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13 Model Pieces

• PATRICIA printed these out for The Contact.

• I could not actually get this assembled myself, but if you look closely at the pieces, three of them have letters printed on them: ATG.

  • This is the password to Alosha's data cache on the website.

Coded Message 1

• This is the message that has elements at the beginning of each paragraph.

• Find the atomic number of each element to discover the number of times to shift the coded letters within that paragraph.

  • Hydrogen = 1 (shift 1 back)
  • Nitrogen = 7 (shift 7 back)
  • Carbon = 6 (shift 6 back)
  • Hydrogen = 1 (shift 1 back)
  • Helium = 2 (shift 2 back)
  • Sodium = 11 (shift 11 back)
  • Oxygen = 8 (shift 8 back)
  • Neon = 10 (shift 10 back)
  • Argon = 18 (shift 18 back)
  • Hydrogen = 1 (shift 1 back)

• Once decoded, the coded words read:

  • BOTANY LAB
  • ISSUE/DISCUSSING
  • IT IS/EVEN WORSE THAN WE THOUGHT
  • REPORT ON THE VIRUS/IF WE'RE RIGHT
  • IMMUNE/LAST A DAY OUT THERE/NEED ME HERE/STICK AROUND
  • BREAK SECURITY PROTOCOL/VIRUS/FOOD SUPPLY/PERSEPHONE
  • YOU'RE HERE NOW/SIMONE
  • ROOT VEGETABLES
  • THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT
  • I KNOW

Coded Message 2

• This is the piece of paper with numbers.

• In the first sentence, the incorrectly capitalized letters spell out "ASCII".

  • This is the type of cipher we must use to decode the messages.

• Once decoded, the coded words read:

  • You were right/population/open/Lock-in
  • dangerous/surface/vote/take place/safe
  • official support/endorsement/public opinion
  • The Council/public well-being/public opinion
  • we/present/united front
  • my stance/Cyril/others/vote/us/making/choices/railroad
  • Understood

Coded Message 3

• This is the worn-looking piece of paper.

• In the paragraph, before the coded words start, is the word "Widdershins".

  • Widdershins means clockwise, and Alosha says to only use it once.

• So, to decode the words, shift each letter ahead one time.

• Once decoded, the words read:

  • STRANGE ON SYSTEM
  • SECRETS
  • INFORMATION
  • SAFE
  • HISTORY
  • PROTECT
  • MY SECURITY
  • CAUGHT HIM
  • HE
  • DEAD
  • INSIDE JOB
  • REJECTED
  • I AM WRONG
  • DISCUSS:
    • *obhovoryty = "to discuss it" in Ukrainian
  • BURN AFTER READING

Contact Letter

• Apparently, the information we shared with The Contact in Episode 1 was leaked to the public. PATRICIA doesn't know who did it.

  • I think PATRICIA has become self-aware and did it herself.

Field Notes

• These are notes from Persephone's last expedition.

• She took her hazmat suit off on purpose!

  • Did she find something that suggested the environment was safe for exposure again?
  • Was that why she was murdered? Someone doesn't want people to know they can leave the bunker?

• The DNA symbol drawn at the bottom of the first page is similar to that of the necklace we received.

  • The symbol is under the word "pear". "Pear" is the password to the USB file.

• Her last entry is from right before we entered the compound... So sad she didn't make it back to tell others the truth.

Incident Report

• Why are they still using this type of IR form when the FBI surely no longer exists? lol

• So, there was a security breach and a lot of sensitive information was stolen, including from PATRICIA's system.

  • Could someone have hacked her system, and that's how the information we found in Episode 1 was leaked?

• At the bottom of the backside, there is a message written in Russian or Ukrainian... WTF...

  • This is actually a coded message.

• Russian alphabet to English alphabet: GOLODNIJ VOVK SIL'NISE, NIZ ZADOVOLENA SOBAKA.

• Ukrainian alphabet to English alphabet: HOLODNYJ VOVK SYL'NISE, NIZ ZADOVOLENA SOBAKA.

• Neither one translates into anything in English... and the recaps do not address this message...

Item Recovery List

• This is a list of items recovered from Persephone Grace's body.

• The hazmat suit she was wearing is the one not accounted for on the website.

  • Why would her hazmat suit be stuffed into her backpack?
  • Was it removed before or after she was attacked and killed?

• Persephone had a knife and handaxe on her when she went out.

  • Was one of these the murder weapon? Or, perhaps, both?

Necklace

• Persephone wore this necklace when she was alive. It has a DNA symbol.

Password Card

• This time, Rule 4 is referenced.
• Using the same trick as in Episode 1, shift the letters back 4 times.

• Once decoded, the password is:

  • motherboard

USB

• This was found wrapped in a necklace that Persephone always wore.

• The Contact instructs us to plug it into a computer once we have found what we're looking for.

  • We should then tell PATRICIA "Ryloth".

• Use the password "pear" to unlock the autopsy file.

  • We learn what the aliens look like.
  • Apparently, they were able to perform an autopsy of sorts on one...

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