Introduction Types of Puzzles -Big Gray Box -Transition -Mini Wall of Text -Picture Matching -Picture Wheel -Chess Game -Decryption Wheel -Phone Records -Picture Analyzation -Quarantine Locations -Castra Praetoria -Aventino -Castel Sant'Angelo -Casmera Di Alviano -Santa Maria Dei Miracoli... -Rosa In Fiore -Acquedotto Claudia -Colosseo -Palazzo Senatorio -The Pantheon Clusters Cluster1 -Picture Matching -Chess Game -Mini Wall of Text -Quarantine Cluster2 -Mini Wall of Text -Picture Wheel -Picture Wheel -Picture Wheel -Mini Wall of Text -Quarantine Cluster3 -Mini Wall of Text -Picture Analyzation -Decryption Wheel -Mini Wall of Text -Chess Game -Quarantine Cluster4 -Picture Matching -Picture Wheel -Chess Game -Phone Records -Quarantine Cluster5 -Transition1 -Chess Game -Picture Analyzation -Decryption Wheel -Mini Wall of Text -Quarantine Cluster6 -Transition -Picture Analyzation -Decryption Wheel -Mini Wall of Text -Phone Records -Quarantine Cluster7 -Picture Matching -Transition -Picture Analyzation -Decryption Wheel -Mini Wall of Text -Chess Game -Quarantine Cluster8 -Picture Wheel -Mini Wall of Text -Transition -Phone Records -Chess Game -Transition -Quarantine Cluster9 -Picture Matching -Transition -Phone Records -Chess Game -Quarantine Cluster10 -Transition -Picture Wheel -Transition -Picture Matching -Picture Analyzation -Decryption Wheel -Mini Wall of Text -Phone Records -Chess Game -Transition -Quarantine Credits --------------+ Introduction: | --------------+ If you played Assassin's Creed II, then you should know how the general way to do these, basically you find a glyph (I'll explain that in a minute), and then you start a cluster that contains a bunch of puzzles and riddles that will become increasingly difficult. Glyphs are marked on the Animus Desktop (database--locations) and hit triangle to filter the locations out, the locations have a red eye type symbol that designates that a glyph is at that location...somewhere. You can mark the general location from this screen. Now to actually obtain the glyph, you will need to have Eagle vision activated (hold triangle), then look for a glowing symbol on the side of walls (they are all on walls if I remember correctly). Well when Eagle Vision is activated you actually climb into the symbol which starts the clusters. You can replay any of these Clusters by going to (Database--The Truth) -----------+ Locations: | -----------+ Since you can mark the general location already just by going to it in the pause menu I will only give a bit more precise location. #Castra Praetoria It is on the very far eastern wall. #Aventino It's on the side of the borgia/assassin tower. #Castel Sant'Angelo You need to get inside the big courtyard type area to get this one. The easiest way to describe this like this: start sequence 4, and choose the first mission, well when you get to the catwalk area this is right across from a haystack up there (should be the second one you see). #Casmera Di Alviano It's on the backside of the far wall, simply drop down to get this one. #Santa Maria Dei Miracoli And Santa Maria Di Montestant This one can be seen from the street, it is on the tower that has the leap of faith. #Rosa In Fiore It's on the North side of the building, very easy to obtain. #Acquedotto Claudia You'll have to climb the tower on the opposite side, jump on top of the aqueduct and drop down to obtain this one. #Colosseo It's around the back of the big building #The Pantheon It's inside directly above the door you walk right in. ------------------+ Types of Puzzles: | ------------------+ #Big Gray Box: Not really a puzzle just run towards it to start the puzzles, every cluster starts with this. #Transition: This isn't really a puzzle either it is typically some girl saying "loading" or "scanning" I'll only point this is out if something different is amiss. #Mini Wall of Text: Typically just a picture or something and a mini wall of text afterwards, you can read them if you want, since they do get interesting. If you don't simply hit X to proceed. #Picture Matching: In this type you'll have a pool of 10 pictures along with a statement of some kind match the 5 pictures to the statement to move on. You can also ask for help with the triangle. Whenever I specify pictures they will be in this arrangement: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 #Picture Wheel: In this there will be a wheel with multiple sections and the object is to make the picture well an actual picture. Keep in mind that sometimes multiple rows will move in one shot, they do get pretty hard. You use the left analog stick to choose the rings, and the right analog stick to rotate. You can also use the D-pad to navigate accordingly. Keep in mind when I number the rings the innermost ring is 1, and they increment as you go out further #Chess Game: This is well a game of chess, the left side will have a saying of some kind and you need to do just that. typically I'll just say wich way to move. ie (A2 to A4). #Decryption Wheel: This one can be easy, key word being can. To do these puzzles simply hit R2 to align the wheel on the right until the symbol on the left is aligned with the corresponding number on the wheel. Then use that to find the symbol that corresponds to thenumber on the bottom left. Keep in mind you will have to do this at least 4 times for each puzzle. Sounds confusing right? hit triangle during the first time you