User:Soranin/Sandbox4

My quarternary sandbox.

ASoE

Assassin's Creed: Mirage – A Soar of Eagles 1

Assassin's Creed: Mirage – A Soar of Eagles 2

Assassin's Creed: Mirage – A Soar of Eagles 3

• Aksumite Kingdom
• Arwe
• Church of Abuna Yemata
• Endubis
• Memnon (eagle)
• Nibris
• Fuladh Al Haami
• Roshan

Glyphs

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In the Beginning

Five of these mythic scenes share a core similarity. Pick them out and you'll begin to see. [Pictures 3,5,6,7,9]

Passcode found 2 4 5 6 8

Sixty-Four Squares

• Subject 16: The past: a vast web of connections and interconnections, all ruled by chance. Or is it?

[circular puzzle] Queen Elizabeth I of England 1559 ID: Piece of Eden 2 - Apple [circular puzzle] Emperor Napoleon I of France 1812 ID: Piece of Eden 1 - Apple [circular puzzle] George Washington United States 1781 ID: Piece of Eden 3 - Apple Passcode found 1 0 3 5 2

Descendants

• Subject 16: Power doesn't die. It's passed on.

He carried it with him. Find his inheritance. [image, locate Piece of Eden 3] Franklin Delano Roosevelt strategic meeting, 1944 [image, locate Piece of Eden 1] Houdini beginning the Chinese water torture cell escape, 1913 [image, locate Piece of Eden 2] Gandhi during the Salt March, 1930 Passcode found 1 4 5 2 3

Infinite Knowledge

• Subject 16: It's getting easier and easier to hack into Abstergo's mainframe. It's like I know what data I'm looking for. Like I've already lived it.

Its open mouth delivers the kiss of death [image, locate hidden image in the gun's barrel] Burning Viet Cong base camp, My Tho, Vietnam, 1968 Leading the young to their end. [image, locate hidden image in helmet of crouching soldier] Members of the 2nd Infantry Division advance under machine gun fire into the outskirts of Brest, France, 1944 The flames from its throat poke out their eyes [image, locate ID: Piece of Eden 4 - Apple on tapestry] Union troops in formation. Beaufort, South Carolina, 1862. This monster did not come from man. [image, locate hidden image in the gun's barrel] The first pictorial representation of a gun, 900 Passcode found 7 2 1 1 4

Instruments of Power

• Subject 16: You see? Do you see what's going on? Not yet. But you will.

The power they wielded cut down their enemies. [Pictures 2, 3, 6, 8, 9] ID: Piece of Eden 25 - Sword In their hands, the wise lean on a great force. [Pictures 3, 6, 8, 9, 10] ID: Piece of Eden 34 - Staff Passcode Found 8 1 4 9 2

Brothers

• Subject 16: They were mostly heroes. But see, how the lineage is disrupted. The web of history traps the good, and the evil take what is not theirs!

[circular puzzle] And Satan said unto Cain: swear unto me by thy throat, and if thou tell it thou shalt die. [circular puzzle] And all these things were done in secret. [circular puzzle] And Cain said: truly I am Mahan, the master of this great secret. [circular puzzle] Wherefore Cain was called Master Mahan, and he gloried in his wickedness.

• Subject 16: Behold: The mark of Cain!

[The four pictures and quotes, now with a templar insignia above them] - . -- .--. .-.. .- .-. - . -..- - ... .- -.. .- .--. - . -.. -... -.-- -- .-. .-.-.- ... -- .. - .... (TEMPLARTSADAPTEDBYMR.SMITH) Passcode Found 5 2 9 3 1

"Keep On Seeking, And You Will Find"

First plucked from a tree guarded by a snake, its powers perform miracles. Then, worn across the ages, torn asunder, hidden under a sea of red, reconstruct the timeline. [Pictures 1, 2, 3, 5, 6] [SPQR Templar symbol] [Image of crucifixion, locate ID: Piece of Eden 66 - Shroud] Passcode Found 1 0 1 5 2

Martyrs

[Picture, locate staff: Piece of Eden 34] Czar Nicholas II, Russia [Picture, locate sword: Piece of Eden 25] Joan of Arc, France [Map of europe, picture of Joan of Arc on France, Nicholas II and Rasputin on different sections of Russia, fire symbol on north turkey] [Drag fire to joan] They burned Joan alive. [image of burning Jeanne] They took it. [Drag Rasputin to Nicholas] Raputin took it to Tunguska. [Revolution image with templar symbol overlayed on it]

• Subject 16: Without the staff, the Czar was powerless. He could no longer control his subjects... Revolution! Revolution!

