> > > > > i dont have a scooby about any of it. Could someone at least give me a starting point
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> > > > >
> > > > > Leather Briefcase
> > > > > Supply Room Card
> > > > > Radio Receiver
> > > > > Plastic Cup
> > > > >
> > > > > Employment Papers
> > > > > Business Card
> > > > > Fire Extinguisher
> > > > > Round Pot
> > > > >
> > > > > I.D. Card
> > > > > Crowbar
> > > > > ISO Officer's Cap
> > > > > Small Mirror
> > > > >
> > > > > Passcard (CQ60537)
> > > > > Light Tube
> > > > > Washcloth
> > > > > Cactus
> > > > >
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> > > > Four point in one direction, two point in the opposite direction. And you have to balance it out.
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> > > > I think Sawyer will also have a hint about the boosters; I know he does about the conduits later on.
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> > > > -Mandi "think regular pattern" aka Chaos
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> > > ive tryed hundereds of ways to do this - but i still cant get it. I think its got something to do with the numbers in front of the eight/three (0,1,2) but i seem to be getting nowhere
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> > The relevant clues are in just two places. One, obviously, is the instructions you get from Johnson -- four boosters point so as to provide a push in the direction the station is already rotating, and the other two point in a direction opposite to those first four (think of the last two as potential "brakes" if the station is found to be rotating too fast). But if you were going to apply these "brakes", you'd want to have them located exactly opposite one another on the station -- three positions apart -- so that there's no net force (just a torque) applied to the station. This keeps the station from drifting off in the wrong direction.
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> > The other clue can be found in your quarters on the computer terminal. Along with the other information telling you which meridian various places are located, you can find out which direction the station rotates (and then apply the main clue, the instructions). Alternatively, you can go and talk to the clerk in Docking Bay A, and he'll tell you which direction this is, plain and simple.
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> > Possible point of confusion: I said two things that might seem contradictory if you're not totally clear on the big picture. The two "braking" boosters face in the same direction, and yet they counterbalance so that when applied at the same time, there's no net force on the station (i.e., they point in opposite directions). The reason for this is that "direction" is used in terms of the local directions "north", "south", "west", and "east" in the first case, and it's used in the usual 3-D sense in the second case.
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> > So, in clearer terms, the two "braking" boosters both have to point north, or both point east, or both point south, or both point west, but in real 3-D space they're pointing in opposite directions because the local directions have reversed going from one spot to the other.
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> i only have one more question....................................................................................................will you marry me ! lol - thanx so much, i thot i was gonna go crazy tryin 2 do that. Ill probs still need help with the power conduct job too tho - so dont go anywhere! lol

Sure, no problem. There are many more posts about the conduits on the forum if you need help. Make sure you can visualize the layout and the rules, and it might not be as hard as it seems at first.