On the Subject of Starmessage
I’m the fastest man alive.
- This module consists of four star-shaped displays that will each flash a Japanese character in morse code (see Appendix Japanese Morse Code). There is also a small timer display along with two buttons at the bottom of the module; one being a dash button and one being a dot button.
- Figure out the message you are receiving from the stars and return a message quickly.
The characters will be shuffled among the displays, but no two words share the same characters. Determine your shift value using the table below. The rows are possible words that can be transmitted, and the columns represent the last digit of the serial number. If the serial number has no numbers, use 0.
| Last digit of Serial # | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Words | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| ホシボシ | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| シンゾウ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| クラヤミ | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| シンパク | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| カンケイ | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| クチヅケ | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| スペース | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| セイウン | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| テンゴク | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| コイビト | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |