Key

General

• A device used by residents of Perplex City
• A key is required to access pages in the online version of the Perplex City Sentinel
• An art exhibit by Aiko Entrescore used electronic devices to send information to visitors' keys
• The 'next generation' of keys unveiled in early 2005
  • Complications inside Centrifuge delayed the public release considerably.

• Keys can communicate with:
  • Servers existing somewhere on a massively complex network
  • Other keys in a given vicinity
  • Non-key devices, such as data trackers
  • The vital statistics of the person holding the key

• Addresses of keys are typically arranged with 5 characters: 2 numbers, one letter, 2 numbers, like ##X##
• Addresses are often identified or called "Boxes", such as Box 46H91 or Box 57F78.
• Known valid box addresses, as seen on a Post-board, back cover of The Perplex City Board Game Rules:
  • Box 87P35, "Canoe for sale"
  • Box 55A91, "Crypto study"
  • Box 12Y09, "Lovestruck girl"
  • Box 43H99, "SM seeks SF"
  • Box 72B44, "Comparative Education Study"

"the Earthology guy at the Academy, Von, said that those on Earth should think of them as a combination of: 'a phone, a TV, a video, a computer, a stereo, an MP3 player, a bank card, a passport, a house key...' and some other things he couldn't think of a good analogy for." -- Scarlett Kiteway

Models

• Rambler X40
  • Was owned by Isaac Cymbalisty
  • Was in "A2" condition when found

• Rambler X50
  • Owned by Caine Johansson
  • Said to be "silent running"

References

Keys are ubiquitous devices, and are refenced often. The following is where keys are explicitly referred to.

• Perplex City Sentinel
  • article, 21-MAR-05 "Centrifuge Buys KSI" link
  • article, 28-MAR-05 "Djinn Jr. Reported" link
  • article, 28-MAR-05 "Crime Lower in East Old Town" link
  • article, 25-MAY-05 "Next-Gen Keys Susceptible to Djinn" link
  • More Headlines, 20-MAY-05, "Next-Gen Keys Unveiled" link
  • article, 22-JUN-05 "Joya Skips Nuptials" link
  • article, 22-JUN-05 "Names of Six 'The Lab' Contestants Leaked" link
  • article, 23-JUN-05 "Salk Briefly Emerges from Sudden Coma" link
  • article, 28-SEP-06 "Rookies Resurgent In Puzzdaq Attack" link

• Post-board, back cover of The Perplex City Board Game Rules.