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: The oldest trick in the book. A general used it to send battle orders two thousand years ago, and it held, because his enemies couldn't read it. You can. Paste it into your AI and ask what it says.

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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.