OK, OK... here's the solutions.
1. Finding the selected article on the popular encyclopedia, one goes then opposite to the clock. On the dial, unique among its peers, we number the number of the last star that marks Ursa Major, which also reminds us the start point, or level, of the Homeric age
Solution: The "popular encyclopedia" is Wikipedia. The "selected article" is, well, their article on "
selected". Now, see the "clock" on the right of its page? Well, on its "
dial" you go counterclockwise ("opposite to the clock") and get to the seventh (7 stars in Big Dipper=Ursa Major, and the "last star" is actually the 7th, is it not?) unique name for a biologic entity (2 groups of Shigella-#1, 4 of E. coli-#2, 3 of Salmonella-#3, 3 of Yersinia-#4, 1 of Photorabdus-#5, 3 of Buchnera-#6, and the 7th "unique among its peers" is Wigglesworthia). 7 is also the archaeological level of
Troy, the one at which the remnants of the city where the Homeric age ended were found.
2. The closest sea to it is first and foremost related to the most celebrated Imperial hero, whose incomplete name will complete this little circle of names of letters and numbers
Solution: The closest sea to it (to Troy) is the
Aegean Sea. The Empire most people think of is the Roman Empire, and its most celebrated hero is
Aeneas, who also came from Troy. They are related through the first letters in their names (AE). His incomplete name (Aenea) is a
palindrome, thus "completing" the circle of names, letters and numbers.
3. Searching for their meaning, one finds that letters can be transformed into something simpler, for others to enjoy them from a distance
Solution: Letters (A, B, C and so on) can be transformed into something simpler: what is more simple than points and lines, aka the
Morse code, to enjoy them from a distance (this "alphabet" was used in telegraph communication)
4. As such, changing the starting letter of this alphabet could make you mad, because old men are involved; they do not ride, nor are they part of a close-knit family. Now, who might they be? I am astonished myself, but I wonder in Latin, so the whale in the sky could be of great help here
Solution: changing the starting letter of this alphabet (M, that is, not A) could lead you to other words, like: Horse, Norse. "Old men" are involved, so these are not "Horsemen", not "Morsemen". So they are the
Norsemen, men of old. If I wonder of this change of letter, the "whale in the sky" could be of help. I wondered in Latin, so the "whale in the sky" is the constellation
Cetus. And "
Mira" is the Latin word for "astonishing" and "wonderful".
5. Ascending from it with just an elementary piece of ancient science, used both in square and circular establishments, one gets to 15 at the end of a logical sequence
Solution: "Ascending" from Cetus (its right ascension is 1.42) with the elementary piece of science, used in square (pyramids) and circular buildings (this is the number
PI, 3.14) one gets to 1.42+3.14=4.56, so 15 is at the "end" of this sequence (the sum of 4, 5, 6)
6. Searching for deers using this number patiently and wisely we are reminded of solidarity
Solution: Searching for "
deers" on Wikipedia we try to associate 15 with something on that page. We see there 15 coats of arms, and the 15th has been used in Poland - which reminds us of "
Solidarity" - the union that brought down Communism there.
7. One of their women has a very beautiful and elaborate Mec4D profile. Not long after finding her, we find out that she has marked a part of her work with the name of a popular entertainer (here we would think about the ocean again)
Solution: The Polish woman (one of "their" women) with the profile can be sought after on the net, just search for "Mec4D" and you shall find her name. On
her site, a digital character is named "
Moby" - which is also the name of a popular "entertainer"
8. Not everything he does is minor, alright. We are such stuff as stars are made on, after all
Solution: Not everything that he did (his albums) is not "minor", as one of the albums is titled "
18". For further help, one of the pieces on this album is called "We are all made of stars"
9. Well, maybe not after all, but just minutes after nothing. One guy related to wine and mountains had something to say about this
Solution: "after all" is common to steps 8 and 9. "All" is literally everything, aka the Universe. "Just minutes" after nothing are the well-known expression "
The first three minutes of the Universe", and one guy related to "wine" and "mountains" had something to say about it: one guy
Weinberg, that is, you'll find his book listed at the end of the article about the Universe also on Wikipedia.
10. That guy surrounded by precious metals looks to the West. I wonder if he's watching the sunset
Solution: Clicking on Weinberg you find that he is a
Nobel laureate. The guy surrounded by metals (the Nobel medal) is Nobel himself, and he's looking toward the West (where the Sun sets).
11. Wonderful colours, the sunset comes with. Well now - do you think you have something here? Careful in leaving this place you should be: rush would be ridiculous, but not misplaced at all
Solution: Look up "
Sunset" also on Wikipedia. This point is phrased like Yoda would do: "wonderful colours, the sunset comes with". But Yoda himself is not exactly what we search for. Look him up also.
12. No, we're not in Kansas anymore, and we definitely speak sunrise here
Solution:
Yoda was portrayed by Frank Oz, and the Wizard of Oz was definitely "not in Kansas anymore". Looking up "
Kansas" we find that the sunrise is depicted onto their
seal
13. A tough road led us to the stars. By now we should know all the names and words on the 13 steps that brought us here, and should be able to orderly explain how we got to learn them, their nature and meaning.
Solution: What's their motto? "
Ad astra per aspera". Click on these words: several other arrangements are found for this motto, of which one is "Per aspera ad astra", or "through adversity to the stars" or sometimes even "a rough road leads to the stars". And 13 is the number of the stripes on the flag of USA, along with the stars.
That'd be all.
I agree it was poorly explained = the only requirement was "each step is related to the previous" and "thou shalt use Wikipedia and Google or whatever and look at the first entries". But from here to me being stoned or worse... c'mon guys. Is it better to be handed the answers on a plate? Well, I am willing to take part in your sequences modeled like this one, so you may bring them on. Just to take your revenge on me
