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THERE IS NOTHING AT THE POSTED COORDINATES SO I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND GOING THERE. All containers have Rite in the Rain log sheets. When stopping please try not to interfere with the flow of traffic.

I remember how much I enjoyed watching the original Star Trek series when I was younger. Over the years I have continued to watch the various Star Trek series and movies and I have many favourite episodes and movies. This series of puzzles relates only to the 79 episodes of the original series not including the pilot episode.

Episode 53 - The Ultimate Computer

In this episode, the Enterprise is summoned to an unnamed space station without explanation. Commodore Wesley explains that the Enterprise will be a test vessel for the M-5 Multitronic System, a revolutionary tactical and control computer designed by Dr. Richard Daystrom, inventor of the duotronic technology underlying all Starfleet computer systems. The M-5 is to handle all ship functions without human assistance. The M-5 succeeds at its first tasks, performing ship functions more quickly and efficiently than a living crew. However, the M-5 also exhibits unexpected behavior, such as turning off power and life support to unoccupied parts of the ship, and drawing increased power for unknown reasons. In its first tactical drill, M-5 defends the Enterprise against mock attacks from Starships Excalibur and Lexington. The Enterprise is declared the victor, and Wesley jokingly refers to Kirk as "Captain Dunsel", employing a Starfleet Academy slang term for a part serving no useful purpose.

PUZZLE

A little bit of computer history:

193a: Alan Turing presents the notion of a universal machine

193b: Hewlett-Packard is founded by David Packard and Bill Hewlett

195c: The FORTRAN programming language, an acronym for FORmula TRANslation, is developed

195d: Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce unveil the integrated circuit, known as the computer chip

197e: Alan Shugart leads a team of IBM engineers who invent the "floppy disk"

198f: Apple's Lisa is the first personal computer with a GUI

199g: Tim Berners-Lee develops (writes) the HyperText Markup Language (HTML)

200h: The iPhone brings many computer functions to the smartphone

201i: Facebook gains 1 billion users on October 4

201j: Apple releases the Apple Watch

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West ghb eb.fea

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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)