Encrypted message holotape is a holotape in Fallout 4. It can be used at any Institute terminal to make contact with the Railroad's guardian angel, Patriot.
Location
- Received by the player from Tinker Tom during Underground Undercover.
Transcript
This header is displayed when the voice recording is downloaded to any terminal of the Institute.
Transmitting $TTomKey...
Symmetric key found...
Handshake successful.
Command?
This header is displayed when the voice recording is downloaded to any non-Institute terminal
**ERROR: NO NETWORK DETECTED**
Message from Tom
The Big D demanded a tutorial be included, so here it is.
Short version: Plug this into any Institute terminal and copy the message.
Long version: PATRIOT's been sending us short coded messages for years using an evil little encryption scheme. It was a bitch and a half to reverse-engineer (PATRIOT's got skill!), but I nailed it. Put this holotape on any Institute terminal and it'll deliver a gift-wrapped message straight to PATRIOT. You're going into the belly of the beast, friend, don't trust anything.
TT out
Copy encrypted message
This entry is only available after copying the encrypted message to the Institute's terminal. Access to this command activates an emergency response for the quest Underground Undercover.
Copying Message001.
Copy comple%*)!XJ*@($BREAK$BREAK
%Detected foreign program "!HolotapeHijack"
Copying UrgentReply001 from terminal.
Copy complete.
Read "UrgentReply001"
This entry is available after the encrypted message has been copied to the Institute's terminal.
Acknowledged. Meet at the Advanced Systems maintenance room.
Related quests
Notes
- Tinker Tom will provide the encrypted message holotape unless the player character has the Network scanner holotape in their possession, in which case Tinker Tom will modify it to provide the encrypted message capability. If the modified network scanner is subsequently given to another faction (Sturges or Proctor Ingram) before sending the encrypted message, a new objective will appear to return to Tinker Tom to collect the encrypted message holotape.
- The scripts associated with this holotape and the related network scanner holotape are both named './admin.network_scan'
- Although the encrypted message holotape cannot perform the network scan function, the network scanner holotape can perform the encrypted message function (provided Underground Undercover is active).