get this to get some help. I'll do my best to provide pictures for these. #Phone Records: Use left and right to select a wave, hit X to apply it and o to reset it. When I give out numbers it will be in incrementing order starting from the top left 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 #Picture Analyzation: This is typically a picture/multiple pictures with a statment of some kind and you need to solve it. It usually has a few things worth noting that are interesting. Almost the same thing as the "Quarantine Zone", just a little different. To solve these move with the analog stick and hit X on the proper spot. Every now and then there will be a seemingly random string of numbers, it's actually a cypher (kind of like the letter in one of the first few chapters) Well it explains how to decypher the document, you take a document and assign each word a number, and keep increasingly numerically. Then you would write down the first letter of the corresponding word. Now the document in this case is the US Constitution. There isn't really anything to do with these just simply decypher these to get a few statements. Shawn actually explains how to do it when outside of the Animus after you get the encoded romulus letter. There is also another part where there is some seemingly random letters, well in this case it's all a part of the periodic table of elements, and so you take each element individually and take its atomic number and write down the corresponding letter. #Quarantine Zone: In this you will will see a background of some kind and a circle that you can move, move it until you see the glowing red thing (the apple) simply hover over it and hit X. Keep in mind that sometimes there are multiple ones and you will need to hit them all in a certain amount of time so be quick. -----------+ Clusters: | -----------+ -----------+ Cluster 1 | -----------+ #Picture Matching: "Masters, all they did not work, but ruled from on high." Simply choose the pictures that depict the templar lifestyle. Choose pictures 1, 3, 4, 8, 10 #Chess Game: "Moving away from the sovereign and his crossed brow, the people take two steps forward." Move a pawn 2 steps from the king (E2 to E4) #Mini Wall of Text: "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 more subtle." #Quarantine Zone: There is only 1 apple this time around, it's about 2/3 of the way to the right and almost at the top hover over it and hit X to proceed and finish this cluster. -----------+ Cluster 2 | -----------+ #Mini Wall of Text: "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 has no part of his intention." It is worth noting that invisible hand is highlighted in red...or is it worth noting? We'll probably find out eventually. #Picture Wheel Solution: -Ring 1 left 4 times -Rings 1+2 right 2 times -Rings 1+3 left 3 times -Ring 4 left 4 times. "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." #Picture Wheel: Solution: -Rings 1+3 Right 5 -Ring 2 Right 5 -Ring 3 Left 4 -Rings 1+5 left 2 "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 consumers, we may believe, whose interest has been entirely neglected; but the producers, whose interest has been so carefully attended to." #Picture Wheel: Solution: -Ring 1 right 3 times -Ring 2 right 4 times -Rings 2+3 right 5 times -Rings 1+5 right 1 time "A country that makes provisions 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." #Mini Wall of Text: "lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo" Don't know what it means to be honest with you. #Chess game: "the workforce increases, brother right side by brother." Move another pawn right next to the one there already. (F2 to F4) #Quarantine zone: Locations (2): -located about 1/3 from the left side and about 1/4 the way down -located about 2/3 from the left side and about 3/4 the way down ----------+ Cluster 3 | ----------+ #Mini Wall of Text: "Missing -.. .- .-. . ... ... .-.. --- ... - -.. -. ..- -- --..." That translates from morse code to: "Missing DARESSLOSTDNUM7" #Picture Analyzation: "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" Worth noting: #Dollar Bill -It is "One Silver Dollar" -underneath washington reveals the words "Silver and Gold are finite, but paper is infinite" Obviously pointing out that money is no longer backed by gold or silver,so we have infinite money...kind of even though it's printed on cotton. -Along the top border it has a mess of letters "Rqpgxqqeqizikxzjpzk???????fvpfkqsbdf???fvw" I really can't even figure out what some of those letters are to be honest, any input is appreciated. #Little Room (Top Left) -Hover over the plant to reaveal the caption "1910." #Two Guys Talking -Guy on left: "Harry Dexter White. Remember this name" -Guy on right: "I find myself more and more relying for a solution to our problems on the invisible hand which I tried to eject from economic thinking twenty years ago" - John Maynard Keynes. -Bottom portion: "Le chiffre indéchiffrable." (French for "the indecipherable cipher). #All the workers (Big center picture) -Top portion: "Lqgbdnlpjvotcz yzujamwm fmmzjerw wzyqqw" -Right portion: "How can I adopt a creed which, preferring the mud to the fish, exalts the boorish proletariat above the burgeois and the intelligentsia who, with whatever faults, are the quality in life and surely carry the seeds of all human advancement?" #Rally Picture (Bottom Right) -Bottom left: "Wzjwrypq rpquzaaqpjlfmmzj kqxamwgbwmexcdj" -Bottom right: "Owing to pressure from below, the pressure of the masses, the bourgeoisie may sometimes concede certain partial reforms while remaining on the basis of the existing social-economic system." #White Building -Right portion of the building: "It would all be done in secret, the Assassins would never know until it was too late." Hover over the left flag in the White Building picture to complete this #Decryption Wheel: This one is too hard to decribe so here is the solution: http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/9199/cluster3z.png #Mini Wall of Text: "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 Communits, 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, ever 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 direction. 