The Code Breakers of Stanley Park

1953: For the code breakers of Stanley Park, the war might be over but the puzzle puzzles on. We know that each character is either a letter or a number. (Writing on blackboard) Minus X equals X minus A to Z or zero to infinity. We may further define the parameters of our search with our knowledge of their encoding apparatus. Each rotor has sixty-two starting positions and each machine has three rotors. (Writing on blackboard) Minus X equals X minus two hundred and thirty-eight thousand, three hundred and twenty-eight times A to Z or zero to infinity. With the encryption key, we may reduce this enormous range of possibilities to their one true value in each instance. (Writing on blackboard) Minus X equals X minus - bracket - bracket - two hundred and thirty-eight thousand, three hundred and twenty-eight times A to Z or zero to infinity - bracket - divided by the encryption key - bracket. By holding the negative results of this calculation up to a mirror, we may then begin to read the encoded message. Or you can just enter the key into the machine and let it spell the message for you. It's a bit of a shortcut, but I suppose so. What are they smuggling again? Exotic fish. Exotic fish? And you think they're using a German enigma machine? Germans like fish but not that much - maybe herring. Even so, Germans prefer domestic fish. No, this has got to be Japan's 'Purple'. How are we doing on the graffiti code? Stumped. Colossus found no definition for either Pez or Galooch. Stupid machine. Can't it at least tell that they are names? How are you so sure about that? Because the first letters are capitalized. Oh yeah. We found nothing in her room. What's that? This? Just a broken portable typewriter. She was probably about to throw it away. I'm going to see if I can fix it. I like the colour. Purple. Yeah. What's everyone looking at? Give it here. (Violin strokes) All right, now all we need is the six character key. There may be a way to eliminate all incompatible hexadecimal triplet strings with mathematics. How long would it take? Seventy-two years, eight days, seventeen hours, twenty-six minutes- Any educated guesses? How about shushi? Sushi is five letters. Not sushi, shushi. She's Japanese. Maybe she misspelled it. Good thinking! (Punching keys) S-H-U-S-H-I. We're in!
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