SotM: The Video Game Promo Unlock Spoilers and Theories (SPOILERS)

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OK, I just got the first unlock!  The Super-Scientific Tachyon is out of the box and ready to do some SCIENCE!!

I believe that the unlock trigger was getting 7 bursts in her trash without having any non-burst cards there, but I obviously can't relock her to test it, so go to it and let me know if I'm right.

Here's what I know for certain:

She unlocked just after I played a Nimble Strike on Blade for 1pt of damage (her 1, +1 from Galvanize, -1 from living force field)

Playing Nimbe Strike gave me my 7th card in Tackys trash, which consisted of only 6 other Burst cards.

Strike was the 3rd card I had played that turn (after a Fleet of Foot and Quick Insight)

She had the HUD gogles and Research Grant in play.

She was part of a 5 person team (Legacy, Tacky, Bunker, Wraith, & Tempest) vs. Normal Blade

 

![Super-Scientific Tachyon Unlock](upload://jmIuyvH7Z069Y6Z94nIy8pfQBcg.jpeg)

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Hmmm.... there's another possibility.  In conversation over at the Handelabra forum, I realized that playing Nimble Strike may also have been the 3rd card played in a round, for the 2nd consecutive round (Having played Fleet of Foot, the HUD Goggles, and Research Grant on the previous turn).

 

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Well count out having Baron Blade incap Legacy and the same with the Volcano taking out Baron Blade

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If I were speculating wildly (and I am, not even owning the app… or a device that can run the app!) I might try using Next Evolution to unlock Pauline Parsons, what with her being on the card and her being the "next evolution" of the Parsons' family line.

You didn't see that!

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Thematically, I would propose that putting on the goggles and then playing research grant seems super scientific.

Also, I had nine bursts in the trash with nothing else, and that didn't work.

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Twitter reports show Rook City Wraith and G.I. Bunker have also been unlocked, but no clues from those who did it.

No word on Young Legacy or the villains yet.

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I agree that it would seem Super-Scientific, but the goggles and grant were definitely on the turn before the unlock, not the triggering event.

If you had 9+ bursts in your trash with no non-bursts, that bursts my initial theory.  

It seems unlikely that the trigger was specifically off my use of Nimble Strike, so  I'd recommend using goggles/fleetfeet/pushinglimits, to have Tachyon play 3+ cards in a turn for multiple turns.

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Can I suggest as they become known, putting them at the top of the thread?

For SST, I believe I unlocked it via HUD, Fleet, and Pushing the limits.

BTW, getting your team unintentially crushed by Baron Blade via multiple Basklash Fields is definityly not the way to unlocking his varient :-).

Carlos

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This thread on BGG has the methods for unlocking GI Bunker and Rook City Wraith. Their method for Tachyon is currently incorrect. No news on the rest.

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As I hoped would be the case, once you unlock the promo you can read the variant's bio in the Multiverse Section. It's fitting that Handelabra's exclusive Tachyon promo seems to be the easiest to unlock and her bio has some inspirational words for those of us striving for the unlocks. 

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I figured out how to unlock Tachy. Spoilers

 

 

Put 5 Bursts in her trash in one turn. Unknown if just in play phase or her turn in general

 

 

 

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Know what doesn't unlock anything? Experimenting with Super Scientific Tachyon, getting two Sucker Punches, and incapping yourself because you're the only sub-3-HP target. That really should unlock something, right?

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Makes sense

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You unlocked Ronway!

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Dear Handelabra,
 
I have extremely limited time that I can afford to play video games. What little time I have, I spend playing ~your~ game - your translation of my favorite tabletop game, Sentinels. As well, I encourage others to do the same.
 
Today, I am extremely sad and frustrated with your choice to diminish my support of your product by requiring me to jump through long, involved puzzle-solving hoops in order to "unlock" elements of the game I've been patiently waiting for since the day of the initial release.
 
For people like me, who only have so much time in their lives to devote to limited choices for entertainment, it would have been a great kindness and act of compassion to allow us to ~pay~ you for the additional content. If you want the social networking aspect of unlockable content, that's fine; just make both options available.
 
Let those of us willing to pay to get on with playing with the new toys do so, and let those who'd rather solve the puzzles to get the content free take that route.
 
Please consider this in the future for you other releases for this and other games.
 
Sincerely,
 
Sean Patrick Fannon
 
PS - Seriously, tell me where/how to send you money to get stuff unlocked for the current release and I am all over it!
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I also got super-scientific tachyon. 

I am not 100% sure of the details but she definitely unlocked when a card (fleet of foot) was put into the trash. It was my seventh burst in the trash (with no non-burst there). It was also my 5th burst going into the trash in a single turn. 

The play was:
1st turn:

pushing the limits

synaptic interruption

discard 1 burst (i think accelerated assault)

(synaptic interruption got destroyed during the villain's turn)

2nd turn:

nimble strike

fleet of foot

fleet of foot

quick insight - discard 2 burst

2nd played fleet of foot goes into the trash --> THE VARIANT IS UNLOCKED RIGHT NOW

So my guesses are: putting 7 burst in the trash in the first 2 turns, putting 7 burst in the trash in  2 turns, putting 5 burst in the trash in a turn

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I believe it's 5 bursts into the trash in one turn.

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That makes sense. When I unlocked it I had just played Quick Insight and discarded two Sucker Punches. I don't think I had more than 6 cards in my trash. 

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Try 3 different burst cards in 1 turn. It worked for me.

 

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That could also be it