Thread: Chapter 6 - The Atocha

oops i forgot to omitt the q...never mind ^_^ got it

allo there,

I saw that you were struggling with the chapter six poem cipher as well I was wondering, if you could give me a hint on this one? - I tried hundreds of possible "phrases" from the story... changed I into J, Q into R and U into V. nothings seems to work out.

greetings from austria, andrea

Originally Posted by andread

allo there,

I saw that you were struggling with the chapter six poem cipher as well I was wondering, if you could give me a hint on this one? - I tried hundreds of possible "phrases" from the story... changed I into J, Q into R and U into V. nothings seems to work out.

greetings from austria, andrea

One of the sponsor clues helps with this one...

Originally Posted by SdotD

Originally Posted by andread

allo there,

I saw that you were struggling with the chapter six poem cipher as well I was wondering, if you could give me a hint on this one? - I tried hundreds of possible "phrases" from the story... changed I into J, Q into R and U into V. nothings seems to work out.

greetings from austria, andrea

One of the sponsor clues helps with this one...

THANKS... have not found any of them yet... lalala... will try though

Hallo Andrea, kann sein, dass du die passphrase für das gedicht zwischenzeitlich gefunden hast, wenn nicht so handelt es sich um den berühmten Ausspruch von Mel Fisher; Hast du die Frage 14 in diesem Kapitel schon geknackt? Wenn ja, vielleicht kannst du mir helfen.
Alice aus Österreich

Hello I'm looking for someone to lend a hand. I've got the password for chapter 6 but am noy having any luck with the poem Q2 can you help me see what I'm not?

Originally Posted by Doc

Yes, Ozzy, it is.

If you need a hint for the keyphrase--I did--let me know.

I completed Chapter 6 two days ago, and I hope to start work on Chapter 7 this weekend.

Doc

PS--If time travel becomes a reality, I'm headed back to assassinate the original inventor of dratted Playfair ciphers.

Originally Posted by arcman

Hello I'm looking for someone to lend a hand. I've got the password for chapter 6 but am not having any luck with the poem Q2 can you help me see what I'm not?

If you have the password for Chapter 6, but you don't know the poem - it sounds like you didn't get the password by deciphering the poem in the Chapter. Thus having the password itself doesn't help you

Look back through the posts for this Chapter. You will find a lot of good references that should point you in the right direction.

The poem in the book is listed in PAIRS of letters. There is reference to i/j vs. no Q. What cipher would that be?

There is even pointers to the keyword to use earlier in the Chapter forum as well.

If you haven't done so yet, the author's companion book "Cracking the Code" is a great tool for helping determine what ciphers you should be looking at and how to use them.

Thanks Boat, I know its playfair. I've been able to decipher Q14. but the poem just keeps coming up gibberish just frustrating, I guess thats all part of the fun though.

Switching the right letters will solve the poem.

6-14 is still killing me. I think I got the keyphrase, got the u/v help, don't know how to use the plaintext of the "Pirates" to reorder, it uses the same letter for different letters, pages and pages...help!