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The satellite desk received a coded message, a damaged copy and three operator records. Use the printed evidence to choose the valid call-sign card. Collect five named badge digits and use the final sheet. Every clue is on the table; ask the host for one hint at a time.
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Use the letter under each named shape.
The first two shapes give B then E. Decode the remaining shapes the same way.
Write BE first, then one letter per remaining shape. Choose the table row matching the whole message.
4
The decoded word is BEAM; its row gives 4.
Compare position 1 with position 1, not with a nearby matching shape.
Position 1 is one difference: heart in A, hexagon in B. Mark it once.
Compare the remaining numbered pairs one by one. Add one mark for each unequal pair, then count all your marks.
3
Different positions are 1, 4, 6. There are 3 differences.
No item can belong to two people. Cross out each forbidden pairing.
Orion cannot have two items, so Orion must have Dish.
Cross Dish off for the other two people. Apply the last NOT rule, then find Lyra's item.
7
Nova has Panel; Orion has Dish; Lyra has Relay. Lyra's item gives 7.
Loose units are not parcels. Every parcel has equal weight.
Remove 4 loose units from 12. That leaves 8 for the equal parcels.
Share 8 equally among 2 parcels. Substitute one parcel's weight into the second rule.
4
Remove 4 from 12; share 8 among 2 parcels to get 4. Check 2 x 4 + 3 = 11.
Columns A–D run left to right. Rows 1–3 run top to bottom.
The first coordinate B3 means column B, row 3. Its letter is B.
Begin with B, then read C1, D2, A1 in order. Use the complete word's conversion row.
7
B3, C1, D2, A1 reads BEAM. The conversion table gives 7.
Keep all five named badge results beside this sheet.
Use C1=Message, C2=Copy, C3=Operator, C4=Battery, C5=Channel.
Each wrong record differs in just one column. Cross out all five wrong records, then copy the complete remaining code.
02107
Only Record A matches all five columns. Copy its printed code 02107.
Pause whenever the group needs a break. This is a planning estimate.