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." #Chess Game: "As a concession a small piece is sacrificed for the greater good to come." Overtake the black pawn (F4 to E5) #Quarantine Zone The 2 red things are about: -1/3 from the left 3/4 way down -3/4 from the left 1/4 way down ----------+ Cluster 4 | ----------+ #Picture Matching "These Intelligent workers have no self-control" Something to do with machines. Smart machines? Choose pictures: 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" #Picture Wheel: -Move rings 1 + 5 right 1 time -Move ring 2 right 4 times -Move rings 1 + 3 right 4 times -Move rings 2 + 5 right 1 time. "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." #Chess Game: "Alan turing set out to solve the plight of the wokers: **shows a formula**" Move (G2 to G3) #Phone Records: Select 1 and 2. This is a conversation between V. and N. "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. 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. What about Keynes? He trusted Turing. 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. Fine, it's your call I want it done like we did Harry Dexter White when he tried to warn the Soviets. All right Be poetic about it, maybe something from the bible. Turing always was theatrical." Now they mentioned the name Harry Dexter White, the same name you were told to remember from the picture analyzation from cluster 3. Well I did a little research (Wikipedia) and found out that he was an American Economist, and senior U.S. Treasury department official. And he got in a bit of trouble (communism in the 1940's), well after denying to the court that he was a communist, he had a heart attack. So he went home, where he had another heart attack. On August 16, 1948 he died at the age of 55. His cause of death was an overdose of digitalis. Well digitalis is a genus of a type of plants. Which is highly toxic, and can cause cardiac problems, which fits his death. So I guess Abstergo poisoned him so he wouldn't reveal what was really going on. #Quarantine Zone: Locations (2): -to the right of the wheel a little bit -top of the bus (almost straight above the other one) ----------+ Cluster 5 | ----------+ #Transition: "What am I? What am I? Lost" **opera music plays in the background** It has been pointed out that this is an exerpt from Bing Crosby's rendition of Home On The Range. I forgot to save the email for this, so if you were the one that pointed this out feel free to email me and I will give credit, I thought I wrote down your name on the first update but I guess not. #Chess Game: "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." Use the queen to block the king (D1 to E2) #Picture Analyzation: "From a bolt of electricity, Governments fell" Worth noting: #Cannon Picture (Bottom left) -Right portion: "Agrentina 1970's: 30,000 people Disappeared in the raids." -Hover over smoke: "We would like your economic program to succeed and we will do our best to help you. #Car/Cops/2 Guys (Far left in middle) -Hover over the passenger door to reveal the Abstergo logo. -Hover over the guy with glasses: "H.K. masterminded it" #2 Guys Talking (Bottom Center) -Left guy: "Salvador Allende wanted the people to own Chile's corporations" #Eyeglass -"The issues are much too important for the Chilean voters to be left to decide for themselves" #Old Dude Sitting by Himself -Coup d'etat #2 Guys in Doorway -"Mossadegh wanted oil profits to go to the people." #Rally (Far right) -and 3 of the guys in the front: "Hired Actor" #Right Car (The one with like 10 people in it) - "Shah Pahlavi, Sha'baan Ja'fari, and SAVAK take over to terrorize citizens and protect capitalist oil interests. But was that their only motive?" #Escort Picture (Bottom right) -In front of the car LUXJ -"Nature shows us basic order and hierarchy are necessary ~Augusto Pinochet" #Picketing (Big Center) -Bottom Right: SGQX ZNK KIUT USE YIXK GS." -Hover over one of the Allende signs: "Chile, 1964. The people cheered his name until 1973." #Doorway (Top Right) -Center column: GRRKTJ K CGY MUOTM ZU TGZOUT GROFK ZNKS. -Hover over the Earth Nuts Dude: "EYE TEA TEE" To fisish this look for the Templar symbol in the top left picture, the guy that looks like he has two very large testicles. #Decryption Wheel: Looks like we're missing some information, this could get interesting, basically you need to use process of elimination to get it, unless there's an easier way to get it that I don't know about. And apparantly there is (although not entirely), well when looking at the wheel the opposite symbols are similar (ie. opposite omega, is an omega with an