Hints

Step 1:

• scholarscup.org/team/

• Painted Warrior is NOT the math answer

Step 2:

• None of the pieces are rotated

• The country has territory in Afro-Eurasia

Step 3:

• The locations spell the hint

• The answer is a city

Step 4:

• The code is a year

Step 5:

• Ignore the ideas of the content, this is just a standard escape room technique

• There are no numbers in this answer

Step 6:

• Press 'e' and see what happens

Step 7:

• This is NOT a math problem

Step 8:

• Most of the content is fluff

Step 9:

• Ignore these

• The code has no numbers

Step 10:

• This step has one cipher

• The airline code matters