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Re: unsolvable puzzle?

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There should be a 'spoiler' warning on this thread.
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Re: unsolvable puzzle?

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El Viejo wrote:
There should be a 'spoiler' warning on this thread.
Yes, Lave please use rot 13 to cypher the readable spoilers and edit the mail with the encrypted spoiler.

Lbh pna fhafxvz n abin. Nppghnyyl, bar jbhyq rkcrpg gung orpnhfr bs gur synerf, ynetr nzbhagf bs shry ner rwrpgrq va fcnpr naq lbh fubhyq or noyr gb fxvz ng terngre qvfgnapr. Ohg abg..

V qba'g guvax nalguvat unf punatrf fvapr 1.65. Ba zbfg fhaf lbh pna fxvz rkprcg sbe gur ynetrfg barf. V hfrq vf n grfg cvybg sbe gur zvffvba. Vgf n pboen rdhvccrq jvgu urng-fuvryqvat.

Jura V trg gur abin va gur "Nnadh" flfgrz, bar bs gur ynetrfg fhaf, vg vf vzcbffvoyr. Gurer vf ab shry gb vawrpg gbjneqf gur fha naq fxvzzvat bayl fgnegf jura gur grzcrengher vf ng vgf znk naq fuvryqf ner nyernql tbvat qbja. Ab punapr gb svyy gur gnaxf.

Ubjrire, jura V trg gur Abin va gur arvtuobevat "Mnhf" flfgrz, bar bs gur fznyyrfg fhaf, Zl fpbbcf ner nyernql fgneg jbexvat jura gur grzcrengher vf abg rira unysjnl. Guna ba vawrpgvat njnl, gur grzcrengher ernpurq 55% nf vgf znk. FB V guvax fha-fxvzzvat fubhyq jbex, rkprcg sbe gur ovttrfg fhaf.
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Re: unsolvable puzzle?

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Whell I must say there is a lot of languages here I dont speak at all but nevertheless. Its not like the nova mission in Galaxy 1 this was easy to escape from when you have a Intergalactic drive but helas I do not have that one at the moment :( It is the combination of no fuel, no possibility to get fuel neither, from the station and of course not from the sun which is going to nova :D and not the posession of a Galactic drive which in my humble opinion makes this puzzle a bit impossible to solve. I only got away by saying that I did not want to help those poor people and got away only just in time one second longer in that system and I would have been burned to ashes :D
Is there a way to be able too read the cryptic language in some of the posts above or do I have to stay in the dark at those words? For now I decided to Ignore the message I received being a coward and all that. its useless to give up your live for nothing is my opinion :D
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How to read unreadable languages:

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http://www.rot13.com/


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rot13

/rot ther'teen/ [Usenet: from "rotate alphabet 13 places"], v. The simple Caesar-cypher encryption that replaces each English letter with the one 13 places forward or back along the alphabet, so that "The butler did it!" becomes "Gur ohgyre qvq vg!" Most Usenet news reading and posting programs include a rot13 feature. It is used to enclose the text in a sealed wrapper that the reader must choose to open - e.g. for posting things that might offend some readers, or spoilers. A major advantage of rot13 over rot(N) for other N is that it is self-inverse, so the same code can be used for encoding and decoding.
http://www.rot13.com/info.php
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Re: unsolvable puzzle?

