Spock's Tribble Trouble Mystery Cache

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Team ELEVEN: seems that GZ will not be put back together. Thanks to all who visited and for Sir C. for the Tribble trove hide.

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Hidden : 11/12/2009
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Cache is NOT at posted coordinates. It is within 2 miles. Solve the puzzle below to find the correct coordinates.

A Tribble has escaped from the Tribble Trove (GC1NKAG) and it’s up to you and Mr. Spock to find it.
Spock’s Tribble Troubles are compounded by several of the Enterprise crew who have adopted Tribbles and are keeping them in various places around the U.S.S Enterprise. Each crew member has adopted a different number of Tribbles (3,10, 5, 12, and 6) and each of them is keeping them in a different location on the ship. Spock must determine the number and location of each of his shipmates' Tribbles to find the missing Tribble from the trove. Use the clues and the equations below to obtain the correct coordinates.

Live Long and Prosper Cache seekers!


1. There are an even number of Tribbles in SickBay, but they don't belong to Sulu.
2. Sulu has twice as many Tribbles as Bones, but fewer Tribbles than Uhura.
3. The Crew member with 5 Tribbles, who is not Kirk, keeps them in Engineering.
4. Scotty's Tribbles are in ShuttleBay, Kirk does not keep his Tribbles in the Transporter Room or in SickBay.
5. There are half as many Tribbles on the Bridge as there are in the ShuttleBay.


N 42° AA.BBB W 083° XX.YYY

AA = (Uhura x Bridge) - Scotty
BBB = (Transporter Room x SickBay x Bones) + Engineering
XX = (Scotty x Sulu) - ShuttleBay
YYY = (Kirk x Bridge x Engineering x Uhura) - (SickBay x Transporter Room ÷ Bones x Sulu)

*** Congratulations to sir-cachealot for FTF and to thepublixeye for STF ***

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Chg lbhe cbvagl rnef ba.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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