Parbexia

Now cadets, in order for you to complete your training, you will need to be allocated your role. To help us allocate your role, we need you to complete a quick questionnaire to find the task best suited to you. Are you ready to begin? As a reminder, here are the roles available to you: <iframe width="650" height="400" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DuSnucV1EdY?rel=0&autoplay=1&loop=1" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> **Young Parbexian Explorers** **Par-Vists** (not available to you at this time) **Par-Vestors** **Par-Technicians** **Senior Parbexians Implementers** (not available to you at this time) Very well, here is your first question: **Do you mind travelling long distances?** [[Yes ->Question 2a]] [[No -> Question 2]]

**Congratulations, you have proven yourself worthy as a Par-Vestor!** <iframe width="650" height="400" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GAQqNGwVv30?rel=0&autoplay=1&loop=1" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> [[Meet your colleagues ->Meet Colleagues]]

**Congratulations, you have the potential to be a very successful commander one day, with that in mind, we are enrolled you as a Young Par Bexian Explorer** <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tEcTG-KB8oA?rel=0&autoplay=1&loop=1" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> [[Meet your colleagues ->Meet Colleagues]]

**Congratulations, you are clearly a natural Par-Technician and now have full security clearance** <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cGea_0W5TwI?rel=1&autoplay=1&loop=1" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> [[Meet your colleagues ->Meet Colleagues]]

**Congratulations, you have the potential to be a very successful commander one day, with that in mind, we are enrolling you as a Young Par Bexian Explorer** <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tEcTG-KB8oA?rel=0&autoplay=1&loop=1" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> [[Meet your colleagues ->Meet Colleagues]]

Professor Captiosus has now allocated you your role in the Cadet Programme. It is your first night off duty and you decide to get to know your colleagues better. Interestingly, all of your colleagues apart from one, a Par Technician called Solum, come from the North of Par Bexia. Solum is sitting alone in the canteen. What do you do? [[Speak to Solum, introduce yourself and find out more about Solum - after all, knowing a Par Technician with security level clearance may be very useful for the plan you have in mind]] [[Ignore Solum and join your more sociable colleagues, there are other useful people to get to know this evening]]

*You walk up to Solum and introduce yourself* **From left to right, You, Solum** <iframe width="650" height="400" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/v_Vvbr3M3kE?rel=0&autoplay=1&loop=1" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> **You** "Hi, I'm new here too - how is your first day?" **Solum** "Lousy, to be honest I don't know why I have to do this training course anyway, I already know more than the professors!" **You** "How on Par Bexia could you know more than the professors?" **Solum** "I'm an erudite, you know... super smart? Genius IQ? I was born, well more like created, to be a Par-Technician - but I can't stand the way it takes so long to change things. Doesn't it annoy you?" **You** "It does annoy me. I find it very irritating that we have the technology, but no one has yet set up the connection with this Bexleyheath place. Delaying it will just lead to more chaos on our planet". **Solum** "Exactly! If they don't hurry up, there won't be a planet left to fight for anyway!" [[Find out about Solum's security clearance ->security]]

*Walk over to your colleagues and listen in on their conversation* **From left to Right, Cadet #1, Cadet #2, You, Cadet #3** <iframe width="650" height="400" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2DIicsujY5I?rel=0&autoplay=1&loop=1; ?controls=0" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> **Cadet #1** "I think our generation will be the ones to save the planet, Professor Captiosus clearly knows what he's doing by hiring us as the future work force" **Cadet #2** "I don't think what they're saying about time running out is true" **Cadet #1** "Why not?" **Cadet #2** "It's just a way to scare everyone into listening to the Primary Minister" **Cadet #3** "Who is it now?" **Cadet #2** "I swear they change every week!" **Cadet #3** "Wasn't he supposed to stop the quakes and fractures by the end of his term?" **Cadet #1** "He wasn't even close, they kicked him out before he had time to even propose an idea" *You decide to join the conversation* **You** "Don't you think we need to act now and not waste time waiting 3 years until we graduate into our roles?" **Cadet #2** "Why would you do that?" **You** "Because we don't *have* time to waste, we need to take action now before it's too late, or don't you care?" **Cadet #3** "Chill!" **Cadet #1** "Of course we care, but there's lots to learn" **Cadet #2** "By the way, who got sci-chips for dinner? Looks like they're ready!" *Frustrated with your new colleagues you walk over to Solum to see if you can talk sense with him.* [[Speak to Solum ->Speak to Solum, introduce yourself and find out more about Solum - after all, knowing a Par Technician with security level clearance may be very useful for the plan you have in mind]]

*Cautiously find out what access Solum has to different parts of the facility* <iframe width="650" height="400" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/v_Vvbr3M3kE?rel=0&autoplay=1&loop=1" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> **You** "What do you have to do as a Technian?" **Solum** "Many things, design inventions, build new technologies... I know I'll be involved in the 2019 mission to Bexleyheath but I don't know if that's soon enough to get things sorted. Personally, I think we should upgrade the urgency of the mission". **You** "Do you have access to the plans for the mission?" **Solum** "I... why do *you* want to know?" *Pause to think for a moment* **You** "I agree with you that they should upgrade the urgency of the mission... what would that require do you think? I mean, if you had to guess?" **Solum** "Well, I heard they're letting us see a pod tomorrow..." **You** "A what?" **Solum** "Do you know anything?! A pod - the transportation shuttle for travelling across portals." **You** "Right! Do you think they'll show us the controllers? I know the science, but I haven't seen a working model, have you?" **Solum** "Well, actually yes I have." **You** "What?" **Solum** "My Father works for the Primary's government,and I've overheard a few meetings." **You** "Have you seen the pod too?" *Solum hesitates a moment* **You** "Well?" **Solum** "No, but I know where it is..." **You** "It won't do any harm if we take a look will it?" **Solum** "I don't know..." [[Call Solum's bluff and say you are going to find it and take a look ->take a look]] [[Persuade Solum to show you the pod ->show the pod]]

*Start moving towards the exit* <iframe width="650" height="400" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/v_Vvbr3M3kE?rel=0&autoplay=1&loop=1" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> **Solum** "If you take another step, I'll call security." **You** "What?!" **Solum** "You don't listen! I can't work with someone who doesn't listen, think and *then* act!" [[take a different approach ->show the pod]]

*Try to convince Solum to show you the pod* <iframe width="650" height="400" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/v_Vvbr3M3kE?rel=0&autoplay=1&loop=1" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> **You** "I think it would be useful for your mentoring achievements to show another Cadet aspirational technology that could save our world. I think I have a lot to learn from you... this would be a great place to start!" **Solum** "Flattery? really?" **You** "Worth a try to save the world, if you're not interested I guess I'll have to find help elsewhere..." *You move to exit* **Solum** "Wait! Fine! I'll take you. There's no harm in just looking at the pod." **You** "Exactly my thinking." **Solum** "Just be quiet and follow my lead." **You** "Fine." [[Go the pod prototype lab ->seek the pod]]

*You arrive at the lab door, suddenly the door starts to open and an entry message appears* <iframe width="650" height="400" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Q9iIX0Pu3QI?rel=0&autoplay=1&loop=1" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> **You** "It's just behind this door! Come on, you must know the code." **Solum** "Must I?" **You** "Unless you lied about your security clearance?" **Solum** "Of course I didn't lie! I don't know all the codes yet that's all..." **You** "Surely you are smart enough to figure it out?" **Solum** "That's more than likely... okay, we need to upload the entry password... for this department there's a set of clues to remind us how to access it..." **You** "Great!" *At the bottom of your access screen the first clue appears* <iframe width="650" height="400" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rPCX_gh4OxY?rel=0&autoplay=1&loop=1" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> **Clue #1: What is the square root of 36?** [[3 ->wrong answer try again]] [[3600 ->wrong answer try again]] [[6 -> correct, carry on]]

**INCORRECT ANSWER... SECURITY BREACH!** <iframe width="650" height="400" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7YTctXzBMiU?rel=0&autoplay=1&loop=1" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> [[Try again ->seek the pod]]

*Clue two appears on your screen* <iframe width="650" height="400" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rPCX_gh4OxY?rel=0&autoplay=1&loop=1" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> **Clue 2: How many adult teeth does a fully grown Bexley humanoid have? [[40 ->wrong again]] [[32 ->correct carry on again]] [[30 ->wrong again]]

*The final clue appears on your screen* <iframe width="650" height="400" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rPCX_gh4OxY?rel=0&autoplay=1&loop=1" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> **Clue 3: What is the chemical symbol for Potassium?** [[Pa ->wrong again2]] [[K -> correct, enter final code]] [[L ->wrong again2]]

*You Enter the Correct Code:* **632K** *into the entry keypad* <iframe width="650" height="400" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ICfoLcnjBjU?rel=0&autoplay=1&loop=1" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> **You** "It's tiny isn't it?" **Solum** "It has to be." **You** "How many Par Bexians can fit in it?" **Solum** "Two maybe Three at a push!" **You** "Is it complicated to fly?" **Solum** "Not really, it's quite simple. Sort of a 'set your co-ordinates, input your velocity and go' approach". *Suddenly you hear noises behind you. Solum recognises their father's voice* **Solum** "Oh no!" **You** "What? Who is it?" **Solum** "My Father!... Quick!" *You follow Solum into the pod, and close the lid. Upon closing the lid, you realise there is another Cadet in the Pod!* **Callidus** "OUCH!" **Solum** "How on earth did you get in here?" **You** "You know each other?!" **Solum** "Unfortunately... this is my sister, Callidus - she has been entered into the training programme a year early..." **You** "Oh... so you have a rival?" **Solum** "Absolutely not!" **Callidus** "Shhh... he will hear you!" **Captain Solum** "Yes, still it's a shame though. The cadets were looking forward to seeing it tomorrow. Ah well, we can show them the plans at least". (text-style: "shudder")[*A launch sequence begins counting down*] **Captain Solum** *Speaking into a radio* "Yes, it should start transmitting data upon landing... No, there's not a return flight planned, it's more of a single attempt mission this time". **You** "What is he saying?" **Solum** "I can't hear!" **Callidus** "Shhh!" (text-style: "shudder") [*The launch sequence continues, and suddenly the pod is catapulted out into space...*] **JOIN US FOR THE NEXT EPISODE TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT...**