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The encrypted broadcasts were a series of radio transmissions in Fallout 76, introduced in the Legendary Run update. They were presented in-game primarily as non-sensical, garbled audio. However, each transmission was decrypted using real-world techniques to reveal the unscrambled messages below. They were broadcast from a single radio station, the Encrypted Broadcast, which was removed with the Steel Dawn update.
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Message 1[]
3 Begin.
First Expeditionary Force, this is L-H with a recorded Priority Gamma message.
Papa Romeo missed the last four check-ins. No contact since crossing the Rockies. Scribes estimate unit position in the vicinity of Lincoln. Orders are to re-establish comms with L-H ASAP and provide a full report of whereabouts and activities since last communication.
Acknowledge on coded channel two three.
L-H out.
Message repeats.
3 End
Message 2[]
3-6-9 Begin.
First Expeditionary Force, this is L-H with a recorded Priority Alpha message.
No response to previous broadcasts from Papa Romeo or other members of unit.
L-H now assumes unit is incapable of response. Any surviving unit members are ordered to divert from
primary mission immediately.
Acknowledge on coded channel one eight.
L-H out.
Message repeats.
3-6-9 End.
Message 3[]
First Expeditionary Force, this is L-H with a recorded Priority E1 message.
Scribes now estimate unit position somewhere east of the Mississippi based on pre-departure timetables.
No acknowledgement from Papa Romeo or other members of unit. If no suitable transmission system can be secured, First Expeditionary Force is hereby ordered to proceed on original mission and establish communications from target location.
Acknowledge on coded channel Four Seven.
L-H out.
Message repeats.
Message 4[]
This is Elder Roger Maxson broadcasting to Paladin Leila Rahmani, secure private channel. I’ve sent the Scribes away. This message is not being recorded in the logs. I’m speaking to you now not as your Elder or commanding officer, but as a friend.
Leila, I know you and I have had our disagreements, but I still believe you understand the value and purpose of the
Brotherhood. You wanted this mission, though I am sure you have suspicions about why you were chosen. I still hope you are simply unable to answer our broadcasts. We may not see eye to eye, but you know the Codex and are sworn to it. The alternative… I don’t wish to entertain it. For the time being, I have suppressed that suggestion among the officers and kept it out of our other attempts to reach you, but if you do not report in soon, I may be overruled.
Your mission out there is important no matter what you may think. You are still one of us. Still a Paladin of the
Brotherhood, duty-bound. Broadcast on any Brotherhood channel, encryption be damned – just do it.
Maxson out.
Message repeats.
Message 5[]
First Expeditionary Force, this is L-H. Elder Maxson recording.
Paladin Rahmani, your unit has now been out of contact with Brotherhood headquarters for over three months. Our Scribes estimate that your unit should be entering Appalachia and closing in on the ATLAS Observatory shortly. It is
imperative that your first order of business after securing the facility is to reestablish communications and provide a full report on your activities during the period of radio silence.
You now represent the Brotherhood in Appalachia. When you restore contact with us, there will once again be one
Brotherhood on both sides of this land and your deeds will enter the Scrolls forever.
Adhere to the Codex. Conduct yourselves with honor.
Maxson out.
Message repeats.
Behind the scenes[]
Message 1[]
- Message 1 was encoded as a spectrogram, which revealed a message in binary code. After being transcoded from binary to alphanumeric values, the message was decoded using a Caesar cipher. This revealed the final message, which was in reverse order.
- When transcoded from the spectrogram, the following message in binary code was revealed:
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Message 2[]
- Message 2 was encoded using a modified, Fallout-specific version of the NATO phonetic alphabet and used a Caesar cipher.
- When transcoded, the following encoded message was revealed:
3-6-9 begin
XAJKLWPHWVALAGFSJQXGJUWLZZAKADZOALZJWUGJVWVHJAGJALQSDHZSEWKKSYWFGJWKH
GFKWLGHJWNAGMKTJGSVUSKLKXJGEHSHSJGEWGGJGLZWJEWETWJKGXMFALDZFGOSKKMEWK
MFALAKAFUSHSTDWGXJWKHGFKWSFQKMJNANAFYMFALEWETWJKSTWGJVWJWVLGVANWJLX
JGEHJAESJQEAKKAEEWVASLWDQSUCFGODWVYWGFUGVWVUZSFFWDGFWWAYZLDZGMLEWKK
SYWJWHSWSLK
Message 3[]
- Message 3 was encoded as a spectrogram and used a rail fence cipher.
