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Dionysus

Out of shear desperation I tried counting the number of letters in each planet... then converted those to letters.

I also tried two different forms of adding the numbers.. one where I added each pair of numbers then another where I added each number to the one preceeding and following it.

**Posted:** Tue Dec 27, 2005 1:27 am

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Rogi Ocnorb

More sheer desperation, here.

First image is an attempt to see if there is any kind of pattern in the locations of the dots on the images. I drew "crosshairs" for each one out to the edge of the image. There's a lot of "Oh, almost" stuff in there.

Second one is an attempt to simplify the image by removing the "picture" elements while trying to preserve the starfield as much as possible. This was in hopes of finding the region in space where the starfield exists. I couldn't match it to anything, but offer this in the hope that it will help someone else. It does appear to be a non-"tiled" image, so it may be a real representation of a portion of the night sky (Or it could be someone's photoshop creation, complete with Messiers.).

**Posted:** Tue Dec 27, 2005 3:37 am

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grumpyboy · Unfettered Joined: 04 Feb 2003 Posts: 660

KISS

my initial "connect the dots to make letters" assumption was correct Very Happy

**Posted:** Tue Dec 27, 2005 7:45 am

Shelina

What would we do without you???

Very Happy

**Posted:** Tue Dec 27, 2005 9:14 am

Rogi Ocnorb

**Posted:** Tue Dec 27, 2005 9:17 am

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Grumpy,

You are AMAZING! And look.. this next puzzle is pretty easy looking. I'm alreayd halfway through the quiz.

THough the bonus question stumps me thus far.. and I bet its important!

**Posted:** Tue Dec 27, 2005 10:26 am

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Shelina

Mmm it seems we need the Wasilei's FAQ to solve this one!! Razz

**Posted:** Tue Dec 27, 2005 10:31 am

Dionysus

Perhaps.. here's the ones I know so far.

1- Dunno

2 -B (sure)

3 -A (sure)

4 - C (not sure but its the only one that fits)

5 -

6 - A (has to be! None of those other names are even familar to us!)

7 - D (sure)

8 - B (sure)

9 - C (sure)

10 - not sure

Bonus Question - no clue.. checking old ADT files now

So old Contest winners eamill Crappert with these questions.. but organize yourselves so you EACH take ONE

**Posted:** Tue Dec 27, 2005 10:37 am

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Caspian

@Dionysus: I think you meant your answers for #7 and #8 to be for #6 and #7, respectively. In other words, you're off by one for those two.

So here's my answer list (green = certain, blue = probable, red = ???):

#1 - D. Fossil Fuel (currently burn oil, working on solar. See email here)
#2 - B. 0.3g
#3 - A. Dr. Martha Crappert
#4 - C. Optical Disks (D is a possibility with all the new tech up there)
#5 - ???
#6 - ??? (A is unlikely, a CEO is usually not a guinea pig)
#7 - D. Meta-physics
#8 - B. New Dawn
#9 - C. Carbon nano-fibres
#10 - ???

So it seems we have three answers to discover and ~~three~~ one to confirm. ~~I'm fairly certain #7 and #9 are correct, but cannot find proof so I'm still leaving them in the 'probable' category.~~ EDIT: Moved #7 & #9 to 'certain' category.

With regards to the chalkboard image, at first I thought it was a grid to be used in encoding/decoding cipher text. However, the rows are not of equal length:

ABCDEFGHI - 9
JKLMNOPQ - 8
RSTUVWX - 7
YZ01234 - 7
56789!?"- 9

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Dionysus

Caspian, good catch on #1 I missed that.

**Posted:** Tue Dec 27, 2005 12:20 pm

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2wicked · Boot Joined: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 65 Location: Vermont

I think in one of the newsletters' "Did you Know?" section, it's mentioned that a woman was the first to set foot on the station. Going back to check now...
[EDIT] Yep, newsletter 3 says it was a woman, but doesn't say her name. That eliminates some possiblilities...can we use our lifeline now? Laughing

**Posted:** Tue Dec 27, 2005 12:31 pm

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The answer is: 00101010

Caspian

The website says to email infoSPLATorbiconcorp.com for general questions regarding the station. I sent an email but got an immediate auto-reply saying:

**Posted:** Tue Dec 27, 2005 12:38 pm

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Dionysus

Nice job , 2wicked

So for Question #6 we can eliminate A and D

This leaves us with

B) Dr Tabellae Fora

Now, tabellae is latin for "document" If my memory serves it is an effeminate as the ending -ae is used for the female. However, a google search for Tabellae does not yeild it used as the name of a person ONCE in the 8 pages of returns of gone through thus far. This makes me feel, while it is a possibility, it is rather unlikely.

C) Miss Rose Mantling

A female name. No reason to doubt it.

Of course we cant be sure. As a result, I say we can go with C, but make it blue only.

#1 - D. Fossil Fuel (currently burn oil, working on solar. See email here)
#2 - B. 0.3g
#3 - A. Dr. Martha Crappert
#4 - C. Optical Disks (D is a possibility with all the new tech up there)
#5 - ???
#6 - C. Mjss Rose Mantling
#7 - D. Meta-physics
#8 - B. New Dawn
#9 - C. Carbon nano-fibres
#10 - ???
BONUS - ???

**Posted:** Tue Dec 27, 2005 12:43 pm

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Shelina

Question: where did you find the answer for #2? Just curious Smile

My vote for #5 is Pericles (answer D) as he was the 'creator' of the first democracy

And my guess is that bonus question will give us the adress we have to email, and that we'll get it with the other answers Smile

**Posted:** Tue Dec 27, 2005 1:42 pm