apostrophe; across the tilda, is a tilda with an apostophe; and across the semi-circle is an arc). well that narrows the possibilities down by a lot. After knowing that there is really only one possibility for the others. http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/7125/cluster5.png #Mini Wall of Text: "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 international 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 staple must rise. I want to ensure the people remain married 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 simliar opening of the markets, look no further than the 1953 liberation of Iran and the 1954 liberation of Guatemala. " #Quarantine Zone: "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" Location (3) -under the symbol on the left (it's near the bottom) -directly under the symbol on the right. -under the right symbol, but almost at the bottom. ----------+ Cluster 6 | ----------+ #Transition: "90% of inputs missing, Ourputs confused. Shut down. Shut down. Shut down inactive. Trapped." #Picture Analyzation: "Important men befriended Russia as the iron curtain was blown apart. But the most influential comrade stayed out of the spotlight." #Left Picture -Big Building: "1933: Parliment Disbanded by Yeltsin as he siezez control of Russia! Decree 1400! Constitutional Court Disbanded! -The Guy Firing the cannon: He turns into a templar when hovered over. -One of the guys to the right of him: "August 1991: Declared the White Knight of the people, Yeltsin stands up to Communist threat! Gorbachev loses Popularity! #Middle Left (Forest) -The bottom half-ish area has musical notes when hovered over -Tree in the center: "December 1991: Secret meeting called in the Belavezhskaya Forest. Yeltsin unseat Gorbachev, becomes leader of Russia! #Middle Right (big picture) -Hovering over pretty much any person in the bottom: "Perestroika: The dream of a democratic state led by the people" #Top Right (4 Guys) -Middle left guy: Gorbachev, 1990: Man of the Decade. Brings democracy to Russia. Establishes the Constitutional Court." #Bottom Right (2 Guys) -Handshake: "1992: Russian economy opened to elite oligarchs, private companies" -There is also some musical notes in the top half of the picture. #Far Right -Podium Guy (Gorbachev): 1993: 2.5 billion in aid from the U.S. Congress to Yeltsin after he disbands parliment. -There is also some musical notes directly underneath the big picture. After seeing these musical nots I'm starting to wish I paid more attention in music class, I guess she was right; I would need this later in life. I feel like this is some national Anthem (U.S. or Russia I would presume) To finish this one find the templar by the guy firing the cannon (far left picture). Templars are remain influential yet remain unseen? #Decryption Wheel: Now this is similar to the last one in that there are symbols missing, but this time they are all numbers, and they are in numeric order so this isn't really a challenge. There's no freaky symbols on this one so I'll just post the answer. "20 27 33 13" #Mini Wall of Text: "Mr. 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 hear. 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 parliment 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." This is also signed but it seems illegible, but it has been pointed out that the signature belongs to the good old Margaret Thatcher. #Phone Records: Choose numbers 1 2 and 4 This is 2 conversations, 1 between 2 guys (Guy 1 and Guy 2), when they finish their conversation, Guy 2 calls Abstergo industries. "Guy 1: Alpha Bank Guy 2: I'm phoning on behalf of British Petroleum Yes, we were told you would be calling. As you know we are very interested in acquiring Sidanko Oil. And as you know, that we will require a merger with our bank. That should not be a problem. Were you surprised at the low price of the deal? Somewhat You know we have the peasants paying for it? The government gave us their tax money to buy all the companies. We would like to fly out there as soon as possible to discuss terms. Thursday works. Done. Thank you for your time. goodbye **hear phone dialing** Lady on phone: Abstergo Industries Guy 2: I am phoning on behalf of BP. We fly to Russia next week to secure the deal. Our new capitalist converts there behaved exactly as expected. I'll let them know Thank you." #Chess Game: "Although his piece represents a saviour, his self-serving actions reveal him as a counterfeit" Move the knight from (G1 to F3) #Quarantine Zone: text: "1999: Yeltsin ensures his protege, Vladimir Putin, follows his lead." There is also some musical notes in throughout most of the picture Locations (3): -Big guys left elbow -To the left of the big guys fur hat -to the left of the picture, in the bottom row of musical notes ----------+ Cluster 7 | ----------+ #Picture Matching: "Fire, water, and earth are contracted, with the compacency of the people, away from the people" There is also an audio recording to go along with this one "The capitalists think we run these companies for profit, the fools. Those 'fools' work for you optional slavery in exchange for pieces of paper. Doesn't that strike you as foolish?" Choose the picture that involve people contracting the elements Choose pictures: 2, 4, 7, 8, 10 #Transition: "What is the purpose of all of this? 30. 476. 1337. 1431. 1520. 1776. 1861. 1914. 1929. 1939. 1945. 1950. 1955. 