Part 8: Mongu, Zambia

[FM Ferengi]

Part 8: Mongu, Zambia

The Cylons were created to make life easier on the Twelve Colonies. And then the day came when the Cylons decided to kill their masters. After a long and bloody struggle, an armistice was declared and the Cylons left for another world to call their own.

Forty years later, they returned, and brought humanity to the brink of extinction. The remaining humans, led by the crew of the Battlestar Galactica, fled in hopes of finding a new home, one known by legend as Earth.

Humanity’s only hope lies in finding Earth’s location while fighting off the unrelenting Cylons. But as resources run low, it is discovered that the enemy can now appear human and has infiltrated the fleet from the inside.

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Resources -
Morale - 2
Food - 1
Water - 1
Population - 34

Fleet Marker -
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President - FM Bishop
Admiral - FM Combo

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Links:
Setup: https://www.sc2mafia.com/forum/showth...at-Puzzle-Game
FAQ: https://www.sc2mafia.com/forum/showthread.php/19735-FAQ

List of Players:
FM Walter
FM Skyler
FM Hank
FM Marie
FM Flynn
FM Saul
FM Gustavo
FM Mike
FM Gale
FM Holly
FM Badger
FM Ted
FM Krazy 8
FM Combo
FM Hector
FM Tuco
FM Pete
FM Jane
FM Gage
FM Bishop
FM Becket
FM Cohen
FM Morgan
FM Colmyer
FM Biggs
FM Ballard
FM Bekowsky
FM Hogeboom
FM Monroe
FM Dunn
FM Black
FM Cafarelli
FM Phelps

[FM Ferengi]

Crisis Phase - Mongu, Zambia

With the fleet running dangerously low on Food, Water, and Morale, the Battlestar Galactica was in crisis mode.

"We've got to find Earth, and fast," FM Laura Roslin said to FM Tom Zarek. "I don't know if we can last much longer without resorting to cannibalism."

FM Tom Zarek replied, "I spoke to FM Saul Tigh, and things look bad. There were cylons waiting for us at this location, too. It's like they know where we're heading. It's like they have spies on the inside."

"Well let's hope FM Gaius Baltar and the other members of the fleet have more luck solving this puzzle," FM Laura Roslin said.

"So say we all," FM Tom Zarek and FM Laura Roslin mumbled hopelessly.

...

FM Starbuck retrieved the next puzzle, floating in a small canister outside. It appeared to a series of math problems...




































FM Gaius Baltar announced: "We must solve this puzzle, or else the human race will die out! There are simply not enough resources to run my supercomputer to solve any more puzzles. We NEED to divert all resources towards our survival. I believe we are looking for a series of 17 letters that do not have to make much sense in sequence. They should, however, be derived from the 17 equations given. I will let you know if you are on track and if any of the letters in your proposed solutions seem to be correct."


The setup phase has been skipped for this cycle.
Heavy raiders carrying a cylon raiding party have been launched toward the fleet. The 48 hour puzzle for this part must be solved in 24 hours.

Remember these updates to the rules:

1. Crisis phases will be ~72 hours with pre-set-hints coming out every ~24 hours. Each pre-set-hint will cost the fleet 2 morale, 2 food, and 2 water.

2. If the answers provided in some of the pre-set-hints have been posted in daychat, then no resources are deducted from the fleet and the player who posted the solution will have the option to choose to regain +1 of any resource.

3. If a cylon PMs me with parts of the puzzle solution that are to be revealed in pre-set-hints before it is posted in daychat, the cylon will gain a charge of his ability to remove 24 hours from the upcoming crisis phase. Cylons can store up to 2 charges at a time, and a maximum of 48 hours may be removed from each crisis phase.

4. If a cylon -reveals as a cylon at the end of a setup phase (and he is not in the brig), he will gain an automatic +2 charge of the ability listed above in addition to entering a private chat with other cylons.

5. Not solving a puzzle will result in a -5 to morale, -4 to food, and -4 to water.

This crisis phase will last ~24 hours with pre-set hints set to trigger approximately every 24 hours.

[FM Spartacus]

Why is there 2 times D = 9 in this ?

[FM Cafarelli]

omg again only 24h so not solving one puzzle basicly lowers the chances to solve all upcoming puzzles aswell

[FM Cafarelli]

10 is V? if yes i'm on the right track
or do you need to know how i got this?

[FM Cafarelli]

or no forget it

[FM Cafarelli]

ok maybe i will trigger a hint when i say this.

1 and 3 are correct if they are hexadecimal numbers
5 are binaries
14 can be decimals or hexadecimals

so maybe 1 and 3 are 16=P (16th letter in alphabet), 5 is B

[FM Bishop]

Oh, hello there!
I'm the President of this fine ship! This over there is my trusty Admiral Combo. Welcome aboard (to those I haven't greeted yet). I'd love to spend more time with you and give you directions. But I am terribly preoccupied planning my next att... erm... defense against the cylons. Couldn't do much else the past few days ever since that M'bour incident where everything went downhill. Those cylon buggers just won't leave us alone and seem to know of our every step. Curious how they got into our lines of communication.
Well, carry on my dears. Remember that this is humanities last shot at survival. Everyone relies on you!

You can do it!

[FM Ferengi]

ok maybe i will trigger a hint when i say this.

1 and 3 are correct if they are hexadecimal numbers
5 are binaries
14 can be decimals or hexadecimals

so maybe 1 and 3 are 16=P (16th letter in alphabet), 5 is B

This is on the right track, although I need to edit lines 1 and 3 since they have an error x_____x

[FM Cafarelli]

is this same kind of hint? cause you didnt change them

[FM Ferengi]

is this same kind of hint? cause you didnt change them

I need to change it when I'm at my computer.

[FM Cafarelli]

you're stealing our time -.-

[FM Bishop]

Those are problems I had to overcome as well! And I did!

[FM Monroe]

9 (oct) 250/30 = 7 (F = 7)
12 (hex) 202 - 76 = 18C (K = 12)

[FM Ferengi]

you're stealing our time -.-

You don't need the answers to the first and third equations to solve any of the other equations. I should have them posted by the time you guys finish solving the other ones.

9 (oct) 250/30 = 7 (F = 7)
12 (hex) 202 - 76 = 18C (K = 12)

Not on the right track

[FM Cafarelli]

so clemetine are my letters right?

[FM Ferengi]

It has been updated!

[FM Ferengi]

so clemetine are my letters right?

The answer to the 5th equation is B, yes.

The first and third equations have been updated.

[FM Cafarelli]

3 still works so 3 is 16 = P

i wonder how such a mistake could happen, you changed them totally

[FM Cafarelli]

does each equation have a different basis? is the basis of each one its solution?

[FM Cafarelli]

i mean basis like 16 and 2 and 10

[FM Cafarelli]

is 2) letter A
and 10) = Y

[FM Bishop]

does each equation have a different basis? is the basis of each one its solution?

No, not all equations have different bases. The base isn't the solution.

[FM Cafarelli]

No, not all equations have different bases. The base isn't the solution.

how you know?

[FM Bishop]

I solved it!

[FM Cafarelli]

oh cool then post it^^

[FM Monroe]

He won't, because he's a Cylon.

I don't understand at all how you can turn 5 into B. It just looks like a finished equation. I don't see the logic.

[FM Bishop]

In case I wasn't obvious enough: I am Cylon! I sabotaged the fleet from the moment that I realized my true calling. It was the M'bour incident. I recall it vividly. We flew around, never had problems with any cylons. The progress on our search for earth was steady and effective. But after I awakened and remembered what kind of monsters humans are, the decision was simple. I sent our current position and our planned one after the jump to the cylon fleet. The resulting chaos would solidify my position and I would make sure that everything on board went the right path... to human extinction. Mendoza, Malmesbury, Mongu; I had my fingers in all of those. The slow progress, the waste of resources, the cylon attacks, everything. But here I am now. Smiling and gazing upon the path I paved. Human eradication... I does have a nice ring to it.
And now go! Put your heads together and follow me on the path I created!

[FM Cafarelli]

so we lost now or what

[FM Cafarelli]

also why the fuck are you president then
and the admiral isn't even here
i didn't read all the other days, what have you done...

[FM Bishop]

I was simply awesome.

[FM Cafarelli]

but you havent yet won right

[FM Bishop]

Hehe, I enjoy seeing you struggle.

[FM Spartacus]

I never asked for it!

[FM Spartacus]

Oh, hello there!
I'm the President of this fine ship! This over there is my trusty Admiral Combo. Welcome aboard (to those I haven't greeted yet). I'd love to spend more time with you and give you directions. But I am terribly preoccupied planning my next att... erm... defense against the cylons. Couldn't do much else the past few days ever since that M'bour incident where everything went downhill. Those cylon buggers just won't leave us alone and seem to know of our every step. Curious how they got into our lines of communication.
Well, carry on my dears. Remember that this is humanities last shot at survival. Everyone relies on you!

You can do it!

I never voted you!

[FM Bishop]

I never voted you!

Isn't that the beauty of it?

[FM Cafarelli]

well it sux if host doesn't come online and say whether i'm on the right track or not

i've found out that part 7 has 17 languages. maybe it has something to do with it
also if you draw lines from all locations you receive greek capital letter sigma which could mean sum or alphabet

the translation says:
Use this area to cook recipe

the area is pretty much the atlantic ocean

the recipe so far:
add egg beef cabbage
breadcrumbs and onion
milk, mustard and ketchup
salt n pepper n sugar
stirs and put in oven
nsaythemagicwords

maybe this helps us

[FM Cafarelli]

well since host doesn't confirm or deny my track i just have to try it, here is what i got

2) 1
3) hex 16
4) 6x+8-13=5x+9 14
5) binary 2
6) 2x+14+8=3x+7 15
(x+12)*(3x)=4x^2+12x 3x^2+36x=4x^2+12x 24x=x^2 24
10) 24+x+23=22+2x 25


the number is the value of x, x is the basis. then you take the correspondending alphabet letter. i don't need to do all of them right if that is correct

[FM Bishop]

All of them besides 3) and 10) are correct. The method to get the letters is right, too.

[FM Ferengi]

Solution:

These equations seem to not make sense, but that’s because they are not written in base 10. By finding the base that each equation is written in and converting the number with a simple alphabetical substitution, you get the final part of the recipe.

w	Base 23
a	Base 1
k	Base 11
n	Base 14
b	Base 2
o	Base 15
d	Base 4
x	Base 24
t	Base 20
z	Base 26
y	Base 25
x	Base 24
d	Base 4
j	Base 10
n	Base 14
n	Base 14
l	Base 12

I'll consider Cafarelli's solution [latex]\frac{5}{17}% complete, -1.2 food, -1.2 water, -1.5 morale... Unfortunately this is enough for the humans to run out of resources.