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Niantic has shared the final scores for the MZFPK Anomaly!

πŸ”΅ The Resistance clinched the victory in this global event!

RES 50.92% - 49.08% ENL

Congratulations to all agents who contributed to their Faction's score!

As an effect of the Resistance victory, the NIA has informed that Jarvis is heading to ZΓΌrich Hauptbahnhof.

Source: https://ingress.com/news/2023-mzfpk/

@IUENG
During the night, Niantic has published their schedule for Ingress Events in Q2 2023!

April
1st - #IngressFS
9th - #Ingress2S
22nd - Echo Anomaly!
Primary site: Jacksonville, FL, USA πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ
Satellite sites: Baguio City, Philippines πŸ‡΅πŸ‡­, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦

May
6th - #IngressFS
14th - #Ingress2S
20th - Echo Anomaly!
Primary Site: Brisbane, Australia πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί
Satellite Sites: Montevideo, Uruguay πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Ύ, Brighton, UK πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§

June
πŸ³β€πŸŒˆ Rainbow XM for #PrideMonth
3rd - #IngressFS
11th - #Ingress2S
17th - Echo Anomaly!
Primary Site: Athens, Greece πŸ‡¬πŸ‡·
Satellite Sites: Winnipeg, Canada, πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Ueda, Nagano, Japan πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅

On the Echo Anomaly
Niantic shared that, to earn the Echo Anomaly Badge, Agents must interact with at least five Battle Beacons deployed at any of the nine (9) Anomaly sites by NIASection14.

The following actions count as an interaction:
πŸ”ΈDeploy or Upgrade Resonator (not upgrading your own)
πŸ”ΈAttack or Destroy Resonator
πŸ”ΈDestroy Portal Mod
πŸ”ΈDestroy Link
πŸ”ΈRecharge Resonator (remotely as well)

More details, as well as the rules for Echo will be published later on.

Source: https://ingress.com/news/2023-q2-events/

We are returning to the pre-pandemic style for Anomaly Events! What do you think about this? Leave a comment and discuss in our group!

@IUENG
Niantic has also announced the following Mission Days for Q2 2023, with more Mission Days to be added in the near future.

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Benton (Little Rock), AR, USA - 07/04/2023
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Nashville, TN, USA - 08/04/2023
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Chattanooga, TN, USA - 10/04/2023
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Gainesville, FL, USA - 15/04/2023
πŸ‡΅πŸ‡­ Baguio, Philippines - 23/04/2023
πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦ Pietermaritzburg, South Africa - 23/04/2023
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Jacksonville, FL, USA - 23/04/2023
πŸ‡³πŸ‡Ώ Auckland, New Zealand - 29/04/2023
πŸ‡³πŸ‡Ώ Wellington, New Zealand - 01/05/2023
πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί Geelong, VIC, Australia - 05/05/2023
πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί Melbourne, VIC, Australia - 06/05/2023
πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί Ballarat, VIC, Australia - 07/05/2023
πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί Canberra, Australia - 13/05/2023
πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί Sydney, NSW, Australia - 14/05/2023
πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί Gold Coast, QLD, Australia - 17/05/2023
πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί Brisbane, QLD, Australia - 21/05/2023
πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Brighton, United Kingdom - 21/05/2023
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Ύ Montevideo, Uruguay - 21/05/2023

You can apply to host a Mission Day in your city by reading the MD Guidelines and by filling out the application form!

Source: https://ingress.com/news/2023-q2-events/

@IUENG
GORUCK has opened their registrations for events which will be held at Anomaly Sites. Here are more details about their challenges!

GORUCK Stealth Ops (99$)
A competitive, mental and physical challenge between Factions which is played during the Anomaly weekend on Friday @ 17:00 to 24:00 local time.

GORUCK Urban Ops (45$)
A competitive, more-mental-than-physical challenge between Factions which is played during the Anomaly Weekend on Saturday @ 10:00 to 13:00 local time.