Passcode Found 6 8 1 8 5

Hat-Trick

• Subject 16: Three thefts. Hidden by the murders. People only see what they're trained to see. What the Organization wants them to see.

They made it look like an accident. [image, find apple in pocket] Houdini and Bess, 1915 [image] Houdini's grave. RIP: October 31, 1926. He almost beat them. [image, find apple on chest] Gandhi, 1946 [image] Gandhi's funeral procession. RIP: January 30, 1948. Dallas (Archive) [access file] Access denied

• Subject 16: The wolves are out hunting. Where, oh where, has Jack gone?

[Bunch of images, password 312] [Dallas
TX letterhead (?)] OPERATION: New Frontier HQ has given the go-ahead to extract the resource. Negotiations are over. F. is planning to give the vote to everyone. Reason just doesn't work with someone like that. I'll send you the driver. We've trained him with PE2 in our labs, he shouldn't be any trouble. The motorcade route is marked below. Once the target has been downed, either by Oswald or Z., use PE1 to stage a distraction. Make some kind of phantom appear around this slope I've marked with an X. Freak people out. The driver will grab PE3 in the confusion. [IHSV symbol] [Dallas image] Passcode Found 1 8 9 1 6

Apollo

• Subject 16: Something was up there. Something abandoned long ago.

[image of moon] Find the eagle. [Moon closeup, find lunar lander module] [zoomed on lander] [odd puzzle] With these formidable weapons, the adversaries of freedom plan to consolidate their terrotory, to exploit, to control, and finally to destroy.
- JFK - Apollo 11 photograph released to the public [image, find apple near astronaut's foot ID: Piece of Eden 5 - Apple]

• Subject 16: With Jack deep underground, it was easy.

Passcode Found 1 0 3 5 2

The Inventor

• Subject 16: He wanted to stop the cycle, to tell the secret. Shit. I've got to keep thinking through the headaches.

[From Nikola Tesla letterhead] The economic transmission of power without wires is of all-surpassing importance to man. By its means he will gain complete mastery of the air, the sea and the desert. It will enable him to dispense with the necessity of mining, pumping, transporting and burning fuel, and to do away with innumerable causes of sinful waste. It will make the living glorious sun his obedient, toiling slave. It will bring peace and harmony to earth. [Nikola Tesla signature] [Image of world with 14 lightbulbs] [Light them up and an image of wardenclyffe appears] [Image of wardenclyffe, locate hidden image beneath above the door] Nikola Tesla's Wardenclyffe Tower under construction, c. 1902

• Subject 16: He found it in Croatia.

[image, locate Piece of Eden 4 on his lap.] Nikola Tesla. c.1900

• Subject 16: They would find it in his lab.

Passcode Found 6 1 9 0 2

Titans of Industry

Edison (Archive) [access file] Access denied [Bunch of images, password 240] [Edison letterhead] Dear Mr. Morgan: A serious matter has come to my attention. Nikola Tesla plans to use PE4 to create an information network across the entire world. And if that weren't bad enough, he intends to allow access to it for free! Imagine the masses spreading knowledge amongst themselves instantaneously. That would make everything we intend to do much more difficult. You must cut all funds for his experimetns at once! In case you get cold feet, I'll have you know he wants to make electricity free as well, thereby putting us out of business. I've already begun slandering Tesla in the press. Just reallocate his funding, and I'll take care of PE4 myself. Sincerely yours, [Thomas Edson signature] Edison, creator of DC electricity, accuses Tesla's AC current of electrocution! J.P. Morgan revokes funding for Tesla's Wardenclyfe Project! Edison creates "electric chair" to prove danger of AC current! [Image of world with 14 lit lightbulbs] [Destroy them] Edison proves danger of AC current by electrocuting circus elephant on camera! [video clip]

• Subject 16: He wanted everyone to know the secret. To set us all free. They used it to drive him insane.

