Hermes1984

Hermes1984 is an Imgur account from the Transformers Beyond Reality alternate reality game.

Hermes1984, previously known as notbumblebee, posts suspicious images on Imgur. Is this mysterious individual... more than meets the eye?

ARG-related entries

All of Hermes1984's posts until September 22 are written using the "Ancient Autobot" substitution cypher.

• August 1, 2021 — 001 "The human who uses the name blazarfocused is getting suspicious of the Insecticon activity near his domicile. We are watching him to ensure his safety. End report." [1]
• August 2, 2021 — 010 "The human Blazarfocused was almost injured while investigating Insecticon activity. He is safe but he managed to record some video before we could jam his device. he posted his video on the internet. We have reviewed it and did not capture any at actual proof. Our operation remains uncompromised. End report." [2]
• August 3, 2021 — 011 "The human blazarfocused has captured sound on his video. His post on the twitter account Blazerf[sic] must be removed. The humans can not know yet. Rebellium is not ready. End report" [3]
• August 4, 2021 — 100 We could not remove the Blazerf twitter account. Our timeline has been compromised. Rebellium may need to begin recruiting sooner than we originally expected. End report" [4]
• August 5, 2021 — 101 "There is too much attention on the human Blazarfocused. another human named YankeeWhite has made connections he should not. We are compromised. End report" [5]
• August 6, 2021 — 110 "It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves." [6]
• August 7, 2021 — 111 "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreams of in your philosophy." [7]
• August 9, 2021 — 1000 "Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them." [8]
• August 10, 2021 — 1001 "We are such stuff as dreams are made of, and our little life is rounded with a sleep. "[9]
• September 22, 2021 — 1010 "Enough time has passed. They do not appear to be watching any longer. However they are now observing the human quite closely as he posts his thoughts to the internet. Rebellium has secured the currency needed to speed up production. We do not know what is coming, but perhaps we will be ready. End report." [10]
• September 22, 2021 — 1010 " The human has proven to more[sic] resourceful and determined than originally suspected. He has confirmed proof of activity with top actors in play using an oddly primitive device. We are fortunate as there is an apparent issue in the network that has delayed their timeframe. Actual plans remain unknown. Recommend covert assistance. End report." [11]

Hermes1984's post style changes on October 20, showing a stretched orange image. This file could be exported from an image editing program as a .RAW file, then uploaded to a sound editor to create an audio message

• October 20, 2021 — 1011 "We have been forced to change communication protocols, out of concern for the safety of the human. We have found a way to limit him somewhat in the digital realm, but we can only do so much. We will attempt to redirect his attention and efforts. End report" [12]
• October 23, 2021 — 1100 "We thought the human would give up, but he is relentless. We can not continue the digital hold. We must consider next steps and how to guide him. End report" [13]

Following ten months with no posts, Hermes1984 returns, going back to using the "Ancient Autobot" substitution cypher.

• August 21, 2022 — 1101 "As you know our friends were having issues with their computer systems and could not access some of their accounts. We now understand why. They have been hacked. It appears the human Blazar unwittingly helped. Hacker group has not explained their actions. Will correct the issue as carefully as possible. End report." [14]

Hermes1984 switches back to using the image file encoding audio.

• August 21, 2022 — 1110 "Sorry for the delay. The human's interference into our friends has gone on longer then it should have. We think we know how they did it and will use against them to resolve this. End report." [15]

• August 29, 2022 — 1111 "We reached out to the human and successfully modded his machine. The other humans are remarkably clever. However thanks to our mods we have successfully located the original network. There is something else. He may have found something additional in the process. We have to solve the first problem first. Once complete we will confirm out other suspicions. End report." [16]

• August 30, 2022 — 10000 "It appears out idea worked. Our friends have regained their systems. In the process, it appears the human has discovered something that could be interesting. Even more surprising is it appears he has realized. We will lend out support. End report" [17]

• August 30, 2022 — 10001 "Apologies, these hackers are irritating. They do mean well, but this has to end. We should see about giving them something worthwhile to focus on. In the mean time though, we have to shut them down. End report." [18]

• August 30, 2022 — 10010 "Well the human is surprising us again. He's already implemented modifications that we thought would take weeks. Though adept he's still impulsive. We'll check on him over the next few days and ensure he stays out of trouble. End report." [19]

Notes

• The title of each post by Hermes1984 was the number of that post in binary. Post 10 and 11 both use 1010, which is ten in binary. This does mean post numbers are one behind starting at post 11.
• While this account is being ran by the Autobots, it's unclear if a specific character is intended to be running it.

External links

• Hermes1984 on Imgur