The Beacon
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The beacon is a cylindrical object first seen in The Arrival.
It is made of solid Iridium, and emits a frequency at 2 MHz, and again at 4 MHz.
The Arrival
The first time the Beacon appeared was after an explosion at Quantico in 1987. Colonel Henry Jacobson was the head of the investigation of that occurrence. It was only able to be studied for about 48 hours before it exploded down into the ground.
In this episode, it came up through a gas line at a construction site, where it knocked over a crane bearing the Massive Dynamic logo. It was hidden from a strange man intent on acquiring it, at the grave of a relative of Walter and Peter Bishop. Peter dug it up for this man, who was foiled by Olivia, and once again it exploded down into the ground.
Brown Betty
In the fairy tale made up by Walter for Ella's entertainment, the Beacon was used by the Watchers to track down Olivia and Peter. It appeared from under the ground, then broke the wall and stuck in it. Later, it was revealed that the Beacon was created by Walter (althrough it was named simply as "Iridium Capsule", according to his schemes).
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- Does the Beacon "mark the way," act as a reference point, or mark teleportation points (Little Hill) and/or "soft spots" (Reiden Lake) between universes?
- What "message" did it deliver?
- Is the Beacon a remnant of the First People?