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Jorge van den Poem wrote:
Its not like the nova mission in Galaxy 1 this was easy to escape from when you have a Intergalactic drive but helas I do not have that one at the moment :(
Something is wrong. The Nova mission does not start in Galaxy 1.
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Hi JvdP... to clarify, copy and paste the 'nonsense' messages into the site CheeseRedux has linked to, and hit 'Cypher'.
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Bxnl V svtherq vg bhg jvgu gur rpelcgrq ynathntr. V qbag ernyyl frr gur sha bs guvf ohg bxnl nabgure chmmyr fbyirq. V zhfg fnl V yvxr guvf ohyyrgva obneq orpnhfr bar jnl be nabgure V nyjnlf trg gur nafjre ba gur dhrfgvbaf V nfx naq gungf jurer guvf obneq vf nyfb sbe vf abg vg. Fgnlf gur nafjre ba zl chmmyr gubhtu gurer vf nyzbfg ab gvzr orgjrra orvat ynhapurq jvgu gur crbcyr V jnag gb uryc naq gur fha tbvat abin guhf gurer vf ab gvzr gb trg shry sebz gung fha. Nal bar jub xabjf gur nafjre vf jrypbzr gb gryy zr gung :-)
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Va beqre gb fhpprffshyyl fhafxvz n abin fha, vg vf rffragvny gb qb vg orsber qbpxvat. Va bgure jbeqf, nf fbba nf gur zrffntr nobhg gur shry yrnx pbzrf nybat, urnq sbe gur fha svefg, gura uvg gur fgngvba jvgu shyy gnaxf.
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Re: unsolvable puzzle?

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Hi Jorge van den Poem

IIRC I think you should have received messages before the Nova, one of which suggests that you need a Galactic hyperdrive, or is that The Constrictor?
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Jorge van den Poem wrote:
Bxnl V svtherq vg bhg jvgu gur rpelcgrq ynathntr. V qbag ernyyl frr gur sha bs guvf ohg bxnl nabgure chmmyr fbyirq. V zhfg fnl V yvxr guvf ohyyrgva obneq orpnhfr bar jnl be nabgure V nyjnlf trg gur nafjre ba gur dhrfgvbaf V nfx naq gungf jurer guvf obneq vf nyfb sbe vf abg vg. Fgnlf gur nafjre ba zl chmmyr gubhtu gurer vf nyzbfg ab gvzr orgjrra orvat ynhapurq jvgu gur crbcyr V jnag gb uryc naq gur fha tbvat abin guhf gurer vf ab gvzr gb trg shry sebz gung fha. Nal bar jub xabjf gur nafjre vf jrypbzr gb gryy zr gung :-)
Jung rknpgyl ceriragf lbh sebz punatvat lbhe pbhefr naq tbvat gb gur fha vzzrqvngryl nsgre lbhe shry yrnx, orsber lbh rira qbpx ng gur fgngvba?
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Qcyokehiwimmcbd, ghy tcfvw xvs dmvvsh xmlwoup.
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Ahruman wrote:
Qcyokehiwimmcbd, ghy tcfvw xvs dmvvsh xmlwoup.
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Avawn'q ol QU

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Re: unsolvable puzzle?

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Nf n_p nyernql fnvq gur abin zvffvba qbrfa'g fgneg va tnynkl bar.

Gur zrffntrf lbh erprvir, naq gur fha tbvat abin fubhyq bayl unccra vs lbh'er va rvgure tnynkl 2 be 3, unir whzcrq nebhaq dhvgr n srj bs gung tnynkl'f fgnef nyernql, naq lbh'er va cbffrffvba bs n jbexvat tnynpgvp ulcreqevir.


Vs jung lbh'er frrvat qbrfa'g svg gur fpranevb nobir gura:

1) gung fha tbvat abin zvtug or pnhfrq ol bar bkc jr'er abg njner bs, znlor n ohttl bar.
2) znlor lbhe pncgnva hfrq na rqvgrq fnir tnzr ng fbzr cbvag va gur cnfg, pbclvat naq cnfgvat fnirtnzr yvarf zvtug yrnir fbzr jebat qngn gung pbashfrf gur abin zvffvba fpevcg.
3) ynfgyl, vg'f cbffvoyr gung lbhe pbcl bs gur abin zvffvba fpevcg vf oebxra fbzrubj - gur abin zvffvba arire rire unccraf va tnynkl bar, fb vs lbh unq gung bar unccra gurer nyernql fbzrguvat vf qrsvavgryl jebat.

Vs gung'f gur pnfr, lbh arrq gb ervafgnyy Bbyvgr. Ubcrshyyl gur zvffvba jvyy gura jbex nf vagraqrq.

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Kaks: I give up. :-)
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