Update
We speculated in our previous post that there is a new keyword format. While the keyword format is new, it won’t be replacing the previous format.
New code format:
[a-z]{8}[2-9]keyword[2-9]
Previous code format:
[2-9][a-z]{3}[2-9]keyword[a-z][2-9][a-z][2-9][a-z]
The general consensus is that the new format is used to distribute information (L1 Media) about volatile portals for Shonin 01 and Shonin 02.
Puzzle 1
Verum Inveniri posted an image at 01:30 UTC with the following text:
A mind on a cipher can be worth two eyes on the sky. May the fastest cryptographers win.
Inscribed in the image is the following code:
mqwkdpuy2zigrhg2
Using atbash with numbers, the following passcode is revealed
njdpwkfb8artist8
Congratulations to agent @kokuryuu of the Enlightened for the solve.
Puzzle 2
At 02:00 UTC, Verum Inveniri posted another image with this text:
Think quickly, Agents.
The image had the following code
THDRKTGN$6%
On a QWERTY keyboard, $ is the symbol for 4, % is the symbol for 5, and 6’s symbol is ^ . Translating the code gives us:
thdrktgn4^5
The glyph which resembles the ^ symbol is attack, substituting it in:
thdrktgn4attack5
Congratulations to agent @Unchi of the Resistance for the solve.
Puzzle 3
Posts are every 30 minutes or so now. As with the previous 2 images, there is text written in the glyph:
,hixj,li7sd[otsyopm9
On a QWERTY keyboard, the comma and [ are next to the alphabetic characters m and p respectively. If we shift all the characters positions to the left, we reveal:
mguzhmku6aspiration8
Which does not produce a valid passcode. Undoing the shifts to 6/8 gives us a valid passcode.
mguzhmku7aspiration9
Congratulations to agent @SQL of the Enlightened for the solve.
Puzzle 4
Following the every 30 minute trend, we don’t see an image posted for the 4th code but rather a SoundCloud link.
Listen fast, act fast.
Listening to the file and transcribing the morse code gives us this representation:
-- ...- .- .--- ..- -.- -.-. -.- -.... .- .-. - .. ..-. .- -.-. - .....
Converting it from morse gives us:
mvajukck6artifact5
which isn’t a valid code. Inspecting the spectrum graph:
We notice there is a longer pause after the a, trying out both r and w in place of a gives us w as the valid character for the passcode
mvwjukck6artifact5
Puzzle 5
Another SoundCloud link was given for the 5th code. The text associated with it gives us a hint to the solution:
Looks can frequently be deceiving.
Looking at the waveform, we see letters inside it:
GJEXPXCG4ANSWER6
Thank you agent @keyclick for providing the solution
Puzzle 6
No more SoundCloud links this time, but links is in the hint:
Many questions, many missing links.
/LiJ9kR
6 characters normally mean goo.gl links, visiting the link (goo.gl/LiJ9kR) leads us to a series of reddit replies to a post regarding decoding passcodes. Combining the posts gives us:
YWN4bWR3Y2hWSWJvd3N0cmluZ0lJ
Converting as a base64 to ASCII:
acxmdwchVIbowstringII
Translating VI to 6 and II to 2:
acxmdwch6bowstring2
Congratulations to agents @SQL @keyclick and @kokuryuu of the Enlightened for the solve
Puzzle 7
No more links, just a bunch of text at the top left section of the image and a hint:
s⁻¹
QBKPAOO TKST ZMKS
ZMKS SMRODMO YTYT
VMJAXLAD AIEM CAJAV
LDATOEA SMBD
Noticing there are 11 sets of words, we can start making assumptions:
- 11 sets are the 11 parts of the new keyword format
- sets 9/10/11 directly correlate to number/keyword/number
- if 9 is a number, it must be SEVEN
- if 10 is a keyword, it must be BREATHE
- if 11, after the assumption that D=R, is a number and ends in R, it must be FOUR
Viewing our code after these assumptions:
_u__ett a_fa _o_f _o_f fo_trot _a_a nove_ber e_ho seven breathe four
Parts 7 and 8 resemble the words november and echo, both of which are in the NATO Phonetic Alphabet. Filling out the rest of the words:
juliett alfa golf golf foxtrot papa november echo seven breathe four
jaggfpne7breathe4
Congratulations to agents @SQL and @kokuryuu of the Enlightened for the solve.
Puzzle 8
The eighth post has the following text:
Not all mysteries are solvable. But the joy comes in the pursuit.
Reading the code in the glyph from the left side:
jxsmefricazlkzdyagartqroh
The glyph is mystery and using vigenere with ‘mystery’ as the key gives us:
xzataotweightbrainwavetwo
xzataotw8brainwave2
Congratulations to agent @SQL of the Enlightened for this solve.
Puzzle 9
The ninth code is back to SoundCloud:
Familiar, yet different.
Transcribing the tones gives us:
...-- .- --- .-. --.- ...- ...-- .... -.. .--. --. ... -- -..- ---
Reversing the morse pattern and converting it into numbers and letters:
oxmswpuh7byron7
Congratulations to agent @SQL of the Enlightened for this solve.
Puzzle 10
The next code was delayed but had a message of relief:
EOL
This was the last code.
SE1:4
SE2:1 X
SW2:5 J
N3:2 J
SE1:2 2 B
N2:1
SE5:1
N2:1
SW2:1 9
The cardinal directions reference 3 portals that were used to make a field over western Canada/United States before Shonin 02.
(portal)(word):(letter) is how the letters are discovered with the other numbers/letters being the actual characters in the passcode
SE1:4 McDonald Ranch House Trinity Site
SE2:1 McDonald Ranch House Trinity Site
X
SW2:5 F-117A Nighthawk
J
N3:2 Grey Owl’s Cabin
J
SE1:2 McDonald Ranch House Trinity Site
2
B
N2:1 Grey Owl’s Cabin
SE5:1 McDonald Ranch House Trinity Site
N2:1 Grey Owl’s Cabin
SW2:1 F-117A Nighthawk
9
oRXtJaJc2BOSON9
Thanks to agent @Unchi for providing the solution.
Conclusion
It is not know whether or not we will see this code format again for Shonin 03 and 04 in March.
6 Comments
McDonald Ranch House Trinity Site… rly ?
This site is quite dead besides some latest posts. There are no new scanner teardowns since 1.61 and we are now on 1.71… More than ten new updates.
There is a new badge: Sojourner.
A quick recharge option has been added to the scanner. https://plus.google.com/+Ingress/posts/YKDqGycsjHg
Nothing about all of this?
Retrying:
This site is quite dead besides some latest posts. There are no new scanner teardowns since 1.61 and we are now on 1.71… More than ten new updates.
There is a new badge: Sojourner.
A quick recharge option has been added to the scanner. https://plus.google.com/+Ingress/posts/YKDqGycsjHg
Nothing about all of this? Why? This used to be a great site :(
Part of the message gets somewhat deleted:
Retrying:
This site is now very quiet besides some latest posts. There are no new scanner teardowns since 1.61 and we are now on 1.71… More than ten new updates.
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