Welp, I threw it on the list of questions to ask Rand. I don't expect something, but who knows? Maybe the statute of limitations has expired. That's been frustrating me since.. 2004? 2005? Dunno when I found that one out, not long after I played.

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Im not sure but I heard that thier was a whole section of Teledahn that never made it to Uru CC or the online version.
Cyan may still have it in some form or other.

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I seem to remember seeing an image of D'ni symbols in a similar fashion on a monitor in Gahreesen when a KI shot is done. Not sure if same sequence, but I believe it is there.

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C.J. Herkeless wrote:

I seem to remember seeing an image of D'ni symbols in a similar fashion on a monitor in Gahreesen when a KI shot is done. Not sure if same sequence, but I believe it is there.

That was only in Choru, and I believe it was 3 5 4 (D'ni 5 is a rotated 1, so the sequence looks very similar). Also this is the first I've heard of it only appearing on KI shots, but I'm hardly an expert having only learned of it while researching for this very thread. Possibly points to the "discarded puzzle" theory, but could be just a coincidence.

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You didn't need a KI shot to see the number sequence - this is a screenshot from Choru (June 2003):


And for more of your viewing pleasure:

Actually, that looks more like 3 5 9. See the line in the 'four' across? It's tough to see with the yellow background but it looks to be there.

3 5 9. Why is that sequence of numbers familiar?

And on that note, the '3' below is actually an 8. See the line above the thick line? 3, 5, 9. And 8. They're probably just numbers thrown on, but it seems like something is there. Coordinates maybe? Designations for briefings? "This is point 3, this is point 5.."

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Tai'lahr wrote:

vidkid7 wrote:

This has been driving me up the wall since 2003. It was one of the first things I've checked in every update of Uru since Prologue, and to this day I'm no closer to having any answers than I was when I started.

And what do you usually do when something like this bothers you?

* waits hopefully *

Heh, I generally only raise a big stink when something is clearly an error. Unsolved mysteries are exactly that... mysteries waiting to be solved. Although, it does seem like the kind of thing that I'd be harassing the ResEngs about on a regular basis (like the DRC cafeteria), so Gondar might be on the right track by trying to push it through to Rand.

...although, at this point, I sort of suspect that Rand doesn't know either. *shrug*

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I was just in the Baron's office in Ae'Gura looking at the map of Teledahn on the desk and noticed that there are a line of D'ni numbers across the top. I assume they are markers for the lines of latitude (which are very strange and wavy in and of themselves) but they aren't in any intelligible sequence that I can make out. PERHAPS the numbers on the painting are related to these numbers on the map somehow and were intended for a future puzzle.There is a D'ni 1 and 7 on a mushroom sketch in the Teledahn office also that may have been part of the same puzzle. Who knows? (Rand obviously )

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I was just about to post something similar, numinous. Maybe we're just reading too much into all this. Is it possible that these are just simply the coordinates where this particular picture (KI shot?) was "taken"?

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The reason to read something into it, however, is unlike the Gahreesen imager picture, the 3-1-4 is NOT visible normally. It only shows up in KI pictures, only in the ki picture. That implies a reason for it. It's also never used otherwise.

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Gondar wrote:

The reason to read something into it, however, is unlike the Gahreesen imager picture, the 3-1-4 is NOT visible normally. It only shows up in KI pictures, only in the ki picture. That implies a reason for it. It's also never used otherwise.

You're talking about the wrong picture. The most recent posts by TOOO and numinous were about the map on the desk... not the picture on the wall. I, too, have wondered about the various numbers found on that document.

Although most of the earlier posts were about the one on the wall, the recent posts were a slight change-of-topic.

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dtierce wrote:

Gondar wrote:

The reason to read something into it, however, is unlike the Gahreesen imager picture, the 3-1-4 is NOT visible normally. It only shows up in KI pictures, only in the ki picture. That implies a reason for it. It's also never used otherwise.

You're talking about the wrong picture. The most recent posts by TOOO and numinous were about the map on the desk... not the picture on the wall. I, too, have wondered about the various numbers found on that document.

Although most of the earlier posts were about the one on the wall, the recent posts were a slight change-of-topic.

David Tierce

The theory I alluded to earlier holds that the numbers on the wall are a remnant of when that picture was on the desk, and referred either to coordinates or some kind of catalogue number. If true, these numbers may well be related to the map on the desk.

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Bogardan Mage wrote:

The theory I alluded to earlier holds that the numbers on the wall are a remnant of when that picture was on the desk, and referred either to coordinates or some kind of catalogue number. If true, these numbers may well be related to the map on the desk.

Possible. Of course, at that point we're back to the same question. Desk or wall, it's the same condundrum.. why those numbers and why are they only visible when taking a ki-picture and not normally? It's like a secret message someone was trying to pass on to someone else. I wouldn't be surprised if it turned out to be part of the whole bahro-smuggling ring that went on. The way I envision it is the grate to go down from the start hut was code-locked akin to the telescope panel in Riven.. a simple 3 number combination lock. In turn, people would have to go take a picture of the hut and see that the number 3 1 4 showed up suddenly in their picture.. so then people could actually solve the age itself and get to the secret. It was written in secret photoreactive ink or something so the shroom baron could write it down and remember the number when needed, but no one else could find it out.
And then it was removed and the way to open the grate turned into just the lock on the control panel, because in playtesting no one would ever think of taking a ki photo as a way to get a clue. Yet they forgot it was there later and never bothered to remove the now un-needed hint.

Call it a logical connection.

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