Day 45

**Day 45** took place on 5 January 2020. It followed the events of Day 44 and was followed by the events of Day 46.

## Major Events

### SMPEarth Moon Landing

* JoshA20 announced in the community discord that the server is holding a fundraiser alongside the moon landing in support of the Australian Red Cross Society and their battle against the Australian Bush Fires.
	+ The official SMPEarth Twitter account also announced for the next 2 days, the server will attempt to reach a donation goal of $5,000 or more for the good cause.
	+ Everyone is welcomed to donate directly at https://smpearth.com/campaigns/moon-charity/.

* Approximately 25 players participated in the grand server event as they gathered and accessed the Northern End Portal to reach the Moon. They collaborated together to fight and defeat the Modified Ender Dragon called *Big Bertha* while traversing the low gravity environment of the modified End dimension.
* Technoblade, CaptainSparklez, and Sneegsnag (later Wilbur) claimed the Second Dragon Egg, the Third Dragon Egg, and the Fourth Dragon Egg respectively.
	+ The latter would cause the Antarctic Empire and Marioloogi to declare war on Newfoundland because Wilbur had left the game with the Dragon Egg when he asked permission to hold the egg in order to get the 'The Next Generation' achievement.

### The ARG

* Grunk was the first player to explore The Moon Octangula located nearby the Moon central island.
* WilburSoot, Ph1LzA, and Sneegsnag discovered The Hidden Moon Base accessed through a massive water pipe near the octangula, where more clues of the ARG were discovered.
	+ Map arts of doodles and diagrams related to the Octangula, BIGPRISM and Laramie Online were seen all over the chamber.
		- A massive map art of codes was found on one of the walls of the chamber: *ANV EHV GNUMRZFAELS ATIJ AYTNOC UAF GNCWCR FHV UYZFEIQEZ AF BZIMMRZQ*
		- Decoded using Vigenère cipher and 'mariah' as key, the code revealed the following sentence: *ONE WHO UNDERSTANDS THIS SYMBOL MAY UNLOCK THE MYSTERIES OF UNIVERSE*
			* the second and last lines are decoded with the key 'hmaria'
	+ A book was found in one of the chests there. It was titled "Commit" by Warren which contained more info about Mariah Camrey's current predicament.
		- Unfortunately, Phil and CaptainSparklez were killed by intentional game design when he attempted to store the book in a chest but accidentally clicked on a bed.
		- The book and the destroyed parts of the chamber were rolled back to existence either by Josh or Chip to allow further exploration by other players.

### The Great Arctic Beacon Heist

* TimeDeo attempted to steal a beacon from underneath of the Northern End Portal.
	+ His attempt was unsuccessful because the beacon is protected and can't be taken. He successfully managed to destroy the barrier guarding it.
* Distraught by the inability to defy server rules, Deo decided to destroy the beacon and put a sign stating, "Deo - 1 Chip - 0".
	+ Since then, it is placed where the beacon was located. The sign can not be destroyed and will remain there to convey the symbolic message.

### Other Events

* King Burren constructed a beacon in his base at Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated.
	+ VoiceOverPete assisted him in the construction and shared some of his materials with Burren, including iron and some emeralds.
* WilburSoot logged on to the server for the first time in a while yet did not stream.
	+ He mentioned that he may pick up the role of being an admin again on the server.
* InkTea established an alliance between his faction, The Palms, and the Bean Empire.
* CaptainSparklez discovered two pranks builds in Creeper Amman, specifically at Petra, prior to the Moon Landing. They were previously constructed on Day 42.
	+ He found the Trojan Chungus in front of the Petra built by KaraCorvus.
		- He accidentally unleashed an army of rabbits from within the wooden structure.
		- His base was quickly overrun by them, yet Jordan was disappointed that Kara did not name each of them as 'Chungus' (or 'Chungi' for plural).
	+ Later, he also discovered the massive Jardong of Ender built by Michaelmcchill on top of Petra.
		- Again, he unknowingly released an army of chickens (or cocks) inside the megalith.
* Sylvee and Krinios continued to expand Bean York City, some roads were laid out to the West.
	+ They were planning to turn the Big Apple into an Apple Store.
	+ They constructed a café at one of the corners.

## DEFCON Level

On Day 45, the DEFCON Status was 3 because even though there was a war declared, it wasn't that big of an event.