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Tron Uprising: Clu Traditional Cache

Hidden : 5/1/2014
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
3.5 out of 5

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For all those fans of the Tron franchise (you know who you are), here's one for you: the Tron: Uprising Cache Series, based on the most recent Tron: Uprising TV series. 

 

This cache is one of several in the Tron: Uprising Cache Series that goes up this dirt road (and several offshoots) into the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest. Though you might be able to take a 4x4 or 4-wheeler up the road, I'd recommend you hoof it. It's a nice hike, and if you can find it, along with all of the other caches, you should be proud! Best of Luck!

The Entire Tron: Uprising Series:

Tron Uprising: Zed

Tron Uprising: Mara

Tron Uprising: Paige

Tron Uprising: Pavel

Tron Uprising: Able

Tron Uprising: Tesler

Tron Uprising: Clu

Tron Uprising: Beck

Tron Uprising: Tron

Tron Uprising: Quorra

Tron Uprising: Kevin Flynn

Tron Uprising: Cyrus

Tron Uprising: Cutler

Tron Uprising: Dyson

Tron Uprising: Moog

Tron Uprising: Rasket

Tron Uprising: Bartik

Tron Uprising: Hopper

CLU

CLU 2 (shortened to Clu or CLU which stands for Codified Likeness Utility 2.0) is an artificial intelligence program that was written in 1983 by Kevin Flynn. Clu is the main antagonist of TRON: Legacythe secondary antagonist in TRON: Evolution and one of the main antagonists in TRON: Uprising. As with most programs, Clu appears visually identical - albeit at a younger age - to his creator. He represents an evil digital doppelganger of Kevin Flynn and a twisted embodiment of Flynn's youth. He is addressed as "Your Excellency" by various characters. He is said to be a heartless tyrant.

Above: Clu in Tron: Uprising

Above: Clu in Tron: Legacy

Betrayal

Clu is based on an earlier hacker program Flynn wrote, which wasderezzed by the MCP one year prior. Clu was recompiled for the purpose of creating what Flynn called "the perfect system," taking his user's burden of running the Grid as his own. This he did very well, until the self-generated ISOs began to enter the system. Clu found himself immediately at odds with them because of their lack of a precise function, ultimately deeming them a threat to the system's stability that was to be destroyed. Clu's strict adherence to his directive also caused him to become increasingly frustrated with Flynn for spending so much time away from the Grid, leaving him without a guide to follow and unable to take action without Flynn's approval. Eventually he conspired to take control of the Grid, reasoning that he was made in Flynn's likeness and thus, for all intents and purposes, he was the Creator.

The Great Purge

Defined by his duty, Clu was a perfectionist who sought to halt any evolution in the system. Since the ISOs were not created by Flynn, he blamed them for the various glitches in the system, even going so far as to suggest that the ISOs themselves were responsible for such things as Gridbugs. Furthermore, Clu misinterpreted Flynn's comment that "the ISOs are changing the system to fit them", taking it to mean that they are damaging the system's code.

Clu's growing uncertainty towards the ISOs, coupled with his anger towards Flynn's constant absences, led him to berate Flynn for supposedly setting him up to fail in his task. To further discredit the ISOs, Clu created the Abraxas virus out of Jalen, one of the ISO leaders. Jalen was reported by Clu to have been derezzed. Abraxas's new programming, set up by Clu, was to eliminate the ISO faction. But there was one more purpose for Abraxas. Clu pointed out that he was once an ISO, and then accused the ISOs of being unpredictable, dangerous and flaws to the system. After Abraxas's attack on the ceremony of peace between ISOs and Basics, Kevin and Tron met up with Clu and Anon, who had apparently saved Clu's life when the virus attempted to kill him. When Clu's last attempt to show Kevin the imperfections of ISOs had failed, he decided to kill the user. Flynn was, in Clu's eyes, blocking his path to fulfilling his directive of a perfect system.

Clu brought four of his Black Guard to ambush Tron and Flynn as the latter sought to leave the grid. As Tron fought his guards, Clu dealt with Flynn, claiming that the user was 'corrupted'. His attempt to kill Kevin failed, however, when Tron attacked him. By the time Clu had defeated Tron, Kevin had already fled the scene. With Flynn nowhere to be found, Clu focused his efforts on destroying the ISOs, an act of genocide that came to be known as the Purge. Only one ISO, Quorra, was able to survive Clu's purge thanks to the sacrifice of Anon. With the imperfections gone, Clu believed he had created the perfect system.

Uprising

Clu proceeded to send out his generals and armies to capture every city on the Grid, believing that, with Tron dead, no one could oppose him. Following the capture of Argon City, General Tesler had a large statue of Clu himself placed in the middle of the populated area. However, it wasn't long before a renegade program blew the statue up. The guards suspected that the program was Tron since the circuitry was a match. This baffled Tesler when the report was made. Just then, Clu arrived on the scene, confidently stating, "Tron's dead, Tesler. I killed him myself." However, contrary to Clu's statement, Tron had in fact survived their battle and was actually living in seclusion.

It is later revealed that Clu had ambushed Tron and Flynn with the sole intention of killing only Tron. Clu wanted Tron out of the picture so that there would be no one to oppose his rise to rule. With the help of Dyson, who betrayed Tron, Clu was able to subdue the System Monitor and begin his annihilation of the ISOs.

When news of the same renegade program began to spread, Clu sent Dyson to Argon City to neutralize the supposed threat. Dyson later returned to Clu with a message, "Tron lives", claiming that he saw Tron with his own eyes. Making an amused remark about this revelation, Clu ordered Dyson to ensure that no one knew of Tron's true status.

Clu commissioned the use of an enormous recognizer as a mobile re-purposing facility, and sent a repurposed Cutler to bring Tron to it. With the plan having failed, he and Dyson later led an armada of vessels to Argon City.

http://tron.wikia.com/wiki/Clu_2

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)