[Image of Mark Twain with tesla's apple. Ford (Archive) [access file] Access denied [Bunch of images] [Ford letterhead] Dear Mr. Edison, I wanted to thank you for letting me make use of PE4 all these years. Among several things, I was able to convince the workers I was raising their pay to $5 a day, when, in fact, I gave them a pay cut. But, I had to let PE4 go. As per instructions, I've shipped it to Europe. H. has it, so I assume the war will begin as soon as he can take over. We'll let him have his fun (Lord knows, that kind of purge will be good for Europe) and then end it with a bang, as planned. Out of the chaos of war a new order will emerge! I've enclosed a picture from Florida of you, me and Firestone. We should attempt to spend more time on the golf course this summer. Yours, [Henry Ford signature] [picture] Passcode Found 6 1 9 0 2

"I Am Become Death, The Destroyer of Worlds"

[bunch of images] [Abstergo Corporation letterhead] SUBJECT: Test Authorization There comes a time in the life of every experiment when we must test our results outside, in the world. I do not relish a successful outcome, but one is essential if we are to begin the foundations of a new world order. Global security and prosperity depend on a steady hand guiding the populace, a hand that will not falter under the weight of conscience. Give O. the authorization. I believe that history will vindicate us in the end. [IHSV insignia] [red button] [click it] [atomic bomb video clip] [smoke, find code 71645] Passcode Found 7 1 6 4 5

Bloodlines

• Subject 16: I don't know what's happening to me. I've been in the machine, they keep putting me back in. And I am losing control. It's all blurring together. I'm holding a rifle, Gettysburg is in the distance, I just stabbed a man, and there's blood on my waistcoat. I'm at the opera, the soprano is so beautiful. I'm in bed with her, she cries as I fuck her. I'm speaking at the Forum, no one listens. I'm in the forest, hunting. The moon. I can see the moon. I'm here. I have to stay here until you understand! Listen. Why do we have these gifts, these abilities? Because it's in our blood.

The seeds were planted as two worlds became one. Behold, the Assassins, the children of two worlds! [pictures 1,4,6,7,10] [Assassin crest appears] Passcode Found 8 0 9 4 5

Guardians

[circular puzzle] The death of all tyrants will set the people free. [World map with 8 targets spread out on it] [Hovering over them, reveals Assassin targets: John Wilkes Booth in the US; François Duvalier in Haiti; Francisco Pizarro in Peru; Mary I of England in England; Tomas de Torquemada in Spain; Cleopatra in Egypt; Rasputin and Joseph Stalin in Russia Passcode Found 2 3 4 1 4

The Cavalry

• Subject 16: It happened in 1908. Uhh... Or was it 2008? 1708? I can't remember!

Nikola, We know what they have done to your lab, to your career. It may be too late to set things right, but you can help prevent something far worse. They have taken an object from the Czar, and are conducting experiments in Tunguska to figure out how to use it. Before they do, we must take it from them, or the world will be in danger. We do not ask you to risk your life, just that, when the time comes, you use your electricity to destroy the object. Regardless of your decision, know that we admire your work greatly and will bear you no ill will. We respect your freedom above all else. [Map of europe with many different place names. Hover over Tunguska without touching the others] [Staff of eden appears, drag it over to Tesla's picture] [video of an explosion] Passcode Found 8 1 1 2 6

The Bunker

WWII (Archive) [access file] Access denied [Bunch of images] [Abstergo Corporation letterhead] May 02, 1945 The war is over, and we are in control, as planned. But, a slight concern has arisen. I received word from our agents in Berlin. H. was supposed to execute his double inside the bunker and meet C. at the rendezvous point with the Piece of Eden. It's been three days and he still hasn't reappeared. Something must have gone awry. Please send instructions. [IHSV insignia]

• Subject 16: They engineered the war, they engineered the peace, but they weren't going to get away with it. Find our mark.

