GALNET 03 FEB 3308 Help Needed to Crack the NMLA’s Network (late news)

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Help Needed to Crack the NMLA’s Network

Help Needed to Crack the NMLA’s Network​

03 FEB 3308
Pilots’ Federation ALERT
The Affiliated Counter-Terrorism unit has launched an effort to locate and decipher the NMLA’s dark-comms network.
The request was sent by Captain Saskia Landau, one of ACT’s co-leaders:
“ACT is working to gain access to the Omega Grid version that was provided to the NMLA by its mysterious benefactors. Most of our agents seconded from the IISS have been recalled, and some Senate leaders are blocking our progress. Therefore, we urgently need support from independent pilots, which will contribute to our wider efforts to decrypt the network.”
“To begin with, we have triangulated the possible location of an Omega Grid beacon somewhere within the HIP 290 system. If it can be found, this will validate our strategy and quickly lead to further discoveries.”
“Messages relayed across this network are likely to be encrypted. Our analysts have put together a partial cipher key from other data. Any files recovered from the beacon may help with deducing the rest of the cipher.”
“If the beacon in the HIP 290 system is found, any pilot who scans it can expect further instruction on subsequent days.”
The partial cipher key is as follows:
A = H
B = G
C = J
E = L
F = K
L = Q
M = T
O = V
P = U
Q = X
S = Z
T = Y
U = B
V = A
W = D
 

Valerie42

V
this is torquatus.
abandon work on establishing a new nmla figurehead.
no existing candidates have sufficient support to replace theta seven.
his martyrdom was expected but has unfortunately happened ahead of schedule.
for now concentrate on avoiding detection.
there will be other chances to remove the remaining duvals.

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

Leif The Head

Leif The Head
Canonn solved it about the time you wrote your message ^^

CMDR Valerie42 at 16:20:
this is torquatus.
abandon work on establishing a new nmla figurehead.
no existing candidates have sufficient support to replace theta seven.
his martyrdom was expected but has unfortunately happened ahead of schedule.
for now concentrate on avoiding detection.
there will be other chances to remove the remaining duvaln.
 

Valerie42

V
Valerie42 said:
this is torquatus.
abandon work on establishing a new nmla figurehead.
no existing candidates have sufficient support to replace theta seven.
his martyrdom was expected but has unfortunately happened ahead of schedule.
for now concentrate on avoiding detection.
there will be other chances to remove the remaining duvals.

A -> V
B -> U
C -> X
D -> W
E -> Z
F -> Y
G -> B
H -> A
I -> D
J -> C
K -> F
L -> E
M -> H
N -> G
O -> J
P -> I
Q -> L
R -> K
S -> N
T -> M
U -> P
V -> O
W -> R
X -> Q
Y -> T
Z -> S
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Solution with the full cypher to decode
 

Felix DiCestria

Felix DiCestria
Leif The Head said:
Canonn solved it about the time you wrote your message ^^

CMDR Valerie42 at 16:20:
this is torquatus.
abandon work on establishing a new nmla figurehead.
no existing candidates have sufficient support to replace theta seven.
his martyrdom was expected but has unfortunately happened ahead of schedule.
for now concentrate on avoiding detection.
there will be other chances to remove the remaining duvaln.
Click to expand...
Lol🤪
 

Leif The Head

Leif The Head
I went ahead and headed down there myself to grab the message in another language - german, my native.

The key (replacement table) is exactly the same.

Found it's riddled with more spelling errors, I've marked them in the text.

MPLW ZUWPJMY YVWXBHYBZ RLPSL SLBL NHQEVSKPNBW KBLW STQH RLPS RHSIPIHY LWKALMWY HBZWLPJMLSI BSYLWWYBLYEBSN BT YMLYA ZLALS EB LWZLYELS ZLPS THLWYFWLWYVI DHW RLPSL BLGLWWAZJMBSN RHT OLIVJM QLPILW EB KWBLM AVWLWZY RVSESYWPLWLS DPW BSZ IHWHBK SPJMY HBKEBKQPLNLS LZ RVTTLS SVJM HGILWL JMHSJLN IPL IBAHQZ EB GLZLPYPNLS
deciphered:
hier spricht torquatus
keine neue galZ|on|figur fuer nmla
kein kandidat erfVehrt ausreichend unterRtuetzung um thetV seven zu ersetzen
sein maertyrertod war keine ueberrVschung kam jedoch leider zu frueh
vorerst konz|ntrieren wir uns darauf nicht aufzufliegen
es kommen noch aBdere chanceG die duvals zu beseitigen
 

HRDiagram

HRDiagram
Leif The Head said:
I went ahead and headed down there myself to grab the message in another language - german, my native.

The key (replacement table) is exactly the same.

Found it's riddled with more spelling errors, I've marked them in the text.

MPLW ZUWPJMY YVWXBHYBZ RLPSL SLBL NHQEVSKPNBW KBLW STQH RLPS RHSIPIHY LWKALMWY HBZWLPJMLSI BSYLWWYBLYEBSN BT YMLYA ZLALS EB LWZLYELS ZLPS THLWYFWLWYVI DHW RLPSL BLGLWWAZJMBSN RHT OLIVJM QLPILW EB KWBLM AVWLWZY RVSESYWPLWLS DPW BSZ IHWHBK SPJMY HBKEBKQPLNLS LZ RVTTLS SVJM HGILWL JMHSJLN IPL IBAHQZ EB GLZLPYPNLS
deciphered:
hier spricht torquatus
keine neue galZ|on|figur fuer nmla
kein kandidat erfVehrt ausreichend unterRtuetzung um thetV seven zu ersetzen
sein maertyrertod war keine ueberrVschung kam jedoch leider zu frueh
vorerst konz|ntrieren wir uns darauf nicht aufzufliegen
es kommen noch aBdere chanceG die duvals zu beseitigen
Click to expand...
Well, the one word that is mispelled in the English version appears to be correct in the German cipher!
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Valerie42

V
Hans Wijn said:
Err... How did you find the cypher for letters that don't occur in the text?
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There's a consistency with the cypher: Each pair of letters (So, AB, CD, EF, etc.) corresponds to a different set starting with UV and going forward. So AB -> UV, CD -> WX, EF -> YZ, GH -> AB. but then flip the two letters in each pair: So instead of A decoding to U it decodes to V, while B decodes to U. in the same way, C -> X and D -> W, and so on.
 
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