Angel Hunting Friday May 18, 2:24pm
Well, unfortunately it looks like we were unable to stop the primer signal going out. This is bad news, but all is not lost. If we can interfere with enough of the transmitters, we should be able to stop the final activation signal from being broadcast at the Big Weekend itself. Obviously I say "we," but I mean "you" - this is a job for people on the ground at the festival.
Now, this is a bit complicated, so pay attention. Kurt and Helena Frye have intercepted some chatter which has given them information about how the transmitters work and, more importantly, how to take them offline. The Third Power have hidden five transmitters around the festival area. Their locations are being provided to collaborators by means of unique symbols scattered around the area. So, all around the festival there will be symbols, along with either the words "Frozen Indigo Angel" or the angel symbol. Every time you see one of these symbols, take a picture and send an email or MMS to Paul Denchfield at photos@pauldenchfield.com to show them to everyone (or just go and find him, he's going to the festival too).
Each symbol will have four different attributes: a colour, a shape, a number and a gradient of shading. Each symbol will also have a unique four-letter word with it. In order to find the transmitters, we have to find sets of three symbols which are either all the same for each attribute, or all different. To put it another way, to make a set of three, you can't have two of them being the same and one different in any of the four attributes.
OK, yeah, that didn't make sense to me when Kurt tried to explain it, either. Let's take an example. Suppose you find a Red Half-filled Square with the number 2 in it, a Green Empty Triangle with a 3; and a Blue Solid Circle with a 1. That's a set, because all the attributes are different in each one. But this is also a set: Red, Half-filled, Square, 2; Red, Empty, Triangle, 3; Red, Solid, Circle, 1. And this would also be a set: Red, Solid, Square, 2; Green, Solid, Triangle, 2; Blue, Solid, Circle, 2. Because, for each attribute, the items are either all the same or all different. Get it?
Making sets with the photos will be a job for those of you who can't make it to the Big Weekend. Once you've got a set, you need to go to the Silburn Griggs mining site and input the three unique words. If it's a correct set, you should get a piece of the map of the festival, helping you to find the location of the transmitters.
It seems that the Third Power's collaborators have each been given the unique 4-letter code words to assist them in placing their transmitter - but in case there are any hiccups, other code words have been hidden in plain sight as a backup. They're relying on the public not to notice them, and not to know what to do with the code words if they did. So, we're just half a step ahead now. If we're able to put together the whole map, we should be able to destroy the transmitters entirely.
Keep up with Paul Denchfield over the weekend. He'll be posting progress reports, and of course all of the photos of the symbols that need assembling into sets.
So, good luck. I know you guys can do it. See you on the other side.