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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 55 - Assignment: Earth

In this episode, the Enterprise, which has time-travelled to Earth in 1968 for historical research, intercepts a powerful transporter beam originating from one thousand light-years away. A man dressed in a 20th-century Earth business suit materializes, along with a black cat. He introduces himself to Kirk as Gary Seven, and realizing that he is dealing with people from the future, warns Kirk that history will be changed if he is not released immediately. Kirk, having no proof of Seven's claim, orders him to be taken to the brig and asks Spock to search the history database for any critical events that will soon occur. Among other things, Spock finds that the United States will launch an orbital nuclear weapons platform in a few hours.

PUZZLE

Step 1 - use the month and day for each event in the format mmdd

abcd - The Green Bay Packers defeat the Oakland Raiders by the score of 33-14 in Super Bowl II

efgh - Yale University announces it is going to admit women

mnop - The American movie Planet of the Apes is released in US theaters (not just New York City or Los Angeles).

qrst - The semiconductor company Intel is founded.

wxyz - Led Zeppelin makes their first live performance, at Surrey University in England

Step 2 - a little bit of math

North (wx-d-y)(d-b) (ef-h-y)(r-n).(e-g)(y)(r+y)

West (rs+t) (st).(d+h)(p+y)(d+b)

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Chmmyr: Qngr bs gurfr 1968 uvfgbevpny riragf. Pnpur: Ovt oyhr fcehpr.

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)