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[SOLVED] Recon Encryption Puzzle...
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zaeil
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Since fkeles suggested RPN, I've been poking at it a little bit manually just to see what works out (sorry, lack the programming skills to do anything significant on this one). I can say that my answers for the first 20 sequences correlate with BriEnigma's output, at least. For the curious, I'm using a calculator program that I found here.

PostPosted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 9:12 pm
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fabs_uk
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SOLVED!! WOO!!!

ok, values in the befunge stack are ascii values times 27 (3 cube <sigh>)

deodes to:
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To: Brother Andrius, Sister Simla 18 March 2005 The following guests will be attending The Builder's Celebration and are anxious that their identities be kept secret. Although I agree with Brother Andrius that it is preferable to speak openly of one's love of the faith, in these cases I fear we may do more harm than good by not bowing to this request. I have communed with the Cube and am convinced of my decision. Thus, the following individuals will arrive through the West entrance early in the day, and will be allotted a concealed position during the Ceremony of the First Stone. Nadia Anek, Aiko Entrescore, Demetri Fallon, Ryan Klein, Keenan Thoreau, Gill Yewley


o_O eeeep!!!

PostPosted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 9:58 pm
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StarryNight
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Aiko Entrescore is on the Academy's Cube Retrieval Team.

Ryan Klein is the advertising director at the Sentinel.

Keenan "KT" Thoreau is a member of the band Roll for Damage. He is also one of the organizers of the protest against the development of the Northside Nature Preserve and was one of the people who were arrested.

Edit: added more info about KT.
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driz[jr]
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Great work!
Simply amazing.

PostPosted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 10:12 pm
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Tomby
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Damn! I got the division by 27 bit about 30 minutes ago, but the solution was already posted by the time I decoded the entire text (that's the problem with having to be at work at the same time as reading the boards!)

PostPosted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 10:26 pm
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Spankit
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So has anyone e-mailed this to Violet yet? I would, but I had absolutely nothing to do with solving it. I wouldn't want to take the credit for it.

And tell her to warn Kurt, too. He should probably watch his back around the office, lest Aiko cut his head off and stick it on a spike outside the Recon Compound for all to see.
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cassandra
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awesome.

and my curiosity (from this thread - I was wondering if Aiko and Randal Tokei were Recons) is satisfied.

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fabs_uk
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I've sent Violet the solve, and just appended a note about kurt making sure not to tell aiko Wink

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QBKooky
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So wait, doesn't this mean that the six people who wanted to remain anonymous had individual private time with the Cube? Or at least a greater chance of nicking it?

Um.... list of suspects, anyone?
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yanka|tage
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How weird is it the this person says "March 2005" instead of 268?

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Scott
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yanka|tage wrote:
How weird is it the this person says "March 2005" instead of 268?

actually not very. i thought that too, but we have seen both calendars in use almost interchangeably. It's true, there is probably some signifigance as to which calendar is used when. but noone wants to bother telling us why they even have 2 calendars in the fFirst place, so that concept gets shelved fFor the moment.
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TheFisherman
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Hats off to the solvers. Excellent work Worshippy

PostPosted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 8:56 am
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Enigmaster
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Just want to remind people NOT to email this info to the Sentinel - If one of the secret members works there, Violet and Kurts lives may be indangered, let alone their reputations - and all because of us. Not to mention the consiquences for us assisting them... It could totally break down interdimensional relations!

I sugest we only tell Violet/Kurt, and possibly Sente but from 'an anonimous' source to protect Vi.
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Crane
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Ommited Area?

What about that weird little area that wasn't visited? I have it here in a text file, all laid out the way it was in the original file... Can anyone make anything of that?
Ommisions.txt
Description  That area which the arrows never lead us too...
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Macavity
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Leeravitz wrote:

Where's an Engima rotor when you need one??


I have an Enigma simulator that can simulate both the M3 and M4 units, if needed.
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