THE START

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Tinos&display=swap');
 
/* SAPPHIRE Theme
 * [2019 Wikidot Theme]
 * Based on Aelanna's Sigma-9 Theme as edited by Dr Devan
 * Inspired by DrGemini's SCP-FR Group of Interest "SAPHIR"
 * Created by stormbreath, Lt Flops, and Uncle Nicolini for the 2019 International GOI Contest
 * Logo Design by Ihp sourced from https://pixabay.com/vectors/diamond-cut-polished-jewelry-312696/
 */
 
/* GLOBAL WIDTH */
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     color: #0c0c0c;
 
     --neutral: #e5e5e5;
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     --sapphire-light: #666999;
     --white-sapphire: #ebebf0;
     --gray-sapphire: #5b5b5d;
     --light: #bbb;
     --mid-light: #999;
     --mid: #9b9ca1;
     --mid-dark: #666;
     --dark: #333;
     --grad-1: #5b5b5b;
     --grad-2: #878787;
}
div#container-wrap {
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/* COMMON */
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 #page-title {
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     color: var(--sapphire-muted);
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 h1 {
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     padding: 0;
     font-weight: bold;
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     color: var(--sapphire);
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     color: var(--sapphire-muted);
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}
 a:visited {
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     color: var(--sapphire-muted);
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 a.collapsible-block-link {
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     display: block;
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     border: 0;
     padding: 0;
     margin: 1em 0;
     height: 1px;
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/* HEADER */
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}
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     background-size: contain;
     display: block;
     height: 139px;
     max-height: 139px;
     width: 100%;
     max-width: 271px;
     position: relative;
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     padding: 0;
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     max-height: 139px;
     width: 100%;
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     background-color: var(--key);
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     color: var(--neutral);
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     color: var(--neutral);
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     color: var(--sapphire);
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/* ADJUST MOBILE IMAGE SIZE */
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         background-size: 150px 75px;
         background-position: 1em;
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         background-position: 1em;
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}
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         background-position: 1em;
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         background-position: 1em;
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}
 @media (max-width: 979px) and (min-width: 768px) {
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         background-size: auto 88px;
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}
 @media (max-width: 767px) and (min-width: 581px) {
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         background-size: auto 77px;
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}
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     #header {
         background-size: auto 66px;
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}
 @media (max-width: 479px) {
     #header {
         background-size: auto 65px;
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}
 
/* HIDE THE HEADER TEXT */
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     color: transparent;
     text-shadow: none;
}
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     color: transparent;
     text-shadow: none;
}
 
/* TOP MENU */
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     color: #bbb;
     color: var(--light);
}
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     border: solid 1px var(--mid-dark);
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}
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}
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}
 #top-bar ul li ul a, 
 #top-bar a:hover {
     color: #e5e5e5;
     color: var(--neutral);
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/* SIDE MENU */
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}
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     border: 1px solid #333;
     border: 1px solid var(--dark);
     background: #e5e5e5;
     background: var(--neutral);
     border-radius: 0px;
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}
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     color: #333;
     color: var(--dark);
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     border-bottom: solid 1px var(--sapphire);
}
 #side-bar p {
     margin: 0;
}
 #side-bar div.menu-item {
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}
 #side-bar .collapsible-block-folded {
     background: url(https://scp-wiki.wdfiles.com/local--files/theme%3Asapphire/sapphire-expand.png) 0 2px no-repeat;
}
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     border-bottom: solid 1px #333;
     border-bottom: solid 1px var(--dark);
}
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     color: #333;
     color: var(--dark);
}
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     color: #666;
     color: var(--mid-dark);
}
 #side-bar .floating-ad img {
     border-radius: 0px;
     filter: hue-rotate(236deg) saturate(50%) brightness(111%);
     -webkit-filter: hue-rotate(236deg) saturate(50%) brightness(111%);
}
 
/* SIDEBAR CHANGES PER NAV UPDATE */
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     background-color: #E5E5E5 !important;
     background-color: var(--neutral) !important;
}
 #side-bar .side-block[style="background-color: #e5e5ff;"] {
     background-color: #E5E5E5 !important;
     background-color: var(--neutral) !important;
}
 
/* YUI-TABS */
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     background-color: #e5e5e5;
     background-color: var(--neutral);
}
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 .yui-navset .yui-navset-top .yui-nav a {
     background-color: #333;
     background-color: var(--dark);
}
 .yui-navset .yui-nav .selected a, 
 .yui-navset .yui-nav .selected a:focus, /* NO FOCUS EFFECT FOR SELECTED */
 .yui-navset .yui-nav .selected a:hover { /* NO HOVER EFFECT FOR SELECTED */
     background: #333;
     background: var(--dark); /* SELECTED TAB BACKGROUND */
     color: white;
}
 .yui-navset .yui-nav a:hover, 
 .yui-navset .yui-nav a:focus {
     background: #bbb;
     background: var(--light);
     text-decoration: none;
}
 .yui-navset .yui-nav, 
 .yui-navset .yui-navset-top .yui-nav {
     border-color: #333;
     border-color: var(--dark);
}
 .yui-navset li {
     line-height: normal;
}
 
