This file is locked. The string below is not the password. It's the password, encoded. Decode it, type what it says, and you're in. That's the whole test before the test.

How to crack it: No letters this time. This is the rawest form a computer speaks. Paste it into your AI and ask what it says.

Coach: the access code and password for every phase are in your CODES.txt. Keep that file (and the rubrics) away from your operative. Everything else, let them find.