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Lilqueendaisy A chill feller from Not Earth Since: Jun, 2011 Relationship Status: In love with love
A chill feller
#1239351: May 15th 2017 at 5:30:42 PM

Hi Audrey! It;s a tiny planet!

LOVE IS STORED IN THE AXOLOTL!
foxmccloud4387 Since: Mar, 2011
#1239352: May 15th 2017 at 5:32:14 PM

'S fine...

(steps back in front of the laptop)

Long story short, I... think I've hooked myself up to this machine's ID tag. The problem is that it's encrypted. Like - very encrypted.

megarockman from The Sixth Borough (Experienced Trainee)
#1239353: May 15th 2017 at 5:35:14 PM

Garage

Homura: Mm. All the things I've had to do, hacking secure systems was never one of them to be honest. I don't know who around here would be a good option, either.

edited 15th May '17 5:35:37 PM by megarockman

The damned queen and the relentless knight.
MacDuffy from Enies Lobby Since: Jun, 2011 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#1239354: May 15th 2017 at 5:36:05 PM

...Hm?

Oh, I'm glad you asked! My friend, I'm going to follow in the footsteps of my folk heroes and make this humble straw into a fortune!

edited 15th May '17 5:36:15 PM by MacDuffy

foxmccloud4387 Since: Mar, 2011
#1239356: May 15th 2017 at 5:36:57 PM

...It'd be easier if, like, we knew its callsign. That way, like, we could look for all the possible encrypted versions of its callsign so we could decipher some of this tag... y'know what I mean?


...

...Er - sorry, what?

edited 15th May '17 5:37:22 PM by foxmccloud4387

megarockman from The Sixth Borough (Experienced Trainee)
#1239357: May 15th 2017 at 5:38:53 PM

Garage

Homura: (has to work it out in her head) ...so...look for a word?

The damned queen and the relentless knight.
Lilqueendaisy A chill feller from Not Earth Since: Jun, 2011 Relationship Status: In love with love
A chill feller
#1239358: May 15th 2017 at 5:40:06 PM

A tiny planet! I saved it from that mean planet eating person from yesterday!

LOVE IS STORED IN THE AXOLOTL!
foxmccloud4387 Since: Mar, 2011
#1239359: May 15th 2017 at 5:40:07 PM

Mmhmm. Hosh said something about it calling itself a "Fusion", but I can't seem to find anything like that here... Probably it's a different callsign?

MacDuffy from Enies Lobby Since: Jun, 2011 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#1239360: May 15th 2017 at 5:40:10 PM

-He waves him off-

Nevermind, nevermind....So what's this part it needs?

edited 15th May '17 5:40:24 PM by MacDuffy

megarockman from The Sixth Borough (Experienced Trainee)
#1239361: May 15th 2017 at 5:42:26 PM

Garage

Homura: That may be its model type rather than a designation.

The damned queen and the relentless knight.
foxmccloud4387 Since: Mar, 2011
#1239362: May 15th 2017 at 5:43:28 PM

A Bill-Lanette Transporter Node Mk. 42... among other things, but that's the big one. Stuff doesn't come over the counter, though...


...Yeah, that's what I meant. Hmm...

megarockman from The Sixth Borough (Experienced Trainee)
#1239363: May 15th 2017 at 5:49:23 PM

Garage

Homura: ...Are there any patterns that repeat?

(How large does the encrypted file look?)

The damned queen and the relentless knight.
foxmccloud4387 Since: Mar, 2011
#1239364: May 15th 2017 at 5:51:50 PM

(not ginormous, but still sizable)

Er...

(squints)

...Yeah, actually! Like, over here, about like twenty characters down each line - see?

(points to a few patterns that look like a miniature hexadecimal nightmare, but are distinctly identical once you squint)

Trip Since: Mar, 2012
#1239365: May 15th 2017 at 5:52:48 PM

"Oooo... are there people on it?"

megarockman from The Sixth Borough (Experienced Trainee)
#1239366: May 15th 2017 at 5:53:48 PM

Garage

Homura: (looks to see) ... (strains a bit until her ring glows briefly) I see. These are liable to be frequently-used words.

The damned queen and the relentless knight.
foxmccloud4387 Since: Mar, 2011
#1239367: May 15th 2017 at 5:55:23 PM

Oh, yeah, I know...

(pauses)

...What, though?

megarockman from The Sixth Borough (Experienced Trainee)
#1239368: May 15th 2017 at 5:57:57 PM

Garage

Homura: (rests chin in hand supported at elbow by other hand) ..."Command"? "Report"? "Grail"?

The damned queen and the relentless knight.
foxmccloud4387 Since: Mar, 2011
#1239369: May 15th 2017 at 6:00:16 PM

...Hmm.

(reads over this encrypted mess for a few more moments)

...Hey, look here - there's a couple more patterns that repeat. Not as often, though, and they're, like, at the beginning of a line and nowhere else.

Plus, they're longer. Much longer, and... yeah, they repeat.

megarockman from The Sixth Borough (Experienced Trainee)
#1239370: May 15th 2017 at 6:01:47 PM

Garage

Homura: How long? (Goes to look)

The damned queen and the relentless knight.
foxmccloud4387 Since: Mar, 2011
#1239371: May 15th 2017 at 6:02:26 PM

Here, look...

(about... four to five times as long as the first identifiable repeating pattern)

MacDuffy from Enies Lobby Since: Jun, 2011 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#1239372: May 15th 2017 at 6:03:14 PM

Oooh, sounds pricy. How you gonna get one of those?

foxmccloud4387 Since: Mar, 2011
#1239373: May 15th 2017 at 6:06:00 PM

Riddle for the ages...

(shakes his head)

It's not urgent, though. I'll be fine. So - what's your name?

megarockman from The Sixth Borough (Experienced Trainee)
#1239374: May 15th 2017 at 6:07:27 PM

Garage

So about 100 characters?

Homura: ...Hmm. Perhaps it is a name?

The damned queen and the relentless knight.
foxmccloud4387 Since: Mar, 2011
#1239375: May 15th 2017 at 6:10:18 PM

(ish... whoever did this encrypting did it thoroughly)

Yeah, maybe...

(is copy-pasting this pattern as well as the other pattern into a .txt for easy reference)


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