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Welcome to the station ticket office. The first ticket record was cancelled; a later checked record tells the useful story. Your team has the original records on the table. First recover five pieces of information, then use the final plan to locate the lost ticket. Keep every result beside its badge so another teammate can check your reasoning.
Rotate player roles · Choose a useful hint · Manage two teams
Start with the status field in Ticket slips.
The tag links an item to a bay; rows in separate records need not line up.
Keep only entries meeting every status test. Follow each printed join to the report field; do not guess from row position.
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.
Read each supply card and the three required needs.
A light card alone may leave a need uncovered; a shared supply counts for both needs.
Compare complete combinations, adding each chosen card weight once. Reject any combination over the limit before choosing the lightest.
E
Compare coverage before weight. Only complete kits qualify; minimize their combined weight and report the selected cards in alphabetical order. Result: E.
Compare the same numbered position in the two strips.
A difference belongs to a pair of positions and is counted once, even when both shapes differ.
Mark every changed pair, check the unmarked pairs, then count your marks. Ignore titles and box outlines.
4
Different positions are 1, 3, 4, 6. There are 4 differences. Result: 4.
Find opening stock, closing stock and the DONE or CANCELLED marks.
Only completed entries change stock. A cancelled plan cannot be added or subtracted.
Apply every known completed change to opening stock. Compare that result with closing stock to recover the missing completed return.
9
Known stock: 9 + 4 - 1 = 12. Closing stock 21 minus 12 gives the missing return 9. Cancelled +7 never arrived. Result: 9.
Find the column letters and row numbers on the grid.
A coordinate gives column first and row second; keep the printed coordinate order.
Read the full word before using the conversion table. If the word is missing, recheck each row and column rather than choosing a similar word.
3
C1, D2, A1, A1 reads PASS. The conversion table gives 3. Result: 3.
Keep the five named results beside the final plan and find the key for each badge.
Each badge controls a different fact, road leg, order note, pulse or habitat layer. Use the matching key exactly once.
Check the completed product against all five recovered facts. If two answers remain, locate the fact that distinguishes them rather than guessing.
BAY-C
Translate each recovered result through its named evidence key. Each location must match all five recovered features. Both values occur equally often in each column, so the location plan alone cannot identify the answer. Checked result: BAY-C.
Pause whenever the group needs a break. This is a planning estimate.