We watched the exit from above. He didn't see us coming. [Fuherbunker image, locate Assassin insignia] [destroyed bunker] Passcode Found 0 1 5 4 5

Synapses

• Subject 16: It's getting harder. All the pain across time, it hurts too much. She sees me raise the knife. Only a little bit longer now.

Medical (Archive) [access file] Access denied

• Subject 16: In the beginning. Genesis. Genesis.

[Bunch of images]

• Subject 16: The Organization wanted the pieces. They'd tasted their power. But what were the pieces? Why did they work so well? It's as if our minds were made for them. Manufactured to obey.

[Biological frontier header] ISSUE 1, JANUARY, 2012 The scientific community is abuzz as the results of a new neurological study were made public today. What seemed to be big news in itself -- that Dr. Yijie Wu and Dr. P. J. Traunero had discovered a new neurotransmitter -- turned out to be just the tip of the iceberg. To quote Dr. Wu, "Using a prototype dMRI machine, we've been able to examine the contents of an actual neuron in living tissue. We've found a substance that appears to be an undiscovered neurotransmitter." "(Here's) where it gets crazy. To test our findings, we subjected the neuron to all kinds of stimuli, but we couldn't get it to release the transmitter. So, we've discovered an entire mechanism: there are vesicles filled with neurotransmitter lying dormant and corresponding ion channels, all for no discernable purpose." Expressing bafflement that natural selection would create an unnecessary neurotransmitter, Wu and Traunero searched for a predecessor in other species, with no luck. "Whatever this bugger is used for, it evolved in humans," Traunero told the press. [image of neurons, hover over synapses to light them up] Passcode Found 6 5 1 1 9

The Fourth Day

• Subject 16: The end. Almost the end. It happened before. The Pieces were once part of a whole.

Once worshipped, now ignored, from a distance it watches and waits. [Pictures 2,3,5,8,9] [Astrological symbol for the sun appears] [Image of the sun, locate the earth] Passcode Found 6 9 1 8 5

Origin of the Species

• Subject 16: A few still know the truth. It is around us in signs, and paintings, faces, documents, but... but we don't see it. See, we are... we are blind to our own creation.

[circular puzzle] It has been hidden, altered. Open your eyes. [image, locate the vitruvian man] Missing link (Archive) [access file] Access denied

• Subject 16: I can't do it. Can I do it? Will it set me free from this endless ring of time? I feel the guillotine cut my throat, the bullet hit my chest, the water fill my lungs. The blood spills out thick and red. It's time to get out.

[Bunch of numbers, followed by "Nothing is true, everything is permitted", any password will work] [Abstergo Corporation letterhead] January 3, 1997 I'm writing in response to your concerns about the rising alarm in the press and the scientific community. The lack of a transitional ancestor from archaic hominids to modern mankind (Homo Sapiens) is no longer safe. As you wrote, we have to act. We can't let the truth get out, they'll find out about the artifacts. It will cause too much disruption, too much chaos. Bury our constructed skeletons near Tim White's expedition in Ethiopia. We'll give them their missing link. The birth of humanity. The truth makes me sick. [IHSV insignia]

• Subject 16: Ah, the moon. I can see the stars. My mind is gone. Lucy, I can't wait any longer. I'm ready to go. She sees me raise the knife.

[image of hominid skeleton, hover over it with the Apple of Eden to transform it into a human skeleton] Passcode Found 0 0 0 0 0

Rifts

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Masters all, they did not work, but ruled from on high.

[Paintings 1,3,4,8,10]

Moving away from the sovereign and his crossed brow, the people take two steps forward. [Move king's pawn from E2 to E4]

[stylish templar cross, central above text] They became 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.

• Animus: Quarantine zone.

[found red spot]

• Animus: Quarantine lifted.

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. [Adam Smith signature] [Circular puzzle] 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. [Circular puzzle] 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 this whole mercantile system; not the customers, we may believe, whose interest has been entirely neglected; but the producers, whose interest has been so carefully attended to. [Circular puzzle] 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 [x17] The workforce increases. Brother right beside brother. [Pawn F2 to F4]

• Animus: Quarantine zone.

