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Coded Message 1

• This is found in Jeremy's messenger bag.
• Note the phrase "exchange key information". This points to using the Diffie-Hellman key exchange method again to decipher.

• 3 and 36 are repeated, meaning they are a key to deciphering this note.

  • Letters will shift forward 3 times.

• Once decoded, the coded phrases read:

  • "IT FEELS GOOD"
  • "SEEN. IT FEELS GOOD"
  • "SEE MY GOOD WORKS."
  • "I WILL DO."
  • "FUN"
  • "SEE YOU SPEAKING WITH PATRICIA"
  • "INTO ALOSHA'S DATA CACHE"
  • "FUN WHILE"
  • "LASTED"
  • "YOUR TIME"
  • "TICKING AWAY"
  • "ISN'T PERSONAL"
  • "YOU DO"
  • "YOU CHOOSE"
  • "FIRST"
  • "DIE"

• WTF! Someone is threatening us!

Coded Message 2

• This is found in Jeremy's messenger bag.

• This is a correspondence between Jeremy and Alosha.

  • "Griefing"? lol

• The code in this one is pretty easy. It's Pig Latin.

  • Jeremy: I saw someone.
  • Alosha: What did you see, Jeremy?
  • Jeremy: A man came out of Laila's server room while I delivered morning mail. No one is up that early before the day lights come on.

• On the back is a message from Alosha to Laila.

• He mentions "two-square", which is the cipher we should use.

• Once deciphered, the coded phrases read:

  • "MY PASSWORD FOR ROOM 1105 SURVEILLANCE"
  • "OVERRIDE MORE SECURITY PROTOCOLS. NEW PASSWORD NOW 1439. SOMETHING IS GOING ON. I WANT TO FIND WHAT HE IS HIDING."

Coded Message 3

• This is found in Jeremy's messenger bag.
• There is a mention of "backwards". This points to the Atbash cipher, where the alphabet is read backward instead of forward.

• Once decoded, the phrases read:

  • "INCITING A PANIC"/"VOTE"
  • "OUT OF PROPER DECONTAMINATION MATERIALS. EXPEDITIONS CAN'T CONTINUE"
  • "DR. WHELAN"/"BASE FULLY SELF-SUSTAINING"
  • "SURFACE"/"DANGEROUS"/"REASONS"/"VIRUS"/"WEIGH"/"FACTS"/"I VOTE"/"TIEBREAKER"

• It's hilarious how Ada refuses to encode her sentences after Cyril asks her to.

Contact Letter

• Ooh, so we have everything we need now to know who our contact is.

  • I wonder who?

• The coded signature is simply a replacement cipher. By looking through the personnel names, we get a match of:

  • Laila Woods

• There is a riddle at the bottom of the page.

• The answer is:

  • Words

Doctor's Guide

• This is a guide from Dr. Cyril Farrahmand on how to cope with the apocalypse.

Field Note Propaganda

• Sections of Persephone's expedition notes have been inserted into this poster to inspire fear among the community.

  • Of course, they are taken out of context.

Messenger Bag

• This was supposedly "lost" by Jeremy.
• It contains 4 coded messages inside.

Noodle Packet

• This is found in Jeremy's messenger bag.

  • Haha! Normally a product boasts about LESS sodium, not more!

• Jeremy's notes reveal that Mathias and Oswald have been writing back and forth.

Password Card

• This time, Rule 10 is referenced.
• Using the same trick as in previous episodes, shift the letters back 10 times.

• Once decoded, the password is:

  • jonassalk

Patient Notes

• These are Dr. Cyril Farrahmand's notes on some of his patients.

• Note the patient on page 3.

  • This is Alosha.

Rotating Puzzle

• All the letters must be visible.

• What is revealed is the password to Alosha's data cache:

  • fortythieves

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