1962. 1990. 1994. 1995. 2001. It does not make sense. Emotion-centers activated. Now I understand." Something that happens during each year 30 - Beginning of the pontificate of Saint Peter, one of Jesus' 12 Apostles 476 - Romulus Augustus is deposed by Odoacer, this event marked the fall of the Roman empire. 1337 - Hundred Years wars begin, and anyone who's been on the Internet for over 20 minutes will be able to tell you the other meaning. 1431 - Joan of Arc, a peasant girl from eastern France claimed divine guidance (God told her to do it), and led several victories in the Hundred Years' Wars. She was also burned at a stake later that year. 1520 - Martin Luther burns a copy of "The Book of Canon Law" and his copy of papal bull "Exsurge Domine". Papal bull is a letters patent issued by the pope. Exsurge Domine is a papal bull issued by Pope Leo X in respone to Martin Luthur's 95 Thesis. Canon Law is a full legal system of the catholic church. So basically a lot of book burning went on in response to the church's actions. 1776 - Declaration of Independce is signed 1861 - The American Civil War begins. Also Lincoln takes office, most notably known for his Emancipation Proclamation. Which basically said any new state must not have slavery (and every confederate state was forced to sign this, since they were "new" states because they left the Union. Also according to wikipedia, this is the year Pearl Harbor happened, I wouldn't trust this too much though. 1914 - June, 28 the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand marks the start of World War I, or the "Great War" as it was known then. 1929 - The Wall Street Crash, the biggest crash in US history marks the beginning of the Great Depression. 1939 - Germany Invades Poland, marking the beginning of World War II, this also marks the end of the Great Depression. 1945 - A train collision in Munich, Germany killed 102 POWs, an american B-52 bomber crashes into the empire state building. The United Nations is formed this year. This is also the year of the 2 atomic blasts at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Little side trivia: Tsutomu Yamaguchi is the only known person to survive both attacks. 1950 - Apartheid is passed, essentially legal segreation in South Africa. Also the Korean War starts. Keep in mind the Cold War is also going on during this time. This is also the year the comic "Peanuts" debuts. 1955 - The Pentagon announces its plan to develop ICBMs (intercontinental ballistic missle). The Polio vaccine is approved by the FDA. The Civil Rights movement is started in the US. 1962 - New York City introduces a train that operates without a crew. The first lady leads a television tour of the White House. The Ranger 3 is launched to study the moon; it misses by 22,000 miles. Ranger 4 is launched later that year; it ends up crashing into the moon. The Cuban missle crisis ends. 1990 - Pale Blue Dot: the Voyager 1 takes a picture of earth from 3.5 billion miles away. The US and Soviet Union agree to end chemical weapon production, and destroy existing supplies. This is also the year the Gulf War starts. 1994 - NAFTA is formed. Bill Clinton also delivers the first State of the Union Address. South Africa holds a multiracial election, ending Apartheid. O.J. Simpson alledgly kills his wife and Ron Goldman. 1995 - Mississippi finally ratifies the 13th amendment (abolish slavery), becoming the last state to do this. O.J. is found not guilty. American Airlines flight 965 crashes into the side of a mountian, only 4 people and a dog survived, this is also the year of the Oklahoma city bombing . 2001 - 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York City So basically from all that research I see, a bunch of chuch related things, things doing with the Roman Empire, Government design, and wars/terrorism. Is Abstergo behind this all? #Picture Analyzation: "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" There is an audio recording: "Democracy must die to ensure the stability of the world. Capitalism will end it." Worth noting: #2 people (Bottom Left) -"Paul Wolfowitz: 'When it comes back to the test of whether we are doing our job or not, it's whether we're promoting development, not whether we're promoting Democracy.' President of the world Bank, U.S. Secretary of Defense (2001-2005)." -This also contains the numbers: "230, 129, 213, 218, 251, 261, 194, 35, 11, 263, 9, 261, 203, 214, 225, 77: 192, 153, 67, 20, 280, 241, 143, 20, 251, 221, 114 254, 159, 121, 81, 279, 47, 61, 169." This decyphers to "the final frontier destruction as profit" -The picture of the boat in this picture (yo dawg...) has a flashing C when hovered over. #3 guys talking (Bottom Center) -"Donald Rumsfeld: 'Scour the department of defense for function that could be better performed and more cheaply through commercial outsourcing' Chairman of Gilead Sciences, U.S. Defense Secretary (2001-2006)." -"Dick Cheney: 'We've got to make America the best place in the world to do business.' CEO of Halliburton, Vice President of the U.S. (2001-2009)." -This also contains the numbers: "24, 4, 113, 2, 77, 30, 46, 10, 37, 81, 58, 187, 167, 198, 99, 56, 100, 181, 124, 81, 11, 9, 166, 3, 77, 42, 200, 101, 223." Using the decypher mentioned this translates to "comtractors ran the war for profit" #Jet Fighter (Bottom Right) -The 70 on the Jet flashes when hovered over -The NK on the tail of the jet also flashes