Zeta Clues

Current Zeta Clues [SOLVED]
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 * @Droidlanding posted a new tweet on 9/9/2010: http://twitter.com/DroidLanding/status/24029589401
 * The tweet links to http://www.tinoonstationcargofacility2.com/r2d2/transmissions/AOMJMSM3GIH56PJ1IC3K8ZANOMDIQH1434SFU1ILYY9HM1TGZC
 * Putting that link into the C3PO Translator returns:Translation Protocol Error:


 * The http://twitter.com/theforcenet account tweeted: DROID R2-D2 Hunt For The Lost Plans: Participating in the R2-D2 DROID scavenger hunt? Then you'll want to click on... http://bit.ly/cn02TU

Threepio not responding? Many protocol droid subroutines are built on ASCII codes. ASCII didn’t complete the task? Those homemade droids are unpredictable. If the maker had delusions of grandeur use a cipher based on a conqueror. Almost there. Looks like the droid’s creator slipped over to the Dark Side. That clouds your thinking and scrambles the message. '''
 * Which takes you to http://www.theforce.net/latestnews/story/DROID_R2D2_Hunt_For_The_Lost_Plans_133782.asp
 * Which states:
 * 1) AttackPatternZeta
 * '''NOTE: THEY ORGINALLY HAD #AttackPatternSigma (the next clue) THEY EDITED THE PAGE TO CORRECT IT (VIEW ORIGINAL HERE http://i51.tinypic.com/9ulogk.jpg, Google Cache http://bit.ly/c6tYHt)


 * The news story refers to ASCII codes. Separate the "Translation Protocol Error" message into two-letter parts, giving us:

85 72 68 85 81 83 69 85 81 71 66 75 75 87 72 80 82 86 72 76 81 74 If we convert these to ASCII, we get: UHDUQSEUQGBKKWHPRVHLQJ

REARNPBRNDYHHTEMOSEING
 * Referring to "a cipher based on a conqueror", use the Caesar cipher (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar_cipher) with a left shift of 3 to produce

BRINGMETHEHYDROSPANNER
 * Scramble that code, and you will have


 * When we search for hydrospanner on Google we find a forum post on the Star Wars forum by R2Clue327 by examining R2Clue327's user page (http://forums.starwars.com/profile.jspa?userID=9659563) or finding the fifth search result to get http://forums.starwars.com/thread.jspa?messageID=17930078


 * The last item in the list is "Use a FastTurn-3 Hydrospanner".


 * Somehow we find the page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chewbacca-What-a-Wookie/12437189805 (the forum post also mentions What-A-Wookie), where a comment by Dengar Ratzenberger is located, mentioning the code no5no2ple1as1ed9ontge8tup0 and also "fixing your protocol droid" (remember the Translation Protocol Error?)


 * Seperating the code, we find "No, no, please don't get up" and 5/21/1980


 * Enter this into C3PO (attempting to get a hydrospanner). He tells youOH, MY, WHAT HAPPENED? I MUST HAVE INADVERTENTLY CLOSED DOWN. HOW EMBARRASSING. IT SEEMS I STILL CANNOT TRANSLATE ARTOO'S MESSAGE FOR YOU. I FEEL SO USELESS. MIGHT I SUGGEST THAT, IF YOU RE-LOAD THE COMMAND SEQUENCE FOR MY AA-1 VERBO-BRAIN, IT MIGHT REBOOT MY LANGUAGE CIRCUITS. IT'S CERTAINLY WORTH A TRY. BUT, PLEASE BE GENTLE.


 * Searching for "AA1 Verbo-brain" on Google yields http://www.starwars.com/databank/technology/aa1verbobrain/index.html as the third result, which suggests using the code "deltasixbootfire18z" to reboot an AA1 Verbobrain.


 * Convert deltasixbootfire18z to binary: 01100100011001010110110001110100011000010111001101101001011110000110001001101111011011110111010001100110011010010111001001100101001100010011100001111010


 * Enter that code into C3PO to attempt to reboot him.


 * He will tell you:OH! IT APPEARS TO BE NOTHING MORE THAN A STRING OF NUMBERS: 8 6 5 3 6 3 8 7 2 3 6 4 6 5 4 6 7 3 4 7 8 3. OHHH. I BELIEVE THIS IS THE CODE YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. HURRY. ENTER IT INTO THE SITE, BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE! HURRY! HURRY!


 * Use T9 to get "empire told of planet hoth" from 8653638723646546734783.
 * Use the T9 converter at http://www.t9.com or http://phonespell.org/ to get the first two words: "told" and "of".
 * Somehow unscramble the other numbers (8723646546734783) to get 3674737526384684, which produces "empire planet hoth."
 * This will produce the code "empire told of planet hoth".


 * http://twitter.com/ADaniels3PO tweeted "T9, you are in the wrong location. Make your way from Dvorak to Qwerty base. Get a move on. #AttackpatternZeta"
 * convert "Empire told of Planet Hoth" from Dvorak to Qwerty


 * Solution = "dmrgod ksph sy rpaldk jskj"

Related Tweets

 * @VZWOffers retweeted the original R2-D2 transmission clue. Perhaps insignificant, but they had never done so previously.
 * @starwars also retweeted the transmission.
 * @starwars tweeted on 9/9/10, 9:10pm edt: Calling all #StarWars fans: C-3PO is malfunctioning & needs your help! Can you reboot him? Follow @DroidLanding