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godder
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 		Why did Alex say this in the last email?
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Orein did mention something about the files, right?


I don't remember him specifically saying anything about the files.

Edit: Just thought that if I figured out why we were deciphering these, it might give us a clue to help us decipher them.

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punxtr
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 		He said 'don't forget the files!' or something like that on one of the logs. I have them archived in my posts.
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zeighy
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 		I just got home, and I'll start to try my luck with in these... oh and I found a site that might help...

http://rumkin.com/tools/cipher/

there's like a plethora of different things so maybe that could help... I'll check back if I have something

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cherrytree98765
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 		I'm going to chime in (Won't be very active) He may be referring to my fake email about the "files" in Level 10. Though I could be wrong. Also another new email from Alex:

Quote:
My team just alerted me about some files suddenly appearing at different sections and security levels at the Secure File storage. I'm not sure why or how, but I'm betting Orein has something to do with this. I still have to hear about what's happening or what has happened up there at Space Command, but if these files are appearing, I'm sure Orein definitely has something do with it. LAINSY refuses to tell anything about it, so we can't really tell. We can always check the logs, but LAINSY claims there's nothing there to see.

Oh well, I'm sure by now you've already figured this already. Some of them seem to be encrypted. We tried to decrypt them, but no luck. I'm sure all of you are much experienceed at cracking these, so I'll leave them to you. If you find anything useful, you can always tell it to me.


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punxtr
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 		Random, new file in the NOTES sub-directory: yep.txt

Quote:
On this planet, there are people with talents and people with flaws.
The smart ones learn to use their talents, but the happy ones learn to accept their flaws.
— Dick Solomon


I feel like VINEGAR and OREIN have some important info in it, but we can't get to it.

Maybe five more new files now. Has anyone got a clue? 7 iterations seems like a clue.
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zeighy
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 		Also, two new stuff came up at level 1 and 2...

level 2 has a password, just use the same from level 7

I'll post them here to archive

Level 1
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
(failtechlogo)


Welcome to Future Advancements and Innovations Laboratories Technologies or FAILTECH!

We're the premiere research and development company in the world, and the leader in
scientific discoveries and technology frontier.

As our newest employee, we would like to congratulate you in being a part of the largest
and best employer there is in the world. With lot's of perks and privilages, working
with FAILTECH will surely be a career you will never forget or leave. To know your
perks as our newest employee, please refer to the welcome package our Human Resource
Manager will hand to you, or your supervisor if you are not a part of the welcome
party. Also note that the welcome package will also outline some responsibilities and
standard procedures you will need to fulfil while working for FAILTECH. Please study
your welcome package carefully as it will be your guide in advancing in your career
with us.

To brief you with some of basics (which you will also read in the welcome package)
here are a few things that I think will be vital to your success, and ours:

1. The standard procedures are made for a reason. Always follow them as they are
for your own safety, and for the safety of others.
2. You must wear your ID-TAG at all times so that we will know if you're busy doing
your work or spending too much in the relaxation room.
3. Always check your company email while at work. It is vital you respond in a timely
manner to all emails. All instructions from your supervisor will also be sent to
you through company email.
4. Always keep your area clean. Or else the cleaner bot (we call him, Arnold) will no
longer clean your clean area. He doesn't like doing so much work.
5. You don't need to do overtime. You only work four days a week with about 8 hours each and
still get paid for an equivalent of five days work. Yes, we love our employees that much.
6. If you notice suspicious actions by one of your colleagues, report it immediately to
your supervisor and we will deal with it personally. No, we won't tell your identity.

I hope enjoy working with us! Good luck and congratulations on your new career!

- Fred Don
FAILTECH Owner and Founder


Level 2
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The legend of the Juhku

They say, there was once a calamity the struck this unverse and threatened the existence of everything
in it. The stars, planets, galaxies, life, dead, time, space, and everything else. Will end.
The best of the best from the best races formed an alliance. They decided that if they can't stop this
calamity from happening this time, why can't they instead try again and see if the next time around
they can figure out what's wrong and prevent this from happening.

Amongst the different races, only one can pass through and pass over the information from generation to
generation so that each pass will get better and better. Hopefully, at a certain point the calamity can
be prevented.

This legend was passed over by the one selected to hold the information on the second pass. However, in
that instance, they failed and had to do another pass. However a mistake was made. No one knew exactly
what was the mistake. However, it's effects can be felt for each pass. We're on the seventh. This legend
will continue and the calamity will still persist until the bearer is found.

