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[PUZZLE] [SOLVED] Morse Code
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ariock
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 		Solution Found
After poring over the codes with hmrpita, we tried a few different things.

I guessed the text was a vigenere cipher, based on the rumors that Benjamin was involved with John Wilkes Booth and had the key to a code he carried.

I had gotten slightly a different text from my work on the morse. While comparing mine and ahecht's codes, pita guessed the first word might decode to "Instructions." Once we did that, we got the key phrase:

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Manchester Bluff


Once we got that, we went through and got the rest of the text using sharkeys tool

From the eventual solve we were also able to figure out the actual morse code. First, the corrected Morse:

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to j benjamin, secretary of state. per your unfvyyummfod, have iwiqrrf tebhv gbelnhw shnsmntr, wmzlnim aevppdxvp, to take qzmxjesvqu of fdhgbboy wzznrt isfgmv cwoj waiting in nzdvcu vaoii. will izfi for smvnn jvwp and wgfncfq oaeiv.


Using this and the key phrase ONLY ON THE CIPHERTEXT, we get the plaintext:

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To J Benjamin, Secretary of State. Per your instructions, have ordered Major Patrick Sullivan, Florida artillery, to take possession of blockade runner Bonnie Blue waiting in Indian River. Will hold for naval crew and special cargo.

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Ranger D
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 		Nice works guys. Really nice work.

I was pulling my hair out just trying the get the damn thing converted to a digital form....
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krystyn
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 		Wow.

Nice job, guys!
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Arana
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 		Amazing!

Excellent solve ahecht, ariock and hmrpita!
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 		Absolutely impressive solve.
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Shad0
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 		Re: Solution Found
Brilliant! Worshippy

(So that's where we were supposed to get Sullivan's first name.)
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ariock
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 		Naval Crew and Special Cargo....
Damn...wish I had realized that the title of the code was Naval Crew and Special Cargo...would have meant several fewer false starts...
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Chewy
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 		So this means we're STILL missing a piece to the puzzle, correct? I assumed we would be getting a new card from this, since we only have 7 as of now. There is still one missing from the Saturday update, correct?
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 		My guess is that Grouard is our 8th card. His page's format did change and update, after all.
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ariock
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 		Chewy:

I think this would merely have given us Sullivan's first name. Since SOMEone guessed Patrick before the code was solved, they got the card.
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ariock wrote:
Chewy:

I think this would merely have given us Sullivan's first name. Since SOMEone guessed Patrick before the code was solved, they got the card.


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