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[detectivewonder]

Who: Tim Drake and you!
Broadcast: Fleet-wide.
Action: Aboard the First Breath.
When: Shortly after the shuffle.

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JIEYJ XBQXO PYUKO CQZHL TIDPS UKCEJ OVKGW OIDIY CHFQZ YCOIH YYJQF
QOBHJ OPUBP IEFUV EVSHZ RTRFD ZRTMU RGPPH JOOKG KMDIO SIVFO ZWZSV

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So, when I have missing crew, that just means... what? Their ratings were terrible so they got dropped? It can't be that easy, or people would sabotage their own ratings to get sent home.

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[detectivewonder]

Please. Caesar ciphers have been obsolete at least since Kerckhoffs's desiderata, and maybe since Caesar.

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[mortalcoil]

[he hopes he can feel the eyeroll on the other side of the screen.]

Then it's wasted here.

Are you hoping for someone to answer?

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[detectivewonder]

That's an inherently meaningless question.

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[mortalcoil]

Why?

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[detectivewonder]

If I'm transmitting a ciphered message without expecting a response, then I have a reason for doing so that I don't want to communicate - or why use crypto at all?

If I am expecting a response, I'm expecting it from people who've got the key or can crack the code, or again, there's no reason to encrypt it.

Either way, expecting a straight answer is sort of self-defeating.

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[mortalcoil]

I said hoping for, not expecting.

That's all I wanted to know. just yes or no.