Transmission 55

On June 7th, 2012, the user Umbra posted transmission fifty five in the Spreaker.com website. The transmission starts with a series of horns followed by an excerpt of The Peace Patrol. The body of the transmission contained a series of numbers.

Decoded Message
This message was double encrypted. First, a Vigenère cipher was used. The keyword for this message was obtained from the passage X of "The Art of Worldly Wisdom", by Balthasar Gracian, including the title (Fortune and Fame). The text was found from x.rtf from the MI.rar drop, which actually contained the passage XXI (XRAY XRAY INDIA). After the BRAVO decryption, the message contained groups of three letters, which had to be decoded using the code book compiled from the 5 different *.rar file drops. After decoding, the message reads:

CHARLIE ONE UMBRA CHARLIE ONE UMBRA THANATOS THANATOS VIRGIL XRAY XRAY INDIA BRAVO EGRESS WITHIN NEXT 72 HOURS TAKE RECOVERED CONTENT RETURNING NOT POSSIBLE, THEY GROW SUSPICIOUS READY TO ASSIST STRIKE GROUP CHARON IN FINDING AND TAKING UEHARA PREPARE REPORT ABOUT PREVIOUS SIX MONTHS TO BE VETTED AND RELEASED AS WILL SUIT THE TASK THANATOS THANATOS VIRGIL CHARLIE ONE UMBRA CHARLIE ONE UMBRA CHARLIE ONE UMBRA

Original Transcript
CHARLIE ONE UMBRA CHARLIE ONE UMBRA 05 14 03 17 08 07 07 02 20 XRAY XRAY INDIA BRAVO 19 12 14 22 04 19 18 00 16 04 23 09 72 18 00 16 52 03 23 13 05 09 11 53 21 06 04 05 22 08 54 02 21 00 24 21 09 17 22 02 09 05 16 13 23 04 17 23 10 07 10 02 18 09 17 24 09 08 18 16 07 (555) 04 07 24 15 11 15 54 18 19 20 17 20 00 54 47 31 32 26 43 26 16 03 04 21 17 02 00 21 06 04 16 20 19 18 21 02 03 17 52 06 16 06 23 02 03 11 19 08 53 08 05 20 22 08 17 53 07 16 03 01 05 10 13 24 11 04 02 15 23 09 21 22 01 09 02 07 12 23 15 02 CHARLIE ONE UMBRA CHARLIE ONE UMBRA CHARLIE ONE UMBRA