I think I'm on to something.
There are 25 characters left if you assume the poem is imbeded in the text and none of the punctuation is present.
That leaves a potential for 4 system coordiantes only. And it leaves a default of 24 characters for standard system coordiantes XX-X X#-#. If this is true that means to get 25 you have to use H17 as one of the system names.
So we could be looking for 4 system names one with XX-X H17-#.
T7, C7, H17, I7, L8, R2, H1, H4, T4, O0, I6, K4, P5.(13 capital letters and 13-14 numbers) That means we could be dealing with up to 11 system names.
RC, CD, MA, LT (2x4=8)and up to 4 via this logic. Assuming the letters can only be system names if they are already clumped together in the text.
Independent capitals: (40)
R E, A V, E, D, S, R H, E, C, C M, A, G, A, E, W Q, I F R, F, R, C, V, E Z P, G T D, M, P, P, S, S, V D, P
Independent numbers: (8-9)
1, 7?, 9, 9, 0, 4 6, 1, 6
All numbers: (21-22)
7 7, 1, 17, 7, 8, 2, 9, 1, 9, 0, 4, 4 6, 1, 4, 0, 6, 6 4, 5
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I think this means were are trying to weed out the poem to find the correct numbers and letters etc. Then we have to decipher it or visa versa. Although this means there is also no sector name present in the 4 coordinates.
Does anyone know which of:
RC, CD, MA, LT
Can make legitimate system names. Or are they all viable? Assuming they aren't changed to other values somehow.
That then assumes only 220 characters from the poem.
Edit: Scratch all of that. I wasn't thinking that out correctly. 245 is what is left after removing the capital and numbers. Could still be more. But I still think we will have 4 system names. We just need to figure out how to figure out the poem characters... If we can figure out which ones line up to which words like Palimpsests we could figure it out.
I think only
one word had 11 characters. That might be the one to play with.
Nope:
tnlhboRClar; 11
RcemoiecL8H; 11 (/wo# 10)
ohrierH4isi; 11 (/wo# 10)
But only one without any numbers in it. Could this be the word Palimpsests:
tnlhboRClar; 11
Although it does have two capitals which might throw this off.
If there is a direct connection between letters a number/letter cound it needed to figure out if there is a way to directly find equivilent letters. As long as there is only one letter per letter.
WIP
(/wo# x) = How many character without numbers being present.
eyketsoa; 8
icineccans; 10
rhT7aamtC7; 10 (/wo# 8)
oloRqExal; 9
aAnonVt; 7
1ieso; 5 (/wo# 4)
iypuloe; 7
tnlhboRClar; 11
H17nE; 5 (/wo# 3)
anlI7CDsD; 9 (/wo# 8)
typrrhSu; 8
utlnsi; 6
RcemoiecL8H; 11 (/wo# 10)
***iein i; 4,1 (5)
seedteMA; 8
rleEes; 6
aR2rCeha; 8 (/wo# 7)
CiieMls; 7
eAti; 4
xstfGu; 6
***a 9; 1,1 (2)(/wo# 1)
***u dAcH1; 1,5 (6)(/wo# 1, 4(5))
9baEaaata; 9 (/wo# 8)
WltQui; 6
IrFseRa; 7
irFna; 5
0rrnoLT; 7 (/wo# 6)
iRtealaae; 9
ohrierH4isi; 11 (/wo# 10)
Ctord; 5
Vmiema; 6
oaEufnxZrP; 10
4h6iim; 6 (/wo# 4)
***w 1un; 1,3 (4) (/wo# 1,2(3))
yGwTsD; 6
ea; 2
Mbsuoib; 7
alt; 3
PmeiT4; 6
oPoiO0nar; 9 (/wo# 8)
iuui; 4
itScatsai6; 10 (/wo# 9)
Sumsnkpe; 8
minVitiDo; 9
diou; 4
paI6K4r; 7 (/wo# 6)
nua; 3
P5lytPe;7 (/wo# 6)
318? /wo #
a: 34; b: 4, c: 12, d: 7, e: 30, f: 4, g: 2, h: 10, i: 35, j: 0, k: 2, l: 15, m: 11, n: 17, o: 18, p: 9, q: 2, r: 21, s: 18, t: 21, u: 14, v: 2, w: 3, x: 2, y: 5, z: 1
299?
(9)SOLILOQUY(9)
(24-25)This(4) tapestry(8) holds(5) a(1) secret. (6-7)
(24)Palimpsests(11) and(3) blueprints(10)
(21-22)While(5) a(1) universe(8) unfolds.(7-8)
(18)An(2) axis(4) of(2) dying(5) light(5)
(19-20)That(4) spins(5) in(2) the(3) black.(5-6)
(14)But(3) alas(4) I(1) can(3) see(3)
(17-18)Its(3) stars(5) are(3) locked.(6-7)
(10-12)For(3) me,(2-3) Dyhia,(5-6)
(19-20)I(1) fear(4) my(2) script(6) is(2) lost.(4-5)
(43-48)“In(2-3) quoting(7) others,(6-7) we(2) cite(4) ourselves.”(9-11) —(1) Julio(5) Cortázar(8)
218 letters + 12 other characters. Total 230
a: 17-18; b: 3, c: 7, d: 6, e: 20, f: 3, g: 3, h: 8, i: 21, j: 1, k: 2, l: 14, m: 3, n: 11, o: 13, p: 6, q: 2, r: 13, s: 24, t: 19, u: 8, v: 2, w: 2, x: 1, y: 5, z: 1
216 <- Still miscounting.
If we figure out the exact ammount of upper and lower case we can examine it to figure out some of the letters. And infer others. Like that s is either A or E. Further applying of capital letters can narrow down more info and give us a partial translation and means to analyze how it we encoded.