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[FallacyofUrist]

Doctorrr.... Whoooo...

[Hapah]

I guess he is basically a Space Hobo.

[Doomblade187]

So, I went through and transcribed the cipher into letters that can be handled by frequency analysis software, and since I did so by hand, there may be typos, though the general results should be similar even if they do exist.

D: Delta
T: Theta
O: Omega
P: Phi
L: Lambda

Spoiler: Transcribed (click to show/hide)

TOOLDDDTOODLLDTTTTTLDOPDOLOTTLLDDTLLPDLPTTOOPLPDLLPTLDPTTPOLDDTDLPPPOOTPPPODDDLPDTPDDOTPODLPDOTODDTLLPL
DTPDLOPOPOLLDLTTTOPDTPTDPLOTDLLPDOTLDLTDPDTDTTOTPDPDOOTLTPDDDPLTOODPPLOTOODLPDDOTLDTPDPDLLTPLPDOTODDDO
POLDTDOTTLPPOLLDTTTOLLPTPTLTTOTOTPDODDLTOTTTLPOTLPPDOOOOTPDDDPLTOODPPPOTOOPPODDOLPDLLPDOOPODLPDOTODD
OOPDOLOPDLTLPPOLOLOTTTOPOTOPLTOOTOTPDTTOLDDOTDPPOTDDLDLOODLPDTTOOPOPDOOOOOPDDDLLTTDTDPLOOTPDLPDDOLPD
TLLLODOPLLDTLOLLPDDTDOOOOPOLDODOOLLPDLPDDOLPOOPOPDPPOOLPDTDTDDDTPDTOPLTTOTDOPDPDOLDLTDOTTPPPOOTPDLPD
DDLPDTPDLODOPLLDLLOPLDDTTLOOOOPOLDTDOOTLPDLTDDOLDDTPODODLTPLPDTDTDDTLLPTPTPTLPODPOTTPDOPLLPDDLPLLLOPLOD
PPLOTOODLPDDOLPDOPOLODOPLLDLPOLLPDODPOODTPDLDTDOOTPDPPODDTLPDTLPPDLLTPDPDOTODDOTPDTOPLTTOTOTPDTTTLDDT
DTPPOOPLLDLOTTLPDTTOPPOTOODLPDDDLPDTLPLTTPODPPOLPOOPLLPDTTTTPDTPTLDDOPLTLDOPDLTTTPDODDPTOOTODLPLTTDOLLP
DPPOOTPPPODDDLPDOPDLTTPOODLPLPDTDOTLDTTTTPDLDDDPLPPOTLPOTODLPDPLOPLTDTTOTTOODLPDDDLPDOPDLTOLTPDLTLPDTDD
LPDTTDTPDLTOTDDLDDOPOTTTTLDDPPTTOPPO

Spoiler: Frequency Analysis (click to show/hide)

The most common Digrams were PD, LP, DD, and DL, with TT, DO, and DT tied for fifth.
The most common trigrams were LPD, TPD, DLP,  and PDT, with PDO and PDL tied for fifth.
The most common tetragrams were DLPD, LPDT, and ODLP, with OTPD, LPDD, and LLPD tied for fourth.

[Hapah]

I hate how many assumptions and wild guesses I'm having to make to get something that approaches a workable theory.

[Doomblade187]

My best guess right now is a mix of pairs and triads.

[Kriellya]

Yeah, that's kind of how crypt-analysis goes. You make a reasoned guess, you do everything in your power that follows from your guess, and then you abandon it and find a new guess if it doesn't pan out

[AkumaKasai]

Not if. When.

[Kriellya]

Well, theoretically you eventually crack it. That's an if.

You know, assuming it's even possible to crack. It is possible to make one way ciphers XD

[Doomblade187]

There is always brute force, but I have not the will to attempt that with any level of dedication.

[Nikitian]

If it comes to that, there is also always rubber hose cryptoanalysis (or, should I rather say, social engineering in this case), but only Sean's character is currently semi-active on Hephaestus. 


... I wonder, does coming to the Doctor's lab and begging and moaning and groaning and wasting his time and grating on his nerves count as social engineering, or rubber hose cryptoanalysis? I mean, if done correctly, it is a sort of mental torture. Highly suicidal, grossly ineffective mental torture.

[Execute/Dumbo.exe]

... I wonder, does coming to the Doctor's lab and begging and moaning and groaning and wasting his time and grating on his nerves count as social engineering, or rubber hose cryptoanalysis? I mean, if done correctly, it is a sort of mental torture. Highly suicidal, grossly ineffective mental torture.

Done to someone who can throw scalpels like bullets and is totally liable to do so.

[Nikitian]

... I wonder, does coming to the Doctor's lab and begging and moaning and groaning and wasting his time and grating on his nerves count as social engineering, or rubber hose cryptoanalysis? I mean, if done correctly, it is a sort of mental torture. Highly suicidal, grossly ineffective mental torture.

Done to someone who can throw scalpels like bullets and is totally liable to do so.

Yeah, but on Dex battlestimm overdose you can play Neo! And, well, on End overdose you might be able to survive until he gets really annoyed with you. Whether it's a non-disclosive PM from Piecewise with the answers, or a non-disclosive PM from Piecewise with details of your death, you are likely to learn something interesting from this conversation!

[Execute/Dumbo.exe]

... I wonder, does coming to the Doctor's lab and begging and moaning and groaning and wasting his time and grating on his nerves count as social engineering, or rubber hose cryptoanalysis? I mean, if done correctly, it is a sort of mental torture. Highly suicidal, grossly ineffective mental torture.

Done to someone who can throw scalpels like bullets and is totally liable to do so.

Yeah, but on Dex battlestimm overdose you can play Neo! And, well, on End overdose you might be able to survive until he gets really annoyed with you. Whether it's a non-disclosive PM from Piecewise with the answers, or a non-disclosive PM from Piecewise with details of your death, you are likely to learn something interesting from this conversation!

Well have fun with that.
I just don't think taking addictive mind-altering drugs in order to criminally annoy a shadowy creature of death is something that should be called 'tactics'.

[Skyrunner]

I want to solve thiiiis I feel that I'm out of ideas though

[Parisbre56]

Try finding a sequence of two or three letters that repeats a lot of times? Or maybe a group of such pairs/triplets? If we assume a mixed size (groups representing letters can have variable size) then there could be a group representing an "end_of_letter" (or "end_of_word" if they represent words instead of letters). I'd try it myself but I'm not on my PC.

Edit: So that, for example, ABEnd means "value of A plus value of B" while ACEnd means "value of A minus value of C".