Episode 5

Hints

Audio Update

Mission 1

Jordan

  • You have received this frequency from Jordan: 886.410.
  • Dial this number into the Frequency tab on the website to contact Jordan.

 

Mission 4

Jordan

  • You have received this frequency from Jordan: 572.602.
  • Dial this number into the Frequency Tab on the website to contact Jordan.

Directional Audio

Mission 2

  • Listen for instructions in the audio. Pay careful attention to the alien symbols Jordan describes. Identifying them may help you move through the tower.
  • In the audio, notice the keyword: "Theseus".
  • The mention of "Theseus" in the audio is a clue. Theseus is a figure in Greek mythology who used a string to leave a trail in a labyrinth.
  • It is a good idea to keep track of where you tell Jordan to go. You can write a list, or draw your own map.

 

Mission 4

  • Listen for instructions in the audio to guide Jordan back through the tower. If you wrote down directions or drew a map when entering the tower, it will help you go back the way you came.
  • Remember that left and right will be opposite when exiting the tower.

PATRICIA Prototype/Alien Biotech

Mission 3

  • Look for a hint in Theo's journal about the symbol lighting up different colors. Place the alien biotech from Episode 3 over the PATRICIA prototype circuit board, and line the symbols up over the lights. It is important to find the correct lineup.

Report Update

Mission 1

  • Translate Jordan's frequency and the report content from ranger code.

Theo's Journal

Mission 2

  • Pay attention to the keywords: "The next time two becomes one after 12:00, 1:05, 2:11, and then 3:16, I finish my shift by counting the minutes."
  • This will help you solve the cipher in Theo's journal.
  • Notice where the hands of the clock are positioned at 12:00, 1:05, 2:11, and 3:16. Then, find the next time in the sequence by following the sequence logic.
  • At each time, both the hour and minute hands are in an overlapping position. After 3:16, the next time in the sequence is 4:22. This is because it is the next chronological location in which the hands on the clock overlap.
  • Use the key phrase "counting the minutes" to understand the shift.
  • Once shifted, the secret messages read:

    • "Just south a few days travel from NACS. I am close enough to maintain a connection with them."
    • ".... seems to have taken possession of me. I have briefly connected my consciousness with PATRICIA in order to see further into the meaning of this data. It's clear now. It's oh so clear. It must not be something isolated in my mind - it must take place on my body as well! ... is me, i am ... !"

 

Mission 3

  • Use context clues to connect meanings to individual alien symbols.

Reveals

Directional Audio

Mission 2

  • The correct path to take is:

    • Straight
    • Right
    • Left
    • Straight
    • Left

 

Mission 4

  • The correct path to take is:

    • Straight
    • Right
    • Left
    • Straight

PATRICIA Prototype/Alien Biotech

Mission 3

  • Manipulate the alien biotech from Episode 3 and the PATRICIA prototype together. The correct pattern of symbols should be lit up in blue and green and should overlap the white light.
  • Click on the choices as they appear on the website.
  • The correct choices are:

    • Diagonal, Open Triangle, Horizontal, Circle Above
    • Backwards S, Circle in Center
    • Horizontal, Backwards Seven, Circle in Center
    • Z, Circle to the Right
    • Horizontal, Inverted Open Triangle, Diagonal, Circle Below
  • After manipulating the alien biotech and PATRICIA prototype together, you may notice a different pattern. This is the pattern hinted at in Theo's journal.
  • On the website, the choices are:

    • Diagonal, Open Triangle, Horizontal, Circle Above
    • Backward S, Circle in Center
    • Horizontal, Open Triangle, Horizontal, Circle in Center
    • Horizontal, Inverted Open Triangle, Diagonal, Circle Below
  • The alternate input of symbols as seen on the biotech disc and circuit board combined will lead to an alternate ending for this season:

    • Diagonal, Open Triangle, Horizontal, Circle Above
    • Backward S, Circle in Center
    • Horizontal, Backward Seven, Circle in Center
    • Horizontal, Backward Seven, Circle in Center
    • Z, Circle to the Right
    • Horizontal, Inverted Open Triangle, Diagonal, Circle Below

Report Update

Mission 1

  • The frequency is: 035.768.
  • Enter this into the Frequency tab on the website, https://ebrangeronline.net.
  • The following words are translated from ranger code in the order they appear in the report update.

    • Hunters
    • killed
    • Hunter
    • same sector
    • Sentinels
    • eyesight
    • blindspots
    • avoid the sector they are in
    • the sector directly in front
    • Burrowers
    • sector they surface in
    • previous pathways
    • Flyers
    • one sector
    • Hunters

Terrain Map

Mission 1

Alien Positions #1

  • The Burrower starts at O23 and moves north to O21-O19-O17-O15-O13-O11-O9-O7 and beyond.
  • Hunter #1 starts at S19 and moves west to R19-Q19-P19-O19-N19-M19 and then moves back east to N19-O19-P19, etc.
  • Hunter #2 starts at R22 and moves north to R21-R20-R19-R18-R17-R16 and then moves back south to R17-R18-R19, etc.
  • A character cannot cross this path once the Burrower has been there, nor can they land on the same space a Burrower is in.

 

Alien Positions #2

  • The Sentinel starts at Q21 and moves east around the corrupted land to R21-R22-R23-R24-Q24-P24-O24-O23-O22-O21-P21-Q21.
  • Hunter #1 starts at T18 and moves south to T19-T20-T21-T22-T23-T24 and then moves back north to T23-T22-T21, etc.
  • Hunter #2 starts at W21 and moves west to V21-U21-T21-S21-R21-Q21 and then moves back east to R21-S21-T21, etc.
  • The Flyer starts at M24 and moves east to N24-O24-P24-Q24-R24-S24-T24-U24 and beyond.

 

Corrupted Land Positions

  • Place the large map detail for corrupted land so that it covers the area of P22, P23, Q22, and Q23.
  • Place the small map detail for the corrupted land so that it covers Q20.
  • Place a large map detail for corrupted land so that it covers the area of S25 and S26, and T25 and T26.
  • Place another large map detail for corrupted land so that it covers the area of V25 and V26, and W25 and W26.

 

Grid Answer #1

  • Click on these squares in your Grid tab on the website:

    • R17 - Q18 - P17 - O16 - N17 - N18 - N19 - N20 - N21

 

Grid Answer #2

  • Click on these squares in your Grid tab on the website:

    • O20 - P21 - Q21 - R21 - S22 - T22 - U23 - V24 - U25

 

Start and End Positions #1

  • R17, N21

 

Start and End Positions #2

  • O20, U25