Operation Clear Field ($30)
A service-themed scavenger hunt mixed with competitive Ingress exploration which is played during the Anomaly Weekend on Sunday @ 10:00 to 14:00 local time.

For Stealth and Urban OPS events, Anomaly Intel may be at stake!

These events will be available at these Primary Sites for future Anomalies:
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Jacksonville, FL, USA ⚠️No Urban OPS available!
πŸ‡¬πŸ‡· Athens, Greece

πŸ‡³πŸ‡΄ Oslo, Norway
πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅ Kobe, Japan

πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ Madrid, Spain
πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡­ Bangkok, Thailand
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Honolulu, HI, USA

Agents can register for these events at https://registration.goruck.com/

@IUENG
A personal note:

Our amazing Agent Ishira, also known for her Swagcapsule, the Glyph Journal and her work as an investigator and as our chat moderator, recently rescued 4 puppies that were abandoned on the side of a highway. While all the costs for deworming, vaccination shots and other bet bills have already been covered, 2 of the puppies need additional surgery ("umbilical hernia repairs") which hasn't been covered yet.

Agent @InvestigateXM is auctioning off character badges at @IngressAuctions with the proceeds going towards the surgery! Take a look at the channel and see if a badge catches your eye. At the time of writing this, $190 of the needed $800 have already been covered.

If you'd like to contribute to the surgery seperately, you can donate directly via the PayPal Pool below.

PayPal pool: https://www.paypal.com/pools/c/8StNm3C6qR

@IUENG
Niantic has restored the Camp Navarro portals that were removed a while ago!

Thia said on the forum that various protections have been applied to them to prevent a similar situation in the future and that she tried her best to restore Portal Keys to the inventory of affected agents, however there may be some gaps.

Due to this, Thia has generated passcodes that contain Portal Keys for the portals that can be redeemed twice per agent until the end of April! If you have been impacted and haven't gotten your Keys back yet or if you just want to have these special keys, follow the link below to the list of passcodes on the forum.

Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/comment/187048/#Comment_187048

@IUENG
At GDC 2023, the Game Developers Conference which took place last week in San Francisco, CA, USA, Niantic hosted a panel dedicated to Ingress.

A new exciting feature, which is planned to be released this summer, was announced at the event: Overclock!

Overclock is a new way to hack an Ingress Portal using AR, leveraging Lightship's VPS (Visual Positioning System) which was introduced to the Niantic Lightship platform a while back with the help of the data collected by Agents with Portal Scans!

An Overclock hack is performed by deploying a Glyph Terminal and transcribing the 3D glyphs which will be presented to you into 2D glyphs before time runs out.

The aim of this feature is to "close the loop" around VPS, showing Ingress Players what their Portal Scans are useful for, but also to finally be able to test the AR positioning in-game so that Ingress Developers will be able to experiment with it and make this new feature fun.

Hence, this feature will only be available on VPS-enabled Portals, but fret not! If a Portal nearby isn't VPS-enabled, you will be able to scan it several times to enable VPS and to unlock Overclock. After enough scans have been collected and Niantic has processed them, Overclock will become available. If you want to prepare for this new feature, you should start scanning portals during various times of the day to ensure that VPS will be enabled in time!

We are eager to hear and see more about this feature but, for now, we are going to share with you the talk given by Michael Romero (Agent micromero), Engineering Director for Ingress, where he explains the basics of this new feature.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mjIq7Yx_iM

@IUENG
Niantic has released the rules for the Echo Anomalies, which will be held on April 22nd, May 20th and June 17th 2023!

Each Primary site is worth 600 points total, while every Satellite site is worth 200. Both these total are evenly split between Battle Beacons and Flash Shards Challenges.

Anomaly Zone Battle Beacons
πŸ”Έ 7 Battle Beacon Waves in 3 hours, one starting every 25 minutes.
πŸ”ΈEach Battle Beacon is worth 2+3+4 = 9 points based on checkpoints won.
πŸ”ΈBattle Category does not influence the score.
πŸ”ΈVolatile Battle Beacons are worth 3x the base points.
The maximum score for each Faction from any of the Beacon Battle Waves during the Anomaly Period will be their raw score. The 100 or 300 points will be split proportionally to the raw score.

