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Find 815 - Chapter 1

by Nikki on January 7th, 2008

Find 815 is a new ARG started last week. It is scheduled to run throughout the month of January, up until the Season 4 premiere.

The storyline revolves around an Oceanic IT technician Sam Thomas who is intent on finding his love, Sonya, who was on board Oceanic Flight 815. The player learns of FIND 815 through a hacked video placed on the flyoceanicair.com website.

Chapter 1:

Sonya’s Picture:

Sam Thomas watches a news report about Oceanic Flight 815. After the largest search in the company’s history, Oceanic Airlines announces its plans to call off the search and conclude that all the passengers on the flight are deceased. Sam watches himself on the report as he comments about his missing girlfriend of eight years, Sonya. He turns off the television. He opens a jewelry box and looks at an engagement ring.

Sam receives an email from an unknown sender who says he is an old friend. The email also contains an edited photo of Sonya.

The viewer is prompted to examine the differences. The image a variety of words including “Sunda Trench,” “Christiane I,” “Black Rock,” and “Tell no one, grave consequences”

Sam replies to the email but it is bounced back with an error. Sam finds an email sender address in the error message, relating to the-maxwell-group.com.

Sam gets up from his computer and looks at maps on his wall. He finds the Sunda Trench on the map, east of Christmas Island, and circles it.

Sam emails his friend Tracey R trying to find out more about the Christiane I. It is a salvage boat docked in Jakarta, Indonesia. Sam then emails another friend, David Massingham, who is able to get him tickets to Jakarta even though all the planes are booked.

Sam then receives a voice mail message from his “Mum” who asks about his recent behavior and requests for him to call her.

Chapter 1 Clue Hunt:

Sam is sleeping. He awakes to the sound of an open window continually banging from the wind. As he shuts the window he sees a reflection of Sonya, who says “love you madly”. He turns around to see his old Oceanic Airlines uniform hanging on his wardrobe door.

The viewer sees Sam’s room in the dark and uses the cursor as a flashlight to find several items.

• Click a Driveshaft CD entitled Live In Jakarta. You see a Driveshaft concert with Charlie. This is labeled “Driveshaft - your Season 1 clue.”
• Click the jewelery box with a pearl necklace found on his side table. You see the Pearl Orientation video. This is labeled “Pearl - your Season 2 clue.”
• Move the cursor rapidly over the rocking chair (bottom-right corner) and then click. You see Ben in Jacob’s cabin. This is labeled “Rocking Chair - your Season 3 clue.”
• Move the cursor rapidly and click on an item on the opposite side table. You are then prompted to rearrange Sam’s items to fit into his suitcase in order to obtain an “exclusive Clue relating to Season 4″. By entering this clue word into the space provided under the “network partner” link, a piece of paper with “Oceanic Hotline - 888 548-0034″ is shown.

When you call the Oceanic Hotline a female voice says:

“Thank you for calling the Oceanic Airlines Flight 815 hotline. Information is updated as the investigation proceeds. Investigations are thorough and as such may take a period of time to complete. At this time we do not have any additional information regarding crash Flight 815. If you are a family member or relative of a passenger on Oceanic Flight 815 we are sorry for your loss. Detailed information is given during the daily family briefings. This briefing updates families on the progress of the investigation and allows for questions to be asked of the medical examiner or coroner and other parties connected to this investigation. Please contact your accident coordinator or call back later for more information.”

Sam receives a new email from Oceanic telling him that he has been terminated due to his repeated bashing of them in public. He sends an email to Austral Air looking for a job.

Chapter 1 Video Diary:

The player then views a video diary on Sam’s video recorder. He talks about Sonya and Oceanic’s decision to abandon their search. Sam says won’t stop searching and needs to know what happened. He said he had plans to propose to Sonya and how he is flying to Jakarta to depart on the Christiane I to search for a shipwreck.

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Sources: Lostpedia and ODI

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