Mission: Welcome Quaestor

**Mission: Welcome Quaestor** is a tutorial mission published on September 18, 2020. In this mission, Quaestors meet their Community Manager, Victoria. She walks them through initial calibration of the communication system and teaches them how to use input field and solve cases.

### Walkthrough

Mission icon is located somewhere in the eastern USA.

#### Chapter 1 - Welcome Quaestor

Upon entering this mission, players are greeted with following message:

> "*Here’s a little introduction to prepare you for the upcoming challenges. First things first, let’s calibrate the communication device with your Community Manager. Simply follow the instructions given and enter your answer in the input field. Simple as that!*"
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A new piece of information will show up on the desk:

> "*Dear Quaestor,*
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> Welcome to the Leap Year Society. You have been assigned a Community Manager to support you in your upcoming investigation.
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> Information provided below:
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> Name: Victoria H.
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> Position: Senior Community Manager
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> LYS member since: 1998
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> Please note that due to the recent influx of new recruits, a context-aware filtering system has been activated to make sure only relevant communications are relayed to the C.M.
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> Type “Hello” to initiate the communication.*"*
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As instructed, type "**HELLO**" into input field to get following message:

> "*Hi there Quaestor! I’m Victoria and I’ll be your Community Manager for all cases going forward! Let’s start off by calibrating the messaging system, to make sure the noise filter works. Just type in CALIBRATE to continue.*"
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Follow instructions and type "**CALIBRATE**":

> "*Alright, perfect, that went through just fine. Now go ahead and input START.*"
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Once again follow the instructions and type "**START**":

> "*Did you input something? Oh, I see that your attempt didn’t go through... Let me check… Oh the command has changed. At least we know the noise filter works! When you see this dark screen, it means the context filters ignored your input. Try BEGIN.*"
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Breath in, breath out and type "**BEGIN**":

> "*Ah, I led you astray, only slightly though! I just wanted to show you what would happen if you were close to a correct answer! Type BEGIN TRAINING and we’ll be good to go!*"
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I know, but don't let her win. Just one last time, type "**BEGIN TRAINING**":

> "*That got through! Excellent, we’re all calibrated here! Just go ahead and confirm and we’ll move on to your next task! I see great things for you Quaestor!*"
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Once you progress, you'll see a chapter summary screen with following message:

> "*WELL DONE*
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> Now that you’ve established communication with your Community Manager, it’s time for you to familiarize yourself with the Leap Year Society. Click on the next button to continue.*"*
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#### Chapter 2 - History lesson

In this chapter, Quaestors learn how to work with files and detect sensitive information. It begins with following message:

> "*You’re now comfortable with our communication system. Great! We’ve provided you with a small portion of our new Quaestor handbook. You’ve jumped through our hoops, it’s only fair that you get to know us a little better.*
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> Objective: Review the document page and then tell us what was the name of the test that we used to assign divisions to new Quaestors*"*
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One new piece of information appears on the desk, and it's a page from Quaestor's Handbook:

Chapters, handbookQuestor's goal is to find the name of the test used to assign divisions to new members. According to the Handbook, it's called "**HEIGMANN TEST**". Type it in the input field to see this next message:

> "*Correct! Although it’s called the Heigmann-Taylor test now. We’ve made some changes since 1988. In fact, it’s the one you took with all the weird questions.*
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> Let me transfer some documents to your case file. From time to time I will provide you with additional material to help you with your investigations, so keep your eyes open.
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> I added some news clippings that, to my opinion, really illustrate what we’re about. I’m really excited to have someone to talk about these, now that we went public.
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> “I’m ready”*"*
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As instructed, type "**I'M READY**". You'll see following message:

> "*Don't worry, I won't babysit you all the time! We'll go through some simple puzzles together in the next step, but keep in mind that this is only a training exercise. Things won't be as simple in the field.*"
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Progress to see a chapter summary with following message:

> "*Great! Now that you know us better, it’s time for one last challenge before we assign your first case!*"
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#### Chapter 3 - Puzzles, enigmas, and riddles

In this chapter, Quaestors will be challenged with a simple puzzle to solve, a foretaste of a real case. It begins with a following message:

> "*Since our foundation, we've entertained ourselves with puzzles, enigmas, and riddles. Just so you know what’s waiting for you ahead, we’ve prepared some simple puzzles for you to solve. Answer each of them correctly, then tell me what your answers have in common. Don’t forget that you can use search engines to help you out.*
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> Objective: Complete the puzzles to finish this case.*"*
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A new piece of information appears on the desk:

Chapters, great mendesRead bold letters only to find a solution, "**HIEROGLYPHS**", and then type them into input field to see the next message:

> "*Ah, hieroglyphs! I’m very fond of glyphs myself, something about communicating using pictures instead of words. But I digress! That was the correct answer. I’ve added your next step to your case file.*"
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Another piece of information lands on the desk:

Chapters, cipherIt's a picture of Caesar with "CDLNSHB" written on it. Below you'll see "A = B, B = C, C = D, Z = A". At this point you can type "CAESAR" to get optional hint.

The goal here is to decipher "CDLNSHB" with Caesar's cipher with rotation of 1. The solution is "**DEMOTIC**", type it into input field to see the next message:

> "*Correct! Demotic is basically the Egyptian language written in script, instead of hieroglyphs. It was referred to as “document writing” by the Egyptians at the time. You’ll find your next puzzle piece in the case file. Fill in the blanks and tell me what you get.*"
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Another piece of information shows up on the desk:

Chapters, associateOn this image, you'll see different images related to ancient Greece and your goal is to fill the blanks in "\_\_C\_\_\_\_ \_R\_\_K". The solution is "**ANCIENT GREEK**", type it into input field to see the next message:

> "*The language of the ancient world, used by historians, poets, philosophers, as well as conquerors. It contributed heavily to modern day languages as well as the Renaissance! Fascinating stuff! Hieroglyphs, Demotic and Ancient Greek, now that you have those three answers, I have a final question for you:*
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The solution to this question can be tricky. Victoria will react to some guesses like "GREECE" or "CIVILISATION", but the correct solution to this question is "**ROSETTA STONE**". Type it into input field to see the next message:

> "*Way to go! It’s the Rosetta Stone! A marvel discovery that was crucial in our understanding of Egyptian Hieroglyphs as well as their scripts! Well done!*"
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This concludes this mission. For completing this challenge, Quaestors are rewarded with skill points and experience points.

#### Extras

During Archivist Trial and Consciousness Trial there was a secret puzzle in the filenames of the clues. The solution to this puzzle is "tellvictorialeavenotarackbehind", a reference to *William Shakespear's "The Tempest"*. During this mission, type "**LEAVE NOT A RACK BEHIND**" into input field to see this easter egg message:

> "*I love this quote! “We are such stuff. As dreams are made on, and our little life. Is rounded with a sleep.” Please tell me you know where it’s from!”*"
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You can follow this conversation and type "**THE TEMPEST**" to see this dialogue:

> "*Ah! I wish we had more time to talk about this but we need to get back to work! We better talk about this another time.*"
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