New Clue!

Hi guys! I’m Crumb’s aforementioned coworker. Looking forward to seeing how this one goes!

To answer Ultra’s question - I’ve been taking part in, and helping construct, puzzle events (mostly taking part in, heh) since roughly 2003. Most of those were various iterations of the Microsoft Puzzlehunt, the MIT Mystery Hunt, and DASH. Happy to share war stories later, but maybe not in this thread ;)

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"CG_EVS_469;c-1741210" wrote:
Hi guys! I’m Crumb’s aforementioned coworker. Looking forward to seeing how this one goes!

To answer Ultra’s question - I’ve been taking part in, and helping construct, puzzle events (mostly taking part in, heh) since roughly 2003. Most of those were various iterations of the Microsoft Puzzlehunt, the MIT Mystery Hunt, and DASH. Happy to share war stories later, but maybe not in this thread ;)

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Two devs respond in the same day! Bravo! Keep it up! We want to hear from you guys!!

"DaPowerfulJedi;c-1741204" wrote:
Are we supposed to print out the parsec dial?

That might help

"DaPowerfulJedi;c-1741204" wrote:
Are we supposed to print out the parsec dial?

I guess so, use the math solution and rotate then translate the characters

Put the smaller dial inside the larger. Turn the dial to the hours and minutes. That will give you the letter, that needs to be translated from that weird text. Then put that into a 4X4 cipher. Once you have that, use the number of letters in each word in the "poem" above and voila

Yeah, you print it out, cut the circles out, and pin them together with a paperclip or some other sharp thin object that allows them to spin (don't poke yourself). Then you'll spin them in relation to the values they gave in the chart to reveal the message. I don't really feel like translating Star-Wars-ese though (and my printer isn't working) so I'll let others do that bit.

Here is the completed table if it helps. I'm not very good with puzzles, but I can do excel. *edit: My excel file is also attached for any others to use. Note, numbers are rounded to closest integer where needed. **Edit #2: Fixed typo in last row.

http://i65.tinypic.com/2dwglya.png

"Jagged_Fel;c-1741218" wrote:
Here is the completed table if it helps. I'm not very good with puzzles, but I can do excel. *edit: My excel file is also attached for any others to use. Note, numbers are rounded to closest integer where needed.

http://i63.tinypic.com/2laf1h3.png

This is good, but you typo'ed the bottom left box - the given number is 120, not 102. The row should read 120 | 1:25 | 85 | 170

"chionophile;c-1741225" wrote:

"Jagged_Fel;c-1741218" wrote:
Here is the completed table if it helps. I'm not very good with puzzles, but I can do excel. *edit: My excel file is also attached for any others to use. Note, numbers are rounded to closest integer where needed.

http://i63.tinypic.com/2laf1h3.png

This is good, but you typo'ed the bottom left box - the given number is 120, not 102. The row should read 120 | 1:25 | 85 | 170

Good catch. Fixed it in both the image and the attached excel file. Thanks for your help!

The number of letters in each word is significant. From the "poem, the numbers are:
3 1 5 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 2 3 9
2 4 2 4 3 2 3 5 3 4 4 5 5 3
4 8 4 7 2 7 3 6 2 5 3
6 2 6 6 3 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 3
4 4 3 4 4 7 2 4 3 3 5