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The posted coordinates are
bogus—don't go there!
However, the first waypoint is close
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During World War II Germany developed what came to be known as
The Enigma Machine to encrypt messages, and so keep them secret
from the Allies. The machine was based on a system of three rotors
that substituted cyphertext letters for plaintext letters. To find
the coordinates for the various stages of this cache, you'll use a
simplified version of The Enigma Machine to decrypt the clues. If
you want to read a short, easy-to-understand article about The
Enigma Machine, click here.
If you want to play with a computer-based simulation of The Enigma
Machine, click here.
You do not need to visit these sites to complete this
mission. |
Your mission is to retrieve a small container of contraband before
the German spies get to it. You won't need a real Enigma Machine to
complete your mission. The French Underground has interrogated a
prisoner of war and found that the Germans are now using a
Simplified Enigma Machine (SEM) in which the starting position for
rotors one and three is fixed. The prisoner also gave them the
starting position of the second rotor that is in use for general
transmissions in this region. The French put this information, and
instructions about how to use the SEM into a pdf document that you
can access
from this location. The Underground also intercepted three
transmissions that give instructions, for finding three camouflaged
containers. Read the instructions in the pdf document, and use them
to decrypt the three transmissions.
The first transmission is in code under the heading of
Transmission One below, and can be decrypted with the key in the
pdf document. Use the resulting coordinates to locate a small,
camouflaged container. The container has in it a key for the second
rotor of the SEM that decrypts the second transmission. It also
contains the latitude of the container of contraband. Take one of
the keys and use it to decrypt the second transmission.
The second transmission is in code under the heading of
Transmission Two below, and includes the coordinates for finding
another small container. Decrypt this transmission with the
LATITUDE key. This second camouflaged container has in it a key for
the second rotor of the SEM that decrypts the third transmission.
It also contains the longitude of the container of contraband. Take
one of these keys also.
The third transmission is in code under the heading of
Transmission Three below, and includes some hints for finding the
container of contraband. Decrypt this transmission with the
LONGITUDE key. Note: you don't have to decrypt this
transmission to find the container, but it may help you to
find it.
Remember: you are dealing with spies,
and they are in the dirty tricks business! If you are
captured in the pursuit of this mission, the Geocaching Community
will disavow any knowledge of your actions. Good luck!
Transmission One:
BSEXZ QOSUX EFOVC JW
CKOWC RVJHJ FTJPW JJVQO QCRQO HJNAO FCAFJ AFJJO PKCUO FICJV
VAICK AFJQA WCRQA IWTJP WJJVQ OQCRF OFJNA OFCCL AQOHJ VOGUO
FICJV JEVC
Transmission Two:
ERSWO COUIT TGWAC O
WRSUW DQOZO PYOJU OOQBS BWDBS ZOVIS PWBIA UOSJR WWRUO OFSPA
WOQQI AWRIP OBIUW DBSZO YOJUO OQKOU IIPOV ISPWP SPOWR UOOBI
AUFSP AWOQO GQW
Transmission Three:
UCDWW UKUOY CDNVM
OGYRV FOADN DFJKU KFDZW VADDF JZDTF DAYUY APYKF RGYWO YFGDC
KOKUG YDPKW HRDCV TZWDI YJDFJ KUDOI AVTFJ WYPYW SWYDU YAYSW
DRYKO RDAYZ TWWH
The initial contents are:
1st, 2nd, and 3rd finder's prizes
Small padlock
Glue stick
Pack of cards
Emu
