Rifts

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70.95.141.241: /* Cluster 5 */

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'''Rifts''' appear to be breaks in the programming of memories within the [[Animus]], which can be seen using [[Eagle Vision]]. Each of the ten are found on key landmarks throughout [[Rome]], and conceal [[Subject 16]]'s Cluster puzzles in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''. They are the equivalent of [[Glyphs]] from ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'', but instead of revealing a second [[The Truth|Truth]] video, they simply relay the message "The miracle is in the execution" along with an executable file. Accessing the file allows Desmond to go through a virtual obstacle course similar to an [[Animus Virtual Training Program]] mission, and ultimately receive a message from Subject 16.

Note that unlike the glyphs from ''Assassin's Creed II'', the rifts are not activated simply by standing in front of them with Eagle Vision active. [[Ezio]] must actually grab the edge of the rift while Eagle Vision is active, then climb in. They cannot be accessed or hung from without Eagle Vision active.

Various hidden messages such as coded numbers and letters, music notes and morse code appear in the rifts.

For example, in Cluster 7, if you zoom in on the picture of the jet, somewhere you'll see the words "We the People" marked 1, 2, and 3, respectively. That seems to imply that all the other numbers are words from the Declaration of Independence...

==Locations==

===[[Castra Praetoria]]===
In the area where [[Octavien]] de Valois was assassinated, on the eastern wall.

===[[Rosa in Fiore]]===
On the north wall of the [[Brothels|brothel]], on the second floor wall.

===[[Santa Maria dei Miracoli and Santa Maria di Montesant]]===
On the western tower near the left dome.

===[[Aventino]]===
On the [[Borgia tower]].

===[[Castel Sant'Angelo]]===
On the actual cylinder of the castle, on the south side where the top of the outer wall is closest to the cylinder, near a haystack, right below a circular window.

===[[Caserma di Alviano]]===
East side of the wall, on the outside of the perimeter.

===[[Acquedotto Claudia]]===
Near the small town where Leonardo frequently is located at, on the north side of aqueduct. Climb the Borgia tower to reach the top of the aqueduct.

===[[Colosseo]]===
At the very top, northern side of the Colosseo, just west of the [[View Point]]. It is on the outside wall, and to access it, Ezio must hang from the topmost ledge of the Colosseum, directly above the rift, fall and catch himself in the rift while Eagle Vision is active.

===[[Palazzo Senatorio]]===
On the back of the Palazzo, near the roof, towards the end of the free-running path.

===[[Pantheon]]===
Inside the Pantheon, on the wall right above the main entrance.
==Clusters==
==='''Cluster 1'''===

Puzzle 1: Pick out the five images of aristocrats not doing any sort of work.

[[File:Cluster_1-1--article_image.jpg]]

Puzzle 2: Move your pawn at 2E to 4E.
[[File:Cluster_1-2--article_image.jpg]]

'''''"They become increasingly aware of our existence. We can no longer rely on the divine right of the aristocracy to maintain control. We need a new system, something much more subtle."'''''

Puzzle 3: Hit A/X to "activate" the blinking red light found here:

[[File:Cluster_1-3--article_image.jpg]]

==='''Cluster 2'''===

'''''"The individual intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as in many other cases, led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention."'''''

'''—[http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Smith Adam Smith]'''

Puzzle 1: Turn the first ring left four times, the second and first rings right twice, the third and first rings left three times, and the fourth ring left four times.
[[File:Cluster_2-1--article_image.jpg]]

'''''"By far the greatest part of those goods which are the objects of desire, are procured by labour; and they may be multiplied, not in one country alone, but in many, almost without any assignable limit, if we are disposed to bestow the labour necessary to obtain them."'''''

Puzzle 2: The first and third rings are linked, as are the fourth and first. Turn the first/third rings right five times, the second ring right five times, the third ring left four times, and the fourth/first rings left twice.
[[File:Cluster_2-2--article_image.jpg]]

'''''"A great empire has been established for the sole purpose of raising up a nation of customers. It cannot be very difficult to determine who have been the contrivers of the whole mercantile system; not the consumers, we may believe, whose interest has been entirely neglected; but the producers, whose interest has been so carefully attended to it."'''''

Puzzle 3: The third ring is linked with the second, as is the fourth with the first. Turn the first ring right three times, the second ring right four times, the third/second rings left five times, and the fourth/first ring right once.
[[File:Cluster_2-3--article_image.jpg]]

'''''"A country that makes provision to increase in inhabitants, whose situation is good, and whose people have a genius adapted to trade, will never fail to be gainers in the balance, provided the labour and industry of their people be well managed and carefully directed."'''''

'''''"lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo"'''''

Puzzle 4: Move your pawn at 2F to 4F.
[[File:Cluster_2-4--article_image.jpg]]

Puzzle 5: Activate one of the two blinking lights shown below, then quickly activate the other one before your cursor fills up with red.