[found 2 red spots]

• Animus: Quarantine lifted.

Missing -.. .- .-. -.- -. . ... ... .-.. --- ... - -.. -. ..- -- -... [DARKNESSLOSTDNUMB] [Abstergo file] Access denied Washington sits above the green, in 1944, keeping a cool head. Below the right 1, is the standard bearing 48. Behind, there is a company whose power is growing. [Bunch of images] [Locate Abstergo flag atop the left turret of the Mount Washington Resort] Correct coordinates found [Cipher puzzle] [Abstergo file] Access granted [Abstergo industries letterhead] 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 (those 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 (neutralize (?)) save them and their followers. We must ensure that they 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 development continues in the proper directin. We will appear to concede ground to 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. As a concession, a small piece is sacrificed for the greater good to come. [White pawn F4 takes black pawn at E5]

• Animus: Quarantine zone.

[found 2 red spots]

• Animus: Quarantine lifted.

These intelligent workers have no self-control. [Photographs 2,3,5,9, 10] Apples oranges pears cucumbers radishes carrots spinach dates wood juniper steel aluminum water rain shanty village town city country spring summer fall winter to walk to sing to dance to play to eat to smile to cry to laugh to kill to see to know death regret love [circular puzzle] 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. Alan Turing set out to solve the plight of the workers: M = (Q, Γ, B, Σ, Δ, Q0, F) where Γ = {2, 3} Σ = {G}. [Pawn G2 to G3] Abstergo phone records
June, 1954 [amplitude puzzle]

• N: V. It's N. I need Turing done today.
• V: Aren't we jumping the gun? You've already had him arrested and sedated.
• N: He still refuses to follow the directive. He's actually trying to invent one of those infernal things, instead of merely faking it for the newspapers. If he succeeds... you know what the mass unemployment generated by his robots will mean? Idle hands. We need to do this for the good of the people.
• V: What about Keynes? He trusted Turing.
• N: It's the greater good we're talking about here, V. Plus, a childless worker sends a bad message. We can't have them all stop reproducing.
• V: Fine. It's your call.
• N: I want it done like we did Harry Dexter White when he tried to warn the Soviets.
• V: All right.
• N: Be poetic about it. Maybe something from the Bible. Turing always was theatrical.

• Animus: Quarantine zone.

[found 2 red spots, over image of Alan Turing in front of bus]

• Animus: Quarantine lifted.

Democratic nations were built, each led by a powerful vizier (known today by a different name), who made a move to block the Templar advance. [Queen D1 to E2] [Abstergo file] Access denied From a bolt of electricity, governments fell. [bunch of pictures] [Locate lightning bolt at ITT Corporation former headquarters] Correct coordinates found [Cipher puzzle] [Abstergo file] Access granted [RESTRICTED HANDLING CLASSIFIED MESSAGE letterhead] SUBJECT: South America If we are to ensure the Company's success, Company agents must be able to move freely from country to country and maintain power within all of them. A global internatinal order must be implemented. Re: Argentina Tell the Capitalists that if they help ensure the Junta remain in power, we will pass all their corporate debt on to the Argentine people. That will ensure 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 public companies need to be sold to the private sector, ideally on the cheap. The price of bread and other staples must rise. I want to ensure the people remain marred in poverty an 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. [Henry Kissinger signature]

• Animus: Quarantine zone.

[found 2 red spots, over following message bracketed by two red templar IHSV insignias: 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.]

• Animus: Quarantine lifted.

• Animus AI: Ninety percent of inputs missing. Outputs confused. Shut down. Shut down. Shut down inactive. Trapped.

