- "Look, as difficult as it might be for you people to understand, I can't just beat a code into submission or shoot it with a gun."
- ―Cryptographer to Jack Thompson[src]
The Cryptographer is a code breaker from Arlington Hall who was contacted by the Strategic Scientific Reserve to help with the Leviathan code.
Biography[]
Leaviathan's Code[]
- "I saw this at Bletchley. It's a one-time pad system."
"You think I didn't try a pad immediately?"
"Did you account for the original message being written in Russian?" - ―Peggy Carter and Cryptographer[src]
The Cryptographer was summoned from Arlington Hall to help the Strategic Scientific Reserve crack the code, received by the Remote Typewriter. The Cryptographer had tried multiple code breaking methods, such as the Turing method, but since the code was not in German, he could not figure out what it was. Jack Thompson was getting frustrated that the work staggered, but the Cryptographer argued that he cannot just beat or shoot a code to break it, prompting a threat from Thompson in response. Peggy Carter recognized the code from her time at Bletchley Park as a one-time pad system, and although the Cryptographer scoffed that he tried a pad immediately, Carter suggested that the original message was in Russian and managed to crack the code herself.[1]
Facilities[]
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- Arlington Hall: To be added
- New York Bell Company Office: To be added