joshuaandClaude Opus 5.5
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Estimates were 2-8x longer than actual playthroughs. Base them on recorded best times, rounded up to a multiple of 5 minutes, and drop difficulties to 1-2 keys since no game warrants 3. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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id: station-echo
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engine: story
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category: escape-room
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title: "Signal Lost: Station Echo"
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tagline: An Antarctic research station. The power's out. The air is running thin.
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estimatedMinutes: 15
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difficulty: 2
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players: { min: 2, max: 2 }
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theme: { primary: "#2b6f8a", accent: "#7fe3ff", background: "#060d12", headingFont: "Playfair Display" }
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roles:
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A:
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name: Comms Officer
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blurb: You're locked in the radio room. Manuals, crew records, the commander's logs.
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B:
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name: Engineer
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blurb: You're in the generator bay. Panels, plaques, sensors, and a blinking warning light.
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intro: |
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**Station Echo**, Antarctica. Winter. Six months of night.
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A storm knocked out the main power at 02:14. The rest of the crew evacuated on the last shuttle.
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You two missed it. Now you're sealed in separate modules, talking over a crackly intercom.
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Emergency air: **45 minutes.** Restore the generator, find the leak, and call home.
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chapters:
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- id: ch1
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title: The Warning Light
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narrative: |
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In the generator bay, a red warning lamp is blinking a pattern. Over and over.
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The station computer is down. That light is trying to tell you something.
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clues:
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A:
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- id: a1-morse
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title: Radio room laminated card
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type: table
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body: |
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| | | | | | |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| A `.-` | B `-...` | C `-.-.` | D `-..` | E `.` | F `..-.` |
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| G `--.` | H `....` | I `..` | J `.---` | K `-.-` | L `.-..` |
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| M `--` | N `-.` | O `---` | P `.--.` | Q `--.-` | R `.-.` |
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| S `...` | T `-` | U `..-` | V `...-` | W `.--` | X `-..-` |
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| Y `-.--` | Z `--..` | | | | |
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*Short flash = dot. Long flash = dash. Long dark gap = new letter.*
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B:
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- id: b1-lamp
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title: Generator bay warning lamp
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type: signal
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signal: "...-/./-./-"
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body: |
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A red lamp, pulsing in short and long flashes, then going dark and starting again.
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Describe what you see to the Comms Officer.
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lock:
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id: lock-lamp
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prompt: What is the warning light saying?
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inputType: text
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format: One word
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answers: ["VENT"]
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hints:
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- The Engineer should call out "short" or "long" for each flash, and say when there's a gap.
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- There are four letters. The first is three short flashes and a long one.
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- V · E · N · T.
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successText: |
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**VENT.** The air vents are open to a breached module. Somewhere, your air is leaking out.
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A panel lights up: *SEAL BREACHED MODULE TO CONTINUE.*
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keyName: Signal Key
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- id: ch2
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title: Find the Breach
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narrative: |
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Five modules. One of them is bleeding air. Seal the wrong one, and you waste the time you don't have.
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clues:
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A:
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- id: a2-readings
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title: Live pressure readings (radio room screen)
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type: table
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body: |
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| Module | Code | Pressure now (kPa) |
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|-----------------|-------|--------------------|
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| Habitat | HAB-1 | 98.1 |
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| Laboratory | LAB-2 | 85.0 |
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| Greenhouse | GRN-3 | 64.0 |
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| Comms | COM-4 | 70.2 |
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| Docking bay | DCK-5 | 110.0 |
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B:
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- id: b2-baseline
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title: Engineering plaque, generator bay
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type: document
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body: |
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**NORMAL OPERATING PRESSURE**
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HAB-1: 101.3 · LAB-2: 101.3 · GRN-3: 95.0 · COM-4: 90.0 · DCK-5: 120.0 (kPa)
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⚠️ **A module is BREACHED when its pressure has dropped by MORE THAN 30% of normal.**
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lock:
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id: lock-breach
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prompt: Which module is breached? (module code)
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inputType: text
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format: e.g. ABC-1
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answers: ["GRN3", "GREENHOUSE", "GRN"]
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hints:
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- Work out each module's drop as a percentage of its own normal pressure.
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- Comms dropped about 22%. Lab dropped about 16%. One drops by over 30%.
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- "Greenhouse: 95 → 64 is a drop of about 33%."
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successText: |
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Blast doors thunder shut on the **Greenhouse**. The hissing stops.
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The air gauge steadies. Now get the power back on.
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keyName: Seal Key
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- id: ch3
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title: Generator Restart
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narrative: |
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The generator console wants a restart code. A sticky note is taped to the console.
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clues:
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A:
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- id: a3-roster
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title: Crew roster (radio room)
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type: table
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body: |
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| Crew member | Status at 02:30 |
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|---------------|-----------------|
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| Cmdr Okafor | Evacuated ✈️ |
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| Dr Lindqvist | Evacuated ✈️ |
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| Dr Petersen | Aboard |
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| Sgt Moyo | Aboard |
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| Dr Chen | Evacuated ✈️ |
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| Tech Ruiz | Evacuated ✈️ |
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| **You (Comms)** | Aboard |
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| **You (Engineer)** | Aboard |
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| Cook Dlamini | Aboard |
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B:
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- id: b3-sticky
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title: Sticky note on the console
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type: note
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body: |
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*Restart code = our call-sign number × crew still aboard. Don't forget to count yourselves! — Ruiz*
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- id: b3-callsign
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title: Station plaque
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type: photo
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body: |
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*A brass plaque by the door: **STATION ECHO · CALL SIGN EC-127**.*
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lock:
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id: lock-generator
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prompt: Enter the generator restart code.
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inputType: code
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format: Up to 4 digits
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answers: ["635"]
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hints:
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- You need the call-sign number and the number of people still aboard.
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- Five people are still aboard, including the two of you.
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- 127 × 5 = 635.
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successText: |
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The generator coughs, then roars. Lights flood every module.
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The radio room's long-range transmitter warms up. One more message and you're going home.
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keyName: Power Key
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finale:
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type: escape
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prompt: The transmitter is receiving a coded beacon from the rescue plane. Reply with the same word to confirm.
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clues:
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A:
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- id: af-beacon
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title: Radio room beacon lamp
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type: signal
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signal: "..../---/--/."
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body: |
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The incoming-signal lamp is flashing a pattern from the rescue plane.
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Describe it to the Engineer.
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B:
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- id: bf-chart
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title: Morse chart taped inside the generator panel
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type: table
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body: |
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| | | | | | |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| A `.-` | B `-...` | C `-.-.` | D `-..` | E `.` | F `..-.` |
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| G `--.` | H `....` | I `..` | J `.---` | K `-.-` | L `.-..` |
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| M `--` | N `-.` | O `---` | P `.--.` | Q `--.-` | R `.-.` |
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| S `...` | T `-` | U `..-` | V `...-` | W `.--` | X `-..-` |
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| Y `-.--` | Z `--..` | | | | |
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lock:
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id: lock-beacon
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prompt: Transmit the beacon word.
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inputType: text
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format: One word
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answers: ["HOME"]
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hints:
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- Roles have swapped. This time the Comms Officer reads the light.
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- Four letters. The first is four short flashes.
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- H · O · M · E.
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successEnding: |
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**HOME.** The radio crackles: *"Echo, we read you. Wheels down in ten. Put the kettle on."*
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Through the frost on the window, landing lights cut through the polar night.
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**You escaped!** 📡🔑
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