Welcome to the paper lighthouse. The training cards give pairs of meanings in mixed order; shared signals reveal the missing legend. Your team has the original records on the table. First recover five pieces of information, then use the final plan to configure the fog-bell panel. Keep every result beside its badge so another teammate can check your reasoning.
In an unordered pair, a word cannot be assigned by its left/right position. Use the overlap with another pair.
Hint 3
Give each signal a different word, check every training example and only then decode the received message in its printed order.
Reveal host answer
REST-WAIT
A consistent one-to-one mapping satisfies every training example. Use the complete mapping to read the two-signal message in order. Result: REST-WAIT.
2. Record
Hint 1
Start with the status field in Bell log.
Hint 2
The tag links an item to a bay; rows in separate records need not line up.
Hint 3
Keep only entries meeting every status test. Follow each printed join to the report field; do not guess from row position.
Reveal host answer
RING
Check source status first, then join the matching tag and bay. The useful information comes from separate records, not their printed row order. Result: RING.
3. Path
Hint 1
Find S, F, the required-stop list and any CLOSED edge.
Hint 2
A cheap shortcut is not a complete journey if it skips a required stop.
Hint 3
List the legal complete paths, add their edge costs and compare only paths that meet every condition.
Reveal host answer
S-A-C-F
Discard closed roads and paths missing A. Add the costs of every remaining edge; the lowest eligible total determines the whole route. Result: S-A-C-F.
4. Order
Hint 1
Read the event letters and all three witness notes.
Hint 2
Join immediately-before pairs as a block; other before notes set the direction between blocks.
Hint 3
Try the remaining positions, then check every note against your full order before reading the requested position.
Reveal host answer
C
The before relationships connect all four events. Place linked cards, check any immediate handoff and then read the specified position. Result: C.
5. Habitat
Hint 1
Read the beacon lens cards and the requirements.
Hint 2
Compare the same named feature across cards; check negative requirements as carefully as positive ones.
Hint 3
Keep a card only if it passes every requirement. Point to the failing feature before crossing out each alternative.
Reveal host answer
HOOD
Compare all printed features with every positive and negative requirement. Reject each near match using the particular requirement it fails. Result: HOOD.
6. Final
Needs: Signal, Record, Path, Order, Habitat
Hint 1
Find the starting states, dial order and pulse-card key.
Hint 2
Each selected vector lists turns for every dial. Several different cards can affect the same dial.
Hint 3
Add one dial column at a time to its starting state, wrap around the three-state loop, then check that all five pulse cards were used.
Reveal host answer
A2-B0-C1-D2-E2
Select one pulse card for each of the five badge results. Add the turns by dial column to the printed starting states and wrap each total around 0, 1, 2. The checked configuration is A2-B0-C1-D2-E2; each pulse pair has equal size and total turns, so its shape does not identify the correct choice.
Suggested timeline
3 minutes: Read the opening. Show the evidence record and choose starting roles.
5 minutes: Solve Signal. Offer one hint at a time and rotate roles after checking.
5 minutes: Solve Record. Offer one hint at a time and rotate roles after checking.
5 minutes: Solve Path. Offer one hint at a time and rotate roles after checking.
5 minutes: Solve Order. Offer one hint at a time and rotate roles after checking.
5 minutes: Solve Habitat. Offer one hint at a time and rotate roles after checking.
7 minutes: Build the checked five-dial configuration using all five results.
3 minutes: Read the ending. Ask each teammate to explain one rejected alternative.
Pause whenever the group needs a break. This is a planning estimate.