3.03 Tachyon Midi Ether Co-Keypad 1 Redux

Status

::FINAL-READY::

Location

See 3.00 Registration Redux

GC Point of Contact

Erik & Melissa

Location Notes

Lab

Type

Mandatory Puzzle

Plot Setup

• Players have just fixed Prof. Chronus's time machine and are returning to Peach Frontier Laboratories to see her re-materialize.
• But upon returning to the lab they found it is once again Trenchwood Institute and they realized they are right back at the beginning of the Act I timeline
• The Doctor's time machine demonstration has once again gone awry.
• Prof. Chronos pulled out a core dump and the players were able to (surprisingly quickly) tell Prof. Chronus unscramble it diagnose that there's a problem with machine's midi ether co-keypads

Props

none

Plot Point to Convey

The machine is partially fixed after keypads are repaired.

Open Time Period

Sunday, around 9:20 AM

Staff Instructions

See script. Prof. Chronos looks inside the time machine and notices that co-keypad #34 is broken. She is then shocked that the visitors just happen to have a new design on their camera phone.

Other Instructions:

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

Detailed Description

One of the following:

• Same exact puzzles as in Act I, with same solution
• New puzzles, not used in Act I
• Skip this whole step, diverting attention to Jiffy Pop while lab assistants "repair" the keypads

Puzzle Answer

Same as Act I.

Hints

Ask teams what they have done, probing details if necessary (often this will get a team unstuck by themselves).

Response to Correct Answer

n/a