I thought maybe a rail fence cypher because of the pattern of the gold letters. A Caesar cypher doesn’t add up to anything, regardless of number shifted.
Top is shaped like a Star Destroyer either classic or first order. So we are getting a new Capital ship, Invisible Hand.
Bottom is General Glasscannon so he is now a fleet commander
The bottom section of letters is in a diamond pattern. The gold letters are in the third, second and fourth, first and fifth, back to second and forth, then third again. I don't think the gold letters in the bottom section carry significance
Assuming for a moment I am correct about it being a Polybius cipher, there now exists a distinct possibility our friend CG_Crumb took it a step farther and over encrypted it.
Why? Because the name for the most popular overencryption of a Polybius cipher is a Nihilist cipher. Nihilus=Nihilist? It's a maybe to be sure but given that this is more of a stumper than most clues, this level of complexity would make sense.
"Everything is proceeding as I have foreseen...mostly"
Assuming for a moment I am correct about it being a Polybius cipher, there now exists a distinct possibility our friend CG_Crumb took it a step farther and over encrypted it.
Why? Because the name for the most popular overencryption of a Polybius cipher is a Nihilist cipher. Nihilus=Nihilist? It's a maybe to be sure but given that this is more of a stumper than most clues, this level of complexity would make sense.
Can you double-cipher something without it turning into mush? Like put it in one cipher, then that code into another?
I was gonna chime back in to the thread I was in earlier but Kyno shut it down. While I do enjoy the long Road Ahead reads, this puzzle is quite glorious and meets all my expectations for today, even if it dropped at 11pm(eastern). Well done, @CG_SBCrumb
In the first picture, 7's are not written like the #7 in aurebesh.
Depending on how it is written, it could mean D or R
4
55
555
4 B 41
495 A 5
95 A 4 B 4 D
495 R 4 F 54
58594 D 4 E 4
F 4 E 4 F 45555
14 F 5 A 544 D 4 F
43584 R 565248
4 E 58494555544
D 434 B 554 D 4 B 594
44 D 554 B 4241544 B
Assuming for a moment I am correct about it being a Polybius cipher, there now exists a distinct possibility our friend CG_Crumb took it a step farther and over encrypted it.
Why? Because the name for the most popular overencryption of a Polybius cipher is a Nihilist cipher. Nihilus=Nihilist? It's a maybe to be sure but given that this is more of a stumper than most clues, this level of complexity would make sense.
Can you double-cipher something without it turning into mush? Like put it in one cipher, then that code into another?
Oh yes. Makes it very hard to translate without the key. If you have the key, you're golden. A standard google search came up with some tools that may help folks ti understand the cipher system but not necessarily translate this message.
"Everything is proceeding as I have foreseen...mostly"
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Do the gold letters by themselves produce any hex code?
Bottom is General Glasscannon so he is now a fleet commander
This is the bottom section. Which also includes the name along with the letter. Still makes no sense.
Some of your 7s are not 7s but Ds. Example: third character on bottom row.
Awesome.
I also translated to same answer but on a cell and his looks way nicer. He also did it 5 minutes faster lol
D
DE
EEE
DBDA
DIEAE
IEEEAE
IEADBDG
DIEGDFED
EHEIDGDED
FDEDFDEEEE
ADFEAEDDIDF
DCEHDGEFEBDH
DEFHDIDEEEEDD
GDCDBEEDGDBEID
DDGEEDBDBDAEDDB
DZGAY
BCRIK
QHUTE
VPLMS
FWXON
With the numbers converted to letters based on their position in the alphabet.
Looks like the lyrics to Blue by Eiffel-65 lol
Stop mocking us and give more hints.
Why? Because the name for the most popular overencryption of a Polybius cipher is a Nihilist cipher. Nihilus=Nihilist? It's a maybe to be sure but given that this is more of a stumper than most clues, this level of complexity would make sense.
Can you double-cipher something without it turning into mush? Like put it in one cipher, then that code into another?
Depending on how it is written, it could mean D or R
4
55
555
4 B 41
495 A 5
95 A 4 B 4 D
495 R 4 F 54
58594 D 4 E 4
F 4 E 4 F 45555
14 F 5 A 544 D 4 F
43584 R 565248
4 E 58494555544
D 434 B 554 D 4 B 594
44 D 554 B 4241544 B
Oh yes. Makes it very hard to translate without the key. If you have the key, you're golden. A standard google search came up with some tools that may help folks ti understand the cipher system but not necessarily translate this message.
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