The Control Roomfloor, upside-down ceiling, two chains

What you see

The Control Room is built twice: once on the floor and once upside down on the ceiling, 6 m above. Each of you walks one half, so the floor player sees the other walking overhead, head down. The checkpoint starts at the north end of the long purple corridor: the Goop Gun player on the floor, the Hook Gun player on the ceiling.

Both halves have the same layout. The long corridor runs south to a crossing corridor. Steps lead on south to a model of the particle accelerator with a chain console. The ceiling half's console hangs upside down directly above the floor console. The lift to the particle accelerator is at the west end of the crossing corridor, with one cabin on each half.

If you come up the lift from Offices of Tomorrow, the cabin nearer the door turns upside down on the way: its rider arrives on the ceiling half, the other on the floor half.

How it works

1. Each half has one chain, on its own console at the same spot. The floor player pulls the floor chain and the ceiling player pulls the ceiling chain. You can pull a chain by hand or with the Hook Gun.
2. A chain springs back as soon as you let go. Nothing happens until both chains are pulled all the way at the same time.
3. When both chains are pulled all the way, they lock in place and you can let go. The game also saves your progress at that moment.
4. The lift doors open 27 seconds later, on both halves. The countdown keeps going once it has started.
5. The lift starts when one of you stands in each cabin. It doesn't matter who takes which cabin, so in practice each of you takes the cabin on your own half.

Map

1234455 m

1. 1Start: north end of the long corridor (one of you on each half)
2. 2Chain console by the accelerator model (the ceiling chain hangs above it)
3. 3Lift to the particle accelerator (one cabin per half)
4. 4E-mail (one copy on each half)
5. 5Tape recorder

The e-mail by the consoles explains why the room is here: the backup manual restart is inside the accelerator chamber.

Norček Industries Message TerminalSUBJECT: NO SUBJECTThis is what happens when you allow physicists to do an engineer's job. They get giddy about their big ideas, ignore the details.On WED 17 APR at 17:00 <C.CHAPMAN@ANTARCTICA.EML.NORCEK> wroteDr Doyle - I know this might be a naive question, but why do we have the backup manual restart inside the accelerator chamber? Given anyone inside would be instantly vapourised at power-up, surely it would have been sensible to leave it outside the door?

Where to find this document

Tape recorder: Hi [static], it's Devin [static] again and uhh...

Solution

Common mistakes

• Pulling the chains one after the other. Each chain springs back when you let go, so both must be all the way down at the same moment.
• Letting go too early. Hold until both chains lock in place.
• Expecting the lift straight away. The doors open 27 seconds after the chains.
• Giving directions with left and right. They are swapped for the ceiling player.
• Both of you trying to ride in the same cabin. The lift only starts with one player in each cabin.