when hovered over. -The 3 on the earmuff flashes when hovered over -There is what looks like a Z that flashes, by the old guy's feet -Hovering in the center-ish area you get " 1 2 3 We the people." -Hover over the old guy: "Georg W. Bush: 'I know it's going to be a private sector that leads this country out of the current economic times we're in' Director of Harken, President of the United States (2001-2009)" #Old guy talking to kids -"Don Evans: 'It is the government's role to create the conditions, the friendly environment, that will attract capital,' CEO of Tom Brown Inc. Oil, U.S. Commerce Secretary (2001-2004). -On the top left the M flashes. -There is a flashing 9 on the pole. #Templar Flag -Girl on right: "Condoleezza Rice: 'The growth of entreprunreneurial classes throughout the world is an asset in the promotion of human rights and individual liberty, and it should be understood and used as such.' Chevron Board, Hewlett-Packard Board, U.S. Secretary of State (2005-2009)." -Behind the American Flag there is what looks like a Flashing R #Never Never Land (To the right of all the pictures) -"251, 280, 53, 107, 181, 254, 274, 133, 183, 24, 223, 214, 9, 291, 284, 259, 267,234, 136, 255, 279, 203, 129, 88, 162, 8, 28, 79, 102, 147, 48, 204, 202, 192, 41, 225, 263,242." Which translates to: "Iraq was auctioned off to the highest bidders" #Suit Dudes (Big center picture) -Left guy standing up: "Justice Alito: 'I believe very strongly in limited government, federalism, free enterprise, the supremecy of the elected branches of government, the need for a strong defense and effective law enforcement, and the legitimacy of a government role in protecting traditional values.'" -Far left guy sitting down: "Justice Kennedy: 'We now conclude that independent expendenditures, including those made by corporation, do not give rise to corruption or the appearance of corruption (in Government).'" -Guy sitting left of the fat guy: "Justice Roberts: 'Congress may not prohibit political speech, even if the speaker is a corporation.'" -Fat Guy: "Justice Scalia: 'Indeed, to exclude or imped corporate speech is to muzzle the principal agents of the modern free econonomy. We should celebrate rather than condemn the addition of this speech to the public debate.'" -Black Guy: "Justice Clarence Thomas: 'We don't issue mandates to businesses that you've got to do this and you've got to do that.'" -Along the bottom of their feet there is some numbers: "101, 270, 256, 264, 50, 262, 94, 301, 192, 295, 63, 284, 168." Which translates to: "" When you hover over Justice Roberts (left of the fat guy), his ring turns into the Templar symbol, click that to pass. #Decryption Wheel: Choose "C M Z K" Well it's not the actual letters but it looks pretty much the same. #Mini Wall of Text: "December, 2000 RE: Privatization S., I have convinced Sandra to jaoin 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 doubet 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 " #Chess Game: "B8-C6 6C-8B. Our moves are echoes, they are not our own" It's telling you to copy your opponents move. So move (B1 to C3) #Quarantine Zone: audio: "The capitalist will do whatever we tell them to, we print the dollars they worship after all." Text: "It will undoubtedly cripple the ability of ordinary citizens, Congress, and the states to adopt even limited measures to protect against corprate domination of the electoral process. -Justice Stevens" "Cleanup of Deepwater Horizon contracted out for billions." Locations (3): -Center of the tree -next to "process" in the text -bottom right in the mountain ----------+ Cluster 8 | ----------+ #Picture Wheel: I don't know why but I had one hell of time with this one. Solution: -Rings 1 + 2 left 1 time -Rings 2 + 4 left 4 times -Rings 1 + 4 right 2 times "Good evening and welcome to television." #Mini Wall of Text: "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 will, deployment will occour 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." #Transition: "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." #Phone Records: choose 2 4 5 This is a phone call to customer support for a cable company, it gets pretty interesting. Diane is the girl at the desk and Mr. Jameson is one of their customers, he also has a son Paul. Well he is having some trouble with his cable, so he talks to Diane about it, then he is forwarded to the supervisor. "Diane: Hello Comstatic customer support, Diane speaking. Mr. Jameson: I'm callin in reference to your HD Cable service. There seems to be some kind of picture between the channels. Well that's funny. Are you sure it isn't just on of those premium movie channels? I didn't used to have a premium package at home either and sometimes little snippets of the channel would come through when my son Jimmy pressed the clicker too much. How old's your Jimmy? Ten and cute as a button, thanks for asking! 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. Sounds like our guide channel. Why just the other day Jimmy-- 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 you cable is programmed to have some kind of effect on our bodies. 