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Enigma Mystery Cache

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Geotrophimus: Two mugglings now. Both stages gone. Time to put this one in the salt mines.

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Hidden : 8/3/2012
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


THE ENIGMA MACHINE CIPHER CACHE


Are you on the German U-Boat U571?  Yes you are!  You are one of the raiding party that has stolen the Enigma code machine from the German Navy. This cache is in two stages, the first leading to the second through Enigma decryption. The enigma machine for your use is presented at ENIGMA where you will decode the encryption listed below for each of the stages. You will have to learn to use the enigma machine which has three changeable rotors, and for this adventure you will use rotors V, IV, and III in that order through the decryptions of both stages. The rotor numbers will not change unless you hit 'reset'. You will have to use the hint to figure out the start window settings and the stecker plug settings in the panel in the lower right hand screen. Remember that if you hit 'reset' the rotors return to default and have to be reset by their numbers and window settings, and the stecker plugs to be exchanged have to be reset as well. The difficulty level will be set at 4 only because of the complexity of the web page activities. The cache itself is an easy find. Stage one can be challenging as well.



Stage One:

(tip: cut & paste) THUEYQSEVBLSULQIBGDYEFIEUYNIYXWCNXXQPFLUAGOFUHCNWMMTWURQGRHMSM FDYNJKNHCQGUQGVSKKCYXYZVFIZDASJADWBAGQHGKDWFEBGNUDLCFQAPUUKCS VYWAEOWTRWBEGCJQKTNPMSKWLXPRTFZPVYLKVILLTWNOEKEAGRBFDIPMHACKCD GUMQPDCSWXAZBIOCQSUDGACHKCDMLZAXGONKMKFFDZKTLXQKASRSCXIIPKAKI XIBLAAEBBZXITLSYGUNOUAOYVJNGHPOBPPEDWLPVIIUWQVWIZVIZILMYYQDZYYYR UVUJPHQDQPICSEQAVMSMLKZWFCMQWYOSPSVHBBCODAOMYCBDKKLFVVDKNNJTIWLO

Stage Two:

TQTKNFPQOEKVBMXFDWZMBQRFAXIMGYMNKVVPGDNPAATPMWXSIMUZCCPZLDPIKJ JGRSTBDGIPVZEMWYGLGQYKRIMMGFFVKJENZCVXWZCBMBITXYPTPIXJSAZRXFXTH WSSRBMNPDNXWFSDTKZEXHCWREMJXULCVHCSRQZFDNFPMMJWHXYRTEKQPRXPJW RNFURGBDNLOKTGRFLZUOLRJBMVBQWOOJDBKPJSEPZSNPQTEEWACCHQMXWWFXB CMETAHCHYRMODFIKHDAPWSTVMXMIIVBELOPNWAILYWZFWDYOILXYTWJJOKQBPD SGIPAGXKWYTIGFUBAMNRZEZMYXONBGSZIBTTYUGZKYWSFGSJDOGKTJJUDMAVEX YVKRJSCUFGEVVGWYZENDVWVGMKRZCHHLCFYDLQWFTQXRONDCHZLHNXGDRBC TYXMMNBWUADTZEKW

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ebgbe jvaqbj frggvatf=ahzore bs Hobng va nycunorg ybpngvba. Fgrpxre cyhtf ner T->G

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)