Saturday, January 30, 2010

Torchwood Online Game: Mission # 2

The second mission for the Torchwood online game begins with you (the "freelance operative") being informed that Conrad Fischer's date, Natalie Blacke, was actually a private investigator and has just been found burned to death. She was last seen leaving New Eden, and the way to progress to the next mission is to identify who the last person was to contact her by hacking into her voicemail. The following docs are provided:

* A singed business card belonging to Natalie, with a phone number: 180137.

* Natalie's police service record, which shows she was a promising officer before being dismissed for having a congential heart defect (or as I like to say, "a bum ticker").

* Owen's autopsy report, which confirms that the body is Natalie's because the heart defect is recognized.

* The police incident report filed when Natalie's body was found. An important detail here, which is easy to miss, is that her next of kin is listed as Naomi Blacke, Sister.

* A sheet listing dialing codes for UK (Cardiff: 02920)

* A brief clip of Tosh saying she thinks Natalie was originally from London before moving to Cardiff.

* Another clip from the Dark Talk radio show, which is apparently taking place around the time of the Season Two episode Sleeper, as a caller reports explosions, phones out, and seeing a guy with a "sword for an arm." Another caller thinks his wife is a vampire and there's an ad for the Venus Clinic. The actress who plays the radio host does a nice job of sounding bemused but not dismissed of the calls.

To solve the mystery, you simply go to the phone hacking tool and put in the city code for Cardiff and the number found on the burnt business card. This gets you Natalie's voicemail, which has the following messages:

* PC Andy calling to say he found Natalie's cat, Argyle.
* John Winters of New Eden asking for an update, since it's "been two weeks since we've heard from you."
* Conrad Fischer calling to say that he has to see Natalie, because Winters "has been lying to you" (apparently Winters told Natalie she was investigating a case of industrial espionage) and that Fischer knows about a whistleblower inside New Eden.
* Natalie's sister calling about "our" birthday (I'm thinking they might be twins and share the congenital heart defect, so the body found may not actually be Natalie). Anyway, from the police report we know Natalie's sister is named Naomi, and that's the clue to get to the next mission.

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