Numbers Station ARG Launched for IRC Community

The post describes an alternate reality game (ARG) called Cipher Station, built on top of MansionNET, a self-hosted IRC network with web services and a radio stream. The ARG features a numbers station-themed landing page with hidden puzzle clues, starting with Puzzle 001: "The Gatekeeper's Key", a multi-step challenge spanning the website and IRC server. Future puzzles may involve steganography, audio ciphers, and collaborative solving. The game is set in a fictional narrative about a telegraph operator named Elias Voss from 1887.