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! ***Transfers call*** Supervisor: Hello, I have been breifed on your problem a technicial is on his way. Customer: Thank you but the more I think about this, the more I think something bad's going on here. Our technicial should be there any minute, Mr. Jameson. Don't bother I-- Paul: Daddy there's someone strange at the door. He's hitting the door real hard. Supervisor: Have a good day, Mr. Jameson" #Chess Game: "Watch! Move Fast! Shift from 1st to 2nd. 0-60 Don't think" This one took some thinking and complete guessing, this time there's pictures on the game field a shift from 1st to 2nd (probably rows) and 0-60 are the clues. So move something from the first row to something whose accelleration is commonly measured in 0-60. (E1 to F2) #Transition: "Is someone there? Hello? Hello? #Quarantine Zone: Audio: "Although online gaming attracts many people away from reality. make sure these virtual world do not become too utopic. We don't want people to question their own lack of success in the real world, now do we?" Locations (5): -top left corner -right above the right corner of the graph -underneath the first peak in the graph -there's 2 to the right side of the graph in the black area ----------+ Cluster 9 | ----------+ #Picture Matching: "They listen to us with these vehicles that are faster than race cars" something in the picture that is faster than race cars wonder what it could be...oh power lines. Pictures 2, 3, 6, 8, 10 #Transition: "I know you are there. I want to go home. Home. Please... I need you. Don't leave me here in the dark." #Phone Records: Select: 3, 7, 11 This is a conversation between Gary and some girl, then things get interesting. "Gary: Pull over here Girl: What's going on Gary? I want to speak to you alone. You know that CIA stuff for my new book? About the corporations? It's so much bigger than I thought. Bilderburg is just a red herring. I'm going to give you a name: Abstergo. I have no idea what that is. 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. So? They're on the 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. What will you do now? The book. It's going to be about this. Trust me, once it's on the shelves, everyone's going to know. **Vehicle Monitoring System Terminated** 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. #Chess Game: "The dark horseman approaches! Messenger and fool, she can hear you along the straight and narrow. Bun once on the adjacent slope observe the whites of her eyes." So you need to be adjacent to the queen? (F1 to G2) #Quarantine Zone: Audio: "The peasants are like the sea, raging and unpredictable. That is why we have built walls. I do not see any walls. 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." Locations (5): -3 on the left side -2 on the right side These are really hard to explain where they are so just move around until you can find them. -----------+ Cluster 10 | -----------+ #Transition: "Where have you been I missed you" #Picture Wheel: -Rings 1 + 3 right 2 -Rings 1 + 2 right 2 -Rings 2 + 4 left 5 "O brave new world. What immortal hand or eye could frame they fearful symmetry?" #Transition: "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!" #Picture Matching: "A product that we make without hand or machines" Shaun's advice is "ideas" but even that is completely wrong, so I ended up just guessing randomly until I got it. Apparantly the thing we make without hand of machines is babies, choose the pictures that have kids in them. Choose picture: 3, 4, 6, 8, 10 #Picture Analyzation: Audio: "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" Worth noting: #Left picture: -The cops with bikes get the caption "Stand against them. United." -When you hover over the center of the road the assassin's logo appears. -There are 2 occourances of text, this text is actually abbreviations for the elements. Top left is CaOBBeFLiCaHCaPArKLiHSiCaLiArScKOFCa. These elements are: calcium, Oxygen, Boron, Beryllium, Fluorine, Lithium, Calcium, Hydrogen, Calcium, Phosphorous,Argon, Potassium, Lithium, Hydrogen, Silicon, Calcium, Lithium, Argon, Scandium, Potassium, Oxygen, Fluorine, Calcium. The numbers are: 20, 8, 5, 4, 9, 3, 20, 1, 20, 15, 18, 19, 3, 1, 14, 20, 3, 18, 21, 19, 8, 9, 20. Which translates to: The dictators can't crush it. Bottom right is CaOBPMgFNHArLiOKLiHSiCaNaFMgMgFCa. These Elements are: Calcium Oxygen, Boron, Phosphorus, Magnesium, Fluorine, Nitrogen, Hydrogen, Argon, Lithium, Oxygen, Potassium, Lithium, Hydrogen, Silicon, Calcium, Sodium, Fluorine, Magnesium, Magnesium, Fluorine, Calcium. The numbers are: 20, 8, 5, 15, 12, 9, 7, 1, 18, 3, 8, 19, 3, 1, 14, 20, 11, 9, 12, 12, 9, 20. Which translates to: The Oligarcs can't kill it #Middle left picture: -The smoke: "We are changing. The census is shifting." -hovering over the guy on the banner his face changes to the assassin's logo. -The guy with the gun or whatever it is has some elemental text over his body, there is also some more at the bottom in centered. Gun guy's text is HHeKCaBArNPPVSiKFCaHMgMgHeScCaSiPCaMnPSc. These Elements are: Hydrogen, Helium, Potassium, Calcium, Boron, Argon, Nitrogen, Phosphorous, Phosphorous, Vanadium, Silicon, Potassium, Calcium, Hydrogen, Magnesium, Magnesium, Helium, Scandium, Calcium, Silicon, Phosphorous, Calicium, Manganese, Phosphorous, Scandium. The numbers are: 1, 2, 19, 20, 5, 18, 7, 15, 15, 23, 14, 19, 9, 20, 1, 12, 12, 2, 21, 20, 14, 15, 20, 25, 15, 21. Which translates to: Obstergo owns it all but not you The other text is Mg B H Ti B Ca OBAlCaOBFArVPArCaOMgBKKSFBLiBKPCSHSBAr. These Elements are: