2.13 Consolidation 2

Order

2.08

Status

::REVISE::

Location

Status: Paine Memorial High School Gymnasium

GC PoC: Erik & Melissa

Parking: N/A

Notes: the week before the 2012 science fair, Reserved

Type

Mandatory Puzzle

Plot Setup

Players have helped Doctor When get the time machine working again. And Prof. Chronos has her locker combination (for whatever reson she needs it). The players have been sent to the gym to watch her return, but it can't happen until enough of the chronomentometers are fixed.

Props

• 16 copies of Restaurant Coupon Puzzle
• 1 Hint sheet for Restaurant Coupon
• Sound system (including microphone)
• Videos of Act II, Scenes 4 & 5
• 16 copies of local restaurant suggestions
• Lab coat (should already have from previous site)
• Peach Frontier Laboratories name badge and lanyard (should already have from previous site)
• 18 blank Chronomentometer grids (5 per team, with 2 spares)
• Any leftover Chronomentometer sets
• Projector
• Screen
• Wei-Hwa and his laptop and his phone and a USB cable for tethering Assistant for Wei-Hwa (if possible)

Plot Point to Convey

Once all the chronomentometers are fixed, Prof. Chronos can safely be returned to the present-day lab.

Short Description

Final fix before Prof. Chronos can be returned to the present.

Open Time Period

Saturday, 10 AM-noon

Staff Instructions

Your Role: Lab assistants at Peach Frontier Laboratories.

Handout Instructions: The main activity at the gym is to watch the remaining Act II videos at 7:20 AM. If a team arrives before then offer them a choice of how to pass the time: they can either rest (in their vans?) or help with the final fixes on the time machine (more puzzles).

So when a if team arrives after 7:00 AM then say something like:

Great to see you. We almost have the time machine able to send that strange series of numbers back to Prof. Chronos. Please hang out till 7:20 AM and I think we'll be able to show you the results then.

So when a if team arrives before 7:00 AM then say something like:

Great to see you. Unfortunately although we got the View-O-Scope working well enough for you to watch Prof. Chronos in 1986, the rest of the machine isn't yet able to send that strange series of numbers back to her. If you're up to it, you can help us with the final repairs. But you also look sort of tired, so you're welcome to rest till we have it fixed.

If the team chooses to rest, then say something like:

I understand. You guys get some rest. But be back here by 7:20 AM, no later. We expect to have it fixed by then and we'll be able to show you the results of all your hard work.

If team chooses to help, then use the staff instructions of the Restaurant Coupon puzzle.

If they finish after 7:00 AM, then just ask them to wait with words to the effect of,

Thank you so much. We almost have the time machine able to send that strange series of numbers back to Prof. Chronos. Please hang out till 7:20 AM and I think we'll be able to show you the results then.

If they finish before 6:00 AM, ask them for more help by doing the remaining role puzzles. See their instruction sheets for handout wording.

Once they've finished the remaining role puzzles or after 7:00 AM, say to them

Thanks so much for doing that. I think the only thing left is to get all those chronomentometers fixed. But you've done so much already, I hesitate to ask you to fix more of them... but then again, you're so talented at doing that and we still have a lot left to repair, and the lab boys are getting better at fixing them. So, if you want, you can take a break, or you can help us fix the remaining ones.

• Do lab assistant skit (see attached script)
• Show videos

Then say words to the effect of

Hooray, you've rescued Professor Chronos! Unfortunately we've had to cancel the reception at the museum because of our...technical difficulties. Instead please just return to the lab for debriefing.

Hold it...there's a bit of residual tachyonic radiation at the lab...probably wouldn't cause cranial warts.

Well, those darn OSHA government regulators might object. Why don't you just let it die down a bit. Wait till 9 AM. Perhaps you could get yourself some breakfast between now and then--here's a list of nearby restaurants. But definitely don't go back before 9 AM.

• Hand out local restaurant suggestion sheets
• Usher them out

Site Close Down:

• Pack up A/V equipment and all 2012 artifacts
• Return your name badge(s) and lanyard to GC HQ at the end of your shift

Other Instructions:

• Stay in character.
• Except ... if a team says "time out," break character and help them.

Detailed Description

Chronomentometer puzzles must be collectively solved by the teams. They work together in mild competition until all teams have arrived.

There are a maximum of 40 puzzles per team (640 puzzles in week 1, 680 puzzles in week 2) available. Initially, only 10 puzzles per team are "broken" (160 puzzles in week 1, 170 puzzles in week 2). A GC member should be pacing the release of new "broken" puzzles so that teams are on track to have everything solved at the end of the consolidation.

GROSS is available at: http://peachfrontier.com/cmm/gross.html

The admin console is at: http://peachfrontier.com/cmm/nimda.html

The display dashboard is at: http://peachfrontier.com/cmm/dashboard.php

GROSS should display properly on smartphones and Internet-enabled tablets.

It'll be blindingly obvious once you log in and when you see the display dashboard that individual team information is anonymized and only role information is shared. At least, that's my hope.

There are five "fake teams" -- the "Lab" and one team from each faction. The "fake teams" solve TASCs periodically -- namely, the system makes suggestions and the human GC member approves them. The goal is to keep the five total SCOREs close. Yes, it's not fair. Neither is Mario Kart.

How To Give To Teams

Thank God you're here. Just a few hours ago we discovered that the damage to the chronomentometers was much more extensive than we thought; apparently while the four chronomentometers were out of commission (thank you for repairing that, by the way) the extra load on the time machine translated to extra stress and soon more of the chronomentometers blew up. And of course that created a positive feedback loop so soon...

(early teams) ...things are going to get really out of hand if we don’t enough help soon. (later teams) …things got really out of hand, so we need as much help as we can get.

So we’re calling in all the stops. We’ve got you, all the other guests you saw at the Grand Unveiling, as well as teams from all over the country -- Journalists, Scientists, Government Officials, Investors. And of course the lab assistants back at Trenchwood are working on this heavily as well.

I don’t have any experience managing groups this large, so we did a quick web search for “gross repair operations,” and the first thing we found was this management software called “Gross Repair Operations Supervision System,” so I’m trying to learn how to use that. Since you’ve been so excellent at repairing things, consider yourself a repair crew now!

Let’s see... I’m supposed to give you this User’s Manual, this login sheet, and, ah yes, you’ve been assigned to a bunch of TASCs. You know, you are totally looking like you've used this software before, so I'm just going to let you get to it.

I have a very good feeling that if we can just get all the chronomentometers working again, we’ll finally be able to get the Professor back. Thanks again for all your help.

Manager

Wei-Hwa

Response to Correct Answer

Head lab assistant announces words to the effect of,

You've done it! Now we can watch how everything unfold in 1986.

To Do

• Design server software for accepting answers
• Test on LAN