Causation Nexus

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Causation Nexus
Identifier: Orpheus-9
Area: Orpheus Ascending
Puzzle Type: Main
Previous Puzzle: Concatenation
Next Puzzle: Incarnation

Causation Nexus is the ninth puzzle in Orpheus Ascending, part of the Road to Elysium expansion for The Talos Principle 2.

Puzzle elements


Overview

This puzzle is set in a single room, with a complex tower in the middle. The left of the room has a red emitter, and the right side has a blue emitter. There are two pressure plates, one in the front of the room and one in the back, each controls a blue door that blocks laser from being transmitted from one fixed connector to the other behind it. There are two red receivers and two blue receivers in the central tower, each controls a horizontal blue door, and they alternate. At the very top of the tower is a hexahedron. At the very back of the room is an elevated area, on which you can see the Sarabhai Fragment.

Hints

A simple hint:

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As the puzzles title, Causation Nexus alludes to the central tower, it is worth spending some time studying its construction, and what deactivates each layer.

If you're stuck after a single step:

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Note that you have no equipment to begin with. You have to be resourceful yourself in guiding the lasers