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The Harbinger Event is the current Robot Event following Robot Menace 2010.

"A person or thing that foreshadows or foretells the coming of someone or something." (Wiktionary: harbinger)

According to official announcements the Harbinger Event will feature new enemies, new missions, new environments, new rare and valuable items and the end of the event will be determined by the players.

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Information

• New loot distribution feature: Shared Loot
  For the Harbinger Event a new loot distribution feature has been added: Shared Loot. No matter whether you are in team or not the loot is distributed like known from "Damage: Stack Share". The feature is currently only enabled for Steel Bird Elites.

Creatures

• Harbinger
  Harbinger (Alpha) spawn at the impact sites to be found in the Crossroads missions

• Steel Bird Elites spawns:
  Scouting & Images by Bogger

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  At the Typhon wreckage in the Hadesheim Crater, mixed with all kinds of bots

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  East of Jason Center ~(75050, 80300)

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  South of Jurra Plateau ~(70650, 71200)

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  NNE of Isslye ~(85600, 92000), mixed with Scaboreas and Neconu

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  East of Eos ~(70900, 69400)

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  Southeast of East Scylla Mountains ~(75500, 72900)

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  South of Fort Ares (79900, 79700), mixed with Maffoids

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  ENE of Tukar ~(86150, 76050), mixed with Argonauts

There are reports about further Elite spwans around Fort Zeus, Livas and Limnadian District.

Note: Due to a bug Steel Bird Elites didn't count for the Steel Bird Iron Challenge Missions. This has been fixed with CR2010.6.1

Missions

• The mission Bad news! I'm back! introdues shelly.nakajima (Cyborg Shelly Nakajima?) and some code
• Phoenix Special Mining Challenge is available from NPC Todd Hamlish for people with a Prospector Level of at least 20
• There's a new Iron Challenge for Steel Birds, (see below) The Steel Bird Spawns are "seasonal" so maybe limited to the duration of the event.
• Besides the Iron Challenge the following missions available from Colonel Brier in PA:
  • Crossroads: Port Atlantis | Crossroads: Twin Peaks | Crossroads: Fort Medusa
    all lead to
    • Facing the enemy
    • Belly of the beast
• There will be specific Harbinger Event Missons. Those will get activated on the 11th and maybe the 23rd.
• There's another new Iron Challenge for Eviscerators.

Steel Bird Mission Chain (3)

Note: Due to a bug Steel Bird Elites didn't count for the Steel Bird Iron Challenge Missions. This has been fixed with CR2010.6.1

File:Moblist thumb steelbird.png Steelbird Mission Chain * New
Mission Name	Start Location	Broker Name	Objective	Reward
Iron Challenge: 50 Steelbirds * New	Port Atlantis (Level 2 of the Genesis Star Tower)	Colonel Briers at (61439, 75136, 293)	Kill 50 Steel Birds	+ 1 Agility
Iron Challenge: 250 Steelbirds			Kill 250 Steel Birds	+ 1 Strength
Iron Challenge: 1000 Steelbirds			Kill 1000 Steel Birds	Choice between Aim Combat Reflexes Rifle (~45 PED TT)

Hadesheim Crater

The Hadesheim Crater has been redesigned. More impressions in the images an videos section.

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  Hadesheim Crater Typhon Wreckage

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  Hadesheim Crater - Uplink Tower at (62413, 84189, 133)

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  Hadesheim Crater - Robot Parts at (62154, 84327, 122)

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  Launch Silo
  

Launch Silos can be found at:

• Launch Silo (NE): 62613, 84311
• Launch Silo (east): 62648, 84211
• Launch Silo (SE): 62533, 84064
• Launch silo (NW): 62124, 84433
• Launch silo (SW): 62020, 84255

Codes

Code given by shelly.nakajima during the mission Bad news! I'm back! decoded by aia

0xC24EA1E1884D9E728D10246804E56F                                     
0x20FA2B0C9597                                     
0xCBC64DE2C8F92462244A8C

You were no (sic!) supposed to see this
Terminating
Prepare for collection

Code given by shelly.nakajima after the mission Bad news! I'm back! decoded by aia

0x92462244A8C3CE4DE1851C1E91E421978A194
0x7827E3

Collection apparently aborted prematurely
Retry

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  Code at (62346, 84352, 124):
  0xB23EE8905491C63C0A87B01
  Decoded by aia:
  For good I/O call Keio Avee

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  Code

Images and Videos

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  Harbinger Event NPC Todd Hamlish. Note: He will not be available until the 11th.

