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Strappado (Enigma) Mystery Cache

Hidden : 12/23/2006
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
3.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Lumphini Park.

Bogus Co-ordinates

Boat hire B30 p/hour.

A beginners' Enigma Puzzle, inspired by "Rubberdad's" superb (GCZR2Q), but so much simpler.

This is based mostly on the biographical details of the "Father of Computer Science"

Here is The Enigma Simulator

All you need to know is here

(a) Machine..Wermacht/Luftwaffe

(b) 3 Plug Settings

(c) Hints to cache are encoded

To Solve:

1. Reflector Setting: speed of light

2. Rings: Roots: 1, 2.2360679774997896964091736687313, 1.4142135623730950488016887242097

3. Ring Settings: DOB

4. Plugs : Honours to Inits

5. Start : Inits

Code: ZRFED KNWSV HLITB ZVNXV MZECZ YRFVJ CYERQ MBKZW IWMUV QHRQB FEAXD UPEQC FKQBG XIWLJ IYEIF LQVJV HHUGI JNBZH XCLQY RLISZ KUUHB YEETD TWSDG BSPGN KDVCI EKWZU LGDSK YTQPB WZVJV GYQCU NLQPH UYKWL JXRTQ EVAXW ITCXD IJBCQ ZVHQZ WLWFC UNVMJ ZUPWF NLFGZ CTRKY VXUJN KOCTV GNNHO JHZHK LZLCH CTLXK KAEAS CEIWM KUBTY IOXIS CNQVT JBWDS VUQHU YZTNQ JVOVL VOFPO CFGDY QLTZV ILWYL IKREB PYLSH IVUQU ESNKK VBLGC DLRXV HGUWJ ZNRBN WSGZV IEVNR UCBIC BCXKR TNXQE LGVMC KWQBL ZXEKB MUKPH VGGGX GHKNP KSUBA CEUTC LGJWD GWBMK LLFLR JPZBP WUPMF WOCKE XWRQH XVJHW MWEXP VVKJR NMOFE LXRAI UVHCX UIGXM ZLNKP MISIR IJQMC PGDSW VRMLM KDBBQ OVQGI IBDMT OUYSG KQKQX FDHXV RUWPR HMYQN RMTUI QZFRG VXWHJ YCEQQ PSGUA XVENJ YFDBF UJYZY GBFG

Although decoding correctly gives correct co-ords, kindly log your success with the checker, to possibly encourage others.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Va gur pbqr

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)