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Contents
Act 1
Mandatory Presentation
::FINAL-READY::
Doctor When gives intro speech, steps inside time machine, which malfunctions and he never exits.
Erik
1.02 Core Dump 1
Mandatory Puzzle
::FINAL-READY::
Each team is given a corrupted "Toggle Burner" core dump board + core dump printout to decode in order to figure out what's wrong with the time machine.
Dwight
1.03 Tachyon Midi Ether Co-Keypad 1
Mandatory Puzzle
::FINAL-READY::
Team designs new co-keypad #34 based on specifications from Prof. Dorian Clair to replace damaged one.
Wei-Hwa
1.04 Choose Your Own Adventure
Mandatory Puzzle
::FINAL-READY::
A "Choose your own adventure" book "The Dextrus of Tempus" written by Wesley while he was in high school contains his password in a hidden code.
Trisha and Wei-Hwa
1.06 Calibration
Mandatory Puzzle
::FINAL-READY::
Teams have to predict next time Doctor When will bounce to based on DVD containing short clips of where he's been so far.
Allen
1.08 Send Me Back
Mandatory Puzzle
::FINAL-READY::
Garbled silent video message from Doctor When instructing where to send him.
Sean
1.10 Locate the Letter
Mandatory Puzzle
::FINAL-READY::
Players must study the video of the Doctor's journey through time to figure out where he lost the envelope.
Allen
1.11 Fetch the Letter
Mandatory Puzzle
::FINAL-READY::
Retrieve the envelope from where it's been waiting for 50 years.
Sean
1.12 Consolidation 1
1.10
Mandatory Puzzle followed by Mandatory Presentation
::REVISE::
Final fix before Doctor can be returned to the present.
Wei-Hwa
1.11.02a Balance Sheet Puzzle
Optional Puzzle (INVESTOR)
::FINAL-READY::
An unusual financial balance sheet reveals instructions on how to raise money.
Allen
1.11.02b Income Statement
Optional Puzzle (INVESTOR)
::FINAL-READY::
Followup to Balance Sheet; bizarre income statement reveals another message.
Allen
1.11.01 Intense Secrets
Optional Puzzle (JOURNALISM)
::FINAL-READY::
A pulp science fiction story written by Doctor When is discovered in the past.
Erik Stuart
1.07 Feynman Diagrams
1.06.02
Optional Puzzle
::PROTO::
Players have to decode modified Feynman particle interaction diagrams to design placement of mirrors in device.
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1.11.03 Particle Zoo
Optional Puzzle (SCIENTIST)
::FINAL-READY::
Players need to classify a large number of "particles" (similar images).
David Greenspan
1.05.3 Wormhole
Optional Puzzle
::FINAL-READY::
Particle maze in mirror grid
Eric L
1.11.04 (REDACTED) Redaction Agency Puzzle
Optional Puzzle (GOVERNMENT)
::FINAL-READY::
Optional role puzzle--government. Teams are told that there is a suspected mole at the lab.
Wei-Hwa
1.00 Registration
Mandatory Event
::FINAL-READY::
Visitors turn in their waivers and are given "security badges"
Erik
1.09 Fabric of Time
Optional Puzzle
::FINAL-READY::
The fabric of history has been subtly altered and must be restored.
Sean
1.07.05 Location: Letterman
Location With Multiple Puzzles
::Revise::
1.11.00 Role Puzzles
Optional Puzzles
::Revise::
Directions on how to keep track of which teams do which role puzzles.
Trisha and Wei-Hwa
1.03.05 Co-Keypad Optional Driving Puzzles
Optional, ongoing Puzzle
::Revise::
Originally we thought there was only one co-keypad broken, but now there's a lot more. Teams can fix them as they're travelling, if they wish.
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