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  Hadesheim Crater Typhon Wreckage

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  Hadesheim Crater - Uplink Tower at (62413, 84189, 133)

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  Hadesheim Crater - Robot Parts at (62154, 84327, 122)

Harbinger Event Part 2 A small summary and some comments on the Harbinger event so far.
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Comparison: The new Hadesheim Crater and the old Hadesheim

The New Hadesheim Crater	The Old Hadesheim
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Typhon Unearthed
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History

Planet Calypso Content Release 2010.6.1

Release Notes:

PLANET CALYPSO CONTENT RELEASE 2010.6.12010-11-11 PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT IF YOU FIND SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY IN PLANET CALYPSO! IT MIGHT PROVIDE THE INFO YOU NEED BEFORE CONTACTING THE SUPPORT DEPARTMENT! RESETTLEMENT UPDATE Colonel Briers has shifted focus of the robot task force. The cooperation with CFA to strike against the Steel birds will continue, but operations now also include investigation of the pods that have landed all over Eudoria. Contact Colonel Briers in the Needle Tower in Port Atlantis if you are willing and able to assist. NEW FEATURES The story missions are now open and available from Colonel Briers in the Needle Tower of Port Atlantis. Todd Hamlish in Camp Phoenix has a mining challenge. The Shared Loot feature is used for Steel Bird Elite and Harbinger spawns in this event. FIXED ISSUES Steel Bird Elite now counts towards the Steel Bird Iron Challenge.

Forum Thread: Calypso News - MA: Content Release 2010.6.1

10 Nov 2010: EBN: Summit Meeting, Steel Bird Locations

EBN: Summit Meeting, Steel Bird Locations

EBN: CDF has issued a warning that Steel Bird Elites have been spotted at or around the following areas: Hadesheim crater, Jason Centre, Fort Ares, Jurra Plateau, Zephyrus, Isslye, Tukar, Eos and East Scylla Mountain. Colonists in those areas are advised to take proper precautions. EBN has reports that CDF held a special summit meeting in Port Atlantis earlier today. Colonel Briers, the CDF officer in charge of the Hadesheim Task Force, was seen while making his way to the alleged meeting, escorting several individuals from an unregistered VTOL to the meeting and back. The agenda of the meeting has not been made public, nor has the guest list; in fact, CDF will only confirm that there has been a summit meeting and that they have an open mind with regards to the current situation

Forum Thread: EBN: Summit Meeting, Steel Bird Locations

09 Nov 2010: Planet Calypso Content Release 2010.6

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Release Notes

09 Nov 2010 10:05 UTC

PLANET CALYPSO CONTENT RELEASE 2010.6 2010-11-09

PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT IF YOU FIND SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY IN PLANET CALYPSO! IT MIGHT PROVIDE THE INFO YOU NEED BEFORE CONTACTING THE SUPPORT DEPARTMENT!***

RESETTLEMENT UPDATE

Recent attacks by Steelbirds, the new flying robot model, proved only to be the beginning. We can now reveal that the robots in utmost secrecy have refitted and retooled the wreckage of the War Titan Typhon that crashed into Hadesheim six years ago into a base for their operations.

Satellite surveillance was blanked momentarily by electro-magnetic pulses from Hadesheim, and as they came back online, infrared photography revealed new structures under the cloud cover of the crater. Some of them were active, launching objects in suborbital mid-range trajectories on Eudoria.

Colonel Briers in Port Atlantis has confirmed that CDF and CFA will cooperate to take the fight to the Steelbirds. He also hinted that CDF is developing a strategy to investigate the crater and the mysterious drops over Eudoria, but as they are unfinished, CDF does not want to reveal them at the moment.

NEW FEATURES

Hadesheim crater redesigned: We’ve redesigned the Hadesheim crater for the event. You will experience an entirely new crater, including Camp Phoenix and the outpost north of the crater. Most of the story related missions are centered around the crater.

New missions: We have 17 new missions for this release, among them a seasonal Iron Challenge, a permanent Iron Challenge, a mining challenge and some missions related to the story of the Harbinger event. All missions will not be available at once. At first there will only be the Iron Challenges. A set of story related missions will open on November 11th, and a few more that concludes the event will open on November 23rd. Some missions (but not all) will close on November 30th as the event closes. If a mission is limited to certain dates, it will be stated clearly in the mission’s description.

Colonel Briers in the needle tower in Port Atlantis is the contact for the Steelbird Iron Challenge and the story missions. Todd Hamlish in Camp Phoenix will hand out the mining challenge, and Fritz Feldgast at Cape Corinth will hand out the Eviscerator Iron Challenge.

