- Location
- Germany
What we could develop right now, and probably not without all that much effort is a code machine in the style of the Enigma. It's basically a Caesar Chiffre on steroids, and the Valyrians definitely had those.
Input is done by using a rod in which you have groups of serpentstone, always in groups of 8, with each group encoding a given symbol. Each of the small pieces acts as a basic memory latch, being activated by receiving a specific color of light while also being brought to a specific temperature, while being reset by another color at another temperature. That way, the plates aren't randomly reset when you take them out of their cases. When they are active, the cells emit a bit of light, which can be used as input by other serpentstone. These rods are put into the cryptographic engine.
That machine works a bit like a typewrite. Namely, it has buttons with specific symbols and when you press them down, a specific code is run through the encryption rotors before being "saved" onto the rod. The rod is moved one step forward and you set the next symbol. If you put the already written on rod into a different slot on the machine, it will reverse the encryption and highlight the letter which it has just read from the rod, allowing you to decode the message again.
The gag is that the machine itself will use the same trick as the Necro-Cases for the Inquistion, so that nothing of the inner workings of the machine can be divined. Without knowing that, the encoded rods contain nothing but gibberish that can't be decyphered by anyone or anything who doesn't have the code machine and the right settings. Said setting will not be communicated to anyone, but instead use a set of serpentstone discs, basically acting as a physical encryption key. Without the machine and the physical keys for the current code timeframe, you can't decode the communication.
Input is done by using a rod in which you have groups of serpentstone, always in groups of 8, with each group encoding a given symbol. Each of the small pieces acts as a basic memory latch, being activated by receiving a specific color of light while also being brought to a specific temperature, while being reset by another color at another temperature. That way, the plates aren't randomly reset when you take them out of their cases. When they are active, the cells emit a bit of light, which can be used as input by other serpentstone. These rods are put into the cryptographic engine.
That machine works a bit like a typewrite. Namely, it has buttons with specific symbols and when you press them down, a specific code is run through the encryption rotors before being "saved" onto the rod. The rod is moved one step forward and you set the next symbol. If you put the already written on rod into a different slot on the machine, it will reverse the encryption and highlight the letter which it has just read from the rod, allowing you to decode the message again.
The gag is that the machine itself will use the same trick as the Necro-Cases for the Inquistion, so that nothing of the inner workings of the machine can be divined. Without knowing that, the encoded rods contain nothing but gibberish that can't be decyphered by anyone or anything who doesn't have the code machine and the right settings. Said setting will not be communicated to anyone, but instead use a set of serpentstone discs, basically acting as a physical encryption key. Without the machine and the physical keys for the current code timeframe, you can't decode the communication.
