LG15: Outbreak puzzles

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This is an index of all the puzzles that have taken place in the LG15: Outbreak web series.

Main Page Background Image

The background image (see it here) on Outbreak's site on lg15 contains several lines of binary:

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0110100101101101011001010010000001110100011011110010000001
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0100011001010010000001110100011010000110100101110011001011
0000100000011000100111010101110100001000000111010101101110
0110011001101111011100100111010001110101011011100110000101
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0101011100100110010100100000011000010111001001100101001000
0001101110011011110010000001100011011011000111010101100101
0111001100100000011010000110010101110010011001010010111000
0011010000101000001101000010100101011101100101001000000110
1000011011110111000001100101001000000111100101101111011101
0100100000011001010110111001101010011011110111100100100000
0111010001101000011001010010000001110011011001010110000101
1100110110111101101110001011100000110100001010000011010000
1010010100110110100101101110011000110110010101110010011001
0101101100011110010010110000100000010011010110001101000011
0110111101101110011011100110010101101100011011000010000000
1001100010000001001100011010010111010001110100011011000110
1001001000000010011000100000010100100110111101110101011101
1101100101

The binary translates to a message from the crew of Outbreak:

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We thank you for taking the time to translate this, but unfortunately there are no clues here.

We hope you enjoy the season.

Sincerely, McConnell & Littli & Rouwe

Forgotten

The video "Forgotten" contained two puzzles. The first was found at the beginning of the video where several groupings of letters can be seen, and was quickly solved. The second puzzle (see French Puzzle) is still unsolved and may require several videos to complete.

The letter groupings found in the video are:

SDUDW OPDEO DWLLA JAZPK
IAEOP DANAW JUPDE JCEYW
JZKEO EPDKL AHAOO ZKEDW
RAWJU YDWJY AKBHE REJCE
SWJPP KHERA EHHZK SDWPA
RANEP PWGAO EHHZK WJUPD
EJCPK OPWNU WHERA EHHZK
WJUPD EJCFQ OPLHA WOAOW
RAIA

These letter groupings were soon discovered to be a vigenère cipher, which utilized the keyword "W". Once deciphered, the letters yielded:

WHYHA STHIS HAPPE NEDTO
MEIST HEREA NYTHI NGICA
NDOIS ITHOP ELESS DOIHA
VEANY CHANC EOFLI VINGI
WANTT OLIVE ILLDO WHATE
VERIT TAKES ILLDO ANYTH
INGTO STARY ALIVE ILLDO
ANYTH INGJU STPLE ASESA
VEME

In proper text, the letters form a complete thought, with several sentences:

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Why has this happened to me? Is there anything I can do? Is it hopeless? Do I have any chance of living? I want to live. I'll do whatever it takes. I'll do anything to stary alive. I'll do anything - just please save me.

Objective Assigned

The video "Objective Assigned" contained two puzzles. The first was prominently found in the middle of the video as morse code (seen below). The second puzzle (see French Puzzle) is still unsolved and may require several videos to complete.

The complete morse code heard within the video was:

-.. . -- .-. .- / . .-. .- / ..- --- -.-- / . .-. ..- ... / . -.- .- -- / ... .-. . .-- --- .--. / .-.. .-.. .. .-- / ... .. / . -- .- -. / ... - . --. .-. .- - / . .... -

Translated, this comes out to:

DEMRA ERA UOY ERUS EKAM SREWOP LLIW SI EMAN STEGRAT EHT

This phrase, reversed gave the final phrase:

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The target's name is Will Powers. Make sure you are armed.

French Puzzle

The "French Puzzle" can be found during the appearance and disappearance of the french phrases at the end of the videos Forgotten and Objective Assigned. Several symbols and letters appear quickly on the screen, seemingly at random. It is currently believed that several videos may be required to solve this puzzle, and it remains unsolved.

As there is no clear approach to how this puzzle should be solved yet, please visit LG15 Today for the current progress.