On the Subject of Ladders

Looping the Ladders...

For those familiar with the original manual.

Stage 1 - Color Sequencing

Find all applicable color patterns in the table below. Exactly one of them will be present on the module (either as is or in reverse). Break the rungs within the pattern and press the submit button.

	3+ letters in S#	3+ numbers in S#	S# contains a vowel	S# contains C,L,1,M, or B
0-1 Batteries	P C G	O Y G	R C R	A B G
2-3 Batteries	C C A	G R P	Y B O	R C A
4+ Batteries	P O B	O R B	Y A G	P A C

Stage 2 - Binary Conversion

• Use the two colors that represent the binary number as rows/columns in the table on the next page to identify which color represents a 1.
  • The other color will represent 0.
• Read the binary number from top to bottom and convert it into decimal.
• Modify it according to the color of the rung that represents the start/end of the binary number.
• Take the result modulo 256.
• Convert back into 8-bit binary.
• Break the rungs that are in the same positions as 1s in the final binary number and press the submit button.

	Red	Orange	Yellow	Green	Blue	Cyan	Purple	Gray
Red		Orange	Red	Green	Blue	Red	Red	Gray
Orange	Orange		Yellow	Green	Orange	Cyan	Orange	Orange
Yellow	Red	Yellow		Yellow	Blue	Yellow	Purple	Gray
Green	Green	Green	Yellow		Green	Cyan	Purple	Gray
Blue	Blue	Orange	Blue	Green		Blue	Purple	Blue
Cyan	Red	Cyan	Yellow	Cyan	Blue		Cyan	Cyan
Purple	Red	Orange	Purple	Purple	Purple	Cyan		Purple
Gray	Gray	Orange	Gray	Gray	Blue	Cyan	Purple

Use the color of the start/end rung in this table

Red	Triple.	Blue	Subtract from 500.
Orange	Multiply by ports (or 2 if there are no ports).	Cyan	Multiply by the largest digit in the S# (or 2 if the largest digit is 0).
Yellow	Take the digital root and cube the result.	Purple	Add the sum of the S# digits.
Green	Add the number of modules on the bomb.	Gray	Halve, rounding up.

Stage 3 - Alphabetic Sequencing

Use the 4th character of the S# in the table below to obtain a number sequence.

Fill the “Press order” row in with the obtained number sequence.
Using the row of the absent rung color, break the corresponding rungs in ascending order of column numbers, then press the submit button.

Press order
The absent color on the ladder	Red	Y	B	A	P	C	O	G
	Orange	G	C	P	B	A	R	Y
	Yellow	O	A	B	C	P	G	R
	Green	R	P	C	Y	B	A	O
	Blue	A	Y	G	O	R	C	P
	Cyan	P	R	O	G	Y	B	A
	Purple	C	G	R	A	O	Y	B
	Gray	B	O	Y	R	G	P	C