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Fireboat (Fireboat.txt)

Fireboat
By Jeff Greer
For Z-code interpreters

Solution by Garry Francis
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This is a minimal solution. You'll need to EXAMINE lots of things for this solution to make
sense. Objects have a tendency to appear and disappear seemingly at random, but it's not
random, just poorly implemented. Type LOOK (or L) on a regular basis to see what has changed.

One of the major aspects of the game is travelling to different locations on the Hudson River. This
is a bit of a mess, so warrants an explanation. You can only visit four locations (or neutral) by
setting the dial in the pilot house to one of those locations. This automatically teleports you to
the after deck. Read the response carefully to see which direction you need to go to leave the
fireboat. When you've completed a task at that location, you're teleported back to the
after deck. There's nothing to do at the Statue of Liberty, so you can skip that one.

Some optional (but significant) commands are shown in parentheses. These can be omitted once you
know what to do.

(X APPARITION) (it takes the shape of a lady, you see something forming on window)
(L) (apparition has been replaced by window)
(X WINDOW) (there's writing on it)
(READ WRITING) (some writing is forming, try again in a few minutes)
(G) ("I left a note for you on the galley table - Kenyon")
F
(D)
(X KENYON) (you had a grandmother named Kenyon)
(L) (Kenyon has disappeared)
(X NOTE) (terrorist has planted bomb on Bear Bridge support towers)
(L) (there's now an eee here)
(X EEE) (you need to look it up in a maths book)
(X SHELF) (it's kept closed unless in use)
(OPEN SHELF) (you find math textbook & some novels)
(X TEXTBOOK) (eee is 11 in decimal, today is 11th, go to FDNY pier, get SWAT team)
(L) (there's now a terrorist note and FDNY note)
(X FDNY NOTE) (go to FDNY pier, get SWAT team, deliver them to Bear Bridge)
(X TERRORIST NOTE) (yep, Kenyon is your grandmother)
(U)
F
(X MAPS) (you don't need them today, just set dial to desired location)
(X LOCATIONS) (they are Bridge, FDNY, Liberty & Trawler)
(X DIAL) (it has settings for Neutral, FDNY, Trawler, Liberty & Bridge)
SET DIAL TO FDNY (you're teleported to after deck)
P
GET SWAT (you're teleported to after deck)
F
F
SET DIAL TO BRIDGE (you're teleported to after deck)
A (there's a bomb here)
DROP SWAT (they attend to bomb, you're teleported, Kenyon left another note)
F
(D) (there's now an idea note here)
(X IDEA NOTE) (terrorist is on a boat, either on Hudson or Statue of Liberty)
(U)
F
SET DIAL TO TRAWLER (you're teleported to after deck)
SB
OPEN TRUCK (you order terrorist out of truck)
(L) (the terrorist is now here)
(TALK TO TERRORIST) ("...you need to look at me and see what I'm carrying")
X TERRORIST (he's got a switch, demands to speak to president, teleported again)
F
U
SIT ON CHAIR
TURN ON SWITCH
BLAST TRUCK (you've defeated the terrorist, Kenyon has left another note)
GET UP
D
D (there's now a farewell)
X FAREWELL
***THE END***