Puzzles/GennarosStory

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[edit] Puzzle

[edit] Gennaro's Story

(Solved)

  • Tuesday August 26 - After Gennaro received the fifth injection, his results became available.
  • In his dossier was placed the lab results of his injection.
  • Gennaro is labeled as "P.A. SUBJECT #389245TC" with "PEL# nb52703a"
  • Attempting to GET file NB52703A returns a folder list of additional document numbers:
Name:
Gennaro, Frank

Service No.
389245tc

PEL:
nb52703a1
nb52703a2
nb52703a3
nb52703a4
nb52703a5
nb52703a6
nb52703a7
nb52703a8
nb52703a9
nb52703a10
  • NB52703A7 is Gennaro's relocation card, issued as part of the LDP program. It contains the file number FG4400-82-33REL, which shows where he would have been stationed during an invasion had he lived, but is otherwise worthless to us. Following this convention, by adding REL to Genaro's wife's government ID from NB52703A5, we find that her relocation status has been denied BH5677-01-22REL, also unimportant to the puzzle. NB52703A10 has an associated document stamp that leads to file TO447109, an overview of the Sentinel program. While the document itself is a dead end, using its naming convention leads to TO447110, the week's primary puzzle.
The document consists of a series of the letters V, D, X, G, F and A repeated randomly in 4-letter blocks of text. The word "night" is written in the bottom right corner.
[edit] Solution
  • The document is written in code; specifically, it has been run through a ADFGVX cipher, a coding system used by the Germans in World War I. Encoding the text requires the use of a 5-letter code word, in this case "night" has been used.
  • Using an online decoding program (such as this one), put in the text from TO447110 and use NIGHT as the key word. The following message is then revealed:
(decryption by ifihadahifi)
SRPA RESEARCH BULLETIN ATTN SRPA7 FLAG FOR DOCTORS RICHARD PFEVN MANJULIA CATHCART SRPA8
SRPA STATION GENESIS AN APPARENT ALIEN PROTOTYPE WEAPON HAS BEEN RECOVERED IN SPAINAND SHIPPED TO US THROUGH LONDON IT IS BEING SHIPPED TOSRPA7 FOR LAB ANALYSIS FIELD OBSERVATIONS REPORT THAT IT LOOKS THROUGH WALLS AND FIRES AROUND CORNERS SO FAR IT HAS DEFIED ATTEMPTS TO REVERSE ENGINEER EITHER MATERIALS OR THE INTRICATS COMPUTATIONAL TECHNOLOGY THAT CONTROLS ITS AIMING AND FIRING MECHANISMS
REF SUPPORT DOC WA291156
  • This leads to WA291156, an image of the weapon in question. Once again taking the file name and increasing its number by 1, file WA291157 is found: a list of new weapons being developed by SRPA for the Sentinel program. At the bottom right of the document is the document control number the AAA wants:
  • Submit this number to AFAO Tips and your task is complete. But there are also more file numbers on the document containing weapon pictures, and using the "file number +1" system on two of the documents reveals an extra picture and a letter from a congressman to SRPA:
    BB338766, BB161955, BB454766, BB524792, BB338767, BB524793
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