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#225 - Silver - [IVY SET] - Broadside
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trevor_jarvis
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Joined: 01 May 2006
Posts: 18

 		I guess we should just start plumming in not so random words and I would love it when people have tried these that they could post to say they have failed. and also post to say they have tried in the past mebe.

Possible nauticle ones to try. - and please check spellings first because mine may not be right.

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Brittania
Nelson
Napoleon
Armada
CINCNAVHOME - don't ask Smile
traffalger
hms victory - no punctuation

and any others you may want to try around the battle of trafalger and the HMS victory

Although a hint would be are they all letters? and you can say yes if they are roman numerals too.. no for any english numbers . could you do that?

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Peapod
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Joined: 29 Apr 2005
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 		Woohoo! Purple Leitmark! You guys are going to KICK yourselves when you figure it out.

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trevor_jarvis
Boot

Joined: 01 May 2006
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 		did you get the clue, were you told or did you just guess?

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Peapod
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 		I took a guess based on the comments from the previous solvers, and looking through the thread.

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devjoe
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Joined: 24 Jul 2004
Posts: 21

 		Since I do not have a card to try guesses, I am continuing to look at the code.
trevor_jarvis wrote:
going with the turning the two flags for K+H to get V + I then sureley this would mean that the white red square with a cut out would be

H -with a cut out makeing a K?

only an idea so don't shoot me for it Smile


It is an interesting idea. If we allow that some of the flags are rotated and/or printed on the wrong shape of flag, we can get almost all the flags from just the standard ICS alphanumeric and US navy numeric flags. And we had another code posted previously that depended on the shape of the flag, only.

Column 1: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 = 7 total
Column 2: 4,6,8,9,6,10,11,12,9,10,13,7,8,2 = 14 total
Column 3: 4,7,14,17,10,7,15,14,16,6,14,13 = 12 total

1 (triangle, yellow & blue): pennant 5, or K on the wrong shape flag
2 (triangle - blue on white on blue): J on wrong shape flag
3 (pennant - white disc, red field): (missing)
4 (white & red burgee): H on wrong shape
5 (nested squares, red, white, blue): W
6 (blue cross, white field): X
7 (white square, blue field): P
8 (5 small marks, white field): zero
9 (pennant - red, white, blue) pennant 3, or T on wrong shape
10 (rect. blue on white on red): T rotated CCW
11 (white field): (missing)
12 (Burgee red, white, blue) T on wrong shape
13 (Burgee white on red): H rotated CW on wrong shape
14 (rect. yellow on blue): K rotated CW
15 (square, red & white quartered): U rotated
16 (pennant, white & black alternating): (missing)
17 (rect. blue, white, red): T rotated 180

Other meanings are possible in the other codes, also. But still none of the codes we have seen provides a meaning for the black and white striped pennant.

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Magma
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Joined: 10 Jan 2006
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 		Well it isn't:
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England expects that every man will do his duty

or
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Duty


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the_fountain
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Joined: 14 Apr 2006
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 		or
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cannon


or

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fire


PostPosted: Mon May 08, 2006 4:23 pm
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manleym
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 		or

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Vanity


or

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D u t y

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wokerbee
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Joined: 14 Nov 2005
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Location: Surrey, UK

 		Any clues/nuggets from those who have solved it manley m, lilyplop etc please, this one is totally escaping me
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the_fountain
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 		this card is getting some speedy solves. well done to all, Will we be kicking ourselves??????
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Magma
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 		It's not

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Trafalgar


And now I'm locked. Anyone have any clue whatsoever what the card structure actually is? Is it likely that each flag code for a letter of the answer, or the initials of the answer, or is it more likely a question and thus completely useless for reverse engineering from the answer?

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MikeyjModerator
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 		Actually...

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...you don't have to solve the code at all (I haven't) ...just allow inspiration to flow. Start at the beginning of the thread and I expect you'll ind the answer


...and yes I did kick myself.
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Magma
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 		I'm sure I will find the answer somewhere within these pages, it's just the recognising it as such that's the problem Drool

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the_fountain
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Joined: 14 Apr 2006
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 		I have used all my Solves for the day,
I do have another unscratched broadside Card,
but I think I may go to the pub, let the guinness flow,then I may be ready to go through the forum again..hopefully with a inspired result Confused
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pjm1974
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Magma wrote:
I'm sure I will find the answer somewhere within these pages, it's just the recognising it as such that's the problem Drool


I am certain you will...

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