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A Puzzling Trek LbNA #51711

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:Dec 14, 2009
Location:
City:Mansfield
County:Tarrant
State:Texas
Boxes:6
Planted by:Rogue Artist
Found by: Gryzzled Gryphon (6)
Last found:Dec 24, 2009
Status:FF
Last edited:Dec 14, 2009
*** As of 4/16/10, the communicator badge box has gone missing. All other boxes remain in place and in good shape. If you solve the clue for the comm badge box, it will be very obvious when you arrive at the park where to begin the trek to the second box in the series. ***

***Poison oak, very tall grass and thorny vines were all spotted during maintenance trip. Use caution when retrieving! ***

Starfleet is an international fan organization for fans of Gene Rodenberry's most wonderful of creations, Star Trek.  I am a correspondence member of the USS Joan of Arc, located in Corpus Christi.  There are ships all over that fans create and run - here in the DFW Metroplex, we have the USS Regulator in Weatherford, and a strictly correspondence chapter in Euless called the Space Station Freedom.  Ships will usually meet every month, usually for fun stuff like game night, or to watch a favorite episode.  Additionally, ships all over are involved in community service projects - my ship collects coupons for overseas military families, helps in book drives, and helps with the annual local PBS auction.  Children and adults alike can take classes at the Starfleet Academy - it has fun classes like learning to speak Klingon, but also practical real-world stuff, like first aid, survival skills, and cryptology (important stuff for us letterboxers!).

The world of Star Trek fandom is a wonderful place, and it's a ton of fun.  If you enjoy Star Trek, I encourage you to consider joining your local ship or becoming a correspondence member.  After finding the boxes I've planted, of course!  :-)

Welcome to Starfleet!  Congratulations on graduating from the Academy!  Ensign, you are hereby ordered to report to Walnut Creek Linear Park entrance at James McKnight Park East in Mansfield, Texas, in order to be issued your comm badge and be assigned to your permanent duty station.

In order to locate the comm badge, solve the fill-in puzzle.  Unscramble the letters in the highlighted squares to spell another Star Trek related word – this will be your key to the ciphered clue below.
yiwn usi lpf bbmw gggtzfup ggeluot hedd kw uip gwgkms pq xzx wwvsel uheksfei tefkl, ufvf evnu byh otcs 22 tuptk mf i mbckw kvl pbv xjxv bibe lsl kih #138 py ml,  rfcs dzqeneqdbesj urlhf tw sm kpf clww be i ojnlw tk bif dsmmy ajep sx mym uspi.
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
                       
                   

Now, you will need to report to your permanent duty station!  Complete the word search – when you’re done, the unused letters will spell out (left to right, top to bottom) your key for the next cipher.
pkjsbjui cgkjr lcsd sk sdi nboqs aijpd kj obrds (jks lbpjbp scagi) cjt dcvi c qics, kj sdi ksdio qbti kn sdi lcsd cjt qgbrdsgy sk sdi obrds yku wbgg qii c soii sdcs dcq aiij qsoupf ay gbrdsjbjr, ykuo qdbl bq cwcbsbjr cs sdi acqi kn sdbq soii, kj sdi qbti nuosdiqs nokh sdi lcsd.
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
                       
                   

Attention all hands!  We’ve been assigned to an important diplomatic mission to Qo’noS, the Klingon homeworld.  Find the coordinates to Qo’nos by translating the first set of Klingon phrases to English and using the numbered blanks to fill in the acrostic puzzle:
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
                       
                   

Oh no!  Factions have formed within the High Council and are threatening to lead to civil war.  You must challenge the leaders of the Council to a duel before they will listen to reason.  You can find your weaponry by completing the following translation acrostic:
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
                       
                   

Congratulations on your success in battle – I’m certain you bring much honor to your ancestors!

We’re receiving an urgent message on the encoded subspace channel from Starfleet Command:
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His presence here is a threat to the entire Federation.  You must capture the captain of the enemy ship immediately and turn the villain over to Starfleet command immediately. 

Xlmgrmfv lm kzgs fmgro blf ivzxs gsv hrtm uli qznvh nxpmrtsg kzip dvhg.  Svzw gldziwh gsrh kzip.  Uiln gsv qfmxgrlm, xlfmg vrtsgvvm xlmxivgv yolxph.  Gsv vero ilnfozm Mvil rh srwrmt yvsrmw z sziwdllw gszg szh yvvm levigzpvm yb ermvh lm gsv ovug hrwv lu gsv kzgs.

Well done, indeed!  Take a nice shore leave on Risa to reward your crew for their hard work!



A couple of usual notes - please clean the stamps and put them back in the felt bags in the boxes, rehide the boxes well after you've found them, add some extra sticks and leaves.  The Mansfield Parks Department would (I'm sure, but not asking them) appreciate if you helped keep the area clean by not littering.

The stamps range in size from 1x1.5" to 3x3" and 1.5x4". Recommended colors for marker users - black on the first, grey on the second, red and black on the third, grey and brown on the fourth, dark blue and forest green on the fifth, and black on the last.  Although several of the stamps would look nice in sparkly inks, please (please please!) do not use metallic inks on them - metallic inks leave a bit of sparkly residue even when cleaned well that makes it hard for future finders to get a good impression.