I found a video on Youtube explaining how to set up an OTR account/client, when I noticed something very…familiar:
Look at the generated Key, “Fingerprint”; it has the same structure as the sections of the HALOS file.
Here is the video:
https://youtu.be/aV6-s9o9bVw
I just had an idea, the BENALOHPAILLIER password came with a clue that said to use it in case of emergencies, could the emergency broadcast on bmrf.us have something to do with it?
are you actualy translating the chinese?
well the full halox.txt (including the OTR tag) does seem to meet the OTR protocol https://otr.cypherpunks.ca/Protocol-v2-3.0.0.html
since it does not specify a version it should use OTR 1
now we jsut need to find a way to authenticate to read that message 
Just to make sure, this is unrelated, right?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6CwTmIZEMQ
All of his accounts were created within the past couple of days, and even the account which alerted the r/half-life was created yesterday.
According to the documentation “?OTR,3,4,?” would mean message fragment 3 of 4, which would imply that there are 3 more fragments somewhere (IRC clue 5 refering to HALOS files, anyone?).
If this is the case, then maybe finding the other fragments should be the highest priority?
great idea ill try it out
Hmm indeed… but if there are more halos files, i am sure we would have found them by now… (unless they will be included in xem )
about bmrf.us, it has a looping sound: https://www.bmrf.us/audio/BlackMesa_EAS_01.mp3 those beeps at the start sound a bid weirs there could be data inside it but i dont know how to analyze sound files
This was already commented, check the previous posts 
But the original halos file has one long chunk of hex digits, on wiki it was divided into groups of 8 digits just for readability.
I came here just to ask about this. They definitely seem to be putting themselves forward as a part of the BMS project (contracted soundtrack work, it seems like), and, their logo is an hourglass (going back to the time clue/motif). Their other ‘song’ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC8sIXV2WeQ) sounds like it could definitely have a data payload.
Ok ive had a reread of what people have been doing with the Hex Code, and looking on the Wiki page the number 164 was mentioned. Well thinking science, i looked up 164, element 164 is Unhexquadium (164) Uhq [474?]. The 474 is Atomic Number.
Maybe Unhexquadium is something to do with it.
Who added 164 as the largest number present on the stream and why?
And just something reguarding the “Tempus Omnia Revelant”
The Section “It is one thing to communicate with something mysterious but it is quite another to be silently observed by it. I am concerned whether it understands the same concept of reason that we do.” is spoke by Captain Picard in episode 9 of Season 1.
the full quote should have “Captain’s Log, Stardate 41255.9. Whatever the object or vessel in orbit with us, it hangs there like a nemesis.”
Its talking about the Edo God. Might be worth noting?
No idea, but in the string of hex un edited 164 is in there. Cant find who added it.
You know if i didnt just look at all the elements stuff, i wouldnt have thought of this. But the placement of the Pepperoni on the Pizza looks like the Shells on a element.
https://lpfstuff.webs.com/BMARGHeader.jpg
Just for refference that Niobium.
EDIT : ALSO Counting the Pepperoni and doing how they would work out the shells.
1, 5, 10, 16, 21
also has the 21 in 1 thing going on as well.
EDIT 2 : There no element that has 1 Electron at the Centre other than Hydrogen.
A quick analysis based on the clues provided by Storm up to now:
Taken from PM:
[b]"It is just an assumption, but one using the available evidence, OTR 4.0 is either a 128bit or 256bit block cipher with an unknown mode and key length. I would assume AES or Rjindael as candidates to allow for the most commonly used (also as Off the Record encryption uses AES as its base algorithm, that may be a hint). So to modify the list -
Level 0 - 2 = Non Encrypted or Encoded (similar to private and confidential?)
Level 3 - 4 = OTR 1 - Base 64 or Base 85 encoded
Level 5 - 6 = OTR 2 - Hyper-encrypted (layered) Pen and Paper Ciphers
Level 7 = OTR 3 - Hyper-encrypted (layered) One Time Pad
Level 8 = OTR 4 - 128bit/256bit block cipher (AES or Rjindael or Twofish or Serpent)
Level 9 = OTR 5 - Cascaded Block Ciphers with salt (SHA 512 or Whirlpool etc)
Level 10 = OTR 6 - Cascaded Block Ciphers with salt and possible key file additions (to increase password strength)"[/b]
He offered this analysis, but he’s also [strike: quoted] paraphrased as saying:
“2. Halos is definitely encrypted (and can be decrypted), but NOT with openssl tools.”
These tips don’t necessarily have to negate each other as it seems at first glance. Here is a list of cipher strings utilized in openssl: strings
In comparison, here is a quick breakdown of Rjindael, which was mentioned in the first tip: Rjindael
Perhaps Storm is simply saying that we need to look at more complicated maneuvering, rather than relying on quick-fix, one-shot decryption measures. Also, based on these bit sizes, isn’t it possible that our key is simply embedded within the Hex code itself?
IRC Clue 5: “This is a message left for Dr. Horn. Just to remind you in case of emergencies that the password to the HALOS files is BENALOHPAILLIER. I have programmed HALOS to send in level seven cases. You should bring pizzas.”
Maybe this means that it was encrypted with OTR3/Hyper-encrypted (layered) One Time Pad?
That was paraphrased, not a direct quote.
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