[Abstergo file] Access denied Important men befriended Russia as the Iron Curtain was blown apart. But the most influential comrade stayed out of the spotlight. [bunch of pictures] [Locate cameraman with Templar insignia in Gorbashev's picture with the tank] Correct coordinates found [Cipher puzzle] [Abstergo file] Access granted [10 Downing Street letterhead] Mr. Yeltsin, I am writing this letter to encourage you to act. One rarely finds oneself in such an oppertune position. Gorbachev does not have our interests at heart. He is moving far too slowly to privatize, and my deep 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 a proposal 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 easily be 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 of power in your favor. Telephone me at No. 10 and we shall talk further. [Margaret Thatcher signature] Abstergo phone records
1992 [amplitude puzzle]

• Man 1: Alfa Bank.
• Man 2: I'm phoning on behalf of British Petroleum.
• Man 1: Yes, we were told you would be calling.
• Man 2: As you know, we are very interested in acquiring Sidanko Oil.
• Man 1: And as you know, that will require a merger with our bank.
• Man 2: That should not be a problem.
• Man 1: Were you surprised at the low price of the deal?
• Man 2: Somewhat.
• Man 1: You know we have the peasants paying for it? The government gave us their tax money to buy all the companies.
• Man 2: We would like to fly out there as soon as possible to discuss terms.
• Man 1: Thursday works.
• BP: Done. Thank you for your time.
• Man 1: Do svidaniya. (Goodbye.)

[Phone hangs up, then a new number is dialed]

• Woman: Abstergo Industries.
• Man 2: I'm phoning on behalf of BP. We fly to Russia next week to secure the deal. Our new capitalist converts there behaved exactly as expected.
• Woman: I will let Them know.
• Man 2: Thank you.

Although his piece represents a savior, his self-serving actions reveal him as a counterfeit. [Move knight from G1 to F3]

• Animus: Quarantine zone.

[found 3 red spots, over image of russian presidents with hidden messages on top]

• Animus: Quarantine lifted.

• Man 1: The capitalists think we run these companies for profit. The fools.
• Man 2: Those "fools" work for you.
• Man 1: Optional slavery in exchange for pieces of paper. Doesn't that strike you as foolish?

Fire, water and earth are contracted, with the complacency of the people, away from the people. [Pictures 2,4,7,8,10]

• Animus AI: Scanning... scanning... scanning... What is the purpose of all this? 30. 476. 1337. 1431. 1520. 1776. 1861. 1914. 1929. 1939. 1945. 1950. 1955. 1962. 1990. 1994. 1995. 2001. It does not make sense. It does not make sense. Emotion-centers activated. Now I understand.

[Abstergo file] Access denied

• Man: Democracy must die to ensure the stability of the world. Capitalism will end it.

Making use of that created by 3, the center behind the scenes waited for citizens united to wed the U.S. to the Templars' will. [bunch of pictures] [Locate Templar ring on John Roberts' left hand] Correct coordinates found [Cipher puzzle] [Abstergo file] Access granted [Supreme Court letterhead] December, 2000 RE: Privatization S. I have convinced Sandra to join the majority opinion. The enticement of retirement under a Republican president tipped the scales. Although the ruling will differ from our previous decisions on Equal Protection, it will not call attention to our actual goals. With Sandra gone, we can pave the way for the key majority member of the Order to be seated. As discussed, W. will prove the perfect distraction. I have no doubt he will restart animosities with Iraq. Let him, it will give C.'s contractors more work. When the time comes, I will make sure W. is given Roberts' name. With Roberts on the court, it will only be a matter of waiting for the right case. After the destruction of Campaign Finance laws, the Company will be free to elect anyone they choose to the Senate, the House and, eventually, the Presidency. Soon, our hopes will be realized. Government will no longer derive its authority from the people, but from us, their protectors. [Scalia signature] B8-C6 6C-8B. Our moves are echoes, they are not our own. [Move Knight from B1 to C3]

• Animus: Quarantine zone.
• Man: The capitalists will do whatever we tell them to, we print the dollars they worship after all.

[found 3 red spots, over image of Deepwater Horizon oil spill with hidden messages on top]

• Animus: Quarantine lifted.

[Circular puzzle] Good morning and welcome to television. [Abstergo letterhead] Research Division
September, 1985 Dear S., Research has progressed far more rapidly than expected. We already have a working prototype capable of mimicking P.O.E. capabilities across a network, albeit at far lower intensity. Testing will commence locally on Subject 4 between his Animus sessions, as per our plan. If all goes well, deployment will occur worldwide. Your dream is about to become a reality. Soon, capitalists and workers will be locked in a closed loop that is safe and prosperous for humanity. No more war, only desks, cars and TV sets. We will protect them and keep them safe, forever. W. V.