[[File:Cluster_2-5--article_image.jpg]]

==='''Cluster 3'''===
'''''"Missing -.. .- .-. -.- -. . ... ... .-.. --- ... - -... -. ..- -- -..."'''''

Morse Code Translated: '''''DARKNESSLOSTNUMB'''''
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Puzzle 1: Select the area shown below (revealing a hidden Abstergo emblem).
[[File:Cluster_3-1--article_image.jpg]]

'''HIDDEN MESSAGES AND CODES IN THE PUZZLE 1 OF CLUSTER 3'''

'''''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Dexter_White Harry Dexter White]. Remember this name.'''''

'''''"I find myself more and more relying for a solution of our problems on the invisible hand which I tried to eject from economic thinking twenty years ago" —[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maynard_Keynes John Maynard Keynes]'''''

'''''"Le Chiffre indéchiffrable." ''('''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigen%C3%A8re_cipher Vigenère cipher])

'''''"How can I adopt a creed which, preferring ''mud to the fish, exalts the boorish proletariat above the bourgeois and the intelligentsia who, with whatever faults, are the quality in life and surely carry the send of all human advancement?"'''

''Rqpgxqqeqizikxzjpzkwmczyuawmbfxqwuasmkfvpfkqsbdftnfvw ''='' '''''''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jekyll_Island Jekyll Island] + more paper money and a central bank'''

'''''"It would all be done in secret, the Assassins would never know until it was too late."'''''

'''''"Owing to pressure from below, the pressure of the masses, the bourgeoise may sometimes concede certain partial reforms while remaining on the basis of the existing social-economic system."'''''

''Wzjwrypq rpquzaaqpjilfmmzj kqxamwgbwmexcdj'' =''' ''One of them he provided the necessary pressure'''''

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Puzzle 2: Enter the symbols below as your passcode.
[[File:Cluster_3-2--article_image.jpg]]

'''MESSAGE FROM ABSTERGO INDUSTRIES'''

'''''July 22, 1944'''''

'''''Fellows, rulers, welcome.'''''

'''''I deliver this speech to you as, several floors below us, a silent revolution begins.'''''

'''''Ranny Olds and Henry Ford. As many of you know, these founders gave us the assembly line, the device we have used to control both (this indoctrinated into the worship of our money (?) ) capitalists and workers (slaves (?) ) alike. But I dream of a future in which such ugly chains will no longer be necessary. In 1910, our founders designed the Plan, it falls to us to see it through.'''''

'''''But, what of the Communists, who intend to spread the bread so thin that everyone will starve? It is our duty to (neutralise (?) ) them and their followers. We muse ensure that the continue to eat, to reproduce, to be productive members of society. That is our burden, to shepherd those beneath us through life, and we must embrace it, even if (force is required (?) ) they themselves do not.'''''

'''''H. and S. brought on the turmoil and fear necessary, now we must strike fast to ensure the development continues in the proper direction. We will appear to concede ground against the workers, remember the successful ruse of Rockefeller's dimes, but soon there will be no ground we do not own.'''''

'''''In 1937, we founded this Company, this enterprise, with a purpose. The time to nurture it to fruition is upon us.'''''

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Puzzle 3: Move your pawn at 4F to 5E, into the black knight's path.
[[File:Cluster_3-3--article_image.jpg]]

Puzzle 4: Activate one of the two blinking lights shown below, then quickly activate the other one before your cursor fills up with red.

[[File:Cluster_3-4--article_image.jpg]]

==='''Cluster 4'''===
Puzzle 1: Choose the five pictures that show a robot or computer with a human operator.
[[File:Cluster_4-1--article_image.jpg]]

Puzzle 2: Another code wheel. The first ring is linked to the fourth, the third to the first, and the fourth to the second. Turn the first/fourth rings right once, the second ring left four times, the third/first rings right four times, and the fourth/second rings right once.
[[File:Cluster_4-2--article_image.jpg]]

'''''"It is possible to invent a single machine which can be used to compute any computable sequence.'''''

'''''I'm not interested in developing a powerful brain. All I'm after is just a mediocre brain."'''''

Puzzle 3: Most of the hint is a red herring. All you need to focus on is the fourth line, so move your pawn at 2G to 3G.

[[File:Cluster_4-3--article_image.jpg]]

Puzzle 4: Select the first two boxes.
[[File:Cluster_4-4--article_image.jpg]]

Puzzle 4: Activate one of the two blinking lights shown below, then quickly activate the other one before your cursor fills up with red.

[[File:Cluster_4-5--article_image.jpg]]

==='''Cluster 5'''===

Puzzle 1: Move your queen from 1D to 2E.
[[File:Cluster_5-1--article_image.jpg]]

Puzzle 2: Select the area shown below, revealing a hidden lightning bolt.
[[File:Cluster_5-2--article_image.jpg]]

'''Many codes and messages are hidden in these pictures.''' ''(Could someone write them down here ?)''

