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Old 06-28-2014 | 03:06 AM
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Hello,

Do you play or have you heard of Ingress? It’s a world wide game played on your Android phone (iPhone coming soon) and is provided by Niantic, a division of Google. The game consists of two teams, Enlightened and Resistance, who battle for world domination achieved by connecting portals.

Portals are virtually placed at physical locations. Players must travel to the portal and interact with it to claim it for their team. Keys are provided at the portal and can be used to link that portal with other team controlled portals. By linking portals fields are created and these fields determine which team is winning the game.

I am putting together a team of Enlightened pilots to help the effort. Being pilots we have the unique ability to transport these keys across large distances but we need a central hub to provide the logistics to focus our efforts.

What I envision is a network where ground agents will be able to drop specific keys at a departure airport to be made available for transport to a specific location. The keys are virtual and can only be seen by an agent with a scanner. The pilot arrives at his departure airport for his flight, picks up the keys, and drops them off at his upcoming destination.

The more pilots we have in the network the more successful the operation can be.

If you are a pilot and a member of the Enlightened I ask that you search for and apply for membership of the Google Plus community Enlightened Pilot Network. There we can build our numbers and set about the task of moving keys in support of our operations.

If you are a pilot and do not currently play Ingress but would like more information please contact google.com/+cameronmiller via hangouts or message for more information. This is an exciting game played on the world stage with over a million players. Every city you fly to from remote islands in the Atlantic and Pacific to JFK has portals and many players. Your help as a pilot transporting keys would be greatly helpful. Plus, I can just about guarantee you’ll have fun too!

Thank you.
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Old 06-28-2014 | 08:35 AM
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Originally Posted by GlasssPilot
Hello,

Do you play or have you heard of Ingress? It’s a world wide game played on your Android phone (iPhone coming soon) and is provided by Niantic, a division of Google. The game consists of two teams, Enlightened and Resistance, who battle for world domination achieved by connecting portals.

Portals are virtually placed at physical locations. Players must travel to the portal and interact with it to claim it for their team. Keys are provided at the portal and can be used to link that portal with other team controlled portals. By linking portals fields are created and these fields determine which team is winning the game.

I am putting together a team of Enlightened pilots to help the effort. Being pilots we have the unique ability to transport these keys across large distances but we need a central hub to provide the logistics to focus our efforts.

What I envision is a network where ground agents will be able to drop specific keys at a departure airport to be made available for transport to a specific location. The keys are virtual and can only be seen by an agent with a scanner. The pilot arrives at his departure airport for his flight, picks up the keys, and drops them off at his upcoming destination.

The more pilots we have in the network the more successful the operation can be.

If you are a pilot and a member of the Enlightened I ask that you search for and apply for membership of the Google Plus community Enlightened Pilot Network. There we can build our numbers and set about the task of moving keys in support of our operations.

If you are a pilot and do not currently play Ingress but would like more information please contact google.com/+cameronmiller via hangouts or message for more information. This is an exciting game played on the world stage with over a million players. Every city you fly to from remote islands in the Atlantic and Pacific to JFK has portals and many players. Your help as a pilot transporting keys would be greatly helpful. Plus, I can just about guarantee you’ll have fun too!

Thank you.
Wow, you will never believe this but man has been playing that game without cellphones for thousands of years.

It is an exciting game with no winners, occasional world domination and much mythology.

Instead of transporting keys why not just send them by data transmission-think of the fuel savings.

Near as I can tell, the Enlightened aren't. World domination seems to be a very popular theme and a fatal attraction. Enjoy!
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Old 06-28-2014 | 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by jungle
Wow, you will never believe this but man has been playing that game without cellphones for thousands of years.

It is an exciting game with no winners, occasional world domination and much mythology.

Instead of transporting keys why not just send them by data transmission-think of the fuel savings.

Near as I can tell, the Enlightened aren't. World domination seems to be a very popular theme and a fatal attraction. Enjoy!
So sign you up for the resistance then?
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Old 06-28-2014 | 11:06 AM
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Originally Posted by FDXLAG
So sign you up for the resistance then?
That's what his title says
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