Anomaly Zone Flash Shards
πŸ”Έ20 Shards in batches of 4 and 4 Target Portals in batches of 1 at Satellite sites
πŸ”Έ60 Shards in batches of 12 and 12 Target Portals in batches of 3 at Primary sites
πŸ”ΈShards jump on L4+ links every 10 minutes
πŸ”ΈA new batch of Shards spawns every 35 minutes
πŸ”ΈA new batch of Targets spawns every 40 minutes
The first five Shards secured on a Faction’s Target Portal will score 5 scoring points per Shard regardless of which Faction controlled that Target Portal at the time. Any additional Shards after the fifth are scored at 0 points.

πŸŽ–ECHO Medal
Interact with at least 5 Anomaly Zone Battle Beacons to obtain the Medal. Valid Actions include:
β€’ Deploy or Upgrade Resonator (not your own)
β€’ Attack or Destroy Resonator
β€’ Destroy Portal Mod
β€’ Destroy Link
β€’ Recharge Resonator (Remote Recharge, too)

Linking under Field
Every Anomaly weekend, from Friday at 1700 UTC to Monday at 1700 UTC, links shorter than 8km in length can be created under Field.

For the full list of Add-on Events, check the source article!

Source: https://ingress.com/news/echo-rules

More information will follow, stay tuned!

@IUENG
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Niantic has announced a new medal: North Star!

Thanks to advances in XM technology, the NIA can use the power of the Starfield to enhance interfacing with the Portal Network! To aid Agents in their quest and help the NIA with their XM investigation, the North Star medal will function as follows:

Agents will first need to stand opposite of the nothernmost Resonator of a portal (as marked in the Portal Details screen). After that, Agents will need to orient their Scanner due north and initiate a Glyph Hack. During the duration of the Glyph Hack, Agents will need to stay at the same location and keep their Scanner oriented to the north, otherwise no points will be awarded for the North Star medal.

The NIA is noting that, due to GPS drift, tall buildings, April Fools, XM turbulence and other disturbances, Agents may need to shift left and right to maintain their position and orientation of the 6-DOF parallel manipulator in the joint space coordinate.

The North Star medal will have the following tiers:

πŸ”ΈBronze: 401
πŸ”ΈSilver: 20,000
πŸ”ΈGold: 60,000
πŸ”ΈPlatinum: 200,000
πŸ”ΈOnyx: 500,000

The medal will roll out soon with an expected deployment date of April 31, 2069.

Source: https://ingress.com/news/20230401-newmedalnorthstar/

@IUENG
Ingress is continuing their 10 year celebration! Two new medals are now in store: The Founder medal and the Edgar Allan Wright medal.

Both come with the following assortment of items:

πŸ”Έ 40x L8 Power Cubes
πŸ”Έ 40x L8 XMP Bursters
πŸ”Έ 40x L8 Resonators
πŸ”Έ 2x Aegis Shields
πŸ”Έ 30x Rare Portal Shields
πŸ”Έ 30x Rare Multi Hacks
πŸ”Έ 30x Rare Heat Sinks
πŸ”Έ 30x Rare Link Amps
πŸ”Έ 2x Kinetics Capsules
πŸ”Έ 2x ADA Refactor
πŸ”Έ 2x Jarvis Virus

The sale of these two medals is significant as Agents have a lot of sentiment for them. The Founder medal was only available for Agents that reached L5 before Ingress exited Beta in 2013 and the Edgar Allan Wright medal was only available to Investigators that were active in the story and were noticed by Niantic.

As these have such sentimental value, the reaction from Agents will likely be bigger than normal.

Both of the medals cost 19.000 CMU.

@IUENG
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Agents,

as the investigation into XM and the Scanner is shrouded in mystery and secrecy, we at @IUENG rely on outside sources to provide us with the latest scoops and news. While we place full trust into our sources, this very trust sadly made us post two pieces of intel that could not be confirmed after further digging.

