To: Lisa Jaeger

[Manticore]

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To: MCFARLEN, Sarah
Source: JAEGER, Lisa
Subject: RE: Decryption
Encryption: Jaeger Cipher
Priority: High


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RECIPIENT DETECTED: SARAH MCFARLEN

EMBEDDED DECRYPTION SOFTWARE RUNNING... DONE.

DECRYPTING MESSAGE...

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Hi Sarah,

Sorry for the slow response. The Navy has dumped a lot of work on me over the last few weeks, and the encryption attached to the snippet you sent proved to be pretty tough to crack. Well, not exactly tough, given the tools I have here, just... time-consuming. You see, there's a lot of ways to tackle decryption, but if you don't know the key they all have something in common - they're all trial and error of some sort.

Anyways, here's your message:

decryptedforSarah.txt

Message Received

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To: VWA Logistics Division
Sender: Quartiermeister Jakob Goldschmidt
Origin: Frankfurt Relay #2

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Operation: Erlösung

Genossen,

If you received this message then you are most likely a transport captain or otherwise involved with the logistics of the Widerstand. Today will be the start of one of our biggest logistical operations so far, operation Erlösung. The Widerstand has come to an agreement with the Order about usage of their shipyards for our benefit. The details of the project are kept secret for now for security reasons. It will however need a lot of resource and it is your task to deliver those resources. These resources are to be delivered to Planet Akabat in the Omicron Mu system as soon as possible.

You will receive a 1000 credit bonus per unit of any commodity delivered.

The goods to be delivered can be found in the following list which will be updated whenever a delivery is made to stay up-to-date. Also included is the suggested source of goods.

Spoiler

1 000 Ablative Armor Plating (Belfast Mollys or legal 3rd party)
8 000 Aluminium (Legal 3rd party)
3 000 Basic Alloy (Beaumont Junker)
4 000 Black Market Munitions (Kreuzberg Junker)
3 000 Boron (Rochester Junker)
2 000 Cobalt (Kreuzberg Junker)
500 Counterfeit Software (Ames Zoner)
20 000 Engine Components (Norfolk LN/Hikone Blood Dragons)
10 000 MOX (Wuppertal ALG or Norfolk LN)
500 Optical Chips (Invergordon Junker)
500 Optronics (Legal 3rd party)
10 000 Premium Scrap (3rd party: Junker Congress?)
4 000 Ship Hull Panels (Legal 3rd party)

All deliveries will have to be documented properly and reported via this channel. Information that needs be included:

- What goods were delivered
- Where/how were these goods were acquired
- Timestamped visual proof of delivery on Akabat

Safe skies, Genossen!

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If more traffic is floating around on this network, the key I derived is LI5iCJOfP4SEOhDq. Hopefully it's not a rotating key, but I really have no way of knowing.

You are aware I'm currently working for the Navy, right? The information in this message might be of considerable interest to them, considering their relations to the Widerstand and the Order. Would you have any objection to me passing this along?

Tell Leslie and James I said hi, if you see them. Let me know if you need help with anything like this again. Pay's not necessary for a friend, and I'll try to turn it around quicker next time!

Lisa Jaeger

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