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Re: Will the solarium GOOD ending ever be cleared? - A4Brogan - 01-24-2015
Holy fuck, Bloodline termination!? Good lord, that is horrible!
Re: Will the solarium GOOD ending ever be cleared? - OMJ - 01-24-2015
we outsourced it to reddit, reddit did good things
Re: Will the solarium GOOD ending ever be cleared? - icarus - 01-24-2015
this "one partner in the field" sounds interesting
what happens if you say "automaton" to shitty bill or other weird figures?
Re: Will the solarium GOOD ending ever be cleared? - DyssalC - 01-24-2015
OMJ Wrote:we outsourced it to reddit, reddit did good thingsWhat was the code word the cipher used? Might help with decoding the other one.
Re: Will the solarium GOOD ending ever be cleared? - Cyclical - 01-24-2015
DyssalC Wrote:From reddit:OMJ Wrote:we outsourced it to reddit, reddit did good thingsWhat was the code word the cipher used? Might help with decoding the other one.
Quote: solved it.
So, decrypt Note 1 using Note 2 as the vigenere key and you get:
GZBSCUBMJGBCVYRSUYXLWWBLPHFLRWKWPFHYHOSVJWJISVKOWBQUVQTBYCXXSGNLRWSWLTNTBMTMUWSUYXZBHXETYWODHLNRQYWT SWSWRGNJKQOJJFJFNMXSMPKUUXNRDILWFXKTKGIOOBATKBVIBWSUYXCPCCKFMDGCWGJWFXTGNHVNYFUQRNIVBHMZDHTVEEHPHJIZ FXWHSCSMGSJRHMXDHTOVNQPNFNSVSALAYIMNFIZXFMYGSOWBLTNFGBSMWWIYKBDZHHRVQNEKPINAULFVSSHDSPHRBKWXJUZUHMHC RCDLYSTFOMWVUZFVHZMCBZIZKROJNWZWTWDWWJXUIRTSCRWROWTFOZICLPHTYSVMBPJMXBNBAROMLJLTZXRQCFTHCZMWHUYWFHBE CLPH
Then this is an ordinary vigenere cipher with a length 9 key vigenere key( 9 ): TZOEJDBUF decrypt: NANOTRASENCORPORATEMISSIONASSIGNMENTOPERATIONCL ASSNTBLACKYOURMISSIONISTOINFILTRATEANDOBSERVETHEOPERATIONOFTERRAFACILITYEIGHTASUSPECTEDFALSEFLAGORCH ESTRATEDBYTHESYNDICATEDONOTREVEALYOURSELFYOUHAVEONEPARTNERINTHEFIELDYOUARENOTAUTHORIZEDTOREQUESTNTAS SISTANCEINTHEFIELDYOUWILLBEEXTRACTEDUPONMILITARYACTIONTAKENAGAINSTFACILITYYOURSAFETYCODEISAUTOMATONN ONCOMPLETIONOFTHISMISSIONWILLRESULTINBLOODLINETERMINATION
for those interested, i used this: http://www.practicalcryptography.com/ci ... pt-example to decrypt note 1 using note 2, the the python script here: http://www.practicalcryptography.com/cr ... er-part-2/ to break it.
He actually did a part wrong, the key for the second thing is supposed to by SYNDICATE.
Re: Will the solarium GOOD ending ever be cleared? - AmosMoses - 01-24-2015
Which doesn't change that it's deciphered. All good in the neighbourhood.
We're in an ARG now, outsourcing was a viable tactic. So was goading Marq into confirming details about the puzzle, he calls it "social hacking".
I got grumped quite a bit from some of the #sol crew in PMs about not respecting the puzzle.
These same people were trying to run it through janky bullshit online vig crackers. I just used another community to do it.
Re: Will the solarium GOOD ending ever be cleared? - Twoflower - 01-24-2015
for future reference: please dont give every puzzle we get to fucking reddit of all places
Re: Will the solarium GOOD ending ever be cleared? - Twoflower - 01-24-2015
Twoflower Wrote:for future reference: please dont give every puzzle we get to fucking reddit of all places
like this is first and foremost a fun thing for the goonstation community to do, it kinda rubs me the wrong way to just post it on reddit and wait for some random stranger to do it for us
Re: Will the solarium GOOD ending ever be cleared? - BaneOfGiygas - 01-25-2015
I politely disagree. Solarium and all of the telescience puzzle-ry is something exclusive to Goonstation, yes. But given the choice between bashing our heads against a bunch of letters for weeks or sacrificing a bit of Goonstation pride by outsourcing a cipher to reddit, I'm pretty sure that the vast majority of folks will prefer the latter as opposed to the former. It's not like this is going to be a habitual thing.
Re: Will the solarium GOOD ending ever be cleared? - Cyclical - 01-25-2015
The main issue I see is that in the future the puzzles may get more difficult to prevent someone from doing this kind of thing again.
Re: Will the solarium GOOD ending ever be cleared? - Archenteron - 01-25-2015
This is why people call other people in IRC nerds.
Re: Will the solarium GOOD ending ever be cleared? - UrsulaMejor - 01-25-2015
to be perfectly honest, this is a game, and it defeats the purpose of the game to outsource it to non-players.
Re: Will the solarium GOOD ending ever be cleared? - OMJ - 01-26-2015
play2win
Re: Will the solarium GOOD ending ever be cleared? - Ali0en - 01-26-2015
So I have the answer but never have time to play
this is suffering
Re: Will the solarium GOOD ending ever be cleared? - A4Brogan - 01-27-2015
Twoflower Wrote:for future reference: please dont give every puzzle we get to fucking reddit of all places
I agree. Besides, SA is more intelligent and less asshole-infested.