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How do I activate all the machines in the machine room?
1 of 16: There are eight stands located at various positions throughout the machine room. You'll need to find all of them and examine each one.
2 of 16: Notice that each of the stands has a nearly identical diagram on it. The six-sided pattern is identical on each stand, but there are also some individualized markings on each stand.
3 of 16: The six-sided portion of the pattern on each stand has eight circles or gears. In addition, there are two sets of gears leading off from the top and the bottom of the six-sided pattern.
4 of 16: Each of the eight stands in the room is represented on the diagram as either a circle or a gear either on (or in) the six-sided portion of the diagram.
5 of 16: The diagram can be thought of as sort of electrical schematic.
6 of 16: The gears leading away from the top and the bottom of the diagram represent a flow of power (a beginning point and an ending point).
7 of 16: The goal is to set each stand so that power goes from the start (represented by the set of gears at the bottom of the diagram), and progresses through all of the stands (represented by the gears and circles in the diagram) and continues out through to the end (represented by the set of gears at the top).
8 of 16: Notice that you can set the handle on each stand to one of four positions. The bottom position on all stands is the "off" setting.
9 of 16: They can also be set to the left "I", the top "II", and the right "III" positions. Each of these three positions changes the flow of power.
10 of 16: In order to identify where each stand fits in the diagram, you will need to pay attention to the location of the I, II, and III on the diagram. The circle or gear that has the I, II, and III around it is the circle or gear that represents the current stand in the diagram.
11 of 16: The I, II, and III are not randomly placed around the circle or gear. Their precise location around the gear or circle is important.
12 of 16: If you could correctly interpret the meaning of the I, II, and III on each stand, the diagram would tell you what to do at each stand.
13 of 16: The I, II, and III are not labeling the lines radiating out from the circle or gear...
14 of 16: ...but instead are labeling each of the angles represented by two lines radiating out from the circle or gear. For example, if you wanted to have the power move from the right, through a gear, and out the top, you would look to see which number (I, II, or III) is sandwiched between the two lines you want to run power through.
15 of 16: Once you have a symbol (I, II, or III) from the diagram, you'll need to set the control on the stand to the matching symbol. If, for example, you want to set a stand to the angle represented by the "II", then you would set the stand to the top position, which has the matching symbol.
16 of 16: You will need to work out a plan of which direction you want the power to flow *before* you start setting the stands to be sure that power will pass through all the stands. There is more than one option that will work.