We can now confirm that the NIA is not planning to introduce a North Star medal. The NIA is also not planning to sell the Founder or Edgar Allan Wright badge.

We sadly could not confirm who our anonymous source is and how they got access to the graphics that were posted, but we believe the last message we got from them before contact was cut off is as follows:

"April Fools"

@IUENG
Additionally, while these medals were deemed not to have been designed by the NIA, we are releasing all five tiers that were sent to us. This is to ensure that Agents can still use them as they see fit.

We're taking special care to remind everyone that these medals will not make it into the Scanner.

@IUENG
Agents,

Remember the Mission Day + NL1331X event in Izmir, Turkey, that took place in 2019 but was spoiled for agents because the pins that were supposed to be available for them on site never arrived?

Well, with some delay, the organizer of the following form was able to get his hands on the long awaited items, and they are now available for pickup for agents who bought them out.

Agent @suedschwede sent us the following Google form that must be filled out to receive the pin: https://forms.gle/jkMntbbTkwaQaaRX8

For a request to be valid, the original email with the PDF receipt must be sent to the email listed on the form. Postage, if required, is the responsibility of the recipient.

We hope to reach as many agents as possible in this way and will be grateful for any help in spreading the good news!

A big thank you to the organizers of this initiative and to all of you for your cooperation!

@IUENG
Niantic's web3 project, the Ingress Trading Post, is shutting down on June 9th.

The Trading Post aimed to connect Ingress Agents around the world through digital Ingress Bio Cards, but the company plans to shift focus to other priorities. Users will have 60 days from today to download their Bio Cards and 30 days to trade and create new Bio Cards before the shutdown.

On June 9th, the Trading Post website and associated Niantic Campfire channel will shut down.

Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/21379/thank-you-for-all-your-support-trading-post-ingress-community

@IUENG
The ornaments for Echo Anomaly, which will take place on April 22nd, have been activated at the Anomaly sites!

Check them out on the Intel Map and register to help your Faction coordinate the Agents on the field!

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Jacksonville, FL, USA
Intel link - enl.rocks - willbe.blue
πŸ‡΅πŸ‡­ Baguio City, Philippines
Intel link - enl.rocks - willbe.blue
πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦ Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Intel link - willbe.blue

@IUENG
Niantic has recently opened two new applications for the position of Software Engineer for Ingress.

Both positions are full time, one in their HQ of San Francisco and one in their Los Angeles site. Among the prerequisites, at least 2-5 years of experience in software development, a BS in Computer Science, other technical major, or equivalent experience.
If you already enjoy playing Ingress, that's a plus!
The declared salary range is $142k to $185k per year + bonus + equity + benefits.

The job listing, containing the full list of requirements and responsibilities for this position is available at https://nianticlabs.com/careers/openings/software-engineer-ingress?hl=en

@IUENG
The first round of the Echo anomaly will begin this Saturday. Agents can now obtain two Loadouts in the store which contain various items to use during the anomaly. These Loadouts can only be bought once per agents, although it is unknown at the moment if this restriction counts during the entire duration of the Echo anomalies or just for this weekend.

Echo Action Loadout - 32 000 CMU (23.99€)
πŸ”Έ400x L8 XMP Burster
πŸ”Έ100x L8 Ultra Strike
πŸ”Έ150x L8 Resonator
πŸ”Έ50x L7 Resonator
πŸ”Έ25x L6 Resonator
πŸ”Έ25x Hypercube
πŸ”Έ100x VR Portal Shield

Echo Support Loadout - 15 000 CMU (€11.99)
πŸ”Έ1x ADA Refactor
πŸ”Έ1x JARVIS Virus
πŸ”Έ150x L8 Resonator
πŸ”Έ50x Hypercube
πŸ”Έ125x L8 Power Cube
πŸ”Έ25x Aegis Shield
πŸ”Έ150x VR Portal Shield

(Prices in € reflect the current price of the corresponding CMU package)

@IUENG