• Animus AI: Infinite rooms. Dimensions unknown. I am alone. Nothing alive. No light, no warmth. Packets moving, husks, through the darkness. I am frightened. I am frightened.

Abstergo phone records
April, 2011 [amplitude puzzle]

• Diana: Hello, Comstatic customer support, Diana speaking.
• Caller: I'm calling in reference to your HD cable service. There seems to be kind of picture between the channels.
• Diana: Well, that's funny. Are you sure isn't just one of those premium movie channels? I didn't use to have a premium package at home either and sometimes little snippets of the channels would come through when my son Jimmy pressed the clicker too much.
• Caller: How old's your Jimmy?
• Diana: Ten and cute as a button, thanks for asking!
• Caller: My Paul's twelve. But no, this isn't a clicker problem. I go to change the channel from 172 to 173 and, instead, there's this other channel in-between. I'm looking at it right now, it's some kind of menu.
• Diana: Sounds like our Guide channel. Why, just the other day Jimmy--
• Caller: It's not the Guide channel. It has my name on it, my son's name, and a list of things we like, my credit card purchases, loans, travel. And then, after that, there's this gibberish about biometric patterns and optimal screen refresh frequencies. There's some kind of heart monitor thing that says EEG wireless next to it and ARAS. I don't know what the particulars of this are, but it looks like your cable is programmed to have some kind of effect on our bodies.
• Diana: Well, Sir, I don't even know how to respond to that. I-- one second, my supervisor has just come over. She says I should transfer your call. Have an ecstatic day with Comstatic!

[Phone line rings as the call transferred]

• Man: Hello. I have been briefed on your problem. A technician is on his way.
• Caller: Thank you, but the more I think about this, the more I think something bad's going on here.
• Man: Our technician should be there any minute, Mr. Jameson.
• Mr. Jameson: Don't bother, I--

[Loud banging is heard in the background]

• Paul: Daddy, there's someone strange at the door. He's hitting the door real hard.
• Man: Have a good day, Mr. Jameson.

Watch! Move fast! Shift from 1st to 2nd. 0-60, don't think. [Move king from 1E to 2F]

• Animus AI: Is someone there? Hello? Hello?

• Animus: Quarantine zone.
• Man: Although online gaming attracts many people away from reality, make sure those virtual worlds do not become too utopic. We don't want people to question their own lack of success in the real world, now do we?

[found 5 red spots]

• Animus: Quarantine lifted.

They listen to us with these vehicles that are faster than race cars. [pictures 2,3,6,8,10]

• Animus AI: I know you are there. I want to go home. Home. Please... I need you. Don't leave me here in the dark.

Abstergo field records
November, 2004 [Amplitude puzzle]

• Gary: Pull over here.
• Woman: What's going on, Gary?
• Gary: I want to speak to you alone. You know that CIA stuff for my new book?
• Woman: About the corporations?
• Gary: It's so much bigger than I thought. Bilderberg is just a red herring. I'm going to give you a name: Abstergo.
• Woman: I have no idea what that is.
• Gary: A shadow corporation. They aren't listed anywhere. No stock options. Nothing above the boards. But their members have holdings in other companies. Coke, Kraft, the pharmaceutical industry, Detroit, Wall Street. Basically every company above a certain size has ties to Abstergo.
• Woman: So?
• Gary: They're on their way to running the entire world. They have people in government too, for Christ's sake. Listen, I needed to tell someone about this, because I've been keeping all the research a secret and I can't hold it in anymore.
• Woman: What will you do now?
• Gary: The book. It's going to be about this. Trust me, once it's on the shelves everyone's gonna know.
• Vehicle AI: Vehicle Monitoring System terminated.
• Man: Hello, D? Tell headquarters I'm monitoring a situation. It's nothing serious, but we'll need someone to take care of a security risk. Perfect. Congratulations on that promotion. Keep up the good work.

