Optimizing Times of The Teardrop

Just shed some tears on a first timer module. I dunno. Cry about it.

Original Manual

Step 1: The Crying Digit

• Take the first row from the top of Table 1 whose indicator is present.
• Use the first column in reading order whose conditions are satisfied.
• The intersection of this results in a single digit.

Table 1

Indicator	Even number of ports	Odd number of batteries	Sum of serial number digits is composite	More lit indicators than unlit indicators	Otherwise:
BOB	6	5	6	8	0
CAR	9	8	2	4	0
CLR	4	0	3	6	7
FRK	2	9	9	9	7
FRQ	1	5	0	3	5
IND	4	6	9	9	2
MSA	2	1	1	5	9
NSA	6	8	9	4	8
SIG	6	6	6	5	5
SND	0	2	8	3	0
TRN	3	6	6	8	8
none	3	0	7	8	4

Step 2: The Encrypted Display

• Some words can be decrypted without needing this step.
• First, start with “ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ”.
• Then apply the following operations to the string if their respective conditions are satisfied.

Table 2. String Operations

Condition	Operation
Both a single Parallel port and a Lit BOB indicator are present.	Ignore all the conditions and operations underneath
The number of batteries and the number of ports are both odd.	Reverse the string.
The sum of the digits of the serial number is prime.	Take the letters ‘P’, ‘R’, ‘I’, ‘M’, and ‘E’ out, then place “PRIME” at the front of the string.
There are more batteries than letters in the serial number.	Cut the string in half, then place the second half in front of the first.
The serial number contains at least one character in the word “TEARPOD”.	Take the letters ‘C’, ‘R’, and ‘Y’ out, then place “CRY” at the end of the string.
The total number of modules is even.	Take the letter in the position of the last digit* of the serial number, then place it at the end.
The total number of modules is odd.	Take the letter in the position of the first digit* of the serial number, then place it at the end.

*If the digit is a 0, apply to the 10th letter in the string instead.

• Then, place “ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ” above the string you obtained from the conditions.
• Convert each letter of the text in the display from the top row to the bottom row to decrypt it. You will always get one of the words in the table on the next page.

Example:
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
QKXYFJVDZSBGHLARNWUPIOCETM

(top row) PXLPXY → (bottom row) REGRET

Possible Decrypted Words

Step 3: Sum it all up.

• Obtain the value determined by decrypting the display, using the digit to the right of the word, of the table provided.
• Add this with the digit obtained from step 1 and take the last digit of the sum.
• Press the teardrop when the last digit of the timer matches this number.

Possible Decrypted Words + Encodings

If the expert would prefer to mark each letter by its occurrence in the word, this table can be used. Colored cells mark ambiguity within the same group.