Ship Serial Numbers

[Ardrid]

I'm wondering where the other two ship serial numbers actually appear within the game.  I've played through multiple times, both with and without commentary, and haven't found anything.  I've also tried gathering information about the juice shipment in different orders without any success.  Am I missing something or are the other codes part of some type of easter egg and not actually present in the story?

[DaveGilbert]

Hi Ardid. Which "other two" serial numbers are you referring to? There is only one serial number, as far as I know.

[Ardrid]

Hi Ardid. Which "other two" serial numbers are you referring to? There is only one serial number, as far as I know.

Hi Dave.  I'm referring to the two serial numbers required to get the Research achievement.  They refer to a fighter ship and a juice cargo ship. The serial numbers are 22965 and 18356. There's dialog associated with the numbers when you search for them in the database, which makes me think they must appear somewhere within the game.

[DaveGilbert]

Hm! The developer is at grad school right now and is hard to reach these days, but I did a quick search of the source code and those numbers seem to be associated with the "Esper puzzle" that you performed to find the correct serial number. Apparently you can find other serial numbers as well.

[Ardrid]

Interesting.  I've searched every corner of the photo and haven't had anything come up.  Not sure where the other codes appear in there.  Oh well, thanks anyway, Dave.