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Revision as of 23:48, 9 March 2013
Pillar 6 contains a grid of rectangles and dots, a series of Enigma-style rotor scrambling wheels, two lines of alpha text and a series of numbers around its base.
Dot Dash Grid
Rotor Wheels
The pillar has four Enigma-style rotor wheels, and one reflector wheel. Above the first rotor wheel is the alphabet. The four rotor wheels move freely between incremental stops. The reflector wheel is fixed in position. Each wheel (including reflector) has triangular markings that can be aligned, presumably to indicate a starting rotor position.
A schematic of the scrambling rotors will be difficult to make, but I will try to do this.
Alphabetic code
There are two lines of text below the rotor wheels. They read:
DL BIOB AXQC NLPA MNXE SBNT FJLD KH JAWS FDHD MATX EJHM PVUJ XJOM |