Shared loot: We have a new feature that allows us to share loot from event mobs. The feature, if activated, splits loot among everyone that inflicted damage on the mob similarly to the rule “Damage: Stack share”. Team loot rules are ignored for these mobs.

We have activated shared loot on Steel Bird Elite spawns for this event.

FIXED ISSUES

Fixed a few terrain issues. Fixed floor numbering of the televator in Port Atlantis Mall Natural creature spawn issues fixed.

SEE ALSO

Platform release notes

8 Nov 2010: Code given by RX 471

emergency();

entry.begin(); throw exception("emergency"); stream.reset(); define discussion = New exception(attachment.image) { encryption = "none"; sender = unit(471); recipients = "mindcloud(RX)"; type = "death"; assessment = "serious"; origin = attachment.image; meta.text = "for your information"; priority = "important"; } discussion.enter(mindcloud(RX).unit(474)); unit(474).reply = "wtf??!"; unit(474).reply = if (identity(image.subjects["female"]) == shelly.nakajima) { possibility = New entry("technology"); possibility.append("biological/quantumnet interface"); possibility.append("stolen from RX"); database.robots.add(possibility); } discussion.enter(mindcloud(RX).unit(479)); unit(479).reply = database.robots(possibility.agree()); unit(479).proposition(database.robots(possibility) -> recipients.comnet(human)); unit(474).request.reason(); unit(479).reply(comnet(human).prediction = recipients.include(human) ? relation(human).suspicion -- : relation(human).suspicion ++); unit(474).reply = !concur(unit(479).reply); unit(471).reply = concur(unit(479).reply); unit(471).request(vote(recipients.comnet(human))); query_reveal = New vote() { recipients.comnet(human).append(prototype exclusive vote.cast.aye()); recipients.comnet(human).append(prototype exclusive vote.cast.nay()); on vote.conclusion(database.robots(possibility) -> recipients.comnet(human)) -> stdout(); } > true; query_reveal.result -> stdout(); > aye = 97% > nay = 3% entry.end();

Decoded by Keira Gypsy Croft:

0x237DC12C03096CA21
targetidentified

0x8191E8DA03DE8F237DC165E1B3A08401C3
databaseerrortargetpresumeddead

0x273D2A3D2192467
throwexcepton

0x5A1DC40C8E0743B887
imagedatadamaged

0x9E62870565C928AC84A29387
uploadingtomindcloud

0x9E628709232CAFA087
uploadconfirmed

0xA95B
wtf

Harbinger Event Sneak Peek - 3 Nov 2010

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Forum thread discussing the teaser Harbinger Teaser

EBN: Ominous Surveillance Photo - 2 Nov 2010

EBN: Ominous Surveillance Photo

After a mere day of investigating the recent Robot movements, the Task force with Colonel Briers at the lead have come across what they think may be a break in the case. Report says that late last night a concerned colonist handed over a new device, which had been extracted from a Steelbird near the Hadesheim crater. After careful examination of the device, CDF were able to extract some information in the form of a photograph.

The Task force is now focused on identifying the structure pictured.

Forum thread: EBN: Ominous Surveillance Photo

- The picture name: jbhsngr1wzvl1wtb6k4vwx9u0fm20h0.jpg

- The code on the bottom right: 0x691940AF205958713CE5E87277

Decoded by aia:

- status rtb [= return to base]

- final approach [= landing]

Conclusion: The Steel Birds try to return to and land on a base in the Hadesheim Crater: War Titan Typhon.

EBN: Task force on Robot Sightings - 1 Nov 2010

EBN: Task force on Robot Sightings

Calypso Defense Forces have assigned a taskforce under the leadership of Colonel Briers to investigate the recent Robot presence, hopefully providing intel that will lead to knowledge about their next move. “It is almost impossible to stay ahead of the Robots” said Colonel Briers after the announcement of the taskforce at CDF HQ, “We need to get into their heads. Needless to say, it’s a tough job. But with such a strong taskforce of brilliant minds, I remain positive.” Lately, robots have been on the prowl near Port Atlantis and Billy’s Spaceship Afterworld, but it looks like they are now regrouping outside these newcomer-heavy areas. However new sightings have been made of differing generations of Coordinators, Steelbirds, Defenders and Jamraiders around the Hadesheim Crater. Colonel Briers and the CDF taskforce ask the good colonists of Calypso to stay alert and report any anomalies of robot behavior.

