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[5 PUZZLES, 2 UNSOLVED][NEW] Agent 90426 Directory
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mapmaker
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 		[5 PUZZLES, 2 UNSOLVED][NEW] Agent 90426 Directory
Yes, four puzzles. Edit: make that five - see this post later in the thread.

There are three pages: video.html, data.html, and cats.html.

On video.html, there is a transcript as well as a link to another mp3.

On cats.html, there is a product description, plus the following puzzle in the source, which, for purposes of the thread, we shall call puzzle A:
Quote:
Il ucz owk enjxzqz mcgm, I ahsg zohl lak'dt cvnw yh cldr.
S'v voq figy ev im zflbuwv gyms os kgte xos gchp, bee Y bou db kip.
Mjwse ky xoi jeycewranlck inaer ox "Fon Sxgy Fuvdwss".
Ubqx jcqp Otslpi tamiimi gbx ecpz pbj hbrx gpfkgxvoeky qbs cagqjis.
I's ywvd bp tq. Bii ojg air hl vjgu ok lfdliyz?
F hxedexl xbof wl gxly ei prkpimi jze apfm.
X hyvfvyw ybov Zcyhz te jyhdfdf gp om vagsw yxmhqqcnljk fehn.
N bdpypdm xf xbjksn.
Pje, ny zbk ynmzrgp ycm,

G as cgvorr.


And on data.html, there is some, erm, text, links to two mp3s, and three puzzles:

Puzzle B (solved below):
Quote:
68 6f 77 20 64 6f 20 79 6f 75 20 66 69 78 20 61 20 6c 65 61 6b 3f 20 20 69 20 77 69 73 68 20 74 68 61 74 20 69 20 68 61 64 20 6d 6f 72 65 20 74 69 6d 65 2e 20 20 d a d a 4f 77 68 61 79 20 61 72 65 77 61 79 20 65 74 68 61 79 20 69 72 65 6b 65 65 70 65 72 73 66 61 79 3f 20 41 6d 6e 64 61 79 20 65 6d 74 68 61 79 21 20 41 6d 6e 64 61 79 20 65 74 68 61 79 20 d a 6f 6d 70 61 6e 79 63 61 79 21 d a d a d a d a

Puzzle C (solved by Rowan below):
Quote:
13 10 119 104 121 32 97 114 101 32 116 104 101 32 102 111 117 114 32 112 111 105 110 116 115 32 115 111 32 99 114 105 116 105 99 97 108 46 13 10 105 32 109 117 115 116 32 115 111 108 118 101 32 116 104 105 115 32 112 114 111 98 108 101 109 32 105 109 109 101 100 105 97 116 101 108 121 44 32 105 102 32 105 32 97 109 32 116 111 32 114 101 97 108 105 115 101 32 119 104 101 114 101 32 116 104 101 121 32 97 114 101 32 103 111 105 110 103 32 119 105 116 104 32 116 104 105 115 46 13 10 13 10 100 111 110 39 116 32 116 104 101 121 32 107 110 111 119 32 119 104 97 116 32 116 104 101 121 39 114 101 32 117 110 108 111 99 107 105 110 103 63 13 10 13 10 13 10 104 97 118 101 110 39 116 32 116 104 101 121 32 104 101 97 114 100 32 116 104 101 32 116 97 112 101 115 63 13 10 13 10 13 10

Puzzle D (solved by delusional below):
Quote:
01000011 01000001 01010100 01010011 00001101 00001010 00001101 00001010 01000011 01000001 01010100 01010011 00100000 01110110 01101001 01100100 01100101 01101111 00100000 01100110 01101111 01101111 01110100 01100001 01100111 01100101 00100000 01101001 01110011 00100000 01100001 00100000 01100111 01101111 01101111 01100100 00100000 01100011 01101100 01110101 01100101 00101110 00001101 00001010 00001101 00001010 00001101 00001010 01010111 01001000 01001111 00100000 01001001 01010011 00100000 01010011 01001000 01000101 00111111 00001101 00001010 00001101 00001010 01010111 01001000 01000001 01010100 00100000 01000100 01001111 01000101 01010011 00100000 01010011 01001000 01000101 00100000 01010111 01000001 01001110 01010100 00111111 00001101 00001010 00001101 00001010 00001101 00001010 00001101 00001010 01101001 01100110 00100000 01110111 01100101 00100000 01100100 01100101 01110011 01110100 01110010 01101111 01111001 00100000 01101000 01100101 01110010 00101100 00100000 01100011 01100001 01101110 00100000 01110111 01100101 00100000 01110011 01100001 01110110 01100101 00100000 01110011 01100001 01110010 01100001 01101000 00111111 00001101 00001010 00001101 00001010 00001101 00001010

WOW.

edit: removed spoiler space around puzzles since they dont really need to be spoiled, just the answers - Rowan

PostPosted: Thu Dec 08, 2005 8:02 pm
Last edited by mapmaker on Fri Dec 09, 2005 2:45 am; edited 5 times in total
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Delusional
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 		Ok right now I got a translation for the spanish on data.html

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she wanted that the poison cured both to us, to do to us lives by always, loving the hunting and the moon at night, I wished it more than I wished my life without the fingimiento, and now I can see - it is nowhere being found: and I am only stopped, I disturbed, I inmortal


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bianary translation,


CATS

CATS video footage is a good clue.


