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|  DECRYPTION STATION — PUZZLE #13438                                |
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  CIPHER TYPE:     ELLIPTICAL
  SECURITY LEVEL:  5/7

  STATUS:          [ACTIVE — AWAITING DECRYPTION]


  MISSION BRIEFING
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9 gravitational masses warp the grid. Each cell takes the letter of the mass whose gravitational influence is strongest. Read the letter sequence along the scan line (row 16) to reveal the answer.

  INTERCEPTED DATA
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> grid size:
  [32, 32]



> masses:
  [{'x': 6, 'y': 16, 'strength': 9.51, 'letter': 'W'}, {'x': 12, 'y': 16, 'strength': 11.23, 'letter': 'A'}, {'x': 18, 'y': 16, 'strength': 11.71, 'letter': 'V'}, {'x': 24, 'y': 16, 'strength': 10.11, 'letter': 'E'}, {'x': 27, 'y': 10, 'strength': 13.89, 'letter': 'U', 'distractor': True}, {'x': 26, 'y': 30, 'strength': 14.95, 'letter': 'T', 'distractor': True}, {'x': 21, 'y': 23, 'strength': 10.8, 'letter': 'K', 'distractor': True}, {'x': 30, 'y': 9, 'strength': 12.74, 'letter': 'N', 'distractor': True}, {'x': 24, 'y': 24, 'strength': 10.36, 'letter': 'J', 'distractor': True}]



> scan line:
  {'row': 16, 'start': 0, 'end': 31}





> hint:
  Elliptical gravitational lensing — difficulty 5. Grid: 32x32. 9 masses. Scan row: 16. Formula: deflection = S_i / r_i for each mass. The strongest deflection determines the cell's letter. Read the scan line left to right. 5 distractor masses with random letters are placed off the scan line.



> answer format:
  lowercase decoded message





  [INTEL] Pool fill: elliptical diff 5


  DECRYPTION INPUT
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