Stave's Robot War Log - 1 Nov 2010

By Stave

Personal Log: John Stave Petty
Ser Nr: 28.02.07.003
Rank: Captain
Unit: 1st Bat. Calypso Desert Rangers
Location: Fort Fury CDR HQ

Hello Calypso, this is Stave Petty reporting from Fort Fury, as you may know ive been following the robot war some and i know quite a bit of whats happening here, that being said i have recieved some intelegence from EBN and a source of mine that wishes to stay anon.

As you may or may not know, recently the robots have been exprementing with organic computing in order to evolve and become smarter and invincible, and indeed have carried out a number of tests, i belive those what those tests started are far from over. As we know, new flying robots have began to attack billys spaceship afterworld and a popular party spot down on a island near port atlantis.

As well as this the myserious RX units continue to lurk around, with thier somewhat friendly approach towards us. One has also acctually began reporting on this very site during her investigation into the way humans think.

As we know CDF say they are indeed still enemys and it would be treason to work with them, but there appears to be some kind of cover up going here, as we all know, they were originally manufactured by the exodus space station as soldiers to fight the great war. How they went from that, to enemys we still dont know. Perhaps we will get answers soon.

Well things are about to escalate, my sources tell me something is coming on the 9th of november, what i believe to be the result of the hydra tests. My source that wishes to stay anon has told me he has evidence sugguesting our beloved ex capitol Hadeshiem is going to play a part in all of this.

The source of mine that wishes to stay anon sent me a report, and in thier report they included this rather intresting photograph:

The inteligence they provided sugguests the robots that currently are active inside the crater are excavating the hadeshiem ruins, or something of that manner, which will result in the titan of war that crashed and thats left of hadeshiem to rise from the ashes in some from. How legitamate this inteligence is i am unsire at this time, but im sure we will find out very soon.

If this indeed is the case, perhaps they are trying to secure a robot outpost on calypso, a foothold, theyve always been very intrested in that area.

That being said whatevers happening, whatever is being planned, we cant afford the kind of screw up we had during the hydra tests. Yes they are going to try to outsmart us, yes they will play tricks on us to try and beat us. But we need to remember who we are, what side were on. We created this meanace, some virus caused them to turn evil, and its our responsibility as mankind to stop this menace.

stay tuned for any updates during this hard time,

We shall see what is to come

Stave out

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Announcement on PCF 29 Oct 2010

The Harbinger Event

From November 9th, a major event will be ongoing at Planet Calypso, where your choices will be crucial, since the events ultimate ending is that it will allow the players to determine its outcome. So what will you do? In this limited time event, which will unfold in several stages, Calypso's colonists will face a new and evolved enemy invading the landscape of Calypso. Under direction from the military, colonists will have to recon, hunt and repel a technologically advanced new nemesis. Is this relentless foe only here to hunt humans, or is it a harbinger for something far worse? The Harbinger Event will feature new enemies to fight, a gripping storyline complete with new missions, a new environment, and an ending determined by the players. Colonists will be able to participate and find rare and valuable new items during the event. Those who take up the Harbinger challenge will also receive a special diploma from the Calypso Defense Forces documenting their part in the largest battle for survival ever seen on this planet.

EBN News 29 Oct 2010

New flying robots strike

Exodus space station (EBN News): A new kind of flying robot has been sighted near Billy’s Spacehip Afterworld, according to live witness reports on a radio show. The radio broadcast also indicates that there has been an attack on Port Atlantis, but this is as of this moment unconfirmed. EBN has not yet been able to get confirmation from CDF.

Article: STEEL BIRDS - Attack PA & Billy's

More info (stats, images, video,...): Steel Bird

Press Release 29 Oct 2010

Planet Calypso Announces The Harbinger Event

GOTEBORG, Sweden, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- GameBlast -- First Planet Company, developer and publisher of the largest real money Massively Multiplayer Online Game, announced today The Harbinger Event. This major event, which will ultimately allow the players to determine its outcome, will take place from November 9th until early December.

In this limited time event, which will unfold in several stages, Calypso's colonists will face a new and evolved enemy invading the landscape of Calypso. Under direction from the military, colonists will have to recon, hunt and repel a technologically advanced new nemesis. Is this relentless foe only here to hunt humans, or is it a harbinger for something far worse?

The Harbinger Event will feature new enemies to fight, a gripping storyline complete with new missions, a new environment, and an ending determined by the players. Colonists will be able to participate and find rare and valuable new items during the event. Those who take up the Harbinger challenge will also receive a special diploma from the Calypso Defense Forces documenting their part in the largest battle for survival ever seen on this planet. Since Planet Calypso is free to download, anyone can simply download the client and get started defending the world.

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