Year Zero Numbers
Littered throughout all of the websites published thus far, as well as in each MP3, sequences of numbers have been found. There have been several theories to what they mean, and no definite answer yet.
All the numbers so far have been in the format: 24.{3-15}.{1-8}
The numbers
24.3.2
Found in the ID3 tag of My Violent Heart.mp3
Corresponds with the letter "u".
24.10.1
Found in nohurry.mp3 as morse code
Corresponds with the letter "g".
24.10.2
Found on http://churchofplano.com/
Corresponds with the letter "o".
24.10.3
Found in opalo.mp3 as morse code
Corresponds with the letter "d"
24.10.4
Warning code in the popup on the Consolidated Mail Systems website
Corresponds with the letter "g"
24.10.5
Found in ballgameOver.mp3 as morse code
Corresponds with the letter "i"
24.10.6
Found on http://www.105thairbornecrusaders.com
Corresponds with the letter "v"
24.10.7
Found on http://www.bethehammer.net/
Corresponds with the letter "e"
24.10.8
Found on http://www.anotherversionofthetruth.com/
Corresponds with the letter "n"
24.14.1
Found on the Black/red 2007 tour t-shirt File:White 2007 shirt.jpg
Corresponds with the letter "a"
24.14.2
Found in the auto-response email from http://iamtryingtobelieve.com/
"------------------------AUTO_RESPONSE--------------_--"
Corresponds with the letter "n"
24.14.3
Found on http://iamtryingtobelieve.com/
Corresponds with the letter "o"
24.15.1
Found on the White 2007 tour t-shirt File:White 2007 shirt.jpg
Corresponds with the letter "i"
24.15.2
Found in the message heard at 1-310-295-1040
Corresponds with the letter "n"
The Theories
Dates
The first big theory was that the numbers corresponded to dates,
For example: 24.14.2 would translate to the 2nd of February, 2024
However, there are several reasons why this theory is flawed: - "Year Zero" itself has been determined to be 2022. - The frequency of the second number does not lend well to the theory.
Bible References
The second big theory came when it was discovered that in the [King James Bible], verses from the 24th book, [Jeremiah], offered a fitting undertone to the overall story.
For example: 24.14.2 would translate as book 24 (Jeremiah), chapter 14, verse 2.
So far, they have been no numbers that no not match up with bible verses
Year Zero Tracklisting
The current big theory is that the numbers equate to characters from the Year Zero song titles.
For example: 24.14.2 would translate as: Halo 24 (Year Zero), song 14 (Another Version of the Truth), character 2 (n)
In this theory, it's unsure what the purpose of the numbers would be.
It is possible that the numbers will form a sort of "decoder ring", if it is a decoder ring, it is unknown if it is currently spelling anything with the clues we have, and because several sites, and numbers were discovered simultaneously, the intended order of the numbers it is unknown.
At the very least, it gives a definite scope of the number of clues which may exist, assuming there is a number for each clue.