If Tinker Tom is dead, there is a file on his terminal that automatically decrypts the data. Give the courser chip to Tinker Tom, who cracks the encryption and provides the code for the chip. Once at Railroad HQ, speak to Desdemona and agree to her terms. Amari will advise the player to follow the Freedom Trail to find the hidden Railroad HQ. If the Railroad has yet to be encountered, Dr.

The only person capable of doing this is Tinker Tom of the Railroad. Before the Sole Survivor can utilize the newly acquired courser chip, it needs to be analyzed by someone familiar with the Institute's technology. At the end of The Glowing Sea, Virgil reveals that the Institute uses teleportation, and that this could be intercepted using information from a courser chip to construct a device, the signal interceptor.