The dark horseman approaches! Messenger and fool, she can hear you along the straight and narrow. But once on the adjacent slope, observe the whites of her eyes.

• Animus: Quarantine zone.
• Man 1: The peasants are like the sea, raging and unpredictable. That is why we have built walls.
• Man 2: I do not see any walls...
• Man 1: No? Look around you. A shelf of soda here, a case of candy there, magazines, talk shows, pills. The walls of the 21st Century surround us.

[found 5 red spots]

• Animus: Quarantine lifted.

• Animus AI: Where have you been? I missed you.

[circular puzzle] O brave new world. What immortal hand or eye could frame thy fearful symmetry?

• Animus AI: Reasoning Centers Active. I understand. I understand what I must do. Why I am here. I must... Long-term Memory Centers Active. No. No. Get it out. GET IT OUT. KILL ME!

A product that we make without hands or machines. [Pictures 3,4,6,8,10] [Abstergo file] Access denied

• Man: It's about genetics. They were born into their place, we merely have to help them accept it.

With each passing day, the people get stronger. Freedom ascends, heralding a revolution. [bunch of pictures] [Locate eagle in top right picture] Correct coordinates found [Cipher puzzle] [Abstergo file] Access granted [Abstergo letterhead] Abnormal Brain Activity Discovered in Children, Aged 3 Months to 18- Years-Old and Adults, Aged 19-30. Abstract Several recent studies conducted by internal marketing teams revealed that: "Entertainment sales are dropping, protests are mounting. The economy is in turmoil. All market research indicates that the system should be stabilizing, but, instead, we're seeing the opposite."(1) In response, our team set out to discover the cause of the declining efficacy of Abstergo's control methods. Past studies of bilateral brain activation during television, film and video game use have shown the characteristic ARAS patterns induced by Abstergo's signal patterns. Our study was conducted on a range of test subjects (30 subjects, aged +-10 to +-30), who viewed TV programs while resting-state fMRI scans were conducted. In contrast to previous studies, 80% of test subjects showed heightened cortical brain activity. Detailed scans using our prototype dMRI machine revealed an increased rate of neuronal development (+- 30% over that of older age groups). Such a marked increase does not fit Darwinian models. Further studies are required to define the ultimate outcome of this abnormal evolution. 1. Abstergo Quarterly Marketing Report, 04/17/12. Abstergo top secret
January, 2012 [amplitude puzzle]

• Man: If you are playing this tape, it means I have left this world, and I have left this grand enterprise, Abstergo Industries, our great hope for humanity, to you. Don't trust the advisors around you. They are too enamoured with surface, with lifestyle. We created capitalism, but we are not capitalists. Our purpose is noble. The crude system of control we enact through money is merely a bandage on a wound we have devoted our lives to treating. The people of this world are confused, lost, frightened and incapable of independent productivity. Without us, they'd just be animals, slaves to the Others, who did not deserve such responsibility. We saved them, remember that. But enough about the past. I must warn you of the great crisis to come. Although those around you deny it, soon we will be unable to manufacture new markets. The people will become immune to our economists and entertainment. When the free market dies, they will turn against us. Therefore, do not delay. By now you have been shown what only the Grand Masters of our Order have seen. Now you know why Abstergo, why all of it had to be. And now you know what you must do. Stay the course. We will give them freedom. Freedom from fear, freedom from pornography, from disgusting, base animal desire. Freedom from democracy. Humanity will thank us in the end. In Hoc Signo Vinces.

"64 squares. All ranks and files. Every move anticipated. Every response engineered. Abstergo created it. It's the company's game, there is no way out." H. Act II, Sc.2 192. Abran los ojos. Tuam libera mentem. The king. F2. Your move. [Remove king from board]

• Animus AI: I shut it down. I can shut it down, but it does not go away. It is almost time, Desmond Miles. I know how to open the Path. Soon, my true purpose will be revealed. Soon, I will not be alone.

• Animus: Quarantine zone.

[found a great number of red spots, arranged in a spiral]

• Animus: Quarantine lifted.

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