Find Prohibited Propaganda

Finding prohibited propaganda is a common directive in Beholder: Conductor, requiring Carl to locate and confiscate illegal materials that threaten the state. This task often involves searching tenant apartments, observing their activities, and sometimes even manipulating them to reveal hidden stashes. Propaganda can take many forms, from books and pamphlets to posters or even recordings.

Prohibited propaganda is typically found in the apartments of tenants who are dissidents, intellectuals, or those with foreign connections. The Ministry will issue directives specifying what kind of propaganda is currently banned. Carl must then identify which tenant is likely to possess such materials and then gain access to their apartment to conduct a search. Discretion is paramount to avoid alerting the tenant.

Steps to Find Prohibited Propaganda:

Review Directives: Understand what specific types of propaganda are currently prohibited. This might be 'foreign literature,' 'anti-state pamphlets,' or 'illegal broadcasts.'
Identify Suspects: Look for tenants with traits like 'Dissident,' 'Intellectual,' or those who express anti-government sentiments in conversations.
Observe Suspects: Use keyholes and bugs to monitor their activities and conversations for clues about hidden items.
Gain Entry: Pick the lock to the suspect's apartment when they are absent.
Search Apartment: Systematically search all containers, furniture, and less obvious spots like under beds or behind loose wall panels. Propaganda is often well-hidden.
Confiscate Propaganda: Once found, take the prohibited item.
Report to Ministry: Use the Ministry Terminal to report the discovery and confiscation of the propaganda.

Common Hiding Spots: Bookshelves (often disguised as legitimate books), drawers, under mattresses, in ventilation shafts, or inside hollowed-out furniture. Some tenants might even carry small pieces of propaganda on their person.