaly came to a close agents began reporting an absence of XM clouds at portals. Since the Acolyte had possession of the arrowheads from Harlan's Box and the Enlightened faction controlled the anomaly's frequency affinity most theorists attribute the XMWeather phenomenon to her activating the Obsidian Shield. I'd like to propose we consider possible mechanisms for the change. As a default position I'll state one simple theory. The Acolyte wanted to shut out N'Zeer influence and used the shield to do so.from that one might assume the XM clouds were created by the N'Zeer and they can no longer do so. Another possibility would be that the clouds were created by shapers to dampen N'Zeer transmissions at portals and those jamming signals are no longer necessary, freeing up the shapers to focus on some other goal. It could also be that the XM clouds were a byproduct of friction between compet...

Matt Stevenson​ mentioned earlier regarding this. Is this area specific? Anomaly sites? Originally shared by Gabriel “AnimeFan94” Martinez Anyone else having XM scarcity?

We have a translation of the binary from Jahan's message! Originally shared by Jose Alvarez (Kiozuky) A binary code appears in the very last few seconds of Jahan's message made public yesterday. After getting eye of this code for the first time through the Isthmus HO Street Team, together with agent @manriver we decided to crack it down. After several hours of decrypting and verifying through several ways to rule out any errors inside it,  this was the obtained results: "They are our guide. They are the way. They are truth. They are the path forward. They are our guide. They are the way. They are truth. They are the path forward. They are our guide. They are the way. They are truth. They are the path forward. They are our guide. they are the way" Edgar Allan Wright  H. Richard Loeb  Matt Stevenson