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  • #96983
    ExceptionalConceptual
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    All I can discern from this message on the bullet is that it’s contains te letters to make the word “flyoff”, “folly” etc. I’m not sure whether this is useful at all but it’s an interesting fact still!

    #97317
    cypher_salamander
    Participant

    these are excellent suggestions! I would like to put forwards:

    Lighting Your Paved Gardens? Find Fifty Festive Oil Lamps!
    London Youths Practice Gymnastics, Fight For First Olympic Legacy
    Lively Young Pigeons Go Fighting, Feathered Friends Operating Longbows
    Louise, Your Pugnacious Grandmother Fought Fifteen Firefighters Over Lard
    Local Yo-yoing Posse Graduates — Finally Fabulously Free, Overrun Lighthouse

    #97447
    Astralica
    Participant

    After painstakingly and meticulously transcribing Case File 1.2 letter by letter with that font that looks somehow worse than my handwriting, I realised that it is an exact copy of 1B. It appears no new information can be gleaned from it, which is kinda disappointing. Now all that remains is to figure out the meaning of 1.1…

    But you did get something from it I hope? Harry

    #97434
    ByteInBits
    Participant

    Hint: Practice Challenges 1A, 1B,
    Hope you all found the CL(U)E(S) helpful for a fast decrypt!
    Nicely done cipher setter.

    Glad you liked them! Harry

    #97843
    Sofia_Dey_Choudhury
    Participant

    Hi, honestly love this challenge thank you so much for making this Harry!

    We are really glad! Thank you for letting us know! Harry and Jodie

    #97881
    MGallbladder
    Participant

    Guys, you all talk about decoding and making anagrams of the inscription of the bullet, but what if what we should be doing this to the reverse? After all, the head of the bullet comes out of the gun first, which happens to be where the last letter of the the inscription is. How close am I Harry? Also, does the word “Stressor” mean anything to you?

    #97886
    _madness_
    Participant

    It obviously spells FLYPF-GOLF, which is the name of a Finnish-Scottish fusion sport in which contestants try to hit a ball into a hole in the ice with flat wooden sticks.

    BUSTED! Now I guess we don’t need the rest of the story! Harry

    #97935
    _madness_
    Participant

    It’s too easy when the […].

    Sorry about the edit, but I am sure you understand. And let’s be honest, you enjoy noticing these things, and so will everyone else at this stage of the competition! Harry

    #97965
    frazza238
    Participant

    The bullet has made me look through every bible verse from KJV beginning with L. No results lol

    #98067
    TheCipherCrackers
    Participant

    After solving Challenge 3B things fall into place (at least some things…!)

    #97039
    Ace
    Participant

    I believe the bullet translates, using the Caeser wheel, to Roman numerals! It translates to a certain date (not sure if I’m supposed to say it here or not!)

    For, I hope, obvious reasons we held this back a while. Congrats on finding it so soon! Harry and Jodie

    #98147
    MGallbladder
    Participant

    Is that 1852, the year that Ada Lovlace died, or have I gone and mucked it all up?

    #98185
    _madness_
    Participant

    May 1, 1851: The Great Exhibition opens in London’s Crystal Palace.
    https://cdn.britannica.com/52/12552-050-223F5FD0/Sydenham-Hill-Crystal-Palace-Joseph-Paxton-London-1936.jpg

    #98170
    RickOShea
    Participant

    Waverley

    For anyone enchanted by Ms. Warnes journey, Waverley claims to be the World’s last seagoing paddle steamer. Launched on October 2nd, 1946, Waverley post-dates the SS Pacific (1849) by one hundred years. Waverley was built on the Clyde and has a steel hull construction, unlike the timber hull of Pacific, but in many other respects, it is similar.

    Waverley is presntly moored on the Clyde adjacent to Glasgow Science Centre, but will be heading around the British coast during 2025.

    https://waverleyexcursions.co.uk/

    PS I hope I’ve got the right SS Pacific.

    #98376
    _madness_
    Participant

    Testing the IMG button.

    Crystal Palace

    Recognize this?

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