Mars Shuttle Mission

ComCo 6000

TransPlanetary Communicator

Agents,

We have intercepted communications suggesting that Green's associates are presently setting up the bomb. You must locate the bomb, and somehow make your way to its location and disarm it.

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Location: Stateroom 314

Green's stateroom is virtually empty except for a flight case and some notes on the table. If the bomb is inside, you may be in luck, if you can open it before it goes off, but the strange keypad lock mechanism looks daunting. Hopefully you have enough information to figure it out!

Objective: Open Briefcase

Enter the Code

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That did not unlock the case.

Congratulations! [pw1] is correct!

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Hints

Hint #1

Somewhere, Green has written down a series of 7 letters.

Hint #2

You need an item from the stateroom and the note the operative dropped during embarkation to figure out the code.

Hint #3

The post-it note explains the cipher used to convert a string of letters to a password to open the briefcase.

Hint #4

Vowels and consonants use different ciphers in this cryptogram.

Hint #5

The input consonant needs to be replaced by the letter two consonants prior in the alphabet.

Hint #6

The input vowel needs to be replaced by the letter one vowel prior in the alphabet.

Hint #7

E - The previous vowel is A
Q - The 2nd consonant prior is N
E - The previous vowel is A
T - The 2nd consonant prior is R
F - The 2nd consonant prior is C
K - The 2nd consonant prior is H
B - The 2nd consonant prior wraps around the alphabet and is therefore Y

ANSWER

Entering ANARCHY using the keypad on the lock should reveal the unlock code: 1412.