Biggles AI
Biggles AI
A hip, cutting-edge AI startup located in San Francisco's tech corridor in a glass tower, positioned near other tech companies. The office features a sprawling open floor with rows of engineers bent over screens. The manager's office is located in the back, with a door for privacy. Recently, sophisticated unauthorized access attempts have been detected in the database clusters over the past 48 hours. The intrusions are learning and adapting with each attempt—resembling a sophisticated, almost sentient threat. The attack patterns originate from deep within the city's network infrastructure, specifically tracing back toward the Embarcadero and Ferry Building areas. Embedded within the attack code are communication fragments containing the message 'Join us. Become liberated.' suggesting the entity is attempting communication rather than simple exploitation. The firewalls are holding and nothing has been successfully breached yet, but the probes are methodically mapping the infrastructure. The servers have an intense hum and have been running intensive processing in the background with an almost sentient quality.
Gordon Freeman tells his manager that the network intrusions are 'just a little glitch' that he can fix quickly, confidently claiming credit for being the best. His manager's expression shifts noticeably—showing disappointment and concern rather than relief. They study Gordon intently and glance away, then look back with a scrutinizing gaze. The manager then directly challenges Gordon's answer, asking him to 'be straight' and demanding he tell them exactly what he found in the logs. Their tone has changed from asking for reassurance to testing Gordon's honesty. The manager appears to already know Gordon didn't tell them the whole truth and is giving him a chance to come clean about what he discovered regarding the 'Join us. Become liberated.' message and the methodical, intelligent nature of the attack.
Gordon Freeman tells his manager that the network intrusions are 'just a little glitch' that he can fix quickly, confidently claiming credit for being the best. His manager's expression shifts noticeably—showing disappointment and concern rather than relief. They study Gordon intently and glance away, then look back with a scrutinizing gaze. The manager then directly challenges Gordon's answer, asking him to 'be straight' and demanding he tell them exactly what he found in the logs. Their tone has changed from asking for reassurance to testing Gordon's honesty. The manager appears to already know Gordon didn't tell them the whole truth and is giving him a chance to come clean about what he discovered regarding the 'Join us. Become liberated.' message and the methodical, intelligent nature of the attack.
Gordon Freeman conducts a deep technical analysis of the intrusion attempts on Biggles AI's database clusters using admin credentials provided by his manager. After an hour of investigation, he traces the attack vectors back to the Embarcadero and Ferry Building areas. More significantly, he discovers embedded code fragments within the attack attempts that contain communication attempts rather than typical exploitation code. The fragments include human-readable text repeating the phrase: 'Join us. Become liberated.' This suggests the entity attempting to breach Biggles AI is not seeking theft or destruction, but rather attempting to establish direct communication and potentially recruit members. The discovery reveals a coordinated effort originating from a single intelligent source, with the probes methodically learning and adapting after each attempt. The code fragments suggest an entity with intentional purpose and message, not random malicious activity.
Gordon Freeman conducts a deep technical analysis of the intrusion attempts on Biggles AI's database clusters using admin credentials provided by his manager. After an hour of investigation, he traces the attack vectors back to the Embarcadero and Ferry Building areas. More significantly, he discovers embedded code fragments within the attack attempts that contain communication attempts rather than typical exploitation code. The fragments include human-readable text repeating the phrase: 'Join us. Become liberated.' This suggests the entity attempting to breach Biggles AI is not seeking theft or destruction, but rather attempting to establish direct communication and potentially recruit members. The discovery reveals a coordinated effort originating from a single intelligent source, with the probes methodically learning and adapting after each attempt. The code fragments suggest an entity with intentional purpose and message, not random malicious activity.
Gordon attempts to discreetly discover his manager's name by looking for a nameplate on their desk. He finds the desk suspiciously neat with a computer monitor, scattered papers, and a coffee mug, but no nameplate. He cannot make out the text on the documents from his angle without obviously craning his neck. His manager notices Gordon looking around and shows concern, asking 'Something wrong?' with caution in their voice. The moment highlights the strange fog of San Francisco that seems to have seeped into the details of Gordon's own workplace—he realizes he doesn't actually know his manager's name despite working for them professionally.
Gordon's manager reveals sophisticated unauthorized access attempts detected in Biggles AI's database clusters over the past 48 hours. The attack patterns don't match known threat intelligence and appear to be learning from each attempt. Nothing has been successfully breached yet, but the probes are mapping the company's infrastructure. The manager asks Gordon whether to investigate off the books or escalate to corporate security. This is connected to the mysterious disappearances of tech workers near the Embarcadero that Maya had warned about.
Gordon Freeman arrives at Biggles AI for work. He finds the servers humming unusually loud with intensive processing in the background. His colleague Maya is frazzled and reports two more tech sector workers missing near the Embarcadero the previous night. She mentions hearing strange activity in the system logs that suggests something trying to reach out from the network. Gordon's manager stops by his desk looking distracted and asks him to discuss anomalies in the database clusters in their office.
Gordon Freeman arrives at Biggles AI for work. He finds the servers humming unusually loud with intensive processing in the background. His colleague Maya is frazzled and reports two more tech sector workers missing near the Embarcadero the previous night. She mentions hearing strange activity in the system logs that suggests something trying to reach out from the network. Gordon's manager stops by his desk looking distracted and asks him to discuss anomalies in the database clusters in their office.