On the Subject of Actions and Consequences

 

At this point, boss modules use more information than the government.

This module presents a 3×3 keypad, a display above it and a window to its right. Initially, the display and window will both be empty.

Certain events will cause blocks to drop into the window. Whenever a non-ignored module on the bomb is solved, a green block with a check mark will be added. Whenever any module on the bomb strikes, a red block with an X will be added. Additionally, yellow blocks with numbers will sometimes be added randomly throughout the bomb. All three of these events are accompanied by a sound effect. Note that if there are no non-ignored modules on the bomb, every instance of the Actions and Consequences module will solve automatically.

When a block is added while the window is full, the bottom-most block will fall out of the window. Ten seconds after all non-ignored modules on the bomb have been solved, the window will be emptied and the display will be filled with hyphens.

Now, use the keypad to enter a sequence of letters determined by the sequence of solves, strikes and numbers. Your input will be shown on the display above. Pressing a key before the window has been emptied will do nothing. Pressing an incorrect key will cause a strike and set the module to “recovery mode”. See Appendix R3C0V3R for information about this mode.

Calculating the Sequence of Letters

The first letter of the sequence can be obtained using the first character of the serial number, with the following rules:

• If the character is a digit, use the letter in that position in reading order on the keypad, where 0 represents the 9th key.
• Otherwise, use the letter of the keypad key with this character.
  • If no such key exists, shift this character forwards through the alphabet until such a key exists.

Then, for each solve / strike / number block in the sequence of blocks, refer to the headings on the next page to obtain the next letter(s) in the sequence.

Solve Blocks

Starting on the previous letter in the sequence, move through the keypad (in reading order and wrapping around from the bottom-right key to the top-left key) by a number of keys equal to the number of solve blocks in the sequence so far, including this block, then take the letter of the key you land on.

Strike Blocks

You will be taking ten letters, instead of one. The first of these letters is the previous letter in the sequence. The next eight are the letters that come immediately after it on the keypad (in reading order and wrapping around from the bottom-right key to the top-left key) and the final letter is on the Nth key in reading order, where N = the number of solve blocks preceding this block, modulo nine, plus one.

Number Blocks

Take the number from the 3x3 grid of the intersection in the grid below (using the number on the block) in the position of the previous letter in the sequence. Take the letter of the key in the position of the obtained number in reading order.

	_1	_2	_3	_4	_5	_6	_7	_8	_9
1_	423 548 986	861 326 489	736 874 947	753 964 481	324 586 743	897 452 245	999 999 999	162 913 687	692 537 869
2_	999 999 999	427 915 683	869 658 427	987 748 179	841 526 917	428 537 195	832 964 751	452 786 319	467 176 921
3_	728 962 351	943 386 519	287 431 164	999 999 999	361 273 987	236 712 187	893 724 635	278 359 431	981 749 598
4_	946 735 418	197 748 562	999 999 999	318 256 632	971 518 269	396 781 217	183 671 762	389 823 492	296 968 735
5_	521 785 436	839 275 984	495 712 567	891 729 386	396 467 821	999 999 999	469 238 157	617 241 368	324 256 638
6_	239 926 374	529 458 316	782 461 134	216 475 854	875 539 946	139 542 254	746 984 439	999 999 999	458 912 791
7_	125 913 876	241 735 128	816 125 584	914 582 376	729 951 476	357 962 689	328 243 561	567 176 849	999 999 999
8_	741 473 629	218 963 674	297 345 532	285 419 834	999 999 999	749 123 651	823 654 479	647 936 281	526 783 197
9_	138 457 689	999 999 999	672 389 146	278 531 692	865 542 316	834 673 768	253 716 591	857 964 593	493 129 671

Appendix R3C0V3R

Recovery mode allows the defuser to re-obtain the sequence of blocks, in case it is lost. When recovery mode is initiated, the first five blocks in the sequence are displayed. Pressing the second key in reading order will move forwards in the sequence and pressing the eighth key will move backwards. To exit recovery mode, press the fifth key.