WHO IS SHE?

WHAT DOES SHE WANT?



if we destroy her, can we save sarah?

There are Two other codes on this page.


I'll edit as I find more.

PostPosted: Thu Dec 08, 2005 8:06 pm
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rowan
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 		Puzzle C:

To review:
Quote:
13 10 119 104 121 32 97 114 101 32 116 104 101 32 102 111 117 114 32 112 111 105 110 116 115 32 115 111 32 99 114 105 116 105 99 97 108 46 13 10 105 32 109 117 115 116 32 115 111 108 118 101 32 116 104 105 115 32 112 114 111 98 108 101 109 32 105 109 109 101 100 105 97 116 101 108 121 44 32 105 102 32 105 32 97 109 32 116 111 32 114 101 97 108 105 115 101 32 119 104 101 114 101 32 116 104 101 121 32 97 114 101 32 103 111 105 110 103 32 119 105 116 104 32 116 104 105 115 46 13 10 13 10 100 111 110 39 116 32 116 104 101 121 32 107 110 111 119 32 119 104 97 116 32 116 104 101 121 39 114 101 32 117 110 108 111 99 107 105 110 103 63 13 10 13 10 13 10 104 97 118 101 110 39 116 32 116 104 101 121 32 104 101 97 114 100 32 116 104 101 32 116 97 112 101 115 63 13 10 13 10 13 10


The solution:
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The 32s give it away. This is a simple ASCII code (32 is a space, 13 is a carriage return and 10 is a new line)

The translation:

----

why are the four points so critical.
i must solve this problem immediately, if i am to realise where they are going with this.

don't they know what they're unlocking?


haven't they heard the tapes?

[i]edit: removed spoiler space around puzzle[/quote]
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 08, 2005 11:48 pm
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mapmaker
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 		Puzzle B's solution is
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simple hex
and is solved as follows:
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how do you fix a leak? i wish that i had more time.


Owhay areway ethay irekeepersfay? Amnday emthay! Amnday ethay
ompanycay!

For those of you who can't get the last few sentences, they are encrypted in the highly secure form of
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pig latin, and read "Who are the firekeepers? Damn them! Damn the company".


PostPosted: Fri Dec 09, 2005 2:33 am
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mapmaker
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 		Also found: there is a bold word on cats.html - LEAK. Does leak.html work? Sure does! And it even has a little cipher on it!
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Kjzbs nf jv hye ut xgxz tcqukde. Obxr bcyv iyvzfcu sdfypljrzk obuv bu umgj!

and

omyx exrz

The solution? Well, the first one remains unsolved, but the second...
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omyx exrz is ROT-6 and ROT-11, respectively, for "used pick"


Thanks to ouroboros for his help!

PostPosted: Fri Dec 09, 2005 2:41 am
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Abraxas
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 		Note the (XRV) behind the agents code number on cats.
Cross reference it with the list of international call signs.
Seems like our man is from Chile. Yet another department. But there's no page that I can find.

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anonymouse
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 		braille puzzle
Hi there,

I did a search and didn't find any previous mention of this simple puzzle.

if you truncate the url for the agent's cat page to simply:

http://vaporlofts.com/agent90426/

you are presented with an image of Braille text.

It's a simple translation, I hid it just in case there's anyone else like myself who's not up to the other ciphers but wants to participate. For others who don't want to waste time on an easy one, it translates to:

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HOW DO YOU FIG? A LEAK


I am sure that this is a pointless solve, but it made me feel good just to find it. I had given up on this game, slow moving, and I had no chance of solving any of the ciphers.

-anonymouse[/spoiler]

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rowan
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 		This was a later addition to the Agent directory. It was mentioned in the December 13th update here. The answer is supposed to take you to http://vaporlofts.com/agent90426/leak.html which we had already gotten (so I'm not quite sure why the 2nd hint to it).
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Abraxas
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rowan72 wrote:
This was a later addition to the Agent directory. It was mentioned in the December 13th update here. The answer is supposed to take you to http://vaporlofts.com/agent90426/leak.html which we had already gotten (so I'm not quite sure why the 2nd hint to it).


Because we missed something. Wink
It's the new page coming up in the same thread you refered to, but it never says how it was found.

Spoiler (Rollover to View):

There is "moretime" written in white which you can see in the source of the "How to fix a leak" page.


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Abraxas wrote:
Because we missed something. Wink
It's the new page coming up in the same thread you refered to, but it never says how it was found.

This is why I shouldn't be so behind on the guide. I actually saw that fairly quickly, but as I'm like a week behind it still had already been found.

I am catching up tho!
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