Puzzle 3: Enter the symbols shown below as your passcode.
[[File:Cluster_5-3--article_image.jpg]]

'''RESTRICTED HANDLING: CLASSIFIED MESSAGE'''

'''''Subject: South America'''''

'''''If we are to ensure the Company's success, Company agents must be free to move from country to country and maintain power within all of them. A [[New World Order|global international order]] must be implemented.'''''

'''''Re: Argentina'''''

'''''Tell the Capitalists that if they help ensure the the Junta remain in power, we will pass all their corporate debt on to the Argentine people. That will ensure that they crush any popular revolt. I want the trade unions destroyed if we are to move forward'''''

'''''Re: Chile'''''

'''''The free market must be allowed to prevail. F.'s visit last year helped things along, but now all companies must be sold to the private sector, ideally on the cheap. The price of bread and other staples must rise. I want to ensure that the people remain marred in poverty and unable to resist.'''''

'''''Any traces of this plan should appear to implicate the U.S. government. The Company's involvement must remain hidden.'''''

'''''For successful examples of a similar opening of the markets, look no further than the 1953 liberation of Iran and the 1954 liberation of Guatemala.'''''

(Illegible signature)
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Puzzle 4: Activate one of the three blinking lights shown below, then quickly activate the other two before your cursor fills up with red.

[[File:Cluster_5-4--article_image.jpg]]

'''A message is hidden in the dark space.'''

''"Wages should be (lowered to keep the middle class subservient to us (?)) left to the fair and free competition of the market, and should never be controlled by the interference of (a popularly elected government(?)) the legislature." There are also two Templar Symbols, one on each side of the message.''

==='''Cluster 6'''===

Puzzle 1: Select the area below, revealing a hidden Templar emblem.
[[File:Cluster_6-1--article_image.jpg]]

'''Many codes and messages are hidden in these pictures.''' ''(Could someone write them down here ?)''

Puzzle 2: The passcode is 20, 27, 33, 13.
[[File:Cluster_6-2--article_image.jpg]]

'''LETTER TO BORIS YELTSIN'''

'''''Mr. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Yeltsin Yeltsin],'''''

'''''I am writing this letter to encourage you to act. One rarely finds oneself in such an opportune position. Gorbachev does not have our interests at heart. He is moving far to slowly to privatize and my greatest fear is that he has no intention of doing so at all. I understand that you have expressed similar concerns. With that in mind, here is something to remedy the situation.'''''

'''''Several of my top advisors at the Company maintain a monetary connection with the Communist old guard. They tell me that a riot might be easily incited while Gorbachev is away. If you were to repel an attempt to seize parliament in front of the media, it could very well tip the scales in your favor.'''''

'''''Telephone me at No. 10 and we shall talk further.'''''

'''''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher Margaret Thatcher] '''''
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Puzzle 3: Select the three boxes shown below:
[[File:Cluster_6-3--article_image.jpg]]

Puzzle 4: Move your knight from 1G to 3F.
[[File:Cluster_6-4--article_image.jpg]]

Puzzle 5: Activate one of the blinking lights shown below, then quickly activate the other two before your cursor fills up with red.

[[File:Cluster_6-5--article_image.jpg]]

'''There is a message at the top of the picture, in the dark zone. There are also some music notes.'''

''(Could someone write it down here? Could someone precise what music it is?)''

==='''Cluster 7'''===
Puzzle 1: Select the five images below, showing the energy industry at work.
[[File:Cluster_7-1--article_image.jpg]]

'''Through the puzzle #1, a speech about communism is played. '''''(Could someone write it down here ?)''

Puzzle 2: Select Chief Justice [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_G._Roberts John G. Roberts]'s left hand, revealing a hidden Templar ring. [[File:Cluster_7-2--article_image.jpg]]

'''Through the puzzle #2, a speech about democracy is played. '''''(Could someone write it down here ?) ''

'''Many codes and messages are hidden in these pictures.''' ''(Could someone write them down here ?)''

Puzzle 3: Enter C, M, Z, K as your passcode.
[[File:Cluster_7-3--article_image.jpg]]

'''There is a letter from the Supreme Court of the United-States written in December 2000.'''

''(Could someone write it down here ?) ''

Puzzle 4: It wants an echo of its last move (knight at 8B to 6C), so move your knight from 1B to 3C.
[[File:Cluster_7-4--article_image.jpg]]

Puzzle 5: Activate one of the blinking lights shown below, then quickly activate the other two before your cursor fills up with red.

[[File:Cluster_7-5--article_image.jpg]]

'''Through the puzzle #5, a speech about capitalist is played. '''''(Could someone write it down here ?) ''

'''There is also a message hidden in the dark zone. '''''(Could someone write it down here ?)''
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