\
edit: there's also a new file on http://failtechnologies.com/sfs/L6/SCR/OREIN/NOTES/ suggesting this was from Genus... I think this is an interesting part....

archived here
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Sorry if you had to end up like this. I sorry dad had to do this.
I love you so much. I just wish there was a way around it.


and there's also a file on the proto directory on L6

here it is:

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
They asked me if I can do something about the missing logic for LAINSY.
I said, "No, there's nothing missing. It's just that LAINSY hasn't learned
them, yet."

So they asked me why she wasn't taught those, yet, and I said, "If you think
it's safe for her, and for us to learn that the sure I'll teach it to her.
But a child was never meant to learn those kinds of things."

They question why we make LAINSY sound so human. But that's just because she is.

-- Master


EDIT: ok, so far that's what I found... the rest are on L7, and mostly new puzzles... I'll leave them to you guys... I have somewhere to go to today I will however check this thread while I'm away to check the progress

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Minz
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 		I think it is likely that the ciphertext is coded in either the Vigenere cipher or via one-time-pad cipher (both are actually quite similar).
Assuming that the "keygen"-file hints at possible decryption keys, we might want to check
Code:
OREIN
IAMOREIN
PRIME
FAILTECH
FAILTECHISTHEPRIME
IAMOREINANDFAILTECHISTHEPRIME

as keys.
(Maybe also THEM => "Use them as keys"; Although the use of keys in plural reduces the likelyhood of THEM being a key...)


Considering the level2 text zeighy posted, I dont think that the message has been encrypted 7 times but that message may contain info they collected during the iterations.
Although I wouldnt completely dismiss the possibility that it might have been encrypted multiple times (1 time for each pass?!)

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zeighy
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 		I think encrypting it 7 times is just overkill.... XD once or twice is hard enough.. especially now they're giving use these kinds of encrypted messages, I'm sure they won't make it so hard... I mean, it this will take us months to complete, that just won't do... IMHO

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duke9509
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 		Looks like Alex will be away for today. Translation: The PMs are giving us time to solve this crazy cipher.
Quote:
Ok, so we are indeed pushing for a board meeting. Of course, I will be there. However, Miller can't. No matter how much I would want him to be there. And I know it's my fault, I'll need to pretend I don't know anything. Because if I say what happened, it might just get the whole plan busted. Orein is already close enough to completing his plan, and I don't want to stop now!

The meeting will be in a few minues and can last for an hour or the entire day. I'll be dispatching a team to head to Space Command, would take them hours or a day to get there, until then we can't know what's happening. I can't get anyone form the to go there from the other facilities, so I'll have to get some of my team to go there. In fact, I'm assembling a team composed of mine and Miller's. That is, if there's anyone willing to volunteer from his team.

So that will be the update for today, and you'll hear from me as soon as the meeting is done. Don't hestitate to send in any updates to me, I'll be reading them when I get hold of my email.


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godder
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 		Wow, look at this one...
L7/SCR/WHISPHER/OREIN/PERSONAL/cipher

Quote:
And one nice lady in our team asked me if I can make a cipher so hard that it can take them
days or years to crack. So I went ahead wrote her a love letter, sent her clues and let her
at it. two days later, she went back at me and kissed me. From there, I knew she cracked it
so I asked how. You know what she said?

"If you're going to make it hard, don't give it to the person most determined to crack it."

I like that!

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godder
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 		Also, new ciphers, "Accept", is in the DOCS folder under Orein and "Iteration" is in the BLUE folder. They are just like "Orein" and "Vinegar", except "Iteration" has a line of 7's at the top. I'll be working on them when I can today. There has to be a clue to help us solve them somewhere.

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punxtr
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 		7 is a prime number...
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duke9509
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 		@punxtr: Are you doing your "I got it but refuse to post a spoiler" thing again, or are you just thinking out loud? Razz

Also, I tried reading every 7th character both horizontally and vertically, including and omitting the first character. Got nothing.

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punxtr
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 		Nah, I would have told you guys. I normally say something like "I got it, I'll let you guys try and figure it out first before I reveal my solution", with less words Razz

I wish I could figure this out.
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godder
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 		Is everyone familiar with the Kryptos sculpture at the CIA? These look a lot like that. I am thinking some sort of grid manipulation will work but I haven't found the right setup yet.

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