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The Enigma Begins Here (Auckland) Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 12/17/2009
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The Enigma Begins Here

At the end of World War I, a German engineer invented an electro-mechanical cryptographic device that would evolve and become somewhat famous, or infamous, some 30 years later.


If you own one of these machines then this puzzle may be pretty easy (although be careful with it as it will be pretty rare and worth a lot of money), but otherwise you'll have to figure out another way to simulate its use.

The published coordinates will not take you to the cache but instead will take you somewhere you might get hit by small white balls. Don't go there.

To find this cache you need to decipher the following:

HUWXS KIZJZ YJKGN IUWZE IXNYT CZYRW MXDJO VXOVO HJVEW HSFYO ALXUI QLLKN KNBUB VCFWX AJKHM RARKT CDDIN UOZYP NXCHF DXUAS DKBEB XGQBR RFIAU WDGNJ VTBMQ NRCQX FZYEN MGDRW WTNOG JLEQI IIJHW QRNVQ HYKNA BEVMA YYBVK VXJGU SXRXL DGMWN XFHMH TCGTO ZLFHN KPQNE COYLL DYNKE YUGLF DCAHE AFYVQ QXRVT YDRGM JBNPG LCBYH QGFVU GBVHG TGSRU RQEHC EXVXO IPOXT OCGMS IINKX NOYXU JSMAT USHOJ BZDQS WLSPS BBPDX FBZWM GFQFU ITBVC OMNET FGGOF OAOEM ZLGZL DQUOL WUBHE PMVCN GMWWV ZNVHX AVDQI ODLIT HADNZ PVVST LMTML OLWNG BRKDD AZIMH USPJL XMVBC FAGJO GBJJY

Once you have figured out what you need to do, or maybe you know already, you will need the following information:

Reflector: Luftwaffe C
Rotors: II, III, I
Ring Settings: 10, 3, 17
Plugs: NX, GE, IT, CV
Initial Position: F, D, J

FTF!!! 10centcoin

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Puzzle] - Va gur gvgyr? [Cache - In the decrypted text]

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)