/* AYERS' INFO MODULE */
 :root {
     --cutColour: #050505;
     --barColour: #151A61;
}
 
/* INFO PANE */
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     background-color: #151a61 !important; 
     background-color: var(--sapphire-muted) !important;
     border: 1px solid #151a61 !important;
     border: 1px solid var(--sapphire-muted) !important;
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     box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,.5) !important;
}
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     border-left-color: var(--sapphire-light);
}
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}
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     color: #666999 !important;
     color: var(--sapphire-light) !important;
}
 .rate-box-with-credit-button .page-rate-widget-box .rate-points {
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}
 .close-credits {
     filter: hue-rotate(236deg);
}
 .modalbox {
     box-shadow: 0 1px 10px rgba(39,51,221,.3) !important;
}
 
/* RATING MODULE */
 .page-rate-widget-box .rate-points {
     background-color: #151a61 !important;
     background-color: var(--sapphire-muted) !important;
     border: solid 1px #151a61;
     border: solid 1px var(--sapphire-muted);
     border-radius: 0;
}
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 .page-rate-widget-box .ratedown {
     background-color: #e5e5e5;
     background-color: var(--neutral);
     border-top: solid 1px #151a61;
     border-top: solid 1px var(--sapphire-muted);
     border-bottom: solid 1px #151a61;
     border-bottom: solid 1px var(--sapphire-muted);
     font-weight: bold;
}
 .page-rate-widget-box .rateup a, 
 .page-rate-widget-box .ratedown a {
     background: none;
     color: #151a61;
     color: var(--sapphire-muted);
     padding: 0 4px;
     margin: 0 1px;
}
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     background: var(--sapphire-muted);
     color: white;
     text-decoration: none;
}
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     background-color: #151a61;
     background-color: var(--sapphire-muted);
     border: solid 1px  #151a61;
     border: solid 1px var(--sapphire-muted);
     border-left: 0;
     border-radius: 0;
}
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     background: transparent;
     color: #666999;
     color: var(--sapphire-light);
}
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     border-radius: 0;
     background: #151a61;
     background: var(--sapphire-muted);
     color: white;
     text-decoration: none;
}
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         border: 0.2em solid var(--mid-light);
         background-color: white;
         color: #999;
         color: var(--mid-light);
    }
     #side-bar {
         background-color: #666999;
         background-color: var(--sapphire-light);
    }
}
 
/*INTERWIKI */
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     filter: hue-rotate(236deg) saturate(50%) brightness(111%);
}
 
/* SAPPHIRE FORMAT */
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     background-color: #abafed;
     padding: 0 1em;
     margin: 1em 0;
 
     color: #222;
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     font-size: 12.5pt;
     text-align: justify;
     word-break: unset;
}
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     border: none;
     margin: auto;
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}
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     background-color: #0d0e26;
     border: none;
     margin: auto;
     height: 2px;
     width: 45%;
}
 div.sapphire-excerpt {
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     background-color: #dedfed;
     padding: 0 1em;
     margin: 1em 2em;
}
 .sapphire-heading-2,
 .sapphire-heading-3,
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     color: var(--sapphire-muted);
     font-weight: bold;
     word-break: unset;
     line-height: 120%;
}
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 .sapphire-heading-3 { font-size: 130%; }
 .sapphire-heading-4 { font-size: 120%; }
 
/* MOBILE VIEW */
 @media (max-width: 479px) {
     div.sapphire-excerpt {
         margin: 1em 0;
    }
}
 @media (min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 580px) {
     div.sapphire-excerpt {
         margin: 0.5em;
    }
}

Main Access Terminal


------
Welcome, User
------

Establishing gateway…
Securing connection…
Retrieving data…

Three (3) files retrieved:
Omega-2
Theta-110
Zeta-12

Congratulations on making it this far. You managed to click a link. Bravo. Excellent work, really. But the actual game starts now. What game? Why the game of mystery, of concealment. Of stealth!

Simply put - The Cicada 3301 event!



Rules are rather simple, really. And there's only one - don't share your checkpoints with others. Seems simple enough. But what is a checkpoint? How do you play? Well, listen up.

You're starting off with three files which you can access above (A catch-all term for data that will aid you). Through them, you'll reach new ones. Most are protected with various cryptographic methods. From a picture to audio, but more often than not - text. You'll get a more professional tutorial later on. All that you need to know right now is what you're looking for.
GOOD-DAY00
Every link to a page on the sandbox is a checkpoint of some kind. This could be considered one such checkpoint. And all of them are made using the following format:
http://scp-sandbox-3.wikidot.com/XXXX-XXX##

See that at the end? We'll call that the passphrase. Four letters, followed by three letters and two numbers. The order is important! So if you found a seven letter word and a two digit number, that could very well be the passphrase.

The passphrase itself will usually have some sort of meaning to indicate that it's the correct one. Though this may not always be the case. As for when do you win and what you win? You'll know when you've won and winners would get a special role on the main server likely. But that's all you need to know for now. And if you've read this far, you'd be glad to know that this checkpoint contains actually 4 files on this page. Three are obvious and are already linked, can you locate the passphrase for the fourth? Best of luck.
- Secure. Contain. Protect. Staff Team