Briefing
Greetings Special Agent.
We have an exciting assignment on our hands. Recently, we took our new GPU cluster into use and started processing our vast image databases. During this procedure, our in-house developed TiberAI alerted us to a photo containing an ancient alien language. The language is believed to be part of the Gorlaer alien species, living closely to the planet of Varnyr where Klumgongyn is from.
What makes this image special, is that besides one sample, there are no marks of this kind in other images. This is the only earthly image which has the language. In 1762 a spaceship from the Gorlaer crashed into our planet in an unknown location. We believe that the survivors of that crash, wrote this message on a wall. The image was then taken by an unknown person, we don’t know when or where. It just showed up in our image database.
We believe the message contains information about where the survivors would wait for help. As we’ve recently taken our new time-warp portal into use, we now have the ability to go back and rescue them. It’s your task to find out where the image was taken and what the message means.
This will most likely lead you to the eventual hiding place and time of our unfortunate guests. We will need to know the exact location and the year, so we can travel back in time without disturbing the timeline of our planet. You are given the only surviving sample of the Gorlaer language. Use this to decipher the writing on the wall.
As always, Special Agent, the contract is yours, if you choose to accept.
Materials
Answer Instruction
Use the answer to unlock the flagfile, this will reward you with your badge.
Combine the initial crash location with the official name of the hiding place, all in English, with the year of going into hiding.
Sample answer format: billy-castle-dim-sum-gang-palace-1820
Flagfile
Be advised, the flagfile is an encrypted ZIP. Make sure your OS supports the ZIP format. Ensure the password contains no hidden characters or formatting, paste in Notepad first if the password doesn’t seem to work.
Creator: Frank Diepmaat