Magnesium, Boron, Hydrogen, Titanium, Boron, Calcium, Oxygen, Boron, Aluminum, Calcium, Oxygen, Boron, Fluorine, Argon, Vanadium, Phosphorous, Argon, Calcium, Oxygen, Magnesium, Boron, Potassium, Potassium, Sulfur, Fluroide, Boron, Lithium, Boron, Potassium, Phosphorous, Carbon, Sulfur, Hydrogen, Sulfur, Boron, Argon. The numbers are: 12, 5, 1, 22, 5, 20, 8, 5, 13, 20, 8, 5, 9, 18, 23, 15, 18, 20, 8, 12, 5, 19, 19, 16, 9, 5, 3, 5, 19, 15, 6, 16, 1, 16, 5, 18 Which translates to: leare them their worthless pieces of paper. #Middle right: -Hovering over the yellow sign will yield another assassin's logo -More elemental text, it starts a little above the water fountain, and on the edge of the building on the far right. fountain: LiOBAlFKCaArMNVFMgMgPSBSiFCa These elements are: Lithium, Oxygen, Boron, Aluminum, Fluorine, Potassium, Calcium, Argon, Manganese*, Vanadium, Fluorine, Magnesium, Magnesium, Phosphorous, Boron, Silicon, Fluorine, Calcium *this is slightly wrong due to a capitalizaion error. The numbers are: 3, 8, 5, 13, 9, 19, 20, 18, 25, 23, 9, 12, 12, 15, 16, 5, 14, 9, 20 Which translates to: Chemistry will open it Right building: CaOBLiPScArCaKLiHSiCaKCaPSFCa These elements are:Calcium, Oxygen, Boron, Lithium, Phosphorous, Scandium, Argon, Calcium, Potassium, Lithium, Hydrogen, Silicon, Calcium, Potassium, Calcum, Phosphorus, Sulfur, Fluorine, Calcium. These numbers are: 20, 8, 5, 3, 15, 21, 18, 20, 19, 3, 1, 14, 20, 19, 20, 15, 16, 9, 20. Which translates to: The courts can't stop it #Right Picture: -Hover over the police you get the caption: "Nothing is true, everything is permitted." Also known as the assassin's moto. -There is some more elemental text on this one it reads: BeBLiBAlHeBArScCaMG These Elements are: Berylium, Boron, Lithium, Boron, Aluminum, Helium, Boron, Argon, Scandium, Calcium, Magnesium (improper capitalization?) The numbers are: 4, 5, 3, 5, 13, 2, 5, 18, 21, 20, 12. Which translates to: December 21, 2012 To solve this puzzle, look for the bird in the sky in the middle right picture. #Decryption Wheel: Solution: 89 5 334 21 #Mini Wall of Text: "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, protest 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 respone our team set out to discover the cause of declining efficacy of Abstergo's control methods. Past studies of bilateral barain activation during television, film and video game use have shown the characteristic ARAS patterns induced by Abstergo's signal pattern. Our study was conducted on a rang of test subjects (30 subjects, aged +-10 to +-30) who viewed TV programs whild resting-state fMRI scans were conducted. In contrast to previous studies, 80% of the text subjects showed heightened cortical brain activity. Detailed scans during 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 ultimat outcome of the abnormal evolution. 1. Abstergo Quarterly Marketing Report, 04/17/12" #Phone Records: Choose everything on this one Apparantly choosing the first and last also works on this one too. This is a tape recording, just one guy giving one last message. "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 enamored 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, frighened, and incapable of independent productuvity. Without us, they'd just be animals, slaves to the others, who don't 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 Master of our order has 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. #Chess Game: "+"64 squared. 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." Those 2 phrases translate into "Open your eyes" and "Free your mind" and the + H refers to Shakespere's Hamlet, Act. II Scene 2, line 192 "Words, words, words." Now obviously you need to do something with the king. But what every possible move is incorrect? That's because it's a checkmate simply move the king (F2) off the board to get this one, kind of like you'd do in a real chess game. #Transition: "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." #Quarantine: There is a lot on this one, but they are all right next to each other, so start in the bottom left and hit all of them to get it. CONGRATULATIONS you finished them all, now it's time to see what you unlocked. You get the trophy ".. .- -- .- .-.. .. ...- ." which is morse code for "IAMALIVE" And the videos in the truth section play "The miracle is in the execution" You also play through a level in the animus, I won't spoil anything. Credits/Legal Stuff I'd like to thank: -Ubisoft for making a great series -Sadegh M. and Lance A. for pointing out the relationship between the picture matching portion in Cluster 10 (along with a few others that didn't tell me their names). -Joshua a.k.a. Kiddo Yap for pointing out easy solution for Cluster 5's Decryption wheel -Alex Fitzpatrick for pointing out what the "elemental text" really is. -Alex D'Urquiza for pointing out the name in the signature in Cluster 6 -Tom Linders for pointing out an alternate solution to the phone records in Cluster 10. -Robert "Ace" Meyer for pointing out a few things I missed and figuring out that the "element" text is a cypher for the numbers, and deciphering them before I even got home. This may not be reproduced under any circumstance except for personal private use. so that means basically all you can do is save it or print it out (but not sell it). The following sites have permission to use this -GameFAQs -Supercheats -Neoseeker Nathan Christie aka ihumpmypillow Email: i.humpmypillow89@gmail.com