Mission type | Investigation mission (not repeatable) |
Starting zone | The Scorched Desertmore |
Given by | Zhara, inside Café Giza |
Where in zone | 559.0 449.3 y 71.6 3090 |
Steps[]
Tier 1
- Find and examine a Plethron sign that offers more info about the firm.
- Outside wall of the cafe. 549.2 442.6 y 71.3 3090
- Locate and enter the Plethron office.
How to enter (solution)
Enter from the roof of the building next to it.
Tier 2
- Inspect the office to find out more about Plethron.
- Use the computer on the bottom floor.
Hint…
The password hint from the computer is “My surname is common in classic literature. And my clearance level is the key.”
Hint…
The owner of the computer is the person found upstairs. His ID-card gives the background information for the hint given by the computer.
- Name: H. Glass
- Clearance level: Gold-bug
Hint…
Although the information is slightly misleading, depending on how you interpret it.
Hint…
As starting point the most important words are “classic literature”.
Hint…
Or more specifically the story “The Gold-Bug” by Edgar Allan Poe. The whole story can for example be found here.
Hint…
All the information you need is in that story, and on that Wikipedia page (revision on 20 July 2012).
Hint…
In this short story look for “Glass”, which is the director's surname.
Hint…
You might have to (depending on your viewpoint) decrypt or encrypt it though.
Password (solution)
The password is the director's surname
Glass
in encrypted form. The encrypted form is written in that short story and also cited in the Wikipedia article:
305))
Tier 3
- Locate the shipping warehouse.
- Access the surveillance footage.
- It's in the corner of the building.
- Access the crate.
Hint…
You have already been given the code to open the crate.
Hint…
Although not in written form.
Hint…
You might want to look at the surveillance video again.
Hint…
And listen more carefully.
Hint…
Each digit on the keypad plays a note.
Hint…
Repeat the same notes played in the surveillance video by pressing the correct digits on the keypad.
Code to open the crate (solution)
When the surveillance video is shown the person enters in a low note, a higher note, a lower note, and the highest note (of the four). Reproducing this on the keypad gives
2435
.