G-RA: Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope Mystery Cache
G-RA: Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
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The cache is NOT at the posted coords, you will have to solve the puzzle to find it. Final cache location is along a nice, fairly easy trail. Some of you may remember a very similar cache that was in Langley but had to be archived.
Star Wars is an epic science fantasy saga and fictional universe created by writer/producer/director George Lucas during the 1970s, and developed on and added to from thereon by Lucas himself and other writers. The epic saga began with the film Star Wars (later retitled Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope), which was released on May 25, 1977, by 20th Century Fox. The film became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, spawning five more feature films developed by George Lucas and an Expanded Universe of his films, which includes three spin-off films, five television series and an extensive collection of licensed books, comics, video games, action figures, trading cards, and other merchandise, all set within the Star Wars fictional "galaxy far, far away."
In 2005, Forbes Magazine estimated the overall revenue generated by the entire Star Wars franchise (over the course of its history) at nearly US $20 billion, making it one of the most successful franchises of all time.
Classified Mission Briefing:
A deep space exploration/research team based out of Corellia, has gone missing out in the Unknown Regions. It is known that the team, comprised mostly of scientists and a few soldiers, encountered an unknown life form. Unfortunately, the unidentified species turned out to be hostile and the exploration teams research vessel was destroyed.
A distress signal was sent out and was picked up by a deep space holonet transceiver. The signal was weak and only one transmission was received before the signal was lost. The received signal was encrypted, and is believed to contain the last known coordinates of the missing team.
An elite rescue team fronted by Captain Han Solo and Jedi Luke Skywalker has been organized to see if any survivors remain, and discover who the unidentified species is that attacked the exploration team. You have been requested to assist the rescue team by Chief of State Mon Mothma herself. Due to your experience with deep space navigation, and your code breaking abilities that garnered you much recognition during the Clone Wars, you will play a key part in this rescue mission.
To find the coordinates for the cache location, you will have to answer the following trivia questions. All questions are from scenes in the movie Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.
You may be able to find the answers to the questions on line(but beware, different sources have different answers), but it would be a lot more fun if you watch the movie. As you may have expected, it is one of my favourites.
Here are the questions:
A: What is the number of suns that can be seen from the planet Tatooine? (take number and multiply by 3)
B: What is the number of parsecs Han Solo brags the Millenium Falcon did the Kessel run in less than? (Divide answer by 3)
C: What cell number was Princess Leia being held in aboard the Death Star? (Use 2nd digit)
D:How much does Ben Kenobi agree to pay Han Solo for passage to the Alderaan system? (Add digits together)
E: At the Mos Eisley spaceport, a stormtrooper asks Luke how long he has owned the two droids for. Luke replies he has owned the droids for __ or __ seasons. (Subtract first digit from second)
F: After C-3PO shuts down the garbage masher that Luke, Han, Leia and Chewbacca are trapped in, he opens the pressure maintenance hatch to let them escape. What was the unit number? (Use 2nd digit)
G: What was the number of the docking bay the Millenium Falcon was berthed in on Tatooine? (Divide first digit by 3)
H: What was the identification number of the stormtrooper who is not at his post on the Death Star? (Use 2nd digit)
I: What was the level and detention block Princess Leia was being held in on the Death Star? (Add the level # and the 1st digit of the detention block together for your answer)
Now take your answers and plug them into the following latitude and longitude to find the cache location.
N 49° 0A.BCD
W 122° EF.GHI
Good luck, and May the Geo-Force be with you.
You can check your answers for this puzzle on GeoChecker.com.
Additional Hints
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