Challenge 3
Entrapment
Crew Leaders for this Challenge: rearrange the cards, then announce:
"We're in! Our 2 objectives are to: find a Penning Trap so we can steal the Antimatter, it's probably locked in a safe somewhere. And blow this joint by rigging the self-destruct system, we've found the reactor's circuit board, which can be hacked. All we have to do is remove whichever diode is connected to R4."
You can open a high-resolution version of the circuit board on your phone: view circuit board.
Get the Penning Trap: need to unlock the D.R.I.L. using the 6-symbol passcode. It has something to do with the shredded email. What's the 6-symbol code?
When assembled, the shredded paper mentions a decryption process. It must connect to something else in the room.
Start at the first word of the newspaper heading and...
Look for the symbols in the newspaper, taking note of the order they're in.
E.g. the word "Coke" could be this symbol:
E.g. the word "Coke" could be this symbol:
The numbers in the password-reset email represent words in the newspaper (for example, 1 is the first word in the heading). Counting them through reveals the code: Pepperoni, Jocks, Shocked, Pizza, Jocks, Heart.
Set the self-destruct: the R4 diode connects to exactly 1 other diode. Which one?
Try working backwards from each diode in a process of elimination.
It's not Y2, X8, P3, or V0.
Trace the lines from R4 across the board. It connects to H9.