Difference between revisions of "3.08 Send Me Back Redux"

Revision as of 08:53, 11 April 2011

Order

3.07

Status

::UNCLAIMED::

Location

In the lab.

Type

Mandatory Puzzle

Plot Setup

With the players' help, Prof. Chronus has repaired and re-calibrated the time machine. This time the remote viewfinder works well, so he simply instructs Prof. Chronus to send him to the pre-determined coordinates so he may complete his mission. The players watch him stick the letter into the locker, as he planned all along.

Props

Short movie of Doctor When delivering the letter.

Plot Point to Convey

The players must enter the time machine themselves to tamper with the letter.

Short Description

Players use the time machine to go back to 1986.

Detailed Description

The puzzle is to (optionally) figure out how to gain admittance to the time machine, if it is guarded, and then (mandatory) to figure out how to operate it. They will have to either make it re-activate the last known settings, and/or interpret the readout that still shows those settings.

Puzzle Solution

The location of the Science Fair, where the time portal appears.

Puzzle Answer

Budget

Credits

Manager

Hints

To Do

Other Notes

Prof. Chronos notes the time/date and says something like "That's odd, that's when we were both in high school. Wonder what he's up to. Oh well!" ... and pushes the button to send Doctor When there.

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 ==Location==
-Probably out of the lab.
+In the lab.
 ==Type==
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 ==Plot Setup==
-With the players' help, Prof. Chronus has repaired and re-calibrated the time machine. But Doctor When is still stuck at the very beginning of time. Prof. Chronus will focus the remote viewfinder on Doctor When. But all they see is a dark screen. "Hello? Is anyone there? It's totally dark here. Oops...I think I knocked something over. Hold it...there's some light now.... Whoa. It's getting bigger. Fast. You better get me out of here. Now! Send me to these time and space coordinates: garble." Unfortunately because of the intensity of the Big Bang or the long time gap, the message is garbled. (Erik's note: I like the above, but any concern about disconnect between "get me out of here NOW!" and the fact that players will take X minutes to solve the puzzle? Another option that we've discussed is to have the audio not work because of the huge time distance/Big Bang static, so the Dr. does a funny dance or something that needs to be decoded.)
+With the players' help, Prof. Chronus has repaired and re-calibrated the time machine. This time the remote viewfinder works well, so he simply instructs Prof. Chronus to send him to the pre-determined coordinates so he may complete his mission.  The players watch him stick the letter into the locker, as he planned all along.
 ==Props==
-Short movie of Doctor When running away from the Big Bang that he just caused..
+Short movie of Doctor When delivering the letter.
 ==Plot Point to Convey==
-Solution conveys the point that Dr. When is trying to get to the mid-80's, which is when he was in high school.
+The players must enter the time machine themselves to tamper with the letter.
 ==Short Description==
-Paper puzzle with garbled transmission from Dr. When? Or, as mentioned in the 2nd option above, a wacky dance on video?
+Players use the time machine to go back to 1986.
 ==Detailed Description==
+The puzzle is to (optionally) figure out how to gain admittance to the time machine, if it is guarded, and then (mandatory) to figure out how to operate it. They will have to either make it re-activate the last known settings, and/or interpret the readout that still shows those settings.
 ==Puzzle Solution==
-The time, date, and possibly location of the morning before the "Science Fair Incident". (Any time/date format is probably okay.)
+The location of the Science Fair, where the time portal appears.
 ==Puzzle Answer==
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 ==Other Notes==
 Prof. Chronos notes the time/date and says something like "That's odd, that's when we were both in high school. Wonder what he's up to. Oh well!" ... and pushes the button to send Doctor When there.
-We may not even have to "really" run this puzzle again. Perhaps Prof. Chronus asks for the date/time/coordinates and they simply tell it to her (much to her surprise--"are you all industrial spies? How do you know so much? Are you from the future?!")
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