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Caravel Forum : DROD Boards : Hints and Solutions : The Descent of King Hesper : Thermal Substation : 2 South, 1 East (Not seeing the forest for the trees?)
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LovaP48
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icon The Descent of King Hesper : Thermal Substation : 2 South, 1 East (+2)  
Let's start with the facts:
I need both of the bombs to blow up, so that the isolated roaches are dead.
Thus the two orbs need to be accessible for Halph to strike (since it's dead end, it must be him).
They each only become reachable after the northern plates are pressed.
Given that I only get two roaches, I must put one into each trap.

However, this then means I have to have two different "processing order behaviours" happening with the orb striking, which clearly isn't working out.
So what's the deal here?

And also, what's the charade of spawning the roaches one by one instead of immediately spawning both?
Or even just having two roaches to begin with?
Is there something evil lurking in here? :( I've been pondering this room for so long and I seriously have ZERO clue what the author meant.
06-29-2025 at 06:34 PM
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Dragon Fogel
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icon Re: The Descent of King Hesper : Thermal Substation : 2 South, 1 East (+3)  
Two of the points you note in your post are actually related.

Spoiler on what they are:
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If you're still having trouble seeing it:

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06-29-2025 at 06:53 PM
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Dragon Fogel wrote:
If you're still having trouble seeing it:

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I read that and pondered and it STILL took me a while to understand what it means.
It does make sense, but it is not something I'd even think of :(
For anyone else struggling with this room later